Sunburnt on Thursday, December 30, 2004
I saw pictures of Indian parents wailing for their lost children. I saw the waves crashing to the beaches. But i seriously dun wish to read much into the reports in the papers. I know that the reports will juz give the litany of details, the death tolls as of updated, the upcoming predictable aftermath of that catastrophe.
Perhaps many of us think that we are sheltered in Singapore, that the seismic waves were buffered by the major continents surrounding us. I think that somehow or rather the economy in singapore will definitely be affected. This had been the most disastrous calamity in 40 years. What exactly had triggered that?
I rememeber studying about the tectonic plate movement in geography lessons in secondary school. I remember memorising tons of texts about the various kinds of plate movments. NOw that it seems so real, especially when the thought of a 4- storey high wave came crashing down onto you with a force of a speeding vehicle on an expressway is so unfathomable, that i seriously refuse to believe such a thing actually happen.
THe maldives islands are always low-lying. I am pretty sure they muz be almost flooded with water, or waves now.
Juz as i am enjoying my life, blogging away, there are ppl suffering on another parts of the world.
That is juz how ironic the world is, isn't it?
I heard from my dad that the grandson of the thai king was washed off by the waves while playing by the beach...sad..huh?
Nick was out in the sun at
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