earthquake!

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at around 11:52 this morning, we experienced an 6.8 magnitude earthquake. it was scary! the last earthquake i felt was way back august (i'm not really sure) last year but it was mild. it came at around 5am and i was wondering why my bed was shaking. mind you, i have a huge bed. but the earthquake today was really strong.

i was sitting in the dining room working. this is my preferred "office" because the Internet connection is excellent in this area. it didn't start out as strong. we live along the side of the road and i thought there must be a huge truck that is going to pass by. however, the truck never passed instead, the ground shook. right then and there, i knew it was an earthquake. it grew stronger. our chandelier shook, my mom's jars were precariously shaking and i was afraid a vase of flowers was going to fall down. worse, the baby was in the bedroom with the yaya. i was paralyzed and couldn't move. i only shouted that the baby was in the bedroom but there was nothing i could. it lasted for about 30 seconds but it was the longest 30 seconds of my life.

the aftershock came about 25 minutes after but it was milder already. classes and work was cancelled for the afternoon. my brother also said most of the stores and malls in the city were closed and people were afraid of a tsunami hitting. but so far, all is well. in the northern area of the province, apparently some bridges were destroyed but so far no life has been lost as of this time.

God is still good.