These days, I’ve been glued on local TV, CNN or BBCgetting
as much information about SuperTyphoon Haiyan(local name: Yolanda) and the havoc it
brought to my country, the Philippines. Being typhoon-stricken is not new to me
and my family. You see, I was born and raised in Virac in Catanduanes.
Catanduanes is a small island off the Pacific Ocean where most typhoons brew so
it is usually visited by this catastrophe every now and then.
