mom please stop crying

i planned to write about the most unforgettable 24 hrs of my college life.

i thought we've been through a whole lot! i thought we've been through hell. that bitter-sweet moment i spent with my friends is by far the most uncomfortable thing i'd have to deal with.

from the time we got stuck in school to the ever so tiring journey back home.

i thought i was some kind of a super human to have endured all that ...

but then, i saw the news.

hundreds of people lost their home, their loved ones and their lives.

while we were at school, sharing ghost stories, making up one about how a serial killer would show up and kill us all, some people were struggling for their lives. looking for their children. some were busy saving others. some busy saving themselves.

we were together joking around, singing a few Christmas songs. we have electricity. we slept in an air conditioned room. we have food, water ... we even had the luxury of brushing our teeth before going to our improvised bed.

we decided to stay inside that creepy old establishment (which i now call my 2nd home) and let the rain pass. while others chose to go through the wrath of mother nature to be with their loved ones. some were separated from their families, leaving them worried for their loved ones lives as well as for their own.

most of my friends walked through flood waters up to their chests. some of them endured 6 hour trips under heavy rains. some were left no choice but to stay inside their cars.

i slept in an air conditioned room, may back was laid flat on soft squishy foam, i was with my friends, my family were safe at home ...

i had to endure all that ... i thought i was super cool.

i wasn't.

it's not that i'm complaining that people had been through a tougher time. i appreciate the fact that i'm luckier than them.

this is just positive thinking kicking in.

i had a better day. i'm grateful for that.

i cant help but to feel sorry though ...

it's just sad that our mother needs to cry so hard to get our attention.

can't we just see it. ... this is our mother's wake up call!