Monday, December 27, 2004
TURNING an eye on what's happening to our world, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake has smashed through southern and southeast asia. more than 7200 people have been confirmed dead. WALLS of water reaching 20 feet high as a result of d tsunamis accounted for much of d damage. d quake even disturbed the earth's rotation, according to the italian geophysics institute. AND a lil closer to home, the centre of the quake is actually west sumatra. meaning we here in singapore are not that safe. you'll never know. WHY? children's bodies were found on trees. mothers and fathers of people were swept away. and would probably be seen again only when the tides wash their bodies back to shore. ENTIRE villages wiped out. people's way of life, if not lives, destroyed. SOMETIMES it's tempting to think about why can't we just live in a more normal world. where there isnt such disparity; whilst my thoughts are on the next phone that i'm gonna buy some other kid's thoughts would be on the next grain of rice he eats. where we wouldn't be at such mercy of nature's wrath. you can't just attribute such stuff to the metaphysical or even geography. and then leave it at that. WHAT causes d quakes? movement of tectonic plates? then what causes the movement? then what causes the cause of the movement? i'm not a geog student. i've never taken geog. but u get my point. somewhere along this chain of questions there will be NO answer.
