It’s a damn shame I lost my camera phone, because this would have been much much cooler with pictures. I was out on the streets while Milenyo was busy whaling Metro Manila.
I had an appeal due the next day (or so I thought) and so I was looking for a cozy Internet shop where I could type and type and type my memorandum. Instead I ended up smack in the middle of a disaster movie. Uprooted trees?? Check. Felled electric posts? Check. Crushed cars, collapsed billboard, water tank hurled down the street. Check check check.
I was saved by a friend and her family. If they didn’t pick me up I would have gone out laughing like a madman daring the wind to take me, to prove that at this point I’ve gone beyond all hurting.
Shelter in a multilevel parking facility. A dinner over candle light. The feeling of freedom as layers of constraints - all the fucking legal institutions and markets and architectures collapsed.
And when darkness came I joined the growing throng of restless nerds looking for espresso and wifi connections.
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