With Calamity, Comes Solidarity
With Calamity, Comes Solidarity
A week after crazy Yolanda’s rage, I went home to Leyte for the sole purpose of bone crushing my entire family with the biggest hug my outstretched arms could make. Even after knowing they’re all fine, I couldn’t settle my nerves with mere words coming out from someone’s mouth telling me that everyone is safe. I longed to see for myself that my family is okay so I bought a ticket and sailed home. As the boat neared the port of Ormoc City, the once green and lush mountains I always look forward to seeing, being that they served as my mark that the boat is about to dock, are now as brown and bare as a newborn Filipino baby. The once lively and exciting vibe I’d always get upon stepping foot on Ormoc’s land now turned to melancholy and desolation.
Still, in the face of this bleak scenario, hopefulness seeped into my chest as I heard about the countries across the world scrambling to give aid to the Philippines. My heart melted as I read about the six-year-old Japanese kid who donated his savings to the typhoon victims and the American kids selling lemonade iced tea to help typhoon families. To all the people who offered their time for the repacking of relief goods, all the sweat and muscle pain is worth the gratitude and smile of a Yolanda survivor.
In times of greatest difficulty, there you will find the kindness of strangers, the solidarity amongst all the people in the world, and the best opportunity on how to be a significant human being. The Philippines isn’t fine as of the moment but we, Filipinos, are admired for our resiliency so we’ll bounce back in no time. With all these help pouring in from different directions, we can and we will rebuild what nature’s wrath has lain to waste.
Elements of Good Writing: SPA
SPA is an acronym that stands for subject, purpose, and audience – three of the most important elements of good writing. You will find it easier to write if you have: a subject
A week after crazy Yolanda’s rage, I went home to Leyte for the sole purpose of bone crushing my entire family with the biggest hug my outstretched arms could make. Even after knowing they’re all fine, I couldn’t settle my nerves with mere words coming out from someone’s mouth telling me that everyone is safe. I longed to see for myself that my family is okay so I bought a ticket and sailed home. As the boat neared the port of Ormoc City, the once green and lush mountains I always look forward to seeing, being that they served as my mark that the boat is about to dock, are now as brown and bare as a newborn Filipino baby. The once lively and exciting vibe I’d always get upon stepping foot on Ormoc’s land now turned to melancholy and desolation.
Still, in the face of this bleak scenario, hopefulness seeped into my chest as I heard about the countries across the world scrambling to give aid to the Philippines. My heart melted as I read about the six-year-old Japanese kid who donated his savings to the typhoon victims and the American kids selling lemonade iced tea to help typhoon families. To all the people who offered their time for the repacking of relief goods, all the sweat and muscle pain is worth the gratitude and smile of a Yolanda survivor.
In times of greatest difficulty, there you will find the kindness of strangers, the solidarity amongst all the people in the world, and the best opportunity on how to be a significant human being. The Philippines isn’t fine as of the moment but we, Filipinos, are admired for our resiliency so we’ll bounce back in no time. With all these help pouring in from different directions, we can and we will rebuild what nature’s wrath has lain to waste.
Elements of Good Writing: SPA
SPA is an acronym that stands for subject, purpose, and audience – three of the most important elements of good writing. You will find it easier to write if you have: a subject