Where were you guys around 6pm to 9pm last Friday night?
Exage yung ulan di ba? If you are following me in Instagram, you’ll know unforgettable yung night na yun sa akin.
I left the office a little past 5pm. I noticed that the skies were getting dark. Uulan ng malakas, I told myself. Instead of going straight home, I passed by the Rustan’s grocery sandali to buy ingredients for the cheese cake that Anika and I were supposed to make this weekend. I bought kasi an Oreo pie crust at Landers last week. I was already back on the road by 520pm.
Bumuhos yung ulan while I was in the Skyway. OA sa lakas! Almost all of the cars were just going at 40 kph kasi wala nang makita sa road sa lakas ng ulan. As expected, traffic was bad. When I got to Betterliving Subdivision, traffic. I passed the Starbucks coffee shop. I didn’t think to stop and magpalipas ng oras because there were only a few cars in the parking area. Wala naman tumitigil so I figured okay siguro yung biyahe.
And so I moved forward.
Traffic was almost not moving. However, the cars behind me kept on overtaking us. So nagovertake din ako nung nagka-chance. Then huminto.
I realized why.
Sobrang taas pala ng tubig and I was stuck in the middle of it!
- I didn’t realize that the water was super deep.
- I thought the flow of traffic will be derederecho after that part kaya sumulong ako. Okay lang sana if deredercho ako
But no.
Traffic stopped and we were all stuck like this.
That was the shallower part of it. Tumaas ng tumaas pa ang water after that. The car on your right, umabot sa lagpas ng tires yung water.
The sedan cars were stuck. Pinasok na ng water yung mga tambucho nila.
I was so freaking scared. The water was getting higher. At first medyo kampante ako because my car is a Ford Ecosport. The Ford Ecosport has a good wading depth. Ang wading depth niya is 55omm. That is almost 2 feet of water. It is one of the cars that can pass through flood. You can read about it here.
Eh punyeta, pagmay dumadaan na big car opposite me, it causes the water to rise because of the giant ripples. Umuuga talaga yung kotse ko!
I was so freaking scared!
I called up the house, crying. I freaked Anika out. Anika freaked out because she misheard flood. Akala niya I have blood.
ME: Babe!!! Ang taas ng tubig!! Babe!! I’m so scared!!
ALVIN: Wag ka magpanic. Wag mo sulungin. Diyan ka lang!
ME: Hindi pwede! Nandito na ako.
ALVIN: Wag mo nga sulungin eh. Tumabi ka muna.
ME: Nandito na ako!
ALVIN: Tumabi ka muna!
ME: Tragis Babe! Nandito na ako! Nandito na ako sa gitna ng baha!!!!
ALVIN: Ah ganun ba?
Silence.
ME: Baaaaaabe!!!
I was seriously freaking out!
ALVIN: Do not panic. Hindi ka ititirik niyang Ecosport.
I was crying na. We weren’t moving and there was water all around.
ALVIN: Babe, wag kang umiyak. Walang mangyayari sayo. Hindi yan raging water.
It looked like a mini raging water.
ALVIN: Ano ba ang worst na pwede mangyari sayo? Anurin ka? Eh wala namang bangin diyan. Ang worst is pag anurin ka, bumangga-bangga ka sa mga katabi mong kotse. Wala tayong magagawa dun.
That wasn’t really comforting.
Finally, umusad kami ng slight until we reached drier ground.
ME: Okay na Babe. Safe na pero traffic pa din.
ALVIN: Okay ka na?
ME: Yes.
ALVIN: Ikaw lang talaga ang kilala ko na umiiyak and nagpapanic tapos naka-pagInstagram pa. Ikaw lang talaga.
In fairness noh, I took that video because I wanted Alvin to see it. Wala siyang Viber so I can’t send it. Hindi siya marunong sa Instagram stories so I had to post in sa IG ko.
But I never heard the end of the teasing.
I got home past 930pm.
Anika hugged me. Kaso may pasaring,
ANIKA: Nakapag-Instagram ka pa talaga Nanay eh!
Naglimas si Alvin ng water sa loob ng car ko that night.
The next day, we went to the car wash to have the flooring dried up. Half lang naman ng side ng car yung may tubig so hindi kailangan kalasin yung seats and carpet.
I canceled all my plans yesterday because cleaning and drying my car was the top priority.
Okay naman because I got to spend the whole day with Anika and Alvin. Plus I got to try Seattles Best Coffee’s Popcorn Salted Caramel drink.
I love my Ecosport. Hindi niya ako tinirik. It is one of the best and affordable cars if you live somewhere na madalas bumaha. Next time though, I’m getting a Ford Ranger. It has an 800 mm wading depth. Mas hindi siguro ako kakabahan nun.
To know more about the thirteen cars that can pass through flood, you can read about it here:
http://www.carmudi.com.ph/journal/thirteen-cars-that-can-pass-through-floods/