A pianist's hands

If you take a look at a map of the world, you'll see how vulnerable is our archipelago — an island of more than 7,100 islands.

- JULLIE Y. DAZA

Into the capital of our archipelago breezed Cecile Licad, as monsoon rains fell and winds blew, dramatized by no less than an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude. Imagine our archipelago as a string of beads, broken in places and as vulnerable as a necklace being tossed about by waves hither and thither. No wonder, we have earned the dubious reputation of being “the most disaster prone country in the world.”