I have been so busy that day that I was not able to write about one of the most exciting events that has happened in a long time. More accurately, the most exciting event where I was in the middle of things.
I had lunch in a restaurant near the office. Usually, I take the stairs up and down to the sixth floor. This is the one time I rode the elevator. By the time I was in the third floor, the elevator was slightly shaking. As I reached the fourth floor, I was thinking, "Does the elevator shake because I was so light?" Upon seeing I was on the fifth floor, I was thinking, "Will I reach the sixth floor? I sincerely hope the elevator chains will not break."
Finally, the door opened on the sixth floor! As I was getting out, I saw many people running toward my direction. In the office, we have a policy that we should log out and in for the noon break. There should also be a 30-minute interval between the log out and log in. When I checked my wrist watch, it was just 12:27. I wondered if all the people running toward the direction of the bundy clock were so desperate to log at that instant.
I saw people from my department and approached them. I asked them what all the commotion was about. It was only then that I felt the floor shake. In addition to that, my officemate told me there was an earthquake. There is a veranda in all floors in the office. When the men were able to open it, all of us went there.
Would you believe I was laughing through it all! That was until I saw my boss. She looked shaken. I asked her if she was ok. She told me she felt dizzy. I escorted her to the veranda.
I went back to my desk and saw several instant messages from concerned friends asking me if I felt the earthquake. All people in Metro Manila were literally shaken up that time.
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