Quarantine Story Part 1 - My Story about Flood

     GOOD MORNING GUYS! How's everybody?

I know were all getting bored with this ECQ order.
I know were all afraid to get infected with Covid virus and yet most of us are still violating the rule.
I know most of us were complaining with the system and how this Bayanihan Act is being implemented.
I know its hard but let me share my story and try to compare it with the situation today.

     "When I was about 12 years old - that was more than three decades ago (hahah -napaghahalata ang edad no?), our house was submerge in flood for almost four days. It was raining ceaselessly and we were trapped inside the second floor of our house without food, water, electricity, no kitchen sink and bathroom too. The flood went up to almost 7ft high. I guess naiimagine nyo na yung sitwasyon noon na nasa taas ang kwarto tapos sa baba ang sala kusina at cr, then paggising nyo lumulutang na ang plato upuan, tabo, planggana pitsel etc. tapos unti unting tumataas ang baha na halos maabot na ang second floor. What makes the situation harder was my youngest brother was about a year old and milk was as essential as food and water itself. No help from the local government was extended to us. No one knows how to swim except my father. He had to swim for hours to borrow rice, sardines and gas from my ninang who owns a small sari sari store near our barrio. We had no drinking water so we had to fetch drinking water from the gutter/downspout connected to our roof, boiled it so we can consume it. The advantage that we had that time was there's malunggay, kamote tops and ampalaya planted and crawling upwards near our window. Am or rice water was used as a supplement for milk with malunggay extract. Kamote tops and ampalaya leaves were taken and washed directly from the rainwater, placed on top of the newly cooked sinaing along with sardines as our daily meals. Roasted rice was our substitute for coffee in the morning. We had no electricity, no internet and syempre since 80's era di pa naiimbento ang cellphones, tablets, laptop or computers and wala pa ring internet noon. Our portable radio was our source of information from the outside world and my baby brother was our only source of entertainment."

So what's the relevance of my story?

Back then, it was the flood that constraints us from going out and since we cannot swim we know that we might get drowned if an attempt to go out was made -- so we stayed inside.
Today, there's a law that requires us to stay inside our houses for our own welfare and we all know that if we get out of our houses the higher the possibility of acquiring the virus -- and yet we still go out.

Back then, we were unprepared when the flood hits us but we never blame the government for not providing foods in our table  because our parents knew that its their responsibility to provide for our needs.
Today, a social amelioration program/finance assistance for the poor were granted by the government and yet a lot of people were compaining and demanding for their rights to have it.

Back then, we have no water, no milk, no vitamins to keep us healthy but my parents found ways to sustain our health. We didn't criticize anybody for not extending any help to us.
Today, while a lot of frontliners are sacrificing their effort and lives people are rallying to criticize our government for not providing the help they need.

Back then, we have no source of communication, entertainment and information but we have news and songs from the radio, and most of all family to cheer us and keep us altogether.
Today, we have internet, flat tv screens, cellphones, tablets, laptops, netflix, tiktoks, facebook, instagram, twitter etc. as our past time tools to keep us occupied but you can see that most people are complaining with their boredom, blaming other people for their actions, spreading fake news, filling our thoughts with fear and negativity in social media. We have a lot of ways to be connected but I can still see people or families apart from each other but so much attached to their gadgets.

If we are going to analyze and compare the story that I had before with the situation that we had I think that we are so fortunate that our government is acting as a parent to keep us from acquiring this, for providing our needs and doing their best to discipline us all.

Let us be obedient, be united, be healthy and together we can all beat COVID.
Most of all let our faith and hope be our shield from this disease and Trust God completely that we will get through this crisis.

Have a great day and God Bless.

Ps. Pardon my grammar medyo alam kong palya na heheh.