...a distance ring slowly brought me back to the throes of reality. I turned over and picked the cell which usually sleeps by ma bed-side. Itz 12:36 am and I was fast asleep.....'what is this Sonofabitch calling me at this unholy hour of the day to say?'. For the benefit of doubt I reluctantly answered the thingy not knowing it was going to be the wake of a 3hour adventure.
He must have mumbled something about the buliding shaking and everybody in the Condo standing outside ....which sounded like he been drinking or I was dreaming. I hopped out of bed and went straight for the loo. Ma housemate had received a call too so this was a serious joke now. I took ma time in the bathroom, peeed, washed ma face as I wasn't seeing properly, took ma cell, ma wallet, ma passport and strolled outta ma unit until some buds beckoned me to widen ma pace....was it coming down forreal!
Inside the fully packed elevator, I saw young looking humans that looked more frightened than excited, some half claded in their night thingyz, some fully awake. I couldn't help but smile. Why should you be worried at nothing? Alarms rung out and doors banged as we journeyed to the ground floor. THis was mayhem! Enroute, the elevator halted and an old woman in wheel chairs surfaced with her maid and Gosh! they had too board the thing too. There couldn't be enough space for all so somebody had to out! Ma naughty mind started reverating..."if this was a life-dead situation, who should be allowed to go on and live? Is this the old woman who is apparently waiting to kick the bucket or would it be the youths who occupied 99.9% of the lift? Let your pummeled conscience sing!
Shoulder-walking one of ma housemates who surprisingly lost his ability to do it towards the entrance, we were greeted by a hive of frightened, anticipating phone- calling tenants numbering to a few thousands who not surprisingly became interested in knowing why one of us wasn't walking. We could have cooked up something but we smiled and kept walking.
With vehicles, humans, mosquitos, cats all over the place, we had to squeeze our way through to find a spot. Some over zealous, over-their-head dudes heightened the fright when they supposingly trying to allay it. Information is a very powerful tool, If you relay it wrongly, you get more confused reactions than is neccessary. When people could not accertain what this dude was trying to put across, - apologies to his soon-to be fixed grammar, another dude voluntrily gave his own speech atop his voice is Chinese (the Indians, Malays and Africans must have understood either as there were no more translations.) Were this guys excited about talking over the loudspeaker to a two thousand people audience?...tsk
...Till now, we are not able to place the reason why this passionate security personnels had to wake us at 12:36am to evacuate our warm beds to fry outside. A rumour sprang out that there was an earthquake in the whole of malaysia. Some people admitted to hearing or feeling the "trembling" of the apartment while doing thier business. This is truly wack!That being the case, were we safer crowding within falling range of a 18 storey apartment? The only good thing that occured as a result of this unfortunate incidence is that, the "Ramly" burger vendor and neighbouring Gas stations had very good flow of early morning partrons and must have 'sold-out!'
Plus, why didn't someone tell me that there were these much pretty girls staying in this Condomenium? Those that couldn't have the grace to jump outta bed-clothes came out thus. Shirtless men could be counted as well. Figure this out! Some people wanted to go back to this soon to be crashed buillding if only they could savage their cell phones, passports, wallets and the likes.....crazy world. The true value of materialism was manifested right here.
Someone said the Fire-guyz were alerted and that they were making their way to tell us when we can go in for the building to crash on us. They must have had difficulty locating our crib but when they arrived 2hours later and ordered us to go back to bed, the old house had not come tumbling down. ....'abbracadabra'!
Tried to catch up on ma sleep as I had to get up early for college. Thought I was going to have a little bit of 'mares before slipping-away....nah! I forgot about life the minute I hit ma bed again. I must have seen some people leave with bags after the panaroma...don't tell me they sleeping out tonight.
I am not pyscho, I just didn't see the need for a night drama. There was an earthquake yeah! and we were fortunate enough not to be dumped. The reaction by people courtesy of our 'wonderful' security guards was in ma opinion simply ill-meant and more dangerous....."Be anxious for nothing but with prayer and thanksgiving, make ya requests known unto God"- the Holy book.
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