It was around 6 pm and I was still at my office when suddenly I felt the floor moving for perhaps three seconds. I asked my friend if she felt it, too. For the next seconds the whole office was in a kind of an uproar. There had been big earthquakes which caused tsunami just two days before not far from Jakarta.
We noticed that the plant in the pot was swaying, things hanging were moving. We decided to go downstair as we were on the 4th floor. We met people from higher floors coming down the stairs hurriedly. Then it dawned on me that this was really serious. A big earthquake might come and we might be trapped in this building or worse, die.
I had never imagined how it would be like if I experienced the big earthquake, fought for my life, and had the most panicky situation ever. I might have passed out even before the ceiling falling down on me.
I have treated life for granted, that’s for sure. I have never realized so much that it is a gift which we have to treasure. I hope I don’t take life for granted anymore.
