As some of you may have read the article that *behindinfinity posted about the typhoon "Ondoy", many people were affected and lost their homes. Thankfully our house is still standing and none of us got hurt, but we did lose a lot of stuff because we were also flooded. Almost all of our furniture was dislocated, even the refrigerator where we placed my brother's laptop; the laptop was found between the fridge and the wall; fortunately it wasn't crushed, but it was still wet. Only the cabinets and the dining table were in their proper places, but the cabinets are now useless since they have been soaked and can no longer hold the stuff inside them. Even my plates (projects) got completely ruined. For one week we had no electricity, and all we could do was take everything out, clean the house, clean our stuff, wash the clothes, and think about how we can recover from this loss. But I am still thankful that none of us got hurt, even our pets. And I am really REALLY thankful to my aunts Esther and Cynthia who sent us clothes and money, to my mom's co-worker who also gave money, food, water, and other relief goods, to Congressman (I think?) Guinggona who also gave us relief goods and money, to the speaker of the House of Representatives who gave each employee of the HOR, where my mom works, calamity funds, and to other people who helped in their own little way, thank you so much!