Earthquake!!
Around 11:40am, my family went to Puente Hills for a doctor check-up. After my brother's vitals were measured, I was weighed (gained weight, blah!) and my height and blood pressure were measured. I'm now 5'5"!! So awesome, hahaha. I used to say that I was 5'4.5", but now, I grew 0.5"!!...Or maybe my height was measured wrong throughout the years.
After the measurements, I was standing up, when the room began to shake back and forth. I was puzzled, but I knew it was an earthquake. I walked under the doorway with the nurse and the shaking stopped. Bro was standing around, confuzzled and frozen. Mom went to the restroom before the shaking started, but once it started, she left the restroom. After she came out, the shaking stopped. The earthquake had lasted 10 seconds or so. The doctor ran past us and mumbled something about the earthquake.
(Today was the day I was diagnosed with bronchitis. I was also given prescriptions, which are very helpful. I have taken 4 days of doses and I feel so much better!)
Soonafter, I checked my Facebook and within 5 minutes, at least 10 people had updated their statuses to something concerning the earthquake. That's how I found out that the epicenter was in Chino Hills. I shouted excitedly, "OMG, we're ON THE MAP!"
Here's a relevant CNN site:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/29/earthquake.ca/index.html
After we left the doc's office, we were so eager to go home (right after making some purchases at Sam's Club, though). Why did we want to go home? My mom really wanted to know what happened to our house (not in the worried sense, but in a curious way).
We entered our house and noticed a few oddities.
a) A plastic cup fell onto the ground.
b) A glass fish sculpture was tipped slightly on its snout.
Later, I went upstairs, to find that my hair gel had fallen into the toilet. I came back downstairs to hear Bro shout that the plunger fell over. A few days afterwards, we discovered that the fire alarm had fallen from the ceiling, as well.
Minor damage! Mom had the balls to express that she wished she was in the house, while the earthquake happened. She wanted to see the shaking of the house and the movement of the inanimate objects in our house.
I will end this post with two items:
1) Bro's Facebook Noteworthy Note: "EQ Quotes"
In the post-earthquake universe, these are my most memorable quotes.
"Whoo, the epicenter was in Chino Hills, WE'RE FAMOUS!" (- Jingy)
"MY GEL FELL INTO THE TOILET!" (- Jingy)
and my personal favorite,
"Oh no! The plunger fell over!" (- Bro)
Yes, it was a scary moment, I thought that as i was standing in front of a doorway of a clinic. I was petrified by the sheer fear of this event. Either it was fear or don't-give-a-damn-ness but I just didn't move.
I would write more, but I'm going to go pick up that plunger.
2) Proposed t-shirt/button/bumper sticker sayings:
"I survived the L.A. earthquake of '08."
"I'm from Chino Hills, you know, the epicenter of the earthquake."
After the measurements, I was standing up, when the room began to shake back and forth. I was puzzled, but I knew it was an earthquake. I walked under the doorway with the nurse and the shaking stopped. Bro was standing around, confuzzled and frozen. Mom went to the restroom before the shaking started, but once it started, she left the restroom. After she came out, the shaking stopped. The earthquake had lasted 10 seconds or so. The doctor ran past us and mumbled something about the earthquake.
(Today was the day I was diagnosed with bronchitis. I was also given prescriptions, which are very helpful. I have taken 4 days of doses and I feel so much better!)
Soonafter, I checked my Facebook and within 5 minutes, at least 10 people had updated their statuses to something concerning the earthquake. That's how I found out that the epicenter was in Chino Hills. I shouted excitedly, "OMG, we're ON THE MAP!"
Here's a relevant CNN site:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/29/earthquake.ca/index.html
After we left the doc's office, we were so eager to go home (right after making some purchases at Sam's Club, though). Why did we want to go home? My mom really wanted to know what happened to our house (not in the worried sense, but in a curious way).
We entered our house and noticed a few oddities.
a) A plastic cup fell onto the ground.
b) A glass fish sculpture was tipped slightly on its snout.
Later, I went upstairs, to find that my hair gel had fallen into the toilet. I came back downstairs to hear Bro shout that the plunger fell over. A few days afterwards, we discovered that the fire alarm had fallen from the ceiling, as well.
Minor damage! Mom had the balls to express that she wished she was in the house, while the earthquake happened. She wanted to see the shaking of the house and the movement of the inanimate objects in our house.
I will end this post with two items:
1) Bro's Facebook Noteworthy Note: "EQ Quotes"
In the post-earthquake universe, these are my most memorable quotes.
"Whoo, the epicenter was in Chino Hills, WE'RE FAMOUS!" (- Jingy)
"MY GEL FELL INTO THE TOILET!" (- Jingy)
and my personal favorite,
"Oh no! The plunger fell over!" (- Bro)
Yes, it was a scary moment, I thought that as i was standing in front of a doorway of a clinic. I was petrified by the sheer fear of this event. Either it was fear or don't-give-a-damn-ness but I just didn't move.
I would write more, but I'm going to go pick up that plunger.
2) Proposed t-shirt/button/bumper sticker sayings:
"I survived the L.A. earthquake of '08."
"I'm from Chino Hills, you know, the epicenter of the earthquake."
Comments
"omg we're on the map"