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I've always been a huge Avril Lavigne fan. It is not just her music that captivates me but her fashion style too!

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Let's rock and roll!!!

A month after Yolanda, my face is a total chaos. Years of using whitening products and sunblock went down the drain. My current job also requires me to go to the field and hunt children (I sound like a cannibal here). No wonder my face is not only deeply tanned but greasy as well after lunch time!

Here's another Proactiv product to the rescue! It's the Proactive Daily Oil Control facial lotion. The formula has a nice clean lemon smell. It is an oil free formula that has a watery consistency. It is also non-comedogenic so you are sure those pores of yours will not be blocked by impurities such as dust which could ultimately lead to pimples. Additionally, it balances the oil levels in your face while keeping your skin well hydrated throughout the day like a moisturizer. At the end you get a shine free face because the solution has a matte effect. I had to take it on a road test. Your acne blemishes are also controlled. Knowing these, I simply must put the product on a road test.

All our clothes were either wet or muddied due to the typhoon. I have plenty of time today to do the laundry. Before I attacked our clothes, I first prepped my freshly washed face with a thin layer of Proactiv Daily Oil Control. Pointer finger and the middle finger for my T-zone and my ring finger to my cheek bones for a lighter pressure during application.

How do you like my post Yolanda background?

After washing my clothes, I noticed that my face still looked fresh and feels clean. I read that this is also a good make up base. However, a made up face post Yolanda in Tacloban is unusual so I opted to just use a lip gloss and yes, no powder for me because my face was still shine free.

Wondering what they put into this power pack?

> Decyclene glycol - a highly effective moisturizer and oil controller

> Silicone blend - provides a moisture barrier to soften, soothe and hydrate skin

> Nylon-12 - absorbs excess oil, and provides anti-shine properties

This is best used after Repairing Treatment. A 50 ml tube is just 899php and it is all worth it! I have tried dozens of products which promises to control sebum or oil on my face but none worked as well as this one.

You can buy this at the following:

a. Proactiv Online Shopping: http://my.proactiv.com.ph

b. Proactiv Door-to-Door Delivery Hotlines:

Metro Manila Landline: (02) 729-2222

Globe Provincial: 1-800-8-729-8888

PLDT Provincial: 1-800-10-889-4444

Mobile No.: 0917-801-8888

c. Proactiv Mall Kiosks

Ground Floor, Glorietta 2 - Contact Number: (02) 388 2848

2nd Floor, Trinoma - Contact Number: (02) 380 3801

Ground Floor, Marquee Mall - Contact Number: 0935.834.1523

The storm came at 4:30 am, 30 minutess earlier than expected. We knew that Yolanda has arrived because the wind was not just whistling as usual. It was howling like it never howled before...like a banshee. The glass window panes were shaking.

Dante was fretful as he worriedly looked at the trees swaying outside our window. I immediately grabbed my camera to take pictures for this blog but my camera easily clouded up because the wind was blowing in our direction.

I went to the other room facing the coast to check on my mother but the wind was shutting the door closed. When I did manage to open it, I can hear the wind making sipping sipping sounds on our room...slurrp..slurrp...slurrp. It was very scary. My mother was pushing against our broken door with all her might. I told her it was a futile effort and to just leave the door alone. Nobody can fight against the expected 300 kmh wind. I told her to come with me to the other room where the wind was not as strong but she would not listen.

Kuya Alvin who has evacuated with his family on the first floor of our building came up a few minutes later and told us that Choie, who owned the building is worried about our safety. He urged us to go down before the wind worsened. We said that we are doing fine upstairs and there is no need to go down.

A few minutes later, Batotoy, a local surfer, came up and pleaded for us to go down because the strong wind that was blowing outside is not yet the full brunt. In the midst of our conversation, we saw him being pushed by the wind. Luckily, he managed to grab on to our drum filled with water.

Seeing the wind's strength, I do not want to risk my 5 year old daughters safety. I felt that with the poor visibility, strong winds and flying debris, we were safer up on the third floor. I remembered an article I read online after the Bohol earthquake about the triangle rule. So I told my daughter to hide in the corner of our house with her bug out bag.

We can hear the glass windows breaking like someone was throwing stones on it. The ceiling looked like it was being punched in so we knew it was going to collapse if the wind gets any stronger. I then tried to go back to get my mother but even with Dante’s help, we could not open the door to the other room where my mother was.

Yumi was screaming and praying to God, “Jesus, do not let me die!I do not want to die yet.” I went to hug her tight while Dante stood by our back door. He really wanted to go down to the ground floor despite the wind. Confused and not wanting an argument, I went with him. We were just a few steps from the door when I lost grip of Yumi’s hand. Dante was pushed by the wind to the wall. Thankfully, he managed to grab an electric wire. I on the other hand was tumbling and slipping, unable to stand becaus eof the strong wind. Amazingly, Yumi just calmly walked back to the door. When the wind slowed down a bit, I was able to scramble to the door. The gypsum ceiling has already fallen. Thanks God for the perfect timing!

We went back to our hiding place and braced ourselves against the wall. The room was already flooded with one inch water. We sat inside a plastic clothes container and wrapped Yumi with her favourite blanket; ironically, it was the one with the Noah’s ark theme. I saw a piece of gypsum ceiling and dragged it towards us. I held it up with my left hand to cover our heads while my right hand hugged Yumi. I screamed to Dante to sit beside us because it was safer there.

When the wind was already roaring and deafening I began to pray for our safety. I knew that He has saved me a lot of time before and He will also let me survive the storm. However, I also knew that there is a possibility that the wall that protects us at that moment will collapse and we will all die. And so, we also prayed for God to take our souls to heaven. Yumi and I accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour again. We knew that God was the only one in control of the situation we were in at that moment. We prayed for Him to send his angels to cover and protect us. And indeed, we felt peace and serenity in our little corner as the storm passed us by.

I prayed to God for our safety.

The day before the storm while I was panic buying for things we might need. I saw a beautiful doll and thinking that I might run out of money before Yumi's birthday on November 26, I had to buy it.I also thought this is the best way to check Yumi’s ability to resist temptation, like the marshmallow test.

Anyway, as I was thinking of our imminent death, I slowly crawled my way to where the doll has flown and gave the doll to Yumi. Even if we all die, at least her last memory was holding on to a beautiful doll. I told Yumi to open it up but she said she does not want it to get wet. She just hugged it while the wind around us blew.

If the wind was supposed to arrive at 5pm then arrive at Guian at noon, I felt that by 9 or 10 am we will all be safe so I was frequently asking Dante the time. 7:00am, 7:20am, 7:40am. The third time around I found it funny that I was asking the time every twenty minutes.8:00am, 8:20am...

As the wind slowed down, we picked up our bug out bags and slowly ambled our way out of our room and passed by the room where Mama was staying, we were not able to find her. We assumed that my mother must have been the woman we heard screaming earlier and she must have already been blown away by the wind. So we ducked our heads and slowly walked down to the second floor.

We saw a big crowd. There were almost 20 people inside the room. Most of them were children. Some of them were neighbors who has managed to escape by breaking their roof and crawling towards one of the open windows on the second floor. One of them even have a 2 month old child with her.

The people who were in the first floor told us how the water rose up from ankle level up to the ceiling in a blink of an eye! They used the clothesline to hang on to then stepped on up some vaults to reach the stairs. They men had to go back to get their grandmother who managed to step up on the kitchen sink.

P.S.

Just seen these videos now. I'm still catching up with the world.

No photos. As mentioned earlier, I was robbed a few days after the typhoon.

It is 10:30 pm here at Tacloban and while I'm tapping on my keyboard, the wind is whistling outside, gently warning me of the super typhoon that is expected to arrive tomorrow at 5am.

We are already at signal number 4 and everything seems ordinary. I believe we Waraynons are used to this kind of wind and rain. However, the news and social media feeds are painting a grim scenario. This might be the reason why we fear the storm.

Jam Tan took a pic of the locals panic buying. There is a running joke that the rich are panic buying while the poor can only afford to panic.

I had been panic buying for 3 days already. The first day I went to buy food supplies. Last night Dante and I needed to water, flashlights, candles, duct tape and plastic bags to wrap the paintings with. My last run was to buy paper plates and plastic utensils just in case.

A preemptive evacuation was done yesterday. This is a photo taken at the Astrodome last night: (Credits to Mayor Alfred Romualdez' FB account.)

Early this morning the neighbors were cutting down trees and trimming branches.

The weather was calm and peaceful. (Is it what they call the "calm before a storm"?) Mr. Sun even took a peak from the clouds once in a while.

Guess who are in Tacloban right now?

DILG Secretary Mar Roxas. (Credits to Mayor Alfred Romualdez' FB account.)

My friend Nikko Bacason said that CNN has sent a corespondent named Andrew Stevens to cover the super typhoon here in Tacloban.

Atom Araullo from ABS-CBN is in town too as well as a reporter from GMA. A friend posted a pic that they were covering at the McArthur park. However, I can't seem to find the pic on my newsfeed.

This must mean serious business if all of these people whom you just see on tv flew out just to witness this phenomenon.

Jim Edds (is he a storm chaser/hunter whatever?) tweeted a pic of the waters behind McDonald's in downtown Tacloban. The water has already risen so I guess it is flooded there already right now.

Growing up in V&G, I know how a little rain can cause flooding. Now a signal number 4 super typhoon would probably make that subdivision a giant lake! Here's what my friend Kyle has been doing-elevating everything. If you come from V&G you are an expert in this field already.

Emmanuel Lim took it up a notch. I knew he will. He has been with Red Cross since ....forever. And since V&G's floods can reach up to 4ft in height, life vests are badly needed.

Here's a photo posted by Jonray Matoza. Tie everything up!

Vice-Mayor Jerry Yaokasin is kept busy.

The Mayor is even busier. Looks like the Mayor ain't gonna get some shut eye in the next 24 hours (Credits to Mayor Alfred Romualdez' FB account.) And what rotten luck, there was a fire earlier in the evening.

If you are in Visayas, keep safe. (Could this be caused by H.A.A.R.P?)

BBC says it is the biggest typhoon ever. So help us God.

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