"Just tremors"

December 18, 2009. It was still dark when I felt someone nudging me out of my deep sleep from under the futon. I woke up slightly annoyed to find the whole house shaking horizontally for a good ten seconds. In panic and with memories of the disastrous earthquakes in the Philippines, I sat up and shook hubby who was sound asleep. He mumbled, "Yeah, they're just tremors" and went right back to sleep without missing a beat. Aiyah. Then again, if hubby was able to go right back to sleep, maybe I can too, so I snuggled a bit closer to him after the scare. The next morning, the earthquake felt like a bad dream and I spoke to hubby about it. He found it amusing that he said they were "just tremors" (he doesn't remember saying so). Double aiyah.