Actually, naging complacent nga ako. I have fire extinguishers for fire (But the last house fire was too strong for our hand-helds, sadly), first aid kits, etcetera... but it's been so long since we've had a flood, I'd forgotten to keep things handily packed.

Can't transfer the building... it's an apartmenthouse serving the school, but once I get the money, I'm buying a house.

RE: Carmona: diyan nga galing yung flood. GMA ka nalang, even though it's a bit further through traffic... it's very high up. Our school there suffered only wind damage (pero tanggal ang lahat ng bubong) so as long as you bolt the roof down tight, you're okay.

RE: Business: My extended family owns the school (I own probably 1/50th of it... but only after the previous generation passes on) and my Mom, Dad and I own the printing press. It's a small operation, but it means a lot to me to keep it running.

RE: Experience: Well, besides what's happened to my house...

-I've had a car drowned in flood... twice.
-I've been batted about the head by frat-boys... ten hits, ten stitches.
-I've had tear gas cannisters flying at me as I walked to school in the middle of a protest rally. (Damn ****ing radicals... puro mga madre pa ang nadale dun sa gulong ginawa nila!)
-I've had guns pointed at me.
-I've been beaten up by six foot tall Chinese basketball players... just kidding... but their defense was so tight, it felt like they were beating me up.

I guess I must be Popeye by now.

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But really, I'm kinda happy that things aren't so bad. We're going to clean out the house a bit later, but for the meantime, I'm sitting here in the office in muddy shoes, shorts and an old T-shirt. Haven't trimmed my beard in a week. I've got cuts all over. I look like I just walked in off a Survivor Episode, but I don't mind... I've got airconditioning.