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I thought living without a car is bad but livng without a house is worst. Today,March 07, 2007, a big fire in Mantuyong alarm the rest of the hood here in Mandaue.

I can still recall when Laila(amiga cheetah) told me bout the huge smoke that almost covered the skies while I was sitting near the window of our classroom. We then predicted that it was just from the factory near the school. After the class mass we then rode in our limo(jeepney) and as we were chitchattin', the big smoke once again caught our attention. We had weird feelings but we didnt mind it at all ( we were thinking positive the whole time!).When we reached the venue, we were sad to know that Lailas house is gone..tears flooded jdayn. Everybody was in a rush and so were we. We then searched for her parents to ask for there permission to let Laila stay in Dianes house for a while. I was very sad to see alot of things dumped in all corners, a lot of families crying, statues of Sr. Santo Nino in the dark ways the once were lighted & poor little children who havent eat yet while we were on our way to the barangay hall where Lailas parents are staying while the fire is going on but unfortunately we didnt see Mr and Mrs Carrido there. So we tried our luck near the gasoline station where in,this afternoon, Molly throw me a queer question. She said " What if there will be a fire in a gasoline station?" anyways..we left our friend laila with her cousins and relatives where she can stay while shes still in shock and in search for her parents...pause

As closure, I just wanna say that Im extremely sad for my good friend Laila and to the rest of the families who lost there homes. Who would have thought? We were so happy that day as in happy jud! It may sound weird but Im thankful that it happened this month because I know that alot is willing to help and offer there service to the fire victims. So politicians should grab this opportunity to reach out to them before election day.Going back, I just hope that she and her family will find a new house and a new home where they can create new memories that they can share for a lifetime.

and let us not forget Manong Willie,our school janitor who lost her mother this past few months, who was admitted from the hospital last month and now lost his house...pray.