Grand Stand
We were on the road the whole day, attending two pre-prod meetings, celebrating Luis' birthday over lunch, looking for possible clothes for the upcoming shoots; that around 730pm, as we passed by a crowd gathering outside Outback. I wasn't really paying attention and I thought they were there coz they were waiting for a shuttle or something, until Luis went, what are they watching? Being tsismosa, I stopped in my tracks, scanned the place for the small TV screen expecting to see a sporting event... boy was I surprised to see the news coverage on the hostage situation. :(
10 steps later and now inside the van, all positive vibes were sucked out as we had the driver give us a recap of the crisis. Syempre, the "ghost month" thing was brought up as Luis had previously sent an e-mail warning us about the Chinese's ghost month wherein the eve falls on August 23 making the 23rd and 24th extremely unlucky. Tapos, Francis pa told me that UA&P had a bomb threat today. Ghost month or not, let's continuously pray for these souls and keep our faith in God.
After Luis and Belle had been dropped off, I was left alone with the AM blaring and the rain pouring. Kuya and I occasionally break the silence with comments about the hostage taking, but most of the time, I was left alone with my thoughts. A 20 year old girl was one of those killed today. She's a year younger than me. Sobrang napaisip ako when that was reported sa news coz I'm one of those people who likes thinking about the future. I have a lot of goals, aspirations and dreams. I'm pretty sure she had hers too. I'm sure they all had theirs. Lives were lost, but even more lives were and will be affected. Like what Sir Tirol said regarding the Virginia Tech Massacre, there's their family, friends, spouses, kids, etc not to mention the could've beens, like could've been kids, could've been spouses, could've been students, etc. The shared outrage over this tragedy made me think that all of us share pretty much the same aspiration for ourselves and our loved ones: a long, full-life filled with peace, love, and happiness to be shared with the people we care about. And the thought that somebody can just go on killing people who like us, have people they care about and have people caring about them, rocked our inner core because it could've easily been us or someone we love. This crisis reminded me of how fragile life truly is, and I think it reminded others as well. So this is my grand stand, I will make peace with those I've hurt and who've hurt me, love more deeply those dear to me and even those who aren't, and strive to be a source of happiness.
PS - let's offer a Hail Mary to the victims of the hostage taking. My lola Terry said it's the best prayer to offer those who pass away.
10 steps later and now inside the van, all positive vibes were sucked out as we had the driver give us a recap of the crisis. Syempre, the "ghost month" thing was brought up as Luis had previously sent an e-mail warning us about the Chinese's ghost month wherein the eve falls on August 23 making the 23rd and 24th extremely unlucky. Tapos, Francis pa told me that UA&P had a bomb threat today. Ghost month or not, let's continuously pray for these souls and keep our faith in God.
After Luis and Belle had been dropped off, I was left alone with the AM blaring and the rain pouring. Kuya and I occasionally break the silence with comments about the hostage taking, but most of the time, I was left alone with my thoughts. A 20 year old girl was one of those killed today. She's a year younger than me. Sobrang napaisip ako when that was reported sa news coz I'm one of those people who likes thinking about the future. I have a lot of goals, aspirations and dreams. I'm pretty sure she had hers too. I'm sure they all had theirs. Lives were lost, but even more lives were and will be affected. Like what Sir Tirol said regarding the Virginia Tech Massacre, there's their family, friends, spouses, kids, etc not to mention the could've beens, like could've been kids, could've been spouses, could've been students, etc. The shared outrage over this tragedy made me think that all of us share pretty much the same aspiration for ourselves and our loved ones: a long, full-life filled with peace, love, and happiness to be shared with the people we care about. And the thought that somebody can just go on killing people who like us, have people they care about and have people caring about them, rocked our inner core because it could've easily been us or someone we love. This crisis reminded me of how fragile life truly is, and I think it reminded others as well. So this is my grand stand, I will make peace with those I've hurt and who've hurt me, love more deeply those dear to me and even those who aren't, and strive to be a source of happiness.
PS - let's offer a Hail Mary to the victims of the hostage taking. My lola Terry said it's the best prayer to offer those who pass away.