I’m so hungry. I haven’t eaten in three hours. Ugh. There are so many things to do! Maybe I’ll just grab a cracker. That should keep me going for the next few hours until I get myself a decent lunch.
I’m so hungry. I haven’t eaten in… I don’t know. Three days? Six? I have lost all sense of time. I’m no longer sure when the rain ended and when it began. What would it take to grab hold of a piece of cracker? One bite and maybe I can last a few days more.
What is up with this phone??? Ugh. It’s so darn slow. And what’s with the new updates? You call that an update? A two year old can come up with a far better design.
What is up with this phone??? I thought I was able to save it from the waters. But now it just keeps on blinking on and off. But it won’t do me any good, really, once the battery runs out. And oh, there’s no signal, so… How do I update my mother? How do I let her know that I am still alive? How do I send a message saying that my two year old is safe as well? I’ve got to let her know, somehow. She must be worried sick.
This is a disaster. I can’t believe the bed frame collapsed on me. Am I really that heavy? Tsk. Such bad timing, too. I am so tired. I can’t fix this tonight. This is so annoying. I guess I’ll just have to sleep on the floor then. Or the sofa.
This is a disaster. There’s nothing left of our house. Nothing. It’s all a heap of battered rubble. We will sleep on the floor tonight. But which floor? This one will do, I guess. This one next to what looked like it might have been our old sofa.
Life is so unfair. Why do these things keep on happening to me? Ugh. Life. Is. So. Unfair.
Life is good. I can’t believe I can still say that, what with all the things that have happened here. But we’re alive. We will continue to survive. Help is on the way. Life is good. God is good. He’ll take care of us here.
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Dear Readers,
A strong typhoon (Yolanda, internationally known as Haiyan) has recently devastated the central part of my country. The aftermath is heartbreaking. The words I’ve typed out are pathetic and do little to capture what must be going on inside the hearts of the all the people affected. Now, if you’d like to help out, please do see how you can do so through these links right here:
- http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/09/world/iyw-how-to-help-typhoon-haiyan/
- http://ph.news.yahoo.com/the-power-of-a-hug–what-can-help-children-overcome-yolanda-trauma-140619926.html
Let’s set aside our first world problems for now and remember those who are in greater need.
God bless you all! We can all make a difference. :)
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That was very sensitively and cleverly done. You showed the contrast between our normal “problems” (which can seem like the worst thing ever to us) and the actual tragedy that has befallen, most recently as you say, the people affected by Haiyan.
Why thank you. :) I’m glad you saw that. It’s so easy for us to make a a big deal out of things which become rather insignificant when they are placed right next to tragedy. I’m very guilty of doing that. And so I am reminding myself through story to change my heart and perspective.
Maraming salamat for dropping by!