I’m sitting on a pile of clothes right now. I can’t seem to figure out how the hell I’m going to fit everything in a 22-in length x 18-in width x 10-in deep luggage. I’ll be off to another country and will stay there for 2 weeks. I don’t think I’ll totally be comfortable unless I have this whole pile. That doesn’t include the shoes and bags I want to bring.
What to pack??
I need a ‘how to travel light 101′ ASAP, like, right now. >_< I need help!
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Manila a few minutes ago. The news is all over Twitter right now. And probably Facebook.
Despite the Philippines being in the Pacific Ring and earthquakes being a normal occurence, I’ve never felt one. This is the first time I’ve ever felt an earthquake. And as fate would have it, I just had to be at the 21st floor of one of the tallest buildings in Makati when the earthquake hit. Despite all the advice and tips on what to do during an earthquake, you can never really be prepared. According to the news, the earthquake lasted 30 seconds. But for me, I felt it was longer. And during that timeframe, things were going around my mind: do I go under the table, do I take the fire exit and go down (mind you 21 floors is a long way down), do I stay put, how long will this last, will this building fall, am I going to die?? After what happened to Haiti, I can’t help be paranoid.
I’ve temporarily stopped working right now. I’m still calming my nerves and following Twitter news. I haven’t heard of any damages yet. I hope there’s none.
Interesting things happen everyday… But it’s not everyday that something interesting happens to you. And it’s definitely not everyday that you’ll find a cat inside a car’s hood / engine (or whatever you call that area).
My day was a pretty normal until around 9 pm, already heading for home, when I heard a scratching sound inside Ayo’s car. I didn’t think much of it until I heard a ‘meow’… twice. There was a cat somewhere inside this moving car! And so we stopped at a nearby gas station… The gas station attendants and mechanic were nice enough to help us search for the mysterious cat. At first, the guys weren’t convinced that a cat could actually enter, fit and stay inside the car’s engine area. But lo and behold, the cat appeared after searching for it for around 30 minutes.
Cat inside the car
Finding the cat was the easy part. It took us another hour just to get the little creature out. It wouldn’t budge! Whenever the guys were able to corner it and lead it to the small opening, it would maneuver it’s way to another part of the car. That is just surprising because it seems that the cat actually knows its way around.
Free at last!
After a few more cat talk, the guys were able to drive the cat out of the car.
Fierce cat posing for the camera!
The fierce cat is fierce.
