Who's shaking my bed?!?
Damn the Eagles. I don't know why, but I thought the Eagles would win the game easily today. What was I thinking? I knew this was a battle between two 4-1 teams, but for some reason I still imagined the Eagles would manhandle the Saints. And for that reason, I did not plan on watching the game.
Then I turned on the TV to see the progress, and it was 10-0, with the Saints up. Damn! Now I gotta watch the rest of the game! Not that I have any kind of monetary stakes in this game whatsoever, but I was shocked to see the Eagles down, so I simply had to watch the final outcome through.
And for that, I did not start my household chores till late. I have six loads of laundry to do, bedroom to clean and vacuum, bathroom to tidy and clean, dishes to clean, and the list goes on. It is almost 22:00 now, and I have only done one and a half chores.
Anyway, because I was doing so many loads of laundry, I did not get a chance to watch the news today. Somewhere in between going up and down the elevator shaft, my cell phone vibrated to let me know there was a voicemail. Funny, for the phone did not ring.
What I heard kind of freaked me out. It was a very short voicemail: "Not sure if you heard the news, but there had been an earthquake here, and there is no power. Gotta go, bye!"
My family is in Hawaii this weekend on their vacation. You never want to hear that an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude to hit the general vicinity of my family. Of course, further panic ensued when every attempt to call my sister's cell phone turned up "Number busy!"
After several attempts, I was able to go straight to her voicemail. Moments later, Szu called back. It is good to hear that everyone is okay. They were waiting in line for the grocery store to buy some drinking water and necessities.
I asked her if they were up and awake when the earthquake hit (07:07 local time), and she replied that she was up and getting ready, but my parents were still asleep. While the hotel shook violently from side to side, my sister started banging on my parent's hotel door. My dad didn't wake up immediately, because he thought someone was playing a prank. His response? "Who's shaking my bed?"
Then I turned on the TV to see the progress, and it was 10-0, with the Saints up. Damn! Now I gotta watch the rest of the game! Not that I have any kind of monetary stakes in this game whatsoever, but I was shocked to see the Eagles down, so I simply had to watch the final outcome through.
And for that, I did not start my household chores till late. I have six loads of laundry to do, bedroom to clean and vacuum, bathroom to tidy and clean, dishes to clean, and the list goes on. It is almost 22:00 now, and I have only done one and a half chores.
Anyway, because I was doing so many loads of laundry, I did not get a chance to watch the news today. Somewhere in between going up and down the elevator shaft, my cell phone vibrated to let me know there was a voicemail. Funny, for the phone did not ring.
What I heard kind of freaked me out. It was a very short voicemail: "Not sure if you heard the news, but there had been an earthquake here, and there is no power. Gotta go, bye!"
My family is in Hawaii this weekend on their vacation. You never want to hear that an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude to hit the general vicinity of my family. Of course, further panic ensued when every attempt to call my sister's cell phone turned up "Number busy!"
After several attempts, I was able to go straight to her voicemail. Moments later, Szu called back. It is good to hear that everyone is okay. They were waiting in line for the grocery store to buy some drinking water and necessities.
I asked her if they were up and awake when the earthquake hit (07:07 local time), and she replied that she was up and getting ready, but my parents were still asleep. While the hotel shook violently from side to side, my sister started banging on my parent's hotel door. My dad didn't wake up immediately, because he thought someone was playing a prank. His response? "Who's shaking my bed?"
posted by StHalcyon at
22:11
1 Comments:
That's absolutely hilarious. I'm glad your fam is all right... now we see why you sleep as through multiple alarm clocks: a 6.5 earthquake couldn't even wake your father!!!
Posted by Tanascha on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 10:30 PM
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