how was your day?

i woke up at around 8am. its my day off. the weather is gloomy. perfect. i said to myself this is great because i almost always have less than 6hours of sleep. i opened the fridge and drank soya milk (my favorite) coz i was feeling thirsty. i went back to bed and slept. woke up at around 10am. feeling more energized i got up and washed my uniform. i turned the music up as i always do. it makes the washing more bearable. as i was about finished something weird happened. i thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me again. but no it was different. i felt the ground shook for a few seconds. the the things around me were moving. and then i quickly realized that there's an earthquake.  i normally don't get alarmed when there's an earthquake since i grow up in an area where earthquakes are common. well not that common but we have it every once in a while. as far as i can remember i haven't experienced earthquakes here in cebu ever since i started college. that was 2005.  

i just stood there sitting. staring at my clothes hanging. moving. waiting for it to stop. but it didn't. it lasted longer than i expected. so before it was finished i went outside. holding on to things because it was kinda strong. i saw the light post was still shaking when i went out. and slowly everyone was going out of their homes. and then it stopped. 

i checked the internet for updates. i had a chat with my younger sister. told her about what just happened. she said they had an earthquake too. i just told her how silly i look when i went out of my house. soapy hands, short shorts, messy hair, i don't even have a bra on. hahaha.. i was laughing at myself when i realized how i look. it was no big deal. until i read somewhere that tsunami alert is at level 2. and after a few minutes it was raised to level 3. i got scared a little. im not afraid of earthquakes. but the thought of  tsunami brings horrible pictures up in my head. 

i took a bath. gathered my soiled clothes and dropped them off at the laundry shop. then i went to the hospital to meet up with my landlady to pay rent. then i heard their stories. how the earthquake started and someone shouted earthquake! and then the power went out. back-up generators turned the lights back on. they went out. the parked cars were moving. and then 3 people were in the emergency room hyperventilating. and another one was rushed  to the ER. bed12. but didn't make it. the relative that was with him said the patient had an attack right after the earthquake. 

i got a couple of phone calls from my mom. she was worried sick because she had a hard time contacting me. she wants me to get out of Lapu-Lapu because its a small island. but i told her that the bridge is packed with people and i told her i'll just take ferry boat but then she said no!... and then she called again telling me to just stay in the hospital since water is rising in some parts of cebu. but im not the most obedient daughter. 

after i paid my rent. jacqueline and i decided to get our nails done. we weren't really affected that much about the news. i don't know why people were all in panic mode. probably because of what happened to japan and the things they saw on TV. how the tsunami washed everything that would stand on its way. we went to grandmall but it was closed. we looked for other salons. everyone put the closed sign on. finally on our 4th salon hunt it was open. 

after i was done with mine, i left jacky since my friend, mellany, has been looking for me. i received several text messages from her. we were supposed to meet up somewhere to buy ingredients since we planned to have spaghetti night. and im cooking. :) i meet up with her at robinson's tamiya. and we made spaghetti. after it was cooked we decided to just put some cream and cheese on top of it and place it on the oven and bake it.

baked spaghetti for dinner. kim arrived. we talked about what happened that day. mellany had a traumatic experience since earlier that day she was at the downtown market in colon. she said everyone there was in panic mode. someone started a very exaggerated story that the water is already in the streets of plaza independencia, SRP etc. so everyone was running like a mad man. she thought at first that some riot started somewhere. then she asked someone and told her that tsunami is happening. she didn't know what to do first. she started walking briskly going uptown.  she said everyone was either crying, shouting, closing up their shops, many slippers were on the streets. it was like the end of the world. she saw one old couple who looked so tired and not doing so well. she avoided the crowd since she's afraid of stampede and she's carrying a LOT of things. luckily she got a ride on a government car. when she was inside the car she felt relieved and cried a bit. she was ready to die. she sent everyone dear to her text messages. 

kim, told us the lamps and their other different products fell on the floor right outside her door. since she's the boss she had a different room from the rest of her staff. she told us she hid under her table. 

we had a good dinner. that night we planned on making spaghetti and we were supposed to go visit Logos Hope (a ship that travels worldwide carrying books) but we cancelled the logos hope since its in pier 1. mellany was still in shock mode. so we decided to just get ourselves a massage. Nuat Thai which was right across her street was closed and so was Body and Sole. so we went to Thai Boran at Goldberry Suites. it was open! yes! i was so happy since all day i have been hurting because im having my monthly period. first day. it hurts so bad. i already took 2 pain relievers. one in the morning before the earthquake. and second was after i had my dinner. 

the pampering was really good. i got home at around 11:30pm. gave jacky some spaghetti. she was happy about it. she said it tasted good. :) and i slept. i had a really good sleep. :)