Wednesday, December 29
i am so dead. hafen finished half my work. argh. and school's gonna reopen soon. help! i freaking need help. im so gonna be dead. (seems to go through this about every half a year when there's holiday hw to be finished. gotta be a walking miracle to be dead every 6 months, but anw) yah well. there goes the holidays. damnit. yeah well, but when haf i ever cared if i finished my hw anot? hah.
it's been 3 days since the 8.9 richter earthquake rocked indonesia, generating massive tsunami that killed thousands of people in india, maldives, sri lanka and even malaysia. it feels really surreal that, although the earthquake and tsunami occurred so close to home, as close as malaysia, it seems really far 'cos the effects hardly touched us. its like watchin some horror unfold; u watch it frome close range, but u arent actually part of it. its like even those far- flung countries (ok so maybe not so far- flung, but much further from indonesia than singapore is anyway) like indai and sri lanka and the nicobar islands have been affected. im not complaining but its moments, or rather events like this that makes singaporeans realise that we really gotta count our blessings that singapore's geographical location means that natural disasters hardly strikes us. gotta be thankful that we're alive. and its no joke, the number of fatalities caused by the earthquake and tsunami. the death toll in sri lanka alone is in the thousands and will probably continue to get higher. disease and injuries from the aftermath of this disaster will claim more lives, not to mention the fact that it will probably take a long time before there can be proper sanitary conditions again. maybe i was a little quick to say that this disaster didnt touch us singaporeans. it did. u can see from the amount of help pouring from all corners of singapore, regardless in what form, monetary or otherwise. efforts are being pooled to help those in the affected countries, and they have been quick to come. its great to see that singaporeans do care.
its really sad, the images of death you see on the news. families holding on together, and watching in vain as the waves wash their family apart. dead bodies lying everywhere frozen in motion. its really quite horrifying and sad. i cant begin to imagine the pain that these people are going through, not knowing if their relatives are alive or dead. missing people everywhere. and it came really suddenly because they didnt have a warning system. else lives could have been saved. the high death toll could have been prevented if only there had been a warning system in place. but "if only" s aint going to help is it?
Posted by alalsil at Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Thursday, December 2
I won't talk
I won't breathe
I won't move till you finally see
That you belong with me
You might think i don't look
But deep inside
In the corner of my mind
I'm attached to you
I'm weak
It's true
Cos' i'm afraid to know the anwsers
Do you want me too?
Cos' my heart keeps falling faster
I've waited all my life
To cross this line
To the only thing that's true
So i will not hide
It's time to try
Anything to be with you
All my life i've waiting
This is true
You don't know what you do
Everytime you walk into the room
I'm afarid to move
I'm weak
It's true
I'm just scared to know the ending
Do you see me too?
Do you even know u met me?
I've waited all my life to cross this line
To the only thing thats true
So i will not hide
It's time to try anything to be with you
All my life i've waited
This is true
I know when i go i'll be on my way to you
The way that's true
I've waited all my life to cross this line
To the only thing thats true
So i will not hide
It's time to try anything to be with you
All my life i've waited
This is true
"True"
Ryan Cabrera
Posted by alalsil at Thursday, December 02, 2004