My First Typhoon...I Survived!!

It was bound to happen...

I was constantly woken up last night by sounds of howling wind, shaking corrugated tin roofs, terrified animals and pounding rain.  I thought, gee, it would be nice to get some sleep, and then, ooohhh, coudl this be what a typhoon is like?  Here in Imus we typically don't get hit too hard, but still, I was nervous to see what I would find in the morning...

Just a big mess of leaves and mud, big puddles, and no electricity.  Luckily the endless rains left the air cold, so I wasn't too worried that the buzz of my air con was gone.  But it also meant I had to shower the true Filipino way using a tabo.  Dumping super cold well water from a bucket all over myself using a smaller container was fun...

Tropical cyclone Santi, (International name Mirinae) swept in from the east over night, a twister apparently touched down in another part of my province, there were minor landslides, flooding and power outages around Manila and surrounding provinces, but luckily no serious damage, few casualties and no deaths.

I am SO happy I brought boots.

Happy Halloween everyone at home.

I want to see your costumes!!

I'm really craving bite sized chocolate right now... feel free to send me Coffee Crisps, Popeyes sticks and Kit Kat bars in the mail.

Side note: The river pictured below used to be pristine.  My grandmother and great grandmother used to wash clothes, swim and get cooking water from it.  Now it is a brown deluge of garbage.