Surviving and Thriving: Life Goes On After October 30

Hello there my lovely hivers!!  This is the continuation of my previous blog, after we charged our phone we decided to nap and recharge our energy. We were all tired and we needed to sleep because we can't sleep at night we can't forget what happened on the night of October 30, 2025 its still fresh on our minds plus the aftershocks was really "kusog".  Despite the disaster, we still managed to eat cooked foods. This was from their ref and they managed to get it even though their house was full of cracks thanks to god they were all safe.  My sister and I decided to play tong its again and my cousin got the one tub of biscuits and they shared it with us.  This is my cousin who initiated to fanning us but he stopped right away and felt tired for about a minute.  On our second game of tong it is our consequences to the leaf of grapefruit but we also stopped right away.  Around 5:00 pm we heard that there is a free charging station in Ilihan Sports Complex. We didn't think twice and we immediately went to the place. As we arrived here, there were already a lot of people bringing their own extension wires and they were on the side to take care of their belongings.  While I was waiting for my phone to be full, I was struck by the beauty of the sky, I rarely saw sunset on these past days and every time , I could see this kind of beauty, I would take a picture right away. I was just admiring its beauty in the midst of aftershocks. After a few minutes, the sky became more colorful but then I didn't take a picture of it since I charged my phone again.  We spent about 1 hour here since my siblings followed us here. It felt so boring there's no one to talk to so I asked a girl if they were doing fine and if their house was still standing and she replied to me that they were doing fine. She shared that some of their neighbor's houses were collapsed but they were all safe.  They put a sign on the bond paper "Just one peso for gas" and there were many people who put not just one peso. We were so grateful for our brgy. Captain that they made this free charging to all people here in our area.  As we went back home, I smelled the aroma of the grilled chicken and the boiled shrimp. It makes me hungrier and I then took a picture of the foods that they cooked. These were all the things we brought to the Complex including chargers,phones and most importantly the extension. We really need to charge our phone ls to be updated of the news to contact our loved ones and to post here on hive.  This was our situation right now because of the earthquake. We made a tent here to keep us safe from drizzle and rain. They put a foam so they could sleep comfortably in the tent we made. On this tent that they made they were all 4 families inside of this. I questioned one of my cousins who was also sleeping in this tent they shared that it's humid and it was very cramped. But despite what they felt, they understood the situation and their safety of the people here.  They managed to put a tarpaulin in here they just tied it on to trucks.  Around 7:00 pm we went to our house to eat for dinner. But I can't eat properly so I eat as fast as I can since there were aftershocks that happened on this day. All of our food was from my grandma's house.  While we were talking about things, my auntie gave us a one plate of dessert. It is called "sapin sapin" in our town in english it's called "layers". I am not into sweets, so I picked one and it tasted really delicious. My family loved this so much plus the toppings were dried coconut.  Throughout the night, there were still aftershocks but right now it was just mild.