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Epitome of Resiliency: The Filipinos vs. The Disasters

Resiliency; the ability to overcome whilst being battered and bruised. It can be a person, or a whole nation. Philippines; a disaster-prone country. The nation where storms, typhoons, El Nino, La Nina and Eruptions happen often. Not every disaster can be predicted, not every disaster can be prepared. We filipinos are known for our resiliency after these disasters. Whether we are damaged, we always get back up and continue.

The Philippines is situated in the PRoF, the Pacific Ring of Fire, where most, maybe all countries situated there are vulnerable to volcano eruptions, (hence why Fire is in the name) and these volcanoes are the cause of many disasters. A recent eruption happened at Albay, when the Mayon Volcano unexpectedly erupted. Many people lost their houses, their loved ones, everyone and everything, but they got back up. They stood up with their feet and smiled, and they said "everything will be fine." We are also part a tropical cyclone basin, meaning we get rain when it's seasoned to come, weak or small. Floods, Landfalls, are typically the disaster we face when it's storm season. Many typhoons have gone past the Philippines, affecting everyone in the process. Ondoy, Mario, Lawin, YOLANDA. Ondoy was one of the strongest storms we faced in 2009. Almost everything was destroyed, but we got back up. Yolanda was one of the most damaging storms in 2014, hitting Tacloban and leaving it to dust, battered and pulverized, but we got back up. We've gone through so much, and yet we're still here, working hard and smiling through the pain. Why didn't we just give up, and let everything consume us? Because we are RESILIENT.

We are in a disaster-prone country, we expect disasters to come everyday, but we still say "Come at us! We're not scared of you!", because we are resilient. We don't give up easily. We are too strong for every disaster. We shouldn't be scared of the disaster coming at us, the disaster should be scared of us, because we'll never give up, we'll get back up, stand, and get through everything like there's no tomorrow. Why? BECAUSE WE ARE RESILIENT.

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