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MY PHONE RANG AT 2 AM DURING MY NIGHT SHIFT IN A LONDON WARD… MY MOTHER WAS CRYING UNDER A COLLAPSED ROOF IN CEBU 😭🇬🇧🇵🇭 On the left: me on my night shift as an NHS Healthcare Assistant in London. On the right: what the flash floods and landslides (bagyo) did to my family’s house in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu two weeks ago... Kumusta po sa lahat 🙏 My name is Aileen Garcia, and I came to London 4 years ago from Cebu. Like every Filipino here, my entire life revolves around working double shifts to send Padala back home to my family. That night at 2:15 AM, my phone lit up with a WhatsApp video call from my brother in Cebu. I answered, and all I could hear was screaming and torrential rain. The flash floods had ripped the entire tin roof off our family house. Rain was pouring directly onto my parents, destroying all our furniture and electrical wiring. My mother was shaking in the dark, crying: “Aileen, the house is flooded, everything is destroyed!” The local contractor gave us a strict ultimatum: 350,000 PHP (£4,800) for immediate roofing materials, workers, and a power generator, or the structure would completely collapse. I opened my Monzo app with shaking hands. I had exactly £52 left until payday. My rent was due, my Barclays credit card was maxed out, and there was no way I could borrow £5,000 at 2 AM in London. I sat on the cold hospital floor and broke down sobbing. A senior Filipina nurse on my shift heard me crying and rushed over. She pulled out her phone and showed me her bank app — she had just withdrawn £18,200. She whispered: “Ate, stop crying. There is a licensed UK online platform called Royal Spin. I’ve been using their slots to pay off my debts.” At 2:30 AM, when your parents are standing in the rain with no roof over their heads, you take the risk. I deposited my last £70 using my Monzo card. I opened Gates of Olympus and set my bet to £2 per spin. On the 5th spin, the screen lit up with purple lightning, Zeus dropped a x1000 multiplier, and the
