IDIOTS. Oh my god. Idiots.

AAAAAHHHH! TAKBO! TAKBO!
DIYOS KO PO! TAKBO!

I was leisurely walking along SM Fairview's Annex building. I was about to go home when all of a sudden, everybody around me ran. Everybody was running mad while I was still walking. I assumed it was already 7:00pm (I didn't have a watch) and the fireworks have started. Before that, the management kept on announcing over the mall PA that there are fireworks at 7:00.

Everybody were running and I was still walking, thinking, "Woah, they must be so excited to see the fireworks." But if they want to see the fireworks then they should be headed for the other direction. So I was like, "Wtf? Is there a celebrity around here?"

But they were all scared. Scared faces, I tell you.

And so, I too broke into a dead run.

I ran because I was afraid of getting crushed by a stampede. Everybody were ducking into various stores and so I decided to seek refuge into one as well, Office Warehouse. Inside, the old women and families were making sign of the crosses.

That was when it hit me.

A terrorist attack.

But I was still skeptical. Although I was a bit confused, irritated, and nervous in the case of a hostage, some form of terrorist attack or whatever because I might be stranded there for an awful long time.

And then my imagination kicked in. What if the "terrorists" chance upon Office Warehouse and decide to take me as hostage?

This prompted me to duck behind a rack of folders. Or a rack of envelopes. Or a rack of staplers. I don't remember.

I asked the people around me, "What's happening? Isn't there a fireworks?"

Nobody wanted to listen to me. Even the employees were afraid and confused, so they pulled down the metal shutter things.

It was when two kids said to their mom, "Mom, isn't there a fireworks display?"

After 3 to 5 minutes, they let the other people go out, deciding it was just the fire works display. By this time, I was laughing my head out. Everybody must've thought I was pretty crazy. Some girl laughing alone albeit the scary situation. BUT it was announced! They kept on announcing there was a fireworks display every 10 minutes over the PA!

All I can say was:

Oh my god, their idiots. Whoever initiated that stampede, for fear of a terrorist attack was an idiot. Whoever thought there was a terrorist attack because of the loud "bangs" of the fireworks, their idiots.

And so, I went home and got cornered by a bunch of kids going around the village singing Christmas carols and stuff. They were forcing me to give them some coins although I had none.

And they had the guts to call me stingy. Hey, if I had coins, I would've given it to them. Damned kids.