'I hope there aren't any cracks..'
ok. I just experienced really bad tremors at home. my house was shaking, and i thought my readings of social support systems were making me giddy.
suddenly i felt everything shake, and then i looked at my 'window blind adjuster' and it was swaying. that was when i decided it's time to get my ass out of the house.
went downstairs. everyone was there, some were running down the stairs.
called buddy wl to reassure her i'm ok, and she forwarded an sms to me from the news station:
'Singapore buildings sway after earthquake 7.9 in Indonesia, quake has tsunami potential.'
my goodness, when i read the word 'tsunami', my whole heart sank. it was almost i was immediately transported back to Banda Aceh and the faces of the children and the destruction came back to my mind.
I sat down at a corner to pray for the people in Indonesia.
At that point, my neighbour and his wife came home from work. They parked the car, and asked me why everyone was downstairs. I said 'oh, the building was shaking. there's been an earthquake in Indonesia.'
To my shock, his wife replied 'oh. i hope there arent cracks in my house.'
I nearly couldnt speak anything in reply. Honestly, I couldn't believe what she said. So i offered more info: 'oh, they say the quake has tsunami potential.'
'oh ok. it must be quite bad huh?'
'i hope there aren't any cracks'
suddenly i felt everything shake, and then i looked at my 'window blind adjuster' and it was swaying. that was when i decided it's time to get my ass out of the house.
went downstairs. everyone was there, some were running down the stairs.
called buddy wl to reassure her i'm ok, and she forwarded an sms to me from the news station:
'Singapore buildings sway after earthquake 7.9 in Indonesia, quake has tsunami potential.'
my goodness, when i read the word 'tsunami', my whole heart sank. it was almost i was immediately transported back to Banda Aceh and the faces of the children and the destruction came back to my mind.
I sat down at a corner to pray for the people in Indonesia.
At that point, my neighbour and his wife came home from work. They parked the car, and asked me why everyone was downstairs. I said 'oh, the building was shaking. there's been an earthquake in Indonesia.'
To my shock, his wife replied 'oh. i hope there arent cracks in my house.'
I nearly couldnt speak anything in reply. Honestly, I couldn't believe what she said. So i offered more info: 'oh, they say the quake has tsunami potential.'
'oh ok. it must be quite bad huh?'
'i hope there aren't any cracks'
When I saw the word Tsunami, I was kind of numb until I also almost instantaneously the numbers 7.8. My goodness! I shrieked and my Dad asked me what happened. I told him a super BIG quake hit, even Singaporean buildings are shaking. It kind of made me think of Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines and all the countries in Asia. Even my Dad's concerned, and he is a hell lot of a secular man.
7.8 is a mere number to us, to them, it is like I don't know what to say. I'm beginning to feel there is no them or us. Singapore may jolly while be next. If God created the universe, who says He can't shift the platonic plates and crustal movements?
Don't be discouraged by people bah. There are cracks in people's hearts that you need to be mending instead of the cracks in the Auntie's house.
yeah i know what u mean. i felt the tremors really bad ta my plc too. when i heard it was a tsunami i was really sad and was very worried for the pple in indonesia and all ym dad could talk about was how exciting it was.=(