straight from neverland

gusto ko lang naman kumain sa mcdo. i met up with my cousin there during my break when suddenly we heard two successive shots fired. it sounded like it was an armalite. we looked to the direction of the shots and heard the guard tell the people outside of mcdo to get in. when i looked back, all of the people with us in the smoking area of mcdo had already gone in! so pumasok na rin kame ng pinsan ko.

we had no clear idea what the hell was going on, but the management had both doors of the establishment closed. well, it wasn't locked or anything, though. instead, they placed these "slippery when wet" signs across the door handles to bar people from coming in or going out.

first of all, i have to commend the manager for having the presence of mind to have the doors locked. but to barricade us with signs?!? uh-huh. si manong guard joke time. in the first place, if the shooters decide to attack mcdo, they won't even be deterred by the "barricade". they can easily shoot down the glass walls and voila. they're inside. lol.

so i was thinking. may holdupan bang nagaganap sa planters bank sa tabi ng office building namen? hmm... baket naman yung planters bank pa? e andun naman ang hsbc sa may rcbc. at the other end of dela costa are more banks like allied, bpi, metrobank, etcetera. holdup is therefore ruled out. domestic squabble in one of the condos? baket armalite yung gamit? hmmm...

soon enough, police cars swooped in dela costa. fast response. but in no way faster than the usis (usisero) out there. common reflex would dictate that if you hear a gunshot, you run away from the source of the sound. however it seems that there is nothing common with the reflex of pinoys when it comes to situations like that. the moment they realized it was a gunshot they heard, they all flocked to the direction where they heard the gunshot! labo talaga! pero lafftrip.

and for something as dangerous as having shots fired in the central business district, some people were still aimlessly walking around the streets, apparently oblivious to what just occurred. the area wasn't even cordoned off, so the lane headed to ayala ave still had cars passing by. well, later on they closed that as well, fortunately.

anyway, i managed to slip out of mcdo (away from ground zero!!!) at nakuha ko pang maglakad ng mabagal papuntang hsbc para magwithdraw. as i passed by ayala going to makati med, it made me think about how fragmented our existence really is.

sa kabilang block lang may nagkakagulo, pero sa mga tao sa kanto ng ayala ave, same shit different day lang. in fact, i need not go far to see this discrepancy. sa opisina lang namen sa 8th floor (the building adjacent to where the shooting happened), they had no idea about the drama that was going on below. apparently, manhid na talaga kame sa opisina, in more ways than one. lindol nga hindi pinansin dito e. o_O

so yun. it certaily made my day that much more interesting. pero sana lang walang nasaktan. let's peace it together! (eheads reunion for the win!!! \m/)

la lang. share ko lang.