Explosion rocks Glorietta; thank God for Mom

By now, most of the Philippines is abuzz with news of the Glorietta explosion. Around eight people were killed and over 70 injured in one of the worst mall explosions in recent memory. I join those Filipinos calling for calm until more information is gathered from the scene of the crime. (If it is a bomb, then I believe I can call it a crime.)

I, for one, am still in a state of shock, owing primarily to how closely I’d come to that blast. I parked my car at around 8:30AM. Normally, I move my car a few minutes before five hours later, which would be around 1:30PM. If I’d pushed through with my scheduled route for the day, I would’ve taken my lunch break at 12:30PM and gone to SM Makati’s Bayad Center to pay for our Meralco bill. I would’ve walked from my office behind AIM, taken 20 minutes to brisk-walk to SM Makati around 12:50PM, paid on the fourth floor (across AstroVision), then made my way back. Give or take ten minutes to wait in line, that means 30 minutes would’ve passed by, which would place me at 1:20PM in the area of the Landmark, ten minutes away from my car, and directly in the location where the bomb exploded.

DEAR GOD.

So why didn’t I go? I forgot my Mom had scheduled lunch with me. Shortly before noon, Mom called to remind me about our meeting, so I met up with her at Max’s and had lunch.

I think God just used my Mom to save my life.

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6 Responses to “Explosion rocks Glorietta; thank God for Mom”

1. Lego says:

   October 19, 2007 at 9:53 am

   our moms are our own personal guardian angels. :) and the lesson here? if your mom wants to have lunch, then you better keep that date!

   oh, and lean and i were just talking that if we were in manila, we might have been having lunch at glorietta too…
2. Kelvin says:

   October 19, 2007 at 10:13 am

   Whew! God was watching out for you my friend. Good thing your mom called. A friend of mine was eating in that area as well, in Chowking. Good thing nothing happened to him either. Anyways, hope you’re ok. Rest up and God Bless.
3. Myla Okinari says:

   October 21, 2007 at 8:23 am

   Yes! I believe in that too. I was in Manila from Oct. 3 to 17 to check for my condo unit it’s been finished and ready for public viewing. Usually I stay in Makati Shangri-la if it’s just 3-day trip or in Gilarmi Apartelle if I have to stay longer which is just across Glorietta 3. This is the only time when I stayed 2 days in Edsa Shang and 2 days in Manila Penn then I decided to stay in my hometown in Binangonan Rizal for the rest of my vacation. Satisfied with what I saw in my unit I decided to go back to Japan earlier than the scheduled 20th. If I stayed in Gilarmi I would be in Glorietta almost everyday to shop for pasalubong but instead I discovered a lot of items on sale in Galleria. Usually the day before my scheduled flight I used to stay in Makati Shang coz I’m worried about missing my flight due to traffic. This is the first time I travelled from Binangonan all the way to NAIA. And if I was there I will be doing my last minute shopping in Galleria as usual.
4. anj says:

   October 24, 2007 at 9:18 pm

   glad to hear you slipped that one. thank God for moms.

   it’s just so sad for those who weren’t so lucky. let’s just pray for them.
5. ordnacin says:

   November 4, 2007 at 7:46 pm

   Not to be pessimistic here, but you do realize your mom owns your ass now right ? You can never ever refuse your mom anything anymore, otherwise she’ll just play that “I saved your life” card…
6. admin says:

   November 4, 2007 at 7:54 pm

   Dude, I haven’t refused my Mom virtually anything since I was six and spat the ampalaya out.

   Pwet… este, pweh!