Hagupit came by (23 Sept)

Well well I am in the middle of a typhoon, that was last heard at 7pm to have had the no. 8 typhoon signal raised.

I'm back in the hostel, typing all this on TextEdit because the Internet is also down so I can't give 'live' feedback on how I am.

Outside has gusty winds and heavy rains that sometimes we had trouble braving through to get back to the hostel. And especially when I'm in a skirt, it gets a little too tricky trying to stay modest under windy conditions.

The sky was awfully grey with some patches of white, clouds were rolling about as though they were all in a rush - never have I seen clouds move at that speed!
The trees were being blown terrbly hard as well. This was taken while I was trying to hold the camera very still. Blurred parts are really due to the tree's movements.

The hostel sits on this road called that (above). And thing is that, when we came the summer weather was warm humid and annoying. Like the guys said, this is one of the first times that the road name really stood up for what its suppose to be.

There was a little bit of action in our area though. We realise that about 500m around our hostel was cordoned off, because of a nearby building.

The road from our hostel entrance, also the steep path I have to trod down in heels every morning and climb back up in heels at night - while the guys 'race' up again. It's obviously an unfair competition they like.

The strong winds had blown out the ceiling planks and many pieces were hanging precariously; so the police came to make sure people weren't in that vicinity unless they had to.

Within our hostel also had some fallen foam ceiling planks - less dangerous than the other building.

Even at such a moment, Peter insisted (with excitement) I take pictures since it was our first typhoon.

He wanted to capture the strong winds, so he decided to take me, trying to keep my skirt down. The spot in the middle is a tiny speck of a raindrop i think.

It's called Hagupit, meaning 'raging'(?) in Filipino i think. I had to keep watch on the hourly updates and all that since morning.

For the people in Hong Kong (island, maybe), apparently it's a thing they allll look forward to. Cos the size of the typhoon really does matter. Everyone hopes for a Signal 8 and above, so that there can be a day off for everyone :) Well, other than the fact that because of that, the MTRs and everywheres packed cos everyone's trying to get home.

So anyway, we have bought some supplies to last us tomorrow or so, in case the typhoon gets bad, though everyone said - at 6pmish - that this is the most pathetic t8 they've had.

We'll i'm glad we just got to see of it, and are still safe in the hostel. (Unless you all were in touch with the news,) hope you didn't worry so much :)