Emotion.Explosion

Yesterday a bomb exploded in Glorietta 2. The explosion occurred around 1:20pm. We immediately learned about it because the mom and sister of my co-teacher were in the same mall. I gathered my students and told them about what happened. I explained that the affected area was near the activity area where many kids usually stayed. Most of the kids eyes grew bigger realizing that kids like them could have been hurt. We said a little prayer (Blue cried a little, hoping that none of our relatives were there) After that the kids went back to playing -- as if nothing happened.

At that moment, I wish I had the innocence of a child -- I mean, to be able to filter out fear and sadness, and all other bad emotions. The rest of the afternoon was chaos -- everyone were tuned in to the news, every now and then a text message would arrive to warn people away from malls. Haay! What a sad, sad day. I wish I can just go back to playing...like the kids...I wish.

It was the worst incident of its kind in Philippine history. Last night before I slept, the official count was 10 dead, 103 wounded and 10 missing. Today is another day. Another day of political mud slinging. Another day of search and rescue. Another day of shopping as the mall reopened again. In some grim way, I guess we are all like little children. Life will surely go on... sans the paranoia, horror and disgust. Another day...as if nothing happened.