Thursday, May 22, 2008

it was a date where nobody can forget... 12 May 2008..

an earthquake hits Sichuan province in china.. measuring 7.9..

after 9 days after this tremor, the number of dead and missing has been rising day after day..

it was recorded that 74,000 dead, 247,000 injured and countless missing..

many lost their homes, their loved ones..

children turned orphans over night.. parents seeing their children dead..

doctors, nurses, volunteers, rescue team have been working day and night.. they had lost their homes, children, loved ones too..

but none given up hope..

many feared another earthquake, and decided to leave home and lived in the open field in tents..

i had been catching up on the news of this disaster almost everyday..

in the midst of all the bad news, there were miracles too..

rescue team found survivors after being trapped under the rubble for more 100 hours..

however, as time passes by... hopes to discover survivors diminish as minutes went by..

i clearly remember a boy, he said "shu shu.. wo yao ke-le" (translated "uncle, i wan coke") after being carried out by the rescue team... a simple wish given him determination to pull through..

being a singaporean, i cant help to feel lucky and fortunate to be shield from natural disasters.. (for now still shielded, may not be in many years later)

cannot imagine what will happen if such hits our homeland.. it is beyond my imagination..

friends around me had been complaining how bad life is.. but think about it..

compared to those who faced natural disaster anytime of their life.. what can be worse.. and yet, no matter what happen, many of them struggled to live on

we got to learn how to be positive.. be contented with life.. not to take peace and safety for granted..

let's pray for the survivors from this tremor strength to live on..

let's pray for orphans strength to move on..

let's pray for aids to reach the victims..

let's pray for dead to rest in peace..

many thanks to chinese govt, rescue team from all over the world, volunteers, charitable organizations, medical organisation for helping them..