Showing posts with label earthquake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earthquake. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2013

Earth Quake di Welly 16 Ogos 2013

Masa aku sedang berkira nak pilih tempat nak sambung belajar aritu, aku mmg tahu le NZ nie terletak kat the Pacific Rings of Fire ...memang kawasan yang dikenalpasti sebagai Lingkaran Api Pasifik ..kawasan gempa bumi ...tapi aku tahu adik aku study 3 tahun kat NZ dulu ..takde pun terjadi gempa kan ..so it is not a major thing for me ..sebab tak terlintas langsung akan terjadi gempa bumi sepanjang aku belajar kat sini ....kata hati aku ...tapi aku langsug tak tahu yang betul2 di bawah Welly terletaknya Wellington Fault - jadi membuatkan Welly nie sebagai kawasan yang dikenalpasti sebagai kawasan "earthquake prone area" ..ambik ngko!!!

Sejak datang sini, da gak beberapa kali rasa gegaran ...but semua tu yang kecik2 belaka ...and 3 weeks ago masa aku sedang berada di Malaysia, dikejutkan oleh sms my friends kata ada big earthquake kat Welly ... it was 6.5 magnitude then ...and followed by a swarm of aftershocks ....aku dah plan nak delay my return to Welly masa tu ...but sebab keadaan dah stabil - in the sense gegaran dah kurang and aku pun balik lah ...hahaha the day after aku balik gegaran bermula semula ..ada le 4 kali ...but magnitut between 3.5-4.9 gitu....seriau ok ...but it was nothing compared to the one that happened last fri!!!


Last friday, 16th August kol 1.00 hingga kol 2.25 petang aku meeting with SV ...our usual weekly meeting tetiba terlebih masa lak that day ..selalu sejam ajer ...the last few minutes tu pulak we were talking about the earthquake yang 3 minggu lepas ..saying we were lucky sebab takde masa tu ...aku kat mysia ...and he was in Paris ...then aku blah gi my opis ..reply email maryam ..then bangun nak buat kopi ...it was 2.31 and bangunan start to sway from side to side ...lampu2 sway side to side...mula2 tu slow ..then makin kencang ...and lama ...tunggu stop tak stop stop plak tu ..usually yang aku biasa rasa tu less than 5 seconds dah stop ...ini tak ..so akak panik ...and then terfikir what should i do ...baru ingat yang org kata kalau quake ...Drop, Cover and Hold ...that was the drill ..so aku pun drop diri ke bawah meja (supaya takde benda jatuh menimpa kiter), cover my head and neck ..and hold that position ...sampai gegaran berenti ...my friends kata gegeran between 25-30 seconds ...to me, it is just so long .....rasa nak nangis ada ..rasa ketakutan yang amat ...lagipun aku sorang2 kat opis aku tu ...masa tu lah ingat mak ayah ...ingat adik beradik ...anak2 buah aku ...hanya Tuhan jer yang tahu betapa kecut perut aku masa tu ...

 nie masa dah di foyer ...dikelilingi org ramai ..so cuak tu kurang sket ..masa nie boleh gelak2 dah coz ingatkan that was it ...pastu baru sedar langit tinggi rendah :-(

abis jer gegaran, i jumped from under the table and head outside ...my next door neighbour pun tersembul kat pintu ...dua2 pucat ...and to be honest, aku mmg mati kutu ..coz that was my first experience with big quake (masa tu tak tau lagi yang it was actually 6.6 magnitud) ..i went back in and just sit on my desk ..and Arla (my filipino friend) tetiba tersembul kat pintu aku ..rupanya dia nampak aku dari jauh masa dia nak melarikan diri ke foyer ...and saw i was blurred and disoriented ..so dia datang ambik aku..soh aku ambik barang2 aku ...bawak makanan and air yg ada kat meja aku ...and my jacket and get out of the office and gi ke tempat org berkumpul ...punya lah kan ..itu pun aku tak leh fikir!!!

and rata2 manusia berpusu2 kuar from merata tempat ..from opis ...from lab ..from library ...from lecture halls ...suasana meriah ...but boleh nampak le staf2 uni bergegas to check all the buildings ...my office disahkan selamat utk didiami ...pas berlegar2 about 20 mins tu aku n arla balik opis aku ..dua2 tak nak balik flat masing2 ..dia dok kat tingkat 10 ngko ..memang scary lah ...aku lak dok kat rumah contenna ...so lepak2 tu ..sambil makan ..dalam pada tu mmg berbelas kali lah jugak aftershocks bergema ...mmg laju jer kami berdua ambik posisi di bawah meja ...serius scary ..and it was then, it started to dawn on me that the earthquake is not gonna stop ....memang continuous ...adik aku masa tu pun check Geonet website ...dia dah risau coz quake memang tak berhenti2 ..one fter another ....dipendekkan cerita, aku balik rumah kol 4.30 ...and terus re-pack emergency back ...nd clear kan meja and lantai bilik aku ...so that i have a clear path to dive under my table sekira nya gegaran berlaku lagi ...maryam sampai and tengah kami sembang2 ..another really big one hit us again ...apa lagi, dua2 melompat and then dive terus bawah meja aku ...we were shaking!!! it was another one with 6.0 magnitude this time ..the whole night was like that ...aku siap lost count how many times aku lari bawah meja ...

pagi Saturday..sempat gi luar flat pas tengok staff tampal notis kuning kat belakang tu..our uni ditutup that weekend ..as precautionary measures ..so semua org tak dibenarkan gi opis/library/gym etc ..sebab semua tutup ....and tak digalakkan kuar rumah ..tak digalakkan gi city centre lagi ...so aku dok rumah ajer ..lagipun makanan banyak

nie jalan aku gi opis selalu nyer 

that was 3 nights ago ...semalam masih ada ..tapi sikit2 ...meaning with magnitude less than 5.9 .mostly ranges between 3.5 to 5.5 gitu. And malam semalam, alhamdullilah dah kurang - aku boleh tido lena sket ...and today cuma 2 kali jer ....and the good news is that according to the scientists, the quake dah moving away from Welly ....now lebih banyak tertumpu ke kawasan south west ...so, makin jauh dari kami ..alhamdullilah ...tp dalam pada itu, the scientists jugak predict there might be a bigger one within a year ...biler dorang taktau ...so, aku hanya mampu bertawakal ajer lah ...

gambar2 kat bawah nie from FB flatmate aku, si Pupei ...minah nie gi city centre right after the first one strike coz dia nak stock up her food ....so dia gi supermarket ..dia kata byk kedai tutup sebab tu dia lama kat city ...and bus servis semua diberhentikan seketika until org2 tertentu dah assess jalanraya semua...and she was in town masa the second one strike ..aku takde nyer nak kuar dah hahaha

 dorang nie adalah antara org2 yang bertugas to assess keselamatan bangunan, jalan dan sebagai nya

 org berpusu2 kuar ...sebab semua pejabat terus ditutup and they ask their staffs to go home for the day ..kat uni pun semua lectures automatically cancelled

jalan pun jam esp by 4.00pm ...siap kuar kat radia kata massive congestion kat semua jalan2 utama utk kuar dari Welly ...tapi ramai gak yang tak leh balik rumah that day ..esp dorang yang naik train ..coz train services memang tak jalan ..dorang masih assessing keselamatan railway line masa tu ...so kat uni aku, yang takleh balik tu boleh gi emergency centre dimana dorang akan diberi makanan etc and tempat utk berehat sementara tunggu ada transport utk balik

tapi tu lah..satu pengalaman yang tak dapat dilupakan ....aku sangat bersyukur Bumi Malaysia ku takde bencana sebegini ....so, that's that ...plan nak retire in Welly has now been officially scrapped! aku kena carik tempat lain utk my retirement plan

Thursday, August 1, 2013

dah balik Welly ...selepas gempa bumi

Aku dah sampai Welly lewat petang semalam ....setelah lebih 24 jam perjalanan dari KL- Melbourne-Auckland- Welly .......yes, i do feel sad masa mengenangkan budak2 yang aku tinggalkan ...mengenangkan my parents yang semakin tua di sana and betapa aku jauh di sini ...tapi aku dah buat commitment ..and I know I will do it till the end ...so, walaupun cuma balik 3.5 weeks aja, aku tetap bersyukur dapat jumpa family and my close friends ....now, it is back to work...back to my Welly routine ...tapi ingat nak kurangkan party lah (hehehe sedar diri sket dah nie) and focus pada kerja ..sebab nak balik cepat ...anyway, kali ni kurang kesedihan coz I know what to expect ...kalau aritu all i can think of is how am i gonna cope without the boys ...can I adapt to life in Welly ...aku tak kenal sapa2 ...but now, I rasa cam balik pun macam balik rumah sendiri ...so hopefully my level of homesickness akan berkurangan lah ....

tapi dalam pada 25 hari meninggalkan bumi Welly ini, macam2 terjadi di sini ...gempa bumi yang kuat berlaku berturut2 ...paling terus was on Sunday 21st ari tu ...my friends always update me with what happenned kat sini ...selepas a few gempa bumi yang kuat (kalau more than 5.0 on the ricther scale kira kuat) gegaran susualan yang kecik pun byk sangat ...bak kata dorang (and in the news as well) every few minutes ada gempa susulan ....but dah reda the last few days ...sebab kalu masih tak reda, aku ingat nak delay kan kepulangan aku by a few weeks ....since everything is back to normal, so I went back as scheduled on 30th July from KL


Aku bersyukur yang aku tidak berada di sini when it happens ...and aku bersyukur all my friends are safe ...cuma ada yang trauma saja ....and aku juga sangat2 bersyukur sebab rumah kontena aku yang selalu aku cemuh tu merupakan bangunan yang structurally sound! gempa yang kuat ari tu cuma window ajer cracked sket ...the rest still mcm biasa ..and the structural engineers dah checked and semua masih teguh dan selamat untuk didiami ......masa aku balik semalam, i was so worried takut2 kalau bilik aku serabut..cermin pecah etc ..tapi alhamdullilah, semua nya intact ...just as I left it ....cuma botol hand lotion aku terpelanting dari side table jatuh ke tengah2 bilik ..same with my botol bedak ...and kat meja study tu, my books semua tumbang and pens bertaburan ...apart from that eveything else is as i left them ....


and same with my office ...nothing was out of place ....aku punyalah risau kot2 buku berteraburan kat lantai semua tu ....cuma ada kesan clar gegaran made by my mug atas permukaan meja ajer to prove that earthquake hit this place ....


untuk pengetahuan, kebanyakkan rumah di Welly nie memang siesmic strengthen ...sebab people are aware that betul2 di bawah Welly nie ada quake fault line ...which I DID NOT KNOW BEFORE THIS!!!! opis aku baru2 nie memang telah distrengthen to deal with quake ..in fact kerja2 tu siap juat 2 weeks sebelum aku balik malaysia ....such a great timing ...

anyway, i thought semua tu ok le kan ...no more news about quakes or its aftershock ...hahahaha i was wrong! Pagi tadi aku bangun kol 10.30 ...siap mandi semua dok living room sembang2 ngan maryam ...and suddenly the building just sway from side to side ..aku melompat ..maryam pun melompat shouting quakes ...but it lasted only a few seconds ....then the aftershock happens not long after than ....weaker and also just seconds .....memang aku terkejut badak ...and bila check news update ...the first quake tadi memang agak strong ...now I am determined to get my emergency pack ready ....bak kata my dad ..prepare lah apa yang patut ...esp travel document, ubat asthma aku and make sure ada copy of my work saved in multiple places ....scary siotttt ...my friend commented that kepulangan aku ke Welly disambut dengan gempa!

and as a conclusion ...tak de lah aku nak retire kat sini hahaha akan kembali ke bumi Malaysia ajer ...


nie gambar aku ambik from FB Pupei ... scenes kat Library after the big earthquake of 21st July!

Sunday, February 17, 2013

terasa gegaran earthquake

One of the things that orang selalu kata biler aku nak gi NZ is the earthquake ...tapi aku nekad jugak nak gi ...and earthquake ni macam something yang unreal kan ...we always see it in news etc tapi it is not us ...not in our country ..

Tapi for the first time ever, semalam aku dapat merasakan gegaran earthquake ....aku baru balik from town ..sedang lepak2 minum petang ngan Maryam kat dining table ...and our new flatmates sedang usung beg besar dia naik tangga...so when it happened, aku ingat gegaran coz my flatmates tu besar ...and dia pun heret beg besar, so aku automatik assume dia yang buat goyang2 dinding ...till maryam pegang tangan aku and said did you feel that ...rupanya earthquake tremor..seakan akan tak percaya ..so i went upstair to check FB, twitter and news ...rupanya memang betol earthquake ,,,kuar kat news


scary! told my parents ..and they were so worried about it ...siap check kat bbc news etc tapi takde pun kuar ..coz it is just a local news here ...so, semalam aku ambik iktibar and siapkan my emergency pack ...all important documents inc passport in one place, tapi arahan untuk masukkan ubat, salinan baju, sanitary pads, money etc tak aku endahkan ....masa aku register for uni n accommodation, memang ada advice about that ...and masa lapor diri to MSD pun ada similar advice ...and now I dah tahu kat mana we should meet if, touch wood - mintak dijauhkan - anything like that ever happen ...harus berkumpul kat Boyd Wilson field next to my flat ..

and guess what, about 10-15 minutes ago, it happened again! Again, aku blur and i thought flatmate aku tu lompat2 kat tingkat atas ...before aku realise it is another gegaran ...my God, Tuhan ajer yang tahu apa ada dalam hati aku ...and again, upon checking the news, i found out the cause and location of this earthquake tremor ...


aku tak bagitau my parents ...both are not well and aku tak nak dorang susah ati kerana aku ...aku cuma bagitau my sister and my adik beradik Just 40 ajer ...and before aku buat posting nie tadi, aku dah masukkan my ubat asthma (spare bottle) in my emergency pack, together with extra baju and what not ...including emergency contact number for MSD dan sebagai nya ....esok nak simpan sket stok makanan kot ... like chocolate ke apa ke ...we were actually advised to keep a stock of water enough untuk 3 hari ...tapi sebelum nie aku pandang ringan ajer ...but after two tremors berturut2 in two days, i am taking these advice more seriously ...

apa2 pun, doakan lah aku sentiasa selamat yea ...