the day the sea was empty

talked about it with a friend this morning and we discussed the what-ifs especially the moments before the big wave would hit.

" the first wave happened in the morning, around 10 am"

we would either be having breakfast or knowing that we are early risers, and her adventurous self, will want to go down to the beach to see what is left from the night before.

" for a while, the water began to receede far out sea, exposing the corals near the shore and fishes were jumping from one rock pool to another.. the sea was empty. then out a sudden the water started to come back"

knowing her and him, i can imagine they will be extremely curious and would go forward to look at the corals..me on the other hand will be getting worked up and shouting at them to head back.

" such earthquakes of a magnitude of 9.0 on the richter scale are very rare, happening once in a thousand...."'

that line goes out to a friend who was planning to go lanka but somehow her travel plan was not be, as are her other plans to other hotspots. she has an angel watching over her. especially since this particular calamity was beyond anybody's imagination. you would imagine tornadoes and storms hitting these resorts, but even these will be happening off season. not an earthquake and tsunami. especially since the sky was clear and blue, the sea calm before it happened.

received an sms from fren forwarded "am arite but lots of dead bodies around" from phiphi..

i am not scared by the incident. we had planned to go to a southern thailand island next year.. and last we spoke. we think we'll stick to the plan.

not scared as am saddened. as well as humbled... saddened evenmore as we learn about the events and rising deathtoll from the news. saddened by the lost of lives. the lost of families and homes. hearts and prayers to those in sri lanka,india, aceh thailand, maldives, penang and myannmar.

and humbled, for no matter how advanced our science and technology got to be, there is no stopping god's work and the force of nature at its best or worst is always a humbling experience.