M/V Eva Jocelyn is the most prominent amongst these big ships since she is the one that went a bit too high and far from the sea. I imagine that would have been some 400 or so meters from the water's edge, and the height is unbelievable! No no no no, I do not wish to discuss here how many houses this ship crushed or how many lives were wasted here.
This is another shot of Eva Jocelyn's starboard:
As I moved around these ruins, me and my companions and the locals who went with us were like 'dreaming' on what should be the best thing to do with this humongous thing. We were unanimous that it should be made into some kind of a memorial about the tragedy. I actually thought "why not make this thing into a restaurant since it is soooo big and wide". I can't imagine they'd attempt to push it back into the water especially that houses have started to sprout behind it hehe!
Let us stop the mourning. Its actually too tiring and drains every bit of energy from you and me, just by feeling sad about what happened! Okay, smile! That is the common expression of all these "victims" you'll encounter in the area. Am not joking. These people "I guess" do not anymore have tears to shed from their eyes, so they just smilingly go about and try to move on. Of course, back to how they have been... "squatters". But keep smiling with them, they tell me they all have been given slots at the various relocation housing sites somewhere north of the city. But I do wonder why they are rebuilding their houses when they're supposed to be relocated. Hmm, I guess those houses are taking too long to materialize!
Okay, just for you my readers to get more glimpses, I went to another area in this place called Anibong District (not far from M/V Eva Jocelyn actually), and here are more ships washed high up ashore. Hah, if you go there now and listen to the stories... your legs will tremble and your eyes will dry up of tears. But let me describe this picture below.
Oh well, Yolanda, a very sad event indeed, but everyone around this place are all smiles - especially the kids - as they animatedly recount what happened. I guess that is what we call Filipino Resilience. Their smiles, and making fun of what happened, laughing at everything, probably helps them to recover.
Warning: if you are the "weak at heart" or one with a very "shallow tearwell", and esp if you are the 'wailing type", just don't visit this place just yet. Being sad about all these things might just keep on reminding them about their unbelievable misfortune/s. They have to rise and shine. So don't go there if all you will do is spread grief. They (and we) have to stand up and move on... I guess hehe!
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