My Prayer

I had just gotten to work and was getting my fill of the day's Yahoo headlines (I need to settle before I start working on my kagillion emails) when I saw the words Manila, Philippines and bomb exploded together in one sentence. I think I said OH MY GOD a litte too loudly that my department heard me and asked if everything was alright. I said, No and told them that a bomb went off at a mall I frequented back in Manila. It just hit close to home again. Memories of the semi-panic back during the Rizal Day bombing just flooded back. I was with friends watching the very first Mano Po (film fest time), when everyone's cellies in the Glorietta theater just lit up and rang. A lot of people didn't bother finishing the film and filed out. My cell rang off the hook too,my parents told me to stay put and immediately picked me up. Patty, like you I was also shaken up and to calm my nerves, I ended up purchasing this woven messenger bag from The Sak (which I still have) in Rustan's while waiting for parents. Iba talaga kung shopper eh noh? Anyway, focusing on work just wasn't in the books today.
I'm more praning when I'm in the City and I take the trains. Pero what can you do? You can't just let it get to you. Parang heightened lang yung senses mo because of the NY energy and the awareness of such things. Makes you wonder parin what's happening to our world. tsk tsk. When will these psychotic people stop???