Real Life Quake

As Ajax and Queen Amanra of Egypt gazes over the destruction of another Norse ally town, Kastor grips his sword tighter. He is eager to redeem himself of his past action. Beside him, his Ulfsark squad is busy building another tower for the impending battle. King Folstag and his frost giants stood by the pool to heal.

Over the hill, they can still hear the destruction as the Titan of the north and it's Norse allies destroy another building. Already some of the Norse troops are taking over the abandoned Town Center. Like wolves to the kill, they frantically build up...

A housemate behind me gave me a nudge as I sat in front of my pc, shaking my leg, awaiting the next assault on my base in Age of Mythology: The Titans Expansion.

"Hey Kian, can feel the house shaking ka?"

I stopped shaking my leg only to find, HOLY CRAP! The house is moving!
I then hear a loud sloshing noise coming from outside. With dread, another housemate and I peeked at the pool just outside our balcony.
There was no one in the pool, yet the water is sloshing left and right into the drain. It's like someone carried a huge basin of water, which is the pool, and swing it around.
Then, from the staircase, I can hear the sounds of many many slippers and sandals rushing downstairs.
The time was 12.30 am, Tuesday on the 29th of March 2005(Malaysia time).

Quickly, I grabbed my wallet and house key and roused my housemates and got them to get their butts downstairs. I never knew there were that many people in Cyberia before. :|


Picture courtesy of some guy in Block A1 who took the picture from his balcony facing the carpark instead of running out of the building when the tremor was felt like any sane person.

A few minutes later, a fire truck and a police car dropped by. The police ordered everyone to move away from the buildings and to the road outside the guard house. A few people managed to get their cars out of the building and parked outside... just in case. Then, the firemen donned their helmets (they look like those guys in Armageddon walking to the space shuttle singing "I'm Leaving On A Jetplane") and went into the Cyberia aparment blocks to check for any danger.

Meanwhile, I tried to call my family but the air waves were busy. My other housemate and I, who are working people, took short naps on the road side. Rumors flew about an earthquake in Sumatra and of tsunamis. The police loudspeaker blared a warning that all residents are to move away from the buildings and not enter it as they have a report of a possible second quake.

I only managed to call my family around 2am. Apparently my sister in Melaka didn't feel the tremor, either that or they were sleeping so soundly that they didn't noticed. In my opinion, a quake that's strong enough for us to feel it's effects that far inland, on high grounds is not something to be trifled with. Anyway, I'm glad that my family's ok and the house still intact.

After 3 hours and the gound not moving even a nanometer, the police allowed us back in with a warning to rush out if any more tremors were felt.

At 3am, still weary about the incident, I continued my AoM:T session that I paused before leaving the house. At 4 am and no untoward incident, I finally went to bed.


My 2cents on Age of Mythology: Titans
The story wasn't as good as the first AoM, but the introduction of new units such as the Atlantean race as well as new God Powers are kind of cool. The voice acting for some events that occured in the campaign, such as receiving a new God Power, is not very good. This time, the story revolves around Kastor, Arkantos' son who was the hero in the first game. He's become a man much like his father.

While his dad's watching the world from good ol' Mount Olympus, Kastor is tricked into fighting the Atlantean's old allies, namely the Greeks, Egyptians and the Norse.