Elevator adventure

September 23, 2006 in Personals

Coming from an afternoon nap, I found my cell phone blinking red and swelling with pending messages. I was asleep for two hours (which is a joy I hold dearly when not working) and was dead to the goings on in the real world. I have 13 messages received. I was quick to think it probably came from a former boss, who has dedicated his years of retirement forwarding his political observations.

The thing is, our elevator adventure made it to the front page of the Philippine Star. And a lot of my friends had read it. Some expressed concern, wondering if I’m claustrophobic. Some laughed openly (Haha ), and some asked for confirmation (Ikaw ba ito?). Whoa! I’ve never had so much attention since I started appearing on TV (as a backgrounder of my boss) and almost made me feel like a celebrity.

So I bought myself a copy. And lo and behold, there it was, our “little” elevator incident in the front page of one of the biggest newspapers in the country.

Last Thursday (September 21), Senator Drilon and five members of his staff, took the elevator going to the fifth floor office. It was between the second and third floors when the lift got stuck and no amount of frantic button pressing could force it to open. So the guys in there took over, showed what their muscles are made of and pried the door open. They were able to ask help from a passing soul in the hallway.

From the thin opening, I could see that a crowd is quickly forming outside and heard remarks like, “nakakahinga ba kayo diyan?” My boss was quiet. He was probably upset that he is running late for a meeting on the national budget. Soon, the maintenance people came and unscrewed the door and helped us out immediately. And I swear that scene almost looked like a scene in the movie “Daylight,” (yes, the crowd cheered.) All in all, that experience lasted less than ten minutes. And it wasn’t scary at all. The first chance we got to talk about it, we were laughing.