ADVERTISEMENTI was with a group of photographers, including then Inquirer colleague Boy Cabrido, somewhere in Pampanga when we found ourselves crossing a muddy river. Pinatubo was still spewing lahar that made its way into river channels. Standing in the muddy waters, I suddenly felt like I was sinking, and sinking fast—as if the water was quicksand. She then showed me a picture: me, being pulled up by two men from the chest-high muddy waters. “Aren’t you that reporter who fell in lahar?” the reporter asked, and I could not help but burst out laughing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 08, 2019 18:56 UTC