As
blogged here, my son was not able to celebrate his birthday in school on his
actual birthday due to typhoon pedring.
As I looked back, I realized that every two or three years, my son’s
birthday has typhoons that brought much disaster to our country. I gave birth in 2006 when Milenyo directly
hit Metro Manila. From what I remember,
my friends and some family members who visited me were joking that they would
like to stay in the hospital with me since there is electricity there compared
to their houses. I gave birth in the
morning of Sept. 27, I don’t really remember the exact date that Milenyo hit
Manila but from what I saw in the news when I was in my room already, it really
brought total disaster. I spent 5 days
at the hospital but still was shocked when I went out that there are still
uprooted trees and remnants brought by Milenyo.
We’re glad though that at that time, electricity was restored back.
On
his first birthday, I remember there was a typhoon again. It wasn’t that strong compared to Milenyo but
during his first birthday party which was on Sept. 29, there were still strong
rains that not all our guests were able to come. Thankfully we were able to push through with
the party.
Then
on his third birthday Ondoy came and showed his wrath. It was Sept. 26, 2009 when ondoy hit our
country and brought a lot of damage. We
even had our own experience during Ondoy as blogged here. I still remember some of our neighbors sang
happy birthday to Lance while we were all at the same room waiting for the
flood to subside.
And
then just recently, typhoon Pedring hit our country on Sept. 27, his actual
birthday. It did not hit Metro Manila
directly, we just don’t’ have electricity for 8 hours but there’s no flood or
anything. But the damage it brought to
Central Luzon is worse than Ondoy. In
fact, as of this writing, there are still some areas that are still flooded and
it has been 3 weeks already.
Anyhow,
I just want to think that Lance’s birthday brings blessings to him. They always say that rains = blessings so
that’s what I’m claiming. I do hope
though that those who were affected by these typhoons have recovered already
and their lives are going back to normal.
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