While walking away from KFC-Guadalupe, I noticed a few public utility vehicles passing by. This is unusual, I thought to myself. And I started to get worried...
After about half an hour of waiting, I was able to board the first jeepney that came around. The driver promptly informed his passengers that he would only drive as far as Market! Market! only as the road halfway to FTI was already flooded. And I didn't have any choice...
At Market! Market!, I was already wondering why no taxicab driver would take me to my destination. It took me another hour to find another jeepney. And I was so glad when I was already seated, but that gladness was short-lived... 'coz we found ourselves in the middle of a heavy traffic upon entering the C5 route.
The driver returned our fares and shooed us from his jeep. I could already hear other cars turning off their engine as traffic was no longer moving. I followed other passengers when they alighted from the jeepney and started to walk their way home. I guess I walked about three kilometers while making sure that the laptop I was carrying won't get wet. I was finally relieved when I realized I was already near my residence but que horror! I saw a body of water in front of me! It was about waist-deep!
Scared that the laptop might get wet should I decide to cross the flood and possibly stumble upon something and do a dyesebel underwater, I opted to ride in that black rubber wheel instead and paid P20 for it. Just when I thought that my nightmare had already ended as I was about to enter the compound, I saw another body of water in front of me. This time it was neck-deep!
Good thing, I bumped into a neighbor. We decided to take an improvised boat, which I later on found out that it was made of a large trash bin covered with a weak plywood. That boat was maneuvered by a group of teens, whom I was afraid, might take advantage of the situation and do something bad to us. We were so helpless then. And I was already hysterical. Our life was literally left in their bare hands..
But lo and behold! Those streetkids safely delivered us straight to our condominium! It surprised me that I misjudged those people who turned out to be heroes that I desperately needed that day.
Indeed, what an experience it was!
