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just like last night at around 1030ish she got pissed. you know Mopther Nature, specifically Mother Earth. am a brave kick ass bitch. am not afraid of almost anything. except for earthquakes. i have trauma with that phenomenon. i could still remeber why, very vivdly. i was working at McDonald's then, i was the only LSM (Local Store Marketing a.k.a. store hostess) on duty that afternoon i was inside the cramped, closed, no windows, all the walls are filled with our heavy filing boxes. i was very busy with our month end report and have been counting our inventory of premium items when suddenly i felt dizzy i was just sitting there and looked up the filing box shelves and they started to freakin fall one by one! and the puppet booth made of formica shell fell on my path. the kitchen crews started to scream and ran out of the kitchen. while i was left inside the small crampy office with a puppet booth blockling my way out.
going back to 2004. i was on my the final 1 and a half hour of my shift when i put my customer on hold with a valid excuse and barked at my seatmate Ed, another fellow agent, "will you please stop that!" and in his scared frakin out look he faced me and told me "am not doing anything....there is an earthquake!". Oh my Lord! my callmaster started to bounce, the floor was shaking up and down, then it started to sway in circles and i was getting real dizzy. The whole 14th floor started freakin sway. then suddenly stopped and the scarier "after-shock" took over. i grabbed my bag, completely forgotten my customer on hold and started praying. people around me were laughing and some were scared. mixed emotions.
after the phenomenon i texted Dan to check at home. i live in las piñas and our area ticked 5 on the Richter scale see related story here. he says that there are okay and they are outside our house together with the majority of our neighbors. i couldn't wait to get home, my body is still shaky. finally, at exactly 12:01 was on my out of the building heading home. when i got home my son was already sleeping. Dan said he freaked out because it was even stronger than way back in 1999 when i was still pregnant. he was watching a Jackie Chan movie with the volume up, while our son was playing on the living room floor. he started to get dizzy, Brusko just continued playing. he freaked out when he saw the chimes on the door started to chime like crazy. he grabbed our son by the his collar at the back and embraced him and headed off the door. he said it was so difficult to run while ground was shaking. they went out of the house both of them barefoot. Brusko started to ask questions, "are we going to play?". Dan was starting to yell "no we are not going to play, son. there is an earthquake!". Brusko started to shake off his Dad and wanted to go down. Dan yelled again "wag matigas ang ulo, (dont be hard headed) just stay with me!". Then Brusko stated to cry with all the panic and mayhem going around the street.
I thank God nothing really bad happened to anyone last night. This is two earthquakes within 30 days. what the hell...
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meanwhile, while i was on my way home waiting for my regular FX ride a girl approached me. and asked me where i was when it shook. i said i was in the office taking a call. and she asked if i am working in a call center, i said yes for almost two years now. she gave me her card and started to build up her company, HSBC. Requested me to email my resume to her so that she can forward it to HR. after engaging in a small converstion we found out that her husband's best friend is a good friend of mine. and she says he's going to start working at HSBC as Team Leader, blah blah, blah. That friend of mine Jeejay was on my doorstep the following morning convincing me to apply. i said okay, will try. there is no harm in trying.
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