LSS OF THE DAY: "DREAM BIG"
By: David Cook

So, yeah, Dagupan's under a "state of calamity".





Last Saturday, May 17, 2008, we were in my room since the blackout occurred around 3 in the afternoon and the wind was already howling. By seven in the evening, our house was already leaking and the sounds of things being blown around were still evident amid the gale outside.





By ten in the evening, the winds died down a bit, but the rain was pouring HARD.





Everything was quiet by two in the morning.





We were up and about by five, surveying the damage that dear old Cosme was nice enough to leave us; just to remember him by, I suppose. Two of our kalachuchi trees, which Patsy really, really loved, fell; one whose branch completely tore off, and the other uprooted. The backyard was like a swamp, complete with littered leaves everywhere and even a few broken branches from the duhat trees. A part of the wall that separated our house from the neighbor's, partly made of yero and wood, tore off.





My Dad said that you wouldn't think that a storm passed through the night before, because it was already sunny and pretty hot the day after the storm. Without all the debris lying around, of course.






When we went around the city, the damage was even worse. Billboards were already leaning against the buildings, glass shards on the street from broken windows, walls completely torn in two because of fallen trees, electric posts and wires dangling on the side of the street, branches being held up by electric wires, wooden signs blasted apart; scary, really. We took pictures and a video detailing the damage in both our houses in Tapuac and Bonuan but I can't upload them right now.





And the worst part is, we don't have electricity and water. They said it will probably take a week, but others are saying that it might take longer because the damage was worse than the last strong typhoon that hit Dagupan. We're praying that they'll stay true to the first one.





Of course, we didn't want to stay in a place with no electricity and water; the mosquitos are enough reason for us to scram. So me and Patsy left for Manila on Monday, May 19. And we're still here! Dad and our brother, Ramon, just got here last night. We were in Anitpolo last night and we just arrived in Fairview this morning. We'll be going back to Dagupan tomorrow.




So, we ran away from our cave, to civilization.




We've been enjoying ourselves so far. We've been to Lea Salonga's dress rehearsal! Could you believe that? More details soon, I promise.











*drumroll*

DAVID COOK!

Group performance by this year's top 12. I just had to put it here coz I love this bunch.

To my fellow die-hard David Cook fans, LET'S CELEBRATE!

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