A summary of interviews and observations from yesterday.
Me: Can you please tell us about your experience of the earthquake yesterday?
Wife: I was lying in bed, about to fall asleep with Greg when the bed rocked. I thought Sri (domestic helper) was trying to mop under the bed. Then, I heard noises and saw large amounts of water (from the swimming pool upstairs) splashing outside the windows. I got out of the room and saw Sri shouting "Tolong, Tolong!" (Help! Help!) and had her head banged against the wall as she couldn't stand properly. I knew at once it had to be an earthquake. But I thought the house was going to collapse and that we were going to die due to the noises, violent shakings and waterworks. So I thought we had to run. I opened the door, ran outside, and realised that I was not properly dressed. So I ran back, redressed and ran out of the house carrying a tin of Greg's milkpowder, then we....
Me: Ok, we need to pause for a commercial break. When we come back, we'll interview Greg..
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Me: Thank you, our next guest is Greg. Greg, could you please tell us about the quake?
Greg: Nge Nge, bao bao, ar groor gowl, nana, ummph.
Me: Translator?
Translator: Quake, what quake? Don't disturb me when I'm reading my papers.
Footnote: Author notices something peculiar, that happened purely out of coincidence. The headlines of the paper was "Quake rattles Java killing 32 and damaging 1300 homes" but Greg happened to fold it to read something like "Quake rattles James 32".
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