Starting Anew || Moving Day (Part One): Goodbye to the City We Lived in for Around 20 Years

Last month, we lost our house to the typhoon. It was devastating, but we couldn't do anything about it. We had already accepted what happened. We were also very amazed at how generous and caring our relatives and friends are... even our landlord helped us a lot.

For more than a month, we stayed in a temporary place that our landlord provided us. We only had to pay the usual fee (same as our old house) even though the place we stayed in was much bigger. It was under renovation, but we could stay in one room and were allowed to use the kitchen and the living room downstairs.

We were so blessed to have a roof over our heads. It was a good place, but there were some problems. The place was too hot. There was no proper ventilation since they sealed all the windows for the renovation. We could open the door, but it was too noisy and dusty because the house was beside the expressway.

Although our landlord planned to repair our previous house, it would take a long time to do so. I found it difficult to work in the temporary house, and my mom often had headaches because of the noise and heat. My father also had to fetch water from downstairs to our room because there's no water tank, and the water pressure wasn't enough to reach the second floor.

All these considered, we decided to move. One of the good things the typhoon gave us was the chance to go back to the countryside. I've been longing to live in the countryside again, and somehow that typhoon gave us the final push.

Last December 18, my family and I finally moved to the countryside.

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A few days before we moved, we bought some stuff and packed for our move. I bought a wireless broadband service for my job since installing a new internet line would take time. My wireless broadband is doing a great job so far because we live near the tower, so I'm thinking of having an internet line installed sometime next year. I still need to safe for it anyway. haha

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In the morning of our moving day, my parents, Arashi and I stayed on the balcony. We watched the sunrise and bid goodbye to the city we lived in for more than 15 years. We also said goodbye to the expressway and the house that sheltered us since the typhoon. We're all grateful for it.

My father went with the truck that transported our things to the countryside, while my mom, our two fur babies and I, together with more stuff, went to the new place with my best friend. He was also the one who took us to the temporary house during the typhoon. He's my 911, and I'm so grateful to have a best friend who's also a brother to me. His family couldn't come with us because it's quite busy, but they'll visit us someday. We live around 2 hours away from each other now. haha

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We arrived safely... My best friend took us to the new place on a workday. He wasn't that busy, but something suddenly came up, so he had to go back to the city. He wanted to stay until my father arrived because he wanted to help with unloading, but we told him to go to work after eating. haha We spent some time talking under the mango trees beside our new house as well. Talking with him is always so chaotic! No wonder we're best friends. XD

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Unloading done... we invited the truck driver and the helper to eat before they left. They were so kind. They were late, but they compensated by providing a bigger truck for the same price we negotiated. My father enjoyed talking with them on their way here, and they really took care of our things. We're grateful.

It's interesting how we lost a lot of things, but ended up having more stuff. Well, we could save some stuff from the old house, and our relatives and friends donated many things, especially clothes and money, to buy the things we needed.

Later that afternoon, we took a rest. My aunt and cousin, who live in the next town, as well as another close relative with her family, came to help and welcome us. In addition, the result of my cousin's board exam for teachers came in that day, and she passed! She came to our place directly after her Christmas party at work, so she brought a lot of food for us to share. My mom also cooked some "humba" before we left the previous house, and our close relative bought other stuff. We ended having a celebration.

Night came and we couldn't unpack anything except for the things we had to use that night. We slept and gathered more energy for the next day.

I'll end this post here, but I'll continue with part two next time! :)

Thanks for reading and see you around! (^^,)/