{"id":294,"date":"2015-10-24T17:39:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T00:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/yangdidi\/?p=294"},"modified":"2015-12-24T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T22:00:24","slug":"miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/yangdidi\/2015\/10\/24\/miles\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/149603954\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Miles\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m Milo Miles, I\u2019m 19 years old. I\u2019m from Falalop, Ulithi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where were you during the typhoon?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending college. PCC, Palau Community College. And that\u2019s when the typhoon hits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know the typhoon was coming?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. We\u2019d been watching it online from the internet, ever since it\u2019s still far until it got hit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When did you first hear that it had actually hit?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were watching online and then we were reading like, what\u2019s the \u2026 we were reading stuff that they posted. They were saying about the closest point and how it hits, and then the next day, we\u2019ve seen the pictures of the islands, how \u2026 I think it was Brad Holland who posted online. Yeah. That\u2019s when I see how bad and how strong the typhoon was. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you see pictures of your home?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. (Laughs) I see pictures of my home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was that like?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I couldn\u2019t recognize it was my home. I could hardly tell. There\u2019s no \u2026 all that\u2019s left is the floor. The walls are flipped to the sides, and \u2026 it\u2019s a mess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who still lives here? Your parents?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. My mom and dad and two brothers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long until you could actually talk to them after you saw the pictures?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think one week after, and I talked to them on the radio. They got a radio. I was using one back in Palau and calling them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was it hard not to be able to talk to them for a whole week?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, I was thinking about them the whole week and I\u2019d been praying for them. I been praying for all the peoples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When were you able to come home?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanted to come home as soon as possible but they wanted me to stay back and complete my school and then come. But it\u2019s tough, it really effect my grades and all the things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because you couldn\u2019t concentrate, it was hard to concentrate?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. I could hardly study. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you have to wait until June to come home? When did your school end?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think the end of May. I wait until May and then I come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was it like to come home?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was strange. It\u2019s messy, and \u2026 but it took courage for me to continue on my education, to come back and help. So, yeah. I have the courage inside still fighting for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was it like when you flew over on PMA, when you first saw?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s like \u2026 it\u2019s like all trash or stamping area. It\u2019s hardly, seeing houses that are standing. I\u2019m seeing place that I didn\u2019t see, before it\u2019s blocked but now everything\u2019s down, we could see from afar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What about the high school? You spent four years at the high school?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, the high school. The high school used to have a white roof. When I came, it\u2019s all black. I noticed the roofs are gone. In fact, my class was the last class who graduated from the school. We graduated last year. It\u2019s all broken down this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I saw your pictures from your graduation actually. You posted some on Facebook?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How was it seeing your family?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel lucky. They still alive, no one got hurt. Yeah. I was kind of blaming myself, I wasn\u2019t there during the typhoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s hard.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. Since everyone\u2019s still alive and living, that\u2019s good. I\u2019m going to go with the flow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was it hard to rebuild now? All the houses?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. Most people are \u2026 they didn\u2019t complete their education so, they don\u2019t have that much to buy the materials. But people are still trying to build as much as they could. We have local houses, we use coconut palms for roof. Now, we couldn\u2019t, there\u2019s no coconut leaves anymore. They all snapped and fall, so I think we got nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long do you think it will take? Do you think the island will ever look the way it used to?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would think it take a year or a few months. Yeah. I think it take years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What about the reefs? What do you think the effect of the typhoon was on the reefs? Have you been diving? <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. Before the reefs were kind of bright, and \u2026 right after the typhoon, it all went black. You could just tell that some of them have died. I think the reefs saved a lot of people from the waves. Yeah. And it\u2019s good to know how the cycle of corals grow, it\u2019s a living thing, it\u2019s not just a rock \u2026 and how it\u2019s protected, how to manage. Yeah. I\u2019m interested in \u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you want to do after you finish college? Do you want to do something with the ocean, or something different?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I always want to do anything that could help the community of this island, so \u2026 since this group came and giving us great ideas about managing the coral, so, I\u2019m up for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you think that you\u2019re closer with the elders and that the community has become stronger?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I really think so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it easier for you to have that relationship with the elders now or is it still kind of hard to talk with them?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think it\u2019s kind of hard, but if we open up now then the next generation will see us, and I think they\u2019ll do the same thing that we did, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">I\u2019m Milo Miles, I\u2019m 19 years old. I\u2019m from Falalop, Ulithi. Where were you during the typhoon? Attending college. 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