Kwarenta: My 8-Hour Ondoy Experience in 40 Txt Messages

My grueling experience yesterday is incomparable with what’s happening with our fellow Filipinos still waiting to be rescued right now. And I’m praying for my friends and family who are still stuck in their homes and on their roofs.

I know most of us lived through our worries yesterday by texting and calling our loved ones. What I have here is a very small part of the millions of text messages sent on September 26, 2009 that clogged even the biggest communication networks in the country. These messages don’t account the whole riot I (and my office mates) experienced. It’s actually just the tip of the iceberg.

Though my phone got soaking wet, fortunately it did not die on me. Here are the messages in my Sent Items texted to different contacts:

1:07 PM Ma tapos na kmi [sa meeting in front of Harrison Plaza]. Pwd pasundo? Coy

1:54 PM Grbe bha.

2:37 PM Stranded kami omg. Taft at roxas hanggang bewang

2:54 PM Stranded kami. Walanp mpuntahan

3:06 PM Yup. Nagtricycle na kmi papntang edsa [galing Harrison Plaza].

3:17 PM This is the worst ive seen manila. Epic

3:27 PM Imposible dumaan sa edsa. Counterflow. Naglalakad kmi papnta macapagal

3:33 PM Sobrang basang basa na kami.

4:01 PM Dito ako mcdo bclaran.

4:04 PM Never kayo dumaan ng edsa.

4:13 PM Nakasakay na kmi ng jip sa bclaran.

4:16 PM Wla nang mblhan [ng extra shirt]. No choice na.

4:19 PM Counter flow. Both side sinakop na ng galing bclaran. Ung parang experience natin dati sa sm molino checkpoint.

4:26 PM Binalot ko sa plastic [ang laptop]. Stuck pa rin kmi bclaran. Pero pauwi na.

4:37 PM Txt me agad kung lapit na kayo.

4:38 PM Onga. Pero di gumagalaw ung jip. Andito parin kmi tapat ng mcdo bclaran. Di kmi mkalabas.

4:41 PM Sa pasay rotonda. Wlang dumadaan dhl baha rin. Parang sinara nga e.

4:44 PM Di kc gumagalaw edsa dito sa may heritage. Gumagalaw roxas papuntang cavite.

4:46 PM Ok na pauwi na kmi. Andar na.

4:59 PM Grbe pati dito sa may uniwide ang lalim ng baha! Mga bus nagbabalikan ndi makadaan.

5:03 PM Ok na. Coastal na kami.

5:14 PM Frozen ang coastal road. hay ang trapik.

5:27 PM Parang walang pagasa dito. Ayaw nyo magcheck in na lang?

5:38 PM Yez. Anubang nasa news. Naglalakad na mga tao dito sa coastal road. F*%k.

5:40 PM Malapit sa baclaran. Mataas tubig sa cavite.

5:43 PM Lola magcheck in na tayo. Tigil lahat ng sasakyan sa coastal dahil sobrang lalim ng tubig sa zapote. Malayo pa ako sa toll gate. San tayo pwd kita.

5:49 PM Ok na. Umaandar na coastak.

5:51 PM Saan. Sa qc raw lampas kotse ang baha.

5:54 PM Grabe ang oa naman. Sbi ko sayo e. Worst in 10 years lol.

6:22 PM Stranded ako manila.

6:53 PM Omg. Still stuck.

7:19 PM Coastal rd. Naglalakad frm paranaque to cavite

7:21 PM Mga kadiwa, linalakad ko ngayun ang coastal road mula toll gate dahl sa trapik. Inapanalangin nyoko. :)

7:31 PM Pa, bka magcheck in na kmi sa sogo zapote

7:32 PM Lapit na aq talaba

8:29 PM Kaya b kmi sunduin?

8:32 PM Pasundo jolibi molino.

8:38 PM Ngayun na!

9:08 PM Kakarating ko lang. Grabe lampas bewang sa st. Dominic.

9:41 PM The worst day ive had ever. Hands down

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9 Comments »

Comment by Poyt
2009-09-27 14:19:33

Grabe, Coy! Ang haggard! Buti naman okay ka and your gadgets!

 
Comment by benj
2009-09-27 14:22:37

Hindi ko kinaya ang katagang “kadiwa”.

Mabuti naman at ligtas ka.

 
Comment by Vince
2009-09-27 14:25:53

Glad you’re ok bro!

 
Comment by aethen
2009-09-27 14:29:13

sobrang nakarelate din ako sa post mo coy. same time pa tayo nagtravel pa-uwi maslate nga lang ako nakarating sa bahay. almost 11pm na ako nakauwi. dami ko pang nilusutang kalye. stressed. sigh.

 
Comment by The Photoblogger
2009-09-27 14:33:08

Thank God you are safe. That’s the most important thing.

 
Comment by Ria Jose
2009-09-27 16:18:20

Glad you are ok. *hug*

 
Comment by Azrael
2009-09-27 16:19:39

grabe ang taas ng baha sa st. dominic.

 
Comment by Micamyx
2009-09-27 19:04:17

Buti na lang di ka napano. Hay :(

 
Comment by Louis Dizon
2009-10-07 07:14:51

Grabe adventure mo pre. Nakakatrauma na tuloy kapag umuulan ng malakas at nasa labas pa ako.

 
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