Who thought I could last that long?
Big typhoon hit the metro, some trees fell, we lost electricity, hence no going online to check email and flist.
Detailed story: They've suspended classes and EVERYTHING else the night before, in anticipation for the strong winds. Of course, as someone working in the hospital, you're not exactly part of that announcement. So at 5:20 something in the morning, I drove off to the hospital. Mild wind and rain, I was wondering why the heck they called off classes. After the 20-minute drive, I came out of the car with stronger winds and rain, and I got drenched walking from the parking lot to the hospital. Pft.
And so while we're inside working working working, the winds started picking up, we lost electricity and the hospital had to run on a generator. Inside, we could hear the wind howling; it was like a ten-wheeler truck clattering down the street. I thought it was a truck! Then at around 12 in the afternoon, we hear of news that some trees in the hospital open parking lot (where employees don't have to pay a fee) fell and crashed on to some cars. Strangely, I wasn't too concerned, even if I parked my car under a coconut tree. Weird.
Oh, and there was the risk of me having to work straight for 16 hours because the people who are supposed to come for the afternoon duty couldn't make it out of their house and/or get a ride. All the public vehicles had stopped running through the roads. Thankfully, one of them made it and we've managed to fix the schedule so I can go back home while the others stay, since they're coming in late in the afternoon tomorrow or they have an off day. My car was thankfully not buried under a tree, unlike the pedia intern's, whose car was directly under the tree. Mine was around 4 cars and one down over.
Back home. No electricity. Candlelight for the entire night all through the morning, when I left at around 5:30 AM for work. I entertained myself reading Garth Nix's Sabriel (good book!) using a flashlight (the candles weren't giving enough light). Book nerd.
Back at the hospital, we still didn't have electricity. Still running on generator, the sun was already brightly shining, work work work as usual. It was a different story the next day though (yesterday), because the generator gave out (not surprised, running on generator for two days?) so they had to endorse last night with just a flashlight (OMG). We were running on minimal electricity, just enough for some lights to be on, so we can see what we're writing, but there were no lights in the rooms and no air-conditioning either. And I was working for 16 hours that day! The electricity only came on later on in the night, which I guess is something I should be thankful for, because they weren't bringing in patients. Hee.
As for us at home, we already had electricity the day after the big storm, but I had to sleep early (at 8 PM!) to get ready for my 16-hour shift, so no computer. Sorry for not being able to do stuff I'm supposed to have done; and if there was something I should've read in your journal days before, just comment. I still don't have time now, as I have other stuff to take care of, but maybe later in the day or tomorrow.
How did my fellow Pinoys fare during that typhoon day? :)
ETA: I really, really hate missing a lot online. =\
Detailed story: They've suspended classes and EVERYTHING else the night before, in anticipation for the strong winds. Of course, as someone working in the hospital, you're not exactly part of that announcement. So at 5:20 something in the morning, I drove off to the hospital. Mild wind and rain, I was wondering why the heck they called off classes. After the 20-minute drive, I came out of the car with stronger winds and rain, and I got drenched walking from the parking lot to the hospital. Pft.
And so while we're inside working working working, the winds started picking up, we lost electricity and the hospital had to run on a generator. Inside, we could hear the wind howling; it was like a ten-wheeler truck clattering down the street. I thought it was a truck! Then at around 12 in the afternoon, we hear of news that some trees in the hospital open parking lot (where employees don't have to pay a fee) fell and crashed on to some cars. Strangely, I wasn't too concerned, even if I parked my car under a coconut tree. Weird.
Oh, and there was the risk of me having to work straight for 16 hours because the people who are supposed to come for the afternoon duty couldn't make it out of their house and/or get a ride. All the public vehicles had stopped running through the roads. Thankfully, one of them made it and we've managed to fix the schedule so I can go back home while the others stay, since they're coming in late in the afternoon tomorrow or they have an off day. My car was thankfully not buried under a tree, unlike the pedia intern's, whose car was directly under the tree. Mine was around 4 cars and one down over.
Back home. No electricity. Candlelight for the entire night all through the morning, when I left at around 5:30 AM for work. I entertained myself reading Garth Nix's Sabriel (good book!) using a flashlight (the candles weren't giving enough light). Book nerd.
Back at the hospital, we still didn't have electricity. Still running on generator, the sun was already brightly shining, work work work as usual. It was a different story the next day though (yesterday), because the generator gave out (not surprised, running on generator for two days?) so they had to endorse last night with just a flashlight (OMG). We were running on minimal electricity, just enough for some lights to be on, so we can see what we're writing, but there were no lights in the rooms and no air-conditioning either. And I was working for 16 hours that day! The electricity only came on later on in the night, which I guess is something I should be thankful for, because they weren't bringing in patients. Hee.
As for us at home, we already had electricity the day after the big storm, but I had to sleep early (at 8 PM!) to get ready for my 16-hour shift, so no computer. Sorry for not being able to do stuff I'm supposed to have done; and if there was something I should've read in your journal days before, just comment. I still don't have time now, as I have other stuff to take care of, but maybe later in the day or tomorrow.
How did my fellow Pinoys fare during that typhoon day? :)
ETA: I really, really hate missing a lot online. =\