despair, hope, grief, happiness, guilt, joy, devastation...all caused by an innocent earthquake which triggered off tsunamis.
around 126,000 lives have already been lost, and that number just keeps on rising.
it's terrible watching the news or reading the newspaper nowadays. i seriously feel this incredible sense of sadness when i see what has happened to banda acheh. the ENTIRE town is totally destroyed. some people estimate that it could take up to a decade for the damage to be fully repaired. and we're only talking about the exterior here. the emotional wounds will take a hell lot longer than 10 years to heal.
the news showing distraught relatives searching for loved ones, or survivors who have been left homeless with no possesions to their name is sometimes unbearable. i feel this way, and i haven't really been affected by this disaster. so, can you even imagine what the people in acheh and sri lanka must be going through right now???
the survivor stories are extremely touching. there is this british girl, amanda something, who survived, but is now in a wheelchair. she was interviewed by cnn, and her story brought tears to my eyes. (i know this is beginning to sound extremely cheesy, but whatever) she was thankful to be alive, but was also consumed with guilt because she didn't hold the hand of this young girl who asked for her help. this was because she felt that 'in these situations, you need to fight for yourself', or something along those lines. but when the second wave came, the other girl never came up for air. and amanda was crying throughout the interview.
there are of course, some amazing stories of survival. my mum told me that this baby survived by foating on a matress on the sea for nearly a week! if you thought the penang-baby-on-the-matress was a miracle, this is even more of a miracle.
nevertheless, there are not enough miracles to balance out the number of lives which have been lost. the thought of all those people desperately searching for loved ones, mourning their losses, being left homeless....sighhh.
i'm just so thankful that penang wasn't hit that badly, and that no one i know was affected. it is really scary, as i always thought malaysia was protected from earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis... and then i find out that a place which i wouldn't think twice about going to was hit by tsunamis.
let's just pray that a second wave of deaths won't occur due to disease.
i hope that nothing like this ever happens again. ever.
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*me*
i'm su-yin
but people seem to prefer calling me "prof", "fish" and "blup"
anyone who can explain the nicknames, well...explain please!
i was born on 6th dec 1985
*ahem* haha.
i'm a perfectionist
who LOVES sleeping/napping
(i'm nocturnal),
eating (we all need to eat,
so we might as well enjoy it),
talking, laughing,
reading, dancing
and singing
(esp inspirational music!!) the sun'll come out, tomorrow...
and i'm a chocoholic. =)
i also LOVE taking photos...
of anything and everything.
*my photos*
you need to sign up to
view photos on this site,
but since i'm so nice,
i created an account
all of you can use. username: su-yinnn password: sleeping
enjoy! =)
