Luck in the midst of Ondoy's fury

I felt so lucky last weekend. A picture of a news reporter reporting on a severe typhoon with the label Typhoon Ondoy at the bottom - this image has been generated with the help of Dall-E 3.  By now, everybody might have already heard about Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) and what was probably the worst flooding in the history of Metro Manila. That Saturday morning, I was supposed to attend a birthday celebration of a friend in Makati. By 9AM I had just finished eating breakfast in McDonalds with another friend who was also going to the birthday lunch. Vehic…