Thursday, February 17, 2005

HAIBUN : bus bombing

moonlight
covers hapless passengers --
terrorists' attack


My co-passenger's mobile phone rings and breaks in the news: "Please avoid Ayala as there's heavy traffic jam. A public bus has been bombed near Ayala MRT station. Please pass on and be careful". I worry about my sister who is working in a bank just a few meters away from the scene. She must be in panic right now. My forehead turns clammy and I begin to sweat in the cold of the air-conditioned van. A newsbreak cuts off the music played on the van's radio. "At least three people were killed and several wounded in the latest bombing of a bus which hit two more buses. The blast was heard by nearby hotels, malls, banks and establishments in the vicinity..."

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