Manila (Philippines), the city where I was born, took a beating from Mother Nature this weekend. The hardest hit was Marikina (a suburb of Manila and where I lived most of my life) and Cainta were the hardest hit towns. This is the worst typhoon and flooding in 42 years.
I have seen videos, pictures and the news about the tragedy and it is devastating. It is similar to Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans. I saw pictures of dead people and animals lying on the roads. It is very sad.
I have no immediate family in the Philippines, mostly relatives and friends. But my heart goes out for them, after all they are still my family. Fortunately my Dad's brother and his son are safe. Some of my friends and their families are safe too. What a relief! A lot of their material possessions are gone. They are back to square one. But the way I look at it, material things can be replaced, lives cannot. So I continue praying for their safety and hope that this disaster never happen again in my old hometown.
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