The weekend brought about the best of sleeping habits. It was cool and the sky outside barely hinted at the sun. The rain and winds brought about a very conducive sleeping atmosphere. Forget electricity, cable TV and technology for a moment. I ran back to my paperbacks the moment the lights went out.
Mom had a transistor radio so we were fortunate enough to have some information of the outside world without the need for electricity. We heard about Iloilo and some parts of Visayas drowning in rainwater. We also heard about the ferry disaster that may have taken 700 lives. All of them were avoidable tragedies. Of course, living in corrupt and 3rd world countries, one cannot expect the preparedness of a highly organized goverment agency as one would see in movies and cable TV. Budget allocated for something like this was never released anyway. They were long gone.. used by some politician's vacation in Europe or a presidential suite in New York.
Everyone would want to blame this on nature. Why not?! It's highly unpredictable and not once questioned by God-fearing citizens. It seems to be the only way to appease victims and let the accountable parties get away with it. No one would dream for this to happen. Of course, no one took action so this would not happen as well. We were swept away with fatalistic appeals.
A moment of silence for the victims and those who died ahead of their time. Their potential never again to be realized and their future and dreams, sinking with the ship. May they rest in peace.
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