Still recovering from the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, I was moved
to tears when I saw this six-year-old Japanese boy, Shoichi Kondoh donates 5,000 Japanese Yen supposedly from his
own savings. The story was that this boy came to the Philippine embassy in Japan
with her mother and immediately became the youngest donor in Japan.
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.
