Have you notice something amiss recently? That our troubled world recently seems to be racked with natural disasters?
Let me give a recap if you haven't been reading newspapers recently. I know many teens don't. They should.
Anyway, I tot it started wif the September 11 attacks. After that, it has been chaotic since. Then, it goes on with the US bend on cracking Iraq + Afghanistan to find MDW which were non-existent at all. Suffering. Plain Suffering. Yeah, those weren’t natural disasters. Ok, then there was the 1st Bali bombings. And a few other bombings in various places. Sorry for being abit vague as I can't remember since it's so long ago.
Then, there was THE tsunami that caused massive destruction here in our backyard, South-East Asia. Malaysians were shaken since we've always tot that our country was safe from natural disasters but apparently it was not so. So much for that. Several villages were wiped out in Indonesia and it was a time that shows the human spirit as people of the world gather around to help. We dug deep into our pockets to help these ppl who did nothing wrong.
I don't believe it was the wrath of God. If so, it certainly hit the wrong place. It shld be aiming for something White. [If you get my drift.] Anyway, I tot it was ironic that humanity have to wait for a colossal disaster only to band together to help each other. So sad, the state of apathy we're drifting in these days.
After that, Christmas being a day which will evoke horror stories now *the tsunami happened on Boxing Day, 26th Dec 2004*, it was to led to the 2nd Bali Bombings recently.
Then, Hurricane Katrina and Rita wreaked havoc at Southern America, New Orleans being one of the worst hit places. With it, it brought stories of how the rift between the white and black had widen in such places.
Some even claimed that "Bush have left them!" It was also to reveal that poverty was still existent in such places. In rich America! Omg. Talk bout bad administration. And the slow + bad rescue effort was blatantly useless! Why so slow when you claim to be the world's leading superpower?? -_-
Then, there was the India + Pakistani earthquake which caused so many casualties. The stories were enough to bring tears to people’s eyes. There was this village, Kashmir, I think, that had many casualties since rescue effort were unable to reach there in time becoz the transportation system was underdeveloped. And get this, they were like only 100 miles from the capital!!
One of the horror stories was many teens that were trapped under the collapsed gov college in Kashmir. And the stories that villages, relatives dug with their bare hands to remove the debris while all the time hearing the cries of the students. Alas, only a few were able to be rescued. I mean, bare hands can only do so much.
And the most ironic thing was that in that village, only the government built college collapsed while other private houses though badly damaged, were still standing.
What did they do wrong? They were just people that wanted an education. They did NOTHING wrong. And I can't help thinking how lucky we are and still we're not satisfied. Is there no end to this irony? *Sigh*
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