Earthquake in Nepal-My experience

I know the niche of my blog is 'Fashion' but there's something I experienced that needs to be shared with the world. The earthquake in Nepal. I am a Nepalese and reside in my very own home-country Nepal. Read out my experience.

                                                                       

We Nepalese will never forget the day of April 25, 2015. It was Saturday; the day when we faced the natural phenomena known to us as Earthquake.

I am also an earthquake victim along with other thousands of Nepalese. The place I live is called Syuchatar. We faced a lot of damage and destruction. Most of the houses are completely destroyed and some are standing tall with major damages. 12 members of our neighborhood died under their collapsed houses. Most of the livestock died.

When we faced the earthquake, we didn’t know what was happening. We had no clue what was going on and how could this be happening. We were devastated. All of our community members got into a bare field and stayed there the entire afternoon facing the aftershocks together and praying that we survive. We made groups in the evening and set up a tent with confidence that we will live for the best to come.

We ate and slept without knowing what will happen next and how will we survive when we have lost everything that took us our entire life to build. We were in trauma and still struggling with it. I saw houses falling down; I saw them turn into ruins and it didn’t even take an entire minute for that sort of destruction. My own brother was trapped under a house; I myself with my family with our bare hands struggled to take him out of that mess. I experienced what I had never imagined to have ever faced in my life. He was under that collapsed house for half an hour, we managed to take him out and get him to a hospital as soon as we could. His nose was broken and he had severe injuries but he is fine now.

There were aftershocks, heavy rain and strong wind. There was no electricity, the power was cut. The early days after facing the earthquake were difficult. The only source of light at night time was the moon. We stayed up entire night holding the tent, wishing it would not be blown away by the strong wind. We kept on wishing that the tent would hold up and resist the rain. We kept on wishing the aftershocks stopped. We just kept on praying for the safety of our family members and relatives who were out of contact at that moment. All we could do was hope and pray for the best.

The earthquake brought us into a crisis. We don’t have enough supplies for a good living but it sure taught us some valuable lessons for the best way to live. I have learnt to sacrifice, compromise, keep patience, be optimistic , maintain a brave attitude and not easily give up. The most valuable lesson I have learnt is that we should never be afraid to start again. If we built it once ourselves then, we can rebuild it again. We Nepalese are born and raised under pressure; we do better under pressure and have the ability to overcome any obstacle before us.

It would be a mistake if we give up now and flee away, because this is an opportunity to rebuild and make everything better forsake of our country Nepal. We are given a chance again, to start re-building again with a strong enthusiasm and celebrate life. Whatever may come in front of us, if we are together and united without any biasness we will not only survive this catastrophe but win our lives.

Thanks for reading it all! Just for our country that it get backs to normal soon.