as if nothing happened

the sun shines as if yesterday didn't happen. the soil remains that scattered on the road, the fallen branches of the trees and the smell of the earth are the only trace that august 26 actually existed.

the rain poured yesterday just the way i have gotten used to it for the entire week. i didn't even worry about it, until, after a great bonding moment + dinner with Libet, Janice and Ng Vangie, the wind wildly blew our way as we got out of the Moon Cafe. it was half past 8 already and it was only then that we thought about how difficult it would be for us to commute back to Miami.

and voila! Lilibeth's Knight in a Shiny Car came to save her + us (hehehe) from distress. the side road at the Robinson's place was already starting to disappear from the uprising flood. perfect timing for Gorgonio III.

Iloilo City's road was drowning as we drove off to the south. as we reached the Oton area, the rain, thunder and lightning met us fiercely. Gigi drove slower because it was impossible to see the road ahead (oh, thanks to the local government for not putting on streetlights on the sidewalk). twenty minutes later, a very flooded Guimbal welcomed us. the car's engine started to sound weird and Lilibeth felt the water starting to get in the car.

it was time to call on Ng Vangie's supernman!

Gigi managed to park his car at the hospital. the rain was still at its performance level. while we waited for Nong Dino for about half an hour, Janice amused us with her experiences as a nurse at the hospital, the grumpy chief nurse, mothers giving birth, placenta and the gross facts about delivering a baby.

we battled with the rain again as we got out of Gigi's car and transferred to Nong Dino's car. the moment we were safely seated in superman's life-saving car, the rain stopped and everything was calm, as if nothing happened. but we passed through a landslide before the Guimbal bridge, people tying ropes around the trees, more floody areas, and more landslides on our way to Miagao.

huff! it has been several years since i haven't experienced these scenarios. i didn't miss them at all! but it was nice being saved by my friends' heroes : )