warpednormal's Diaryland Diary

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how could they talk about cruise ships and clean each other's ears with qtips. i was stuck with my family on the 16th floor of this new hotel. around 1 am i heard this loud stomping outside our door and a couple of loud screams outside. i thought nothing of it. at first, i thought maybe there was some fighting, or a riot. not sure.
then i smelled something burning..faint at first, but as it got stronger i stood up and i asked my mom if she smelled it to. we opened the door..there was smoke everywhere. the alarm didn't go off. i tried pulling the fire alarm..but nothing. there were no guards. we screamed down the hallway for help, banging on doors telling everyone there was smoke everywhere. we opened the door to the fire exit and there was smoke covering the stairs burning our eyes, choking us. i couldn't breathe. i couldn't see. i couldn't think. i panicked like fuck. we ran to the window and when we looked outside, crowds of people were gathering, staring at us. there was no firetruck. my father slammed on the window and screamed for help...
"There's people up here...help!"
smoke started coming in the room and we grabbed towels and tried to cover our faces, but it was still too much. it was still burning. i started to cry. i started to think about how i really, really just wanted to live. and get out.
and get the fuck out.

because the emergency procedures were all wrong we ran through the hallways to where the elevators were. we took our chances. the elevator was leaking and shaking and starting to black out. smoke was coming through the doors.

i have never been so frightened in my entire life. my brother was shaking and laid his head down on the table of our "temporary shelter". it was just one of those gathering rooms. i looked around and people were eating chocalate and cleaning each other's ears with qtips. i didn't understand. i couldn't stop shaking i couldn't stop coughing and worrying. we had to call our cousin as she was on the 7th floor and had no idea what was going on. they didn't even know they had to leave their room until we called. when they went out to the hallways they saw people running around and panicking, and none of the guards were prepared to help.

i've never been so scared so unsure.
so helpless.

no one should ever go through this kind of thing..this dread this weakness.

anyway.
we're in hong kong now. we made it. we're checkin out of that shithole as soon as we get back to the philippines. its a high end hotel too, but we don't understand how it got a permit when the fire alarm and the fire exits are useless.

i'll ttyl.

alex

7:26 p.m. - 2010-08-10

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