On the news lately there's been coverage (full coverage especially on GMA Pinoy TV for those who have subscribed on Rogers Cable in Canada) of Typhoon Ondoy, the tropical storm that has hit The Philippines. Every year the country suffers through terrible storms, but this one seems to be the worst yet. I have family in the Philippines, but so far none of the cities my relatives are in are affected as badly. I pray Ondoy doesn't get to them too. As for the cities devastated by this storm, I pray that things subside as soon as possible. I've come across many images of the flood and more than once these images have brought me to tears. I could never imagine something like this happening in Toronto, and to see the villagers and townspeople lose everything they own makes me so sad. Some of these people don't have that much to begin with, and to lose everything in an instant...I can't even think about how I would react.
This kind of thing really makes you think twice about your own needs. All of the materialistic items I've complained about not having; they don't seem all that important now. This time, I'm hoping for a job, not just to have my own money, but to have something to donate to the victims of this great tragedy. I feel like I owe it to my fellow Filipinos.
To all of my readers, I urge you to donate money to the American Red Cross or Philippine National Red Cross. It's the least we can do to help out.
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