At first, I wasn't sure it was an earthquake, since I was in standing position, I felt the floor shaking and thought it was only a hallucination.
As we came out of the building, we saw a girl shaking and crying as her friend's trying to console her. There were some people running and screaming at each other, most of them on the cell phone.
Loud volume of live news on the radio in the office.. Panic on the faces of people... all of them trying to reach their loved ones...
"are you okay?" .."there's no signal on my cell phone!"... "should we evacuate ourselves now since there might be one more coming?"... "oh my god! it was strong!" ...
Everyone's mind was on the subject; every conversation surrounded it. This made me think of how vulnerable we would become at the time of life-threatening situation.
We easily forget about how uncertain life is and take it for granted for many things in regular daily life.
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Now, the crowd became calmer and everyone went back to their regularity, attending their businesses..
Once the chaos is gone, we all laugh, leave it behind and carry on with our own lives....
5.4 earthquake? it seems just like a dream now.
My heart pained when I remembered the recent Nargis victims in Burma.
Where is justice when we need it the most?
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