We Will Live!

Considering the extent of destruction being wreck by the flood waters from the North, Thailand along with its brave citizens continuously brace what is happening and what is to happen. There are many things transpiring each day what with the tears, anguish, anger and surrendering wills. There are also stories of bravery and creative inputs, means to make the situation bearable to live, if not to survive.

The scarier sides of the flood waters does not just mean ruins in the lives of the people but also of properties and spirits. There are also news of crocodiles escaping legal and illegal farms as well as the recent rumours of fifteen green mamba snakes that escaped a pet owner's house. Diseases will become issues as well as means for clean and drinking water. The scarcity of food is also a big problem what with the hoarding and the jacked up prices.

The people had been creative as well as with the invention of plastic wraps for cars and floaters for cars and bicycles. Basins are often used as a means of transport with portable fans as motor engines. The emergence of EM balls or effective microorganism balls is thought to help clean up stagnant and murky water. Duck floats were invented to test electrical currents in water. Plastic bags are then used for storing potable water instead of big, plastic containers.

The scenario in Thailand is eerie as when I am so used to walking the streets and seeing people selling food and right now, it is just water all over. The merchants have on display life jackets, rubber boots and galvanized boats for sale. You see sand bags being sold on the streets and some specific places where you can purchase bottled water. Army trucks are everywhere transporting people from their inundated homes to safe camps. Boats have been the means of transportation for most.

For me, the exodus of people fleeing their homes is an unbearable sight. Children in floating basins tagged by their parents, teens and grown ups bearing suitcases and backpacks on their heads, garbage bags filled with vital and personal things pulled through the currents become ordinary scenarios of the city. The lost of properties is not much of an issue for material things can be replaced but the lost of lives is a different story.

As I sit down in horror watching news everyday and with the building anxiety in me, I cannot help but cry and be depressed with what is unfolding in the land I learned to love. My heart goes to all those who are suffering and this goes to everyone residing in Thailand.

We will live, we will be a great nation again!

For photos, please visit:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/thailand_flood_reaches_bangkok.html