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Feb 6, 2012, the day started like a normal, rainy day. The sky was cloudy, the traffic was okay, the only thing I had in mind that day was that I forgot to bring an umbrella, but besides that, no one ever thought that something like an "earthquake" would transpire later on today.
It was 11:40 something, and we were still on theater class, reporting, and all of the sudden, someone said, "Look the projector's moving", and we were like, "she dum.. " but no...
.. the projector was indeed moving, and we all sat still on our sits, bracing ourselves, some were teary, some were so scared( I for one) and some was just so shocked to have a reaction. Our teacher even had to stay on the corner and yelled that everyone stay calm, but in a situation we weren't really prepared for, we panicked.
After that, we all, including students and faculty, went down the school grounds and formed there, waiting if there'd be any after shocks and glad that there were none. So we decided to do the interview this afternoon for the priest and lawyer but then, when we got there on the church. A classmate of mine received some text message that sea water was gonna reach Ermita, that classmate lived there so she panicked and we all decided to go home. To add to the pressure, people were saying that the water's reaching the area near the church, so we were like, OMG, we're gonna go home. It was, hell I don't even know the time, but I was near Jollibee mandaue and was trying to find a jeepney to ride but, none. My amegs tried to tell me that there's still a jeepney ride but it's too far to just walk, was still in highway and I was still on the parish church and it was no joke. But, instead of just staying there and wait for my papa to pick me up, I decided to walk it all out, and so I did, and as I reached about 75perc of the total distance, I saw an officer, and asked where should I ride, and he told me and stuff.
I waited there for about 20 minutes and I was like, "Sh*t, there's no Talamban jeepney going here.." So I looked around, I looked at the jeepney writings and looked at the people and alas, I saw this blessed thing made from the heavens, the street signage.
I saw Talamban and I was able to board a jeepney.
What's the lesson for today? Maybe, it's to not believe right away things from text messages, listen to the news, be updated, and always be safe.
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