At exactly 4:21 pm i received a text message from my mother informing me that there will be a possible tsunami that will happen in the PHILIPPINE COASTAL PROVINCES ALONG PACIFIC OCEAN those places were BATANES,CAGAYAN, ILOCOS NORTE, ISABELA, QUEZON, AURORA,CAMARINES SUR&NORTE,ALBAY,SORSOGON,SAMAR,CATANDUANES, LEYTE, SURIGAO and YES! DAVAO CITY this is DUE TO JAPAN's QUAKE 8.9 in SCALE & recently TSUNAMI HIT MAIN HONCHU JAPAN.
Actually, i was in the mall that time when i received my mother's text message ;) I wasn't worried because i know that we don't have to be scared if we really believe in God, but it doesn't mean that even if i am in the mall i wasn't thinking about my family who's away from me. I went home around 8:38 pm and almost of the people were talking about the tsunami news happened in Japan.
I heard a conversation between a woman and a boy teenager talking about the woman's family, she's worried about her children because they were living near the seashore. The teenager then answered that she don't have to worry as long as her children knows how to swim. I don't think if that teenager was joking or he just wanted to offend that woman. Later, when I asked the tricycle driver to drive me home I saw him staring above and wondering of what was he looking at. Maybe he was was also thinking about the tsunami and his family.
As i arrived at the boarding house the aura, environment and the situation has changed because no one's talking about tsunami at all. I was shocked because no one's worried, they were talking about the food that they ate, their experiences before when they were still college and their experiences when they already have a family. I was happy because everyone's not thinking about the tragedy. But, i can't stop my self from asking them about the tsunami news, then they answered me,
"Honey, you don't have to worry because it already happened and we can't stop such situation, all we have to do is to pray for the souls of the people who wasn't able to survive and for the people who lost their family members".
And that was a PERFECT answer from them. That's them, my first and second degree family.
My first cousins, second cousin's and my aunt.
PS. To all BSN Batch 2008 and those who knew Alfred Mark R. Mar, he has joined the Creator last March 6, 2011. His wake is at Angel Funeral Homes. Interment is on March 15, 2011.
Please pray to all military officers who died in an ambush today at Mawab Compostela Valley Province.
We are all praying for the souls of the people who died and for the deceased family. May you will all rest in peace.
