Reflections Of Life

A year back...

Monday, December 26, 2005

I thought I was taking a peaceful break… thought I could enjoy long hours of sleep, away from the pressures at work and life that was killing me for the previous couple of months… so I had taken an extended holiday to be in Chennai.

But I was woken up early, by a commotion at my home… I am bugged and ask my mom what is it? She says ‘an earthquake at Indonesia’!… the first thing that comes to my mind is how far would the impact be felt? Had one of my friends visiting Andaman and couldn’t wake up without a worry! My mom asks about him and I tell her it shouldn’t be a problem as that’s what I wanted to believe…

I stay at the other end of the city from the beach and so I didn’t hear about the ‘waves’ until I switched on the TV… was shocked to see the extent to which the area near the beach was shaken!! My fears worsened… there was no news about Andaman even in the TV… it was either Chennai or Indonesia! The constant repetition of the awful images on all channels intensified the terror. Closed my eyes to all of them!

Had a confrontation within myself on whether I should try to reach him… he was on a honeymoon and the last thing I wanted to do was disturb them, if nothing had gone wrong there! But I couldn’t wait for more than a few hours… knowing me, that was long enough! It was late by the time I realized all communication lines to the island had been broken! Now, I was frantic! I had avoided calling his parents as I knew what they would going thru’ but at the end of the day, that was the only choice I was left with… got news that ‘the couple were safe’… and that’s all that mattered at that moment! Heaved a more peaceful sign of relief in a couple of days when I saw him again!

I did not lose anyone or anything to the ‘Tsunami’… but I know many did… I hope they have put those terrible images out of their head and walked a step ahead in their lives… a difficult proposition, but an earnest wish!

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