yesterday was a very nerve-breaking incident. February 6, 2012 11:55 am, a 20-second earthquake was happening at that time. i was at my room preparing myself for my 12 noon english class when suddenly all the bottles in our divider moved. i thought there were boarders running in the corridor so i went outside then i saw my roommate running and the roof was shaking, creating loud sound. i ran downstairs and then the quake stop for an instant.
papunta na ako sa school, paglabas ko ng dorm, (OMG!) ang daming students sa labas lalung-lalo na doon malapit sa Law building. pagdating ko sa Quadrangle, doon ang dami ding mga estudyante chatting, laughing, murmuring and etc. At 1:45 all classes at USC was suspended.
i went to the 3rd floor, hinahanap ko si Charish kasi wala ng pasok. Inutusan pala siya to go to Western Union. sumakay kami ng jeep papunta Robinson pero may nakita man kami na branch ng WU on the way to Robi so we then decided to stop there nalang. unfortunately, hindi available ang referance number na g.ask ni Cha-Cha. so we stayed there for a couple of minutes.
as we went out na sa WU branch, may nakasalubong kaming nag-momotor tapos sabi pa niya "Uy! naay tsunami". tinawanan lang namin kaya lang na.sink in sa mga utak namin na seryoso talaga 'yung tao kaya ayun nakulbaan na mi. after that we crossed the street, that time we saw people running towards us and then we ask what was happening, they answered us "naay tsunami!" and the lady talking was like haggard na kaau iyang face.
hindi talaga namin alam kung ano ang gagawin namin kaya we ran nalang pud together with others. and there we reached Robinson's Mall and then we went to the overpass. there we saw the people below panicking and i was like "as in, tinuod jud?". then one of my friend texted me that there was a tsunami daw and the water was in Colon na daw. and Colon is like a street away from my dormitory. my knees are starting to shake na and then Charish and I tried to contact our parents and told them what was happening.
hindi na kami nagtagal sa overpass, we started to walk fast away from Fuente and then as we walk away we saw others crying and some of them was praying and then padayon lang gihapon mi ug lakaw. after that, we stopped to hear some news tapos nalaman nalang namin na false alarm lang pala and then tinawanan nalang namin ang mga pangyayari.
we walked padulong ayala kasi wala nay jeep ang nilabay and then there were big traffic because of the commotions. 'Yung iba nga iniwan nalang nila ang mga kotse nila kasi daw nga may tsunami.
after that foolish event, i felt relieved na jud and the only thing i saw at others' face was a big SIGH!
i thank God nah false alarm lang kasi hindi ko na alam kung ano ang gagawin ko kung totoo man iyon.
best line: CHARISH: hala, kung mamatay ko, ikaw jud akong kuyog. (she said to me when we were at the overpass)
lesson learned: "don't panic if you the news is not sure. just react to the possibilities"
'till then my subjects... this has been your writer (ciam)... *_*
