Thank goodness for research

For once I am thankful that I have this research. Why? I might have been at Glorietta. I could have been a victim. -_- If you aren't aware of what happened because you never bother to watch/read the news, then here's what happeend -- Glorietta 2's destroyed due to a bomb. 9 People were killed and more than 100 were injured. It happened on a Friday. It's the last day of the week and there would be more people there than on a usual weekday.

Here are online news you might want to read:
CNN.com -- Manila shopping mall blast kills eight
GMANews.tv -- First person account: ‘People thrown like dolls by blast’
GMANews.tv -- Military puts Metro forces under red alert after blast
GMANews.tv -- Mall blast kills 8; Police chief says not LPG, may be ‘a bomb’
Inquirer.net -- (UPDATE 19) Mall bomb blast kills 8, hurts more than 100
Inquirer.net -- 'It was a huge explosion...I am happy I am alive'
Inquirer.net -- Glorietta death toll rises to 9
Inquirer.net -- List of dead and injured in Glorietta blast

Bloggers have posted their experience and shared their stories. Quezon.ph posted the some blog links with information regarding the tragedy as well.

I'm glad I had to stay home and do our research. I asked Mac to come over, be my moral support, and help me get the maps I have to include in the paper. Thank goodness really. Mac and I frequently hang out in Glorietta. Although not in Glorietta 2, we always pass there if we have to go the terminal or to the CD-R King branch that's just steps away from the Glorietta 2 entrance. I also remember that we were supposedly to have a gig in the new bar there (Rock Candy?). We were supposed to rush practice and stuff, but it's hard to organize the members who weren't replying (they could have been lazy or just didn't want to bother, but... Maawa naman sila sa nagtyatyaga. PUTIK NA YAN. Ahem, anyway, that's a different topic.).

Thanks, btw, to my Dad and Tita Sandra who checked on me and my brother after the incident.

Pictures taken from disneycute.multiply.com. Go there to see more.

I saw a video on GMANews.tv's site. A man was still inside Glorietta. He rushed to Glorietta 2. You could see the white smoke coming from there.

(Originally posted on HYUKTAdotNET)