There is always light

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It’s been very difficult for me to write an entry the past few days. The Glorietta 2 explosion was really disturbing. There were theories of bombings, gas leaks and basement accidents milling around, all of which just fed our fears as we searched for answers.

Thankfully none of my loved ones were at the area when tragedy hit. Thankfully none of my friends chose that time to go malling. Sadly, many were hurt and fatally wounded. While they are strangers to me, that does not ease my sadness and fears one bit.

When you start linking stories to the names of the victims, it just becomes harder. There were friends going out for lunch, celebrating a recent pay increase. There was a wife waiting for her husband to pick her up. There were employees going about their daily routines. It was just another malling afternoon.

I will be honest and say that I’m afraid. Whether it was a bombing or an accident, it still is scary. Life goes on, shouldn’t it? I’ve been needing to buy some stuff from the mall but I can’t bring myself to go to a single one. Am I being too careful? Or am I just managing my fears? I’ll eventually go to a mall again, maybe even tomorrow for all I know, but for now I just feel iffy about it. That is understandable, right?

It didn’t seem right for me to not write how I felt about all this. I wrote about it for Happy Nest as well [link]. I was trying to find some light in what happened and well… anyway, I hope you get to read it.

Theories remain theories for now. Investigations are stil ongoing. While we wait for answers, let’s manage our fears, our expectations, and hang tight. There is always light, we just need to dig our way out of all this confusion to find it.


More news here:
‘High level of certainty’ mall blast an accident–probers — Breaking News, Nation, INQUIRER.net
Signs of gas explosion found in Glorietta 2 — Cebu Daily News
Arroyo to visit blast site in Makati — Breaking News, Metro, INQUIRER.net

0 comment on There is always light

  1. Christianne
    October 23, 2007 at 4:46 pm (16 years ago)

    If only horrible things like this didn’t happen! I don’t blame you for being frightened… I live oceans away pero takot na takot ako noong Friday when reading the news online.

    Haven’t been to Glorietta since the blast. Still scared!!!

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  2. bh
    October 23, 2007 at 4:55 pm (16 years ago)

    write

    we write of happy notes
    and we write sad songs
    we write of inspiring moments
    and of the ones that torment

    we are writers
    and we find our solitude
    in the eye of madness,
    our own turmoil
    in seeming peace

    when we write.

    Writing is therapy indeed.

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  3. @}-- ruby --{@
    October 23, 2007 at 5:46 pm (16 years ago)

    i am worried with this ayala blast. i couldn’t answer the question “what is more painful or which is better, that the blast is due to an orchestrated bomb attack, a negligence or an accident?”. i can’t think of an answer for when I try to reason out for each one of the possible reason of the blast, at the end of it all, it leads me back to the innocent people who died and been injured by the blast.

    Exactly, ruby, exactly. whatever the motive was, a lot of people were harmed and suffered because of it. Sigh, it is terrible, really.

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  4. Junnie
    October 24, 2007 at 3:57 am (16 years ago)

    sometimes you’d think if the people who orchestrated this believe in God…i guess not.

    i hope we all get over it soon…para puro happy nest-time of articles ulit….

    Recent news points to it being an accident. I don’t know what to believe anymore!

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  5. Ann
    October 24, 2007 at 8:15 am (16 years ago)

    If that was a terrorist plot, the best way to get back at them is to resume our day to day activities but with more vigilance. Be aware of your surroundings. If you notice an unatttended bag/backpack, inform security right away. It is better to be safe than sorry. If it was an accident, it is a wake-up call to everybody in the construction/building maintenance/real estate development/government officials to focus on safety of the buildings in the Philippines. How often are these buildings inspected? Were they given certificates of occupancy because they legitimately passed safety inspections or is it because of the amount of money given to them? This is a lesson for all of us to be vigilant, and safety conscious.

    Hi Ann! We should be vigilant, yes! And in our vigilance we should remember that our neglect affects not strangers, but loved ones — our own or others’.

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  6. The Vampire
    October 24, 2007 at 11:36 am (16 years ago)

    Let them all who died rest in peace.

    Amen.

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  7. Anne
    October 24, 2007 at 4:12 pm (16 years ago)

    Hay nakalungkot talaga. Kahit na siguro hindi na kami nakatira dyan sa Pinas syempre affected pa rin kami kasi nan dyan pa yung mga loved ones namin. My heart aches for those people who were affected by this senseless act :(

    That Friday was a really dark moment for a lot of people, whether they were directly affected by the incident or not. The country is picking up the pieces slowly, hopefully not too slowly that no definite answers are given.

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  8. Kay
    October 28, 2007 at 9:17 am (16 years ago)

    Do you know what’s really sad about what happened? The fact that people will pretty much forget about it in the next 2-3 months.

    Perhaps they’ll forget, perhaps they’ll quietly remember. Let’s wait and see.

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