The day that 'The Perfect Storm' met 'The Day After Tomorrow'

Okay... that might be an exaggeration. I probably have just seen too many disaster movies. But hearing the wind howl like a monster and seeing objects flying at unknown speed from the top of our office building made me think that.

Like any good law-abiding citizen, we all went to work yesterday, September 28 despite the threat of the storm Milenyo. However at 11am when the wind started picking up, we were suddenly asked to go home. At first, Con and I planned to go to the mall and hang out first but our boss offered her driver to bring us all home so we settled.

We couldn't leave at once because (1)we were waiting for the driver to arrive; and (2)we were sort of waiting for the wind to slow down, even a little. But since it didn't show any signs of doing that, around 12.30pm, we all decided to just brave the weather and drive on home.

Ortigas was a complete wasteland.



When I say wasteland, it wasn't just that it was deserted. There were waste and debris everywhere.







We had great difficulty seeing where we were going as visibility has been reduced to nothing with the downpour.





Trees were uprooted and lay along the stretch of both Ortigas and Katipunan. (And God knows whereelse...)













Some people braved the storm with their bikes. Probably on their way home to their families, like us. Just like this man.



At one point, we had a split second to decide whether to pass through this road with a tree that's about to fall.



Lucky for us, we made that split second decision in time. Because just as we passed, the tree fell down.



More trees blocked our path.





Even billboard signs were not spared by the storm.







The flooded streets were not a fun sight either.







Close to home, this is what greeted me...











More and more uprooted trees blocking our way.



Kuya Fernan (our driver) even had to move some branches aside just so we could pass.





Soon after, I found myself home. My dogs lost the roof over their pseud-dog house. And they were wet, dripping and shaking. Poor doggies =(

Since there was no electricity, I had nothing better to do. Even my Gameboy had no batteries as I forgot to charge it. Darn!

So I slept. And woke up to a Buffy marathon at 10pm.