Often I walk the path of time
'
Seeking a dream
........................... Listening for happiness
Wanting a Taste of experience
...........................Needing a scent of excitement
Craving the touch of love
It is but a fleeting moment and the path ends
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
My day today........
This day started as any other day at work. Moving stuff around the warehouse and making sure there is enough work for people to do.
At my job I use a walkie-talkie to talk to lift drivers and to convey information and instructions through out the day. Well on this day, my walkie-talkie sat on my desk and all at once we started hearing other strange voices, coming over the radio, and we soon discovered that we were listening to the police dealing with a gunman and a hostage situation on a bus somewhere close to where I work.
It was quite interesting to listen to police and the excitement of what they were doing, but we never figured out where it was or what happened at the end. The radio would only pick up about half of the conversations and I think after a while they moved out of range or changed frequencies. We never heard how it ended. I tried looking on the news web sites and did not find anything.
Then this evening, I went to a local mall to walk around and do some shopping. I was not there more than 10 minutes, when I was stopped from crossing through a portion of the mall by the police cording off the area because of a suspicious small suit case or back pack that had been left unattended tucked behind a garbage can.
The police were guiding people away from the area and the bomb squad was called in along with bomb sniffing dogs.
We stood back about 100 feet and watched or tried to watch what was going on. It was quite exciting, especially when the brought in water cannon and exploded the back pack in the mall! People behind me screamed and ran the other direction. I, along with another lady stood and laughed at the whole situation. I guess we were more excited than scared.
They finally let us past the rope and I watched as the detectives in a smaller corded area, cleaned up and picked up small bits of debris from the exploded bag. I was quite impressed with what they were doing and wished that I could have been a part of their team.
At my job I use a walkie-talkie to talk to lift drivers and to convey information and instructions through out the day. Well on this day, my walkie-talkie sat on my desk and all at once we started hearing other strange voices, coming over the radio, and we soon discovered that we were listening to the police dealing with a gunman and a hostage situation on a bus somewhere close to where I work.
It was quite interesting to listen to police and the excitement of what they were doing, but we never figured out where it was or what happened at the end. The radio would only pick up about half of the conversations and I think after a while they moved out of range or changed frequencies. We never heard how it ended. I tried looking on the news web sites and did not find anything.
Then this evening, I went to a local mall to walk around and do some shopping. I was not there more than 10 minutes, when I was stopped from crossing through a portion of the mall by the police cording off the area because of a suspicious small suit case or back pack that had been left unattended tucked behind a garbage can.
The police were guiding people away from the area and the bomb squad was called in along with bomb sniffing dogs.
We stood back about 100 feet and watched or tried to watch what was going on. It was quite exciting, especially when the brought in water cannon and exploded the back pack in the mall! People behind me screamed and ran the other direction. I, along with another lady stood and laughed at the whole situation. I guess we were more excited than scared.
They finally let us past the rope and I watched as the detectives in a smaller corded area, cleaned up and picked up small bits of debris from the exploded bag. I was quite impressed with what they were doing and wished that I could have been a part of their team.
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