Waves of Destruction
Never have I expected that something out of a movie would happen in actual life.. Yes I am referring to the series of tidal waves or Tsunamis that had occurred yesterday affecting coastal parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia…And the fact that it occurred right at our doorstep makes it all the more hard to believe…
I must admit, all this while, I have been resting on my laurels, thinking that Malaysia is a relatively safe haven (albeit the snatch thefts) politically and geographically as compared to many other war torn and disaster-prone countries…
Too many times have I shrugged off reports of natural disasters with a-that’s-bad-but-I’m glad-its-not-happening-here response. I guess we are just too wrapped up with our daily lives that such issues are the last thing on our minds.
Thus when I found out about this news, it struck a chord in my heart… Phuket, Penang, Maldives…these are all plausible areas that I could be holidaying in, and disaster would have befallen on me then…(Good thing I have spent this Christmas holidays at home..)
Too close, it’s too close to home this time --- My heart goes out to the victims and families of the victims. Yet how can we avoid such a calamity from happening?? When Mother Nature decides to protest, nobody can do anything about it… That’s how vulnerable we humans are… We are, after all, just pawns to the Greater Forces at work..
The tragedy that unfolded yesterday had definitely served to remind me not to take even the smallest things for granted.
Jolll Meowed at 4:55 pm
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