Face to face with Death.. Literally Cebu Earthquake 2013 (October 15, 13) Today I woke up 3:30 am and headed to the white room. I eventually went back to my room and took the laptop and the pieces of illustration boards with me. I laid down on the bed and started working on the project since I was expecting another school day. I felt drowsy and without knowing it, I fell asleep. A few hours passed and I woke up to the voice of someone yelling my name. It was my cousin Thaye. She was yelling our names and was trying to wake us up. I opened my eyes and she kept repeating the word "earthquake!" I thought she was joking so I looked at her for a second with disbelief and then looked at the ceiling. I heard a very loud crack and suddenly, huge chunks of cement on the ceiling above me were constantly breaking down. And in a moment, a big chunk of cement fell down and just when it was going to hit my head, I was able to roll on my side and avoided it. I wasn't able to move a muscle staring at the chunks of cement that could have hit me and possibly crush my head! The next thing I know is my younger sister yelling and running out of the room. I told her to stop and take cover under the bed since the house was shaking so much. I knew something would hit her if she didn't. But it was too late. She ran out so fast and we all followed. We ran down the stairs I noticed my grandfather, was still on bed trying to get up, and all of my cousins are outside already. So I helped him out and my older sister came in to help me too. In the end we were still in one piece. The experience gave me all the shivers. The room in our wall is badly damaged and it would be dangerous to leave it that way. So my mom asked our family friend to break down the wall completely. Right now there is a total of 67 deaths in the whole Cebu province. And I'm glad I was able to avoid being the 68th. God bless us all! :)