what a way to end christmas…
I was crudely awaken by a series of mild vibration on my bed. Felt as if someone’s resting his shaking leg on it. I petulantly checked if there’s anyone doing that (don’t ask, it seemed logical at that moment), nope. The only person with me was Emily and she’s sound asleep.
I continued to sleep nevertheless …. and about 5 seconds later, the bed started to quiver again. This time, it’s more violent. No more shaking leg. It’s more like someone’s having passion sex on my bed. I got up and started to look around. Yeah, I’m absofuckinglutely sure my whole bed’s shaking. Was this due to my rotating fan ? Or some vibration resulted from someone wanking inside the toilet upstairs ? Don’t ask, it seemed logical at that moment.
I then got up and walked around and checked outside the building. Nothing. Couldn’t figure out what was wrong, I went to the toilet to take a piss - hoping I could make some sense out of what actually happened. (Again, don’t ask why I think taking a piss would make up some senses in me, it seemed logical at that moment).
When I positioned myself in front of the bowl getting ready to piss, I witnessed the most unbelievable thing. The pool of water inside the bowl was actually vacillating …. same goes with the bath water tank. The whole fucking building was actually shaking !
I quickly went outside into the living room to check if everything’s ok, and that was when I saw my middle aged aunt and her daughter came running screaming hysterically that we’re having an earthquake or something like that.
“Damn”, I thought, the quake not only woke me from my slumber, but made those girls went cuckoo as well. It stopped after a while… I meant the quake….my aunt was still screaming ..until way pass noon. Alright, I made that up, she didn’t screamed till noon. Only for an hour or two.
Later, I checked the news and found out, that it’s indeed an earthquake, centered slightly off the coast of Acheh. Lots of lives were lost.
What a way to end Christmas. My thoughts goes to the unfortunate ones out there.
whoa~an earthquake? wahlauwei!!!
anyway, this a lil late, but merry x-mas.
I thought I was dreaming! I was still in bed when I felt my bed was shaking quite badly! I looked up and saw the time was about 9am. It happened for like 5 to 10 seconds…
Location: Tanjung Bungah, Penang
there were confirmed 10 deaths in Penang …. sad ….
i heard a tidal wave hit penang… *sigh*
hmm hmm i do felt a little but i just ignore cos extremely tired …
Mike, don’t miss the episode on my blog. My hubby actually thought I am a herd of elephants. http://lilianchan.blogspot.com/2004/12/day-my-hubby-thought-i-am-herd-of.html
Latest i heard confirmed deaths stand at 20+ approaching 30. Roads to Tg. Bungah and Bt. Ferringhi closed!
lilian - yeah, heheh, i caught that earlier on. That was hilarious.
janus - we’ll just have to wait on the final confirmed death toll.
Come think of it, I was just at that place whacking seafood (by the sea) at around 9 pm last night… if the quake occurred 8 hours earlier, michaelooi.net would probably be on hiatus for a looooooong time, if not for infinite. Scary.
oh~i finally left the computer and read the papers. it’s worst than what i thought it was. so many deaths!
still no signs of any after shock. this is scary.
Glad to hear you are ok dude, latest death toll 11,500!
heard the new last nite during a wedding dinner tim. thought of my frens in penang. this morning asked dS to see got any news about bloggers in penang, as well as try to get news of another ex-colleague in penang.
who would have thought an ever peaceful place like our country would encounter something like this ?
this is really sad.
sad to hear that. we cant predict about all this disaster. may God bless the soul and spirit of those who have died in this Tsunami.May thy rest in peace forver.