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There were three main reasons why I wanted to make a trip home. One, to be able to pay respect to our departed loved ones; two, to be able to see finally Peja, the newest member of the family, the daughter of Queencel -- the MMS that they have been sending can't be displayed by my phone; and three, to help in cleaning the house and it's environs after typhoon Paeng unleashed its signal no. 4 fury in Isabela and neighboring provinces. The secondary reason is to meet the 'boarders' in the house. Manong Joel decided to admit them for practical reasons of having other heads maintain the house and added income, too.


The house in its melancholic state after the typhoon Paeng.


typhoon paeng, rendered almost naked the chinese bamboo at the back of the house.


Bayaw Lovy takes time for his new apo Peja.


Paeng 'uprooted' at once the bahay kubo and disposed it about 10 meters away to the vacant adjacent lot. It took 6 people (Lovy, James Bernard, Eric the boarder, Xerxes, Eric the neighbor and myself) about an hour to bring it back to its original location.


The mango tree by the bathroom fell the second time around.


The spot where the bahay kubo once stood. At the background is the house of Manong Ding Manuel.