09/30/2009 10:37
...... and life would go on
We were hit with a typhoon last Saturday. Well, we are kind of used to tropical storms, even typhoons as this is the season for us when we get one after another, in the Philippines. This one was different though since it was not a very strong typhoon, but brought lots of rain with itself. The local name for it is Ondoy and the Western world calls it Ketsana. Well, whatever its name dumped a month worth of rain on us in a matter of 6 hours. As a result 80 percent of Manila was flooded. This is a third world country that about 70% of its population live in poverty. Homes were washed into the river, people were swept away by the water and roads were turned into the river. About 300,000 peopel are homeless, about 250 are dead and tons more missing.
We were amongst the lucky ones that just got soaked, but there are so many people that weren't as lucky.
Well, this would defenitly changes your prespective of life, don't you say? At this moment keeping up with the diet and counting calories just not a priority for me, so till further notice I will be out. Of course I still will be eating healthy, exercising and trying not to eat junk after 7 PM.