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Friday, December 31, 2004
125,000
This number, a scarily large number isn't it? Shockingly, this is the number that appeared on the tv today, and it's the latest death toll due to the scary tsunami.
i can't digest the news. it's just too scary. and the difference between the reaction of both my parents just got me more confused. my dad just stood in front of the tv like it's just another piece of news concerning theft in one of the neighbourhoods in singapore; my mother, on the other hand, bought a lot of food and blankets, hoping these would help those who survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka.
and this incident had to happen at the end of the year. weird timing. all these things, disasters, epidemic, diseases, they aren't gonna stop, are they?
i keep thinking the end of the world is coming, perhaps due to the fact that some of the clips shown during the news resembles so much to the recent movie "The Day After Tomorrow". no, i'm not making a joke or saying anything insensitive, but what i mean is, should we start caring our very own home planet before anything worse happens?
finally bought "Tuesdays with Morrie" after much procrastination. bought it when i was pretty down last week after my failed driving test. actually finished the book on monday during my HQBO duty. all i could say is, it's a nice way to end the year 2004 in this manner. i've finally become more optimistic and more cheerful. had not been really in a foul mood since that day (hor? alvin~? haha...).
it's weird with all these things around me. and people are behaving like "hey, ppl are suffering in pain, so we shouldn't be really celebrating, or even be happy at all". i dun like that feeling. i mean, ya, i sympathize with all these ppl, i'll do wut ever i can to help them, but that doesn't mean i have to moan over this incident every single second, does it? sorry if it sounds like a lame excuse for me to go out for a countdown. sorry if it sounds hypocritical, especially if u overheard (or heard) my conversation with my frens this morning in the canteen. but, well, i do feel sad at that moment, but we should step out of it and moved on too right? or else, it kind of defeats the purpose of god allowing us to survive, right?
i dun noe la, it's the end of the year syndrome. whenever every year ends, there's always something happening to me, or something happening to the surroundings. *weird*... may 2005 be a better year for all of us. Happy New Year.
preparing-to-go-out-for-countdown,
Johnzzon
i can't digest the news. it's just too scary. and the difference between the reaction of both my parents just got me more confused. my dad just stood in front of the tv like it's just another piece of news concerning theft in one of the neighbourhoods in singapore; my mother, on the other hand, bought a lot of food and blankets, hoping these would help those who survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka.
and this incident had to happen at the end of the year. weird timing. all these things, disasters, epidemic, diseases, they aren't gonna stop, are they?
i keep thinking the end of the world is coming, perhaps due to the fact that some of the clips shown during the news resembles so much to the recent movie "The Day After Tomorrow". no, i'm not making a joke or saying anything insensitive, but what i mean is, should we start caring our very own home planet before anything worse happens?
finally bought "Tuesdays with Morrie" after much procrastination. bought it when i was pretty down last week after my failed driving test. actually finished the book on monday during my HQBO duty. all i could say is, it's a nice way to end the year 2004 in this manner. i've finally become more optimistic and more cheerful. had not been really in a foul mood since that day (hor? alvin~? haha...).
it's weird with all these things around me. and people are behaving like "hey, ppl are suffering in pain, so we shouldn't be really celebrating, or even be happy at all". i dun like that feeling. i mean, ya, i sympathize with all these ppl, i'll do wut ever i can to help them, but that doesn't mean i have to moan over this incident every single second, does it? sorry if it sounds like a lame excuse for me to go out for a countdown. sorry if it sounds hypocritical, especially if u overheard (or heard) my conversation with my frens this morning in the canteen. but, well, i do feel sad at that moment, but we should step out of it and moved on too right? or else, it kind of defeats the purpose of god allowing us to survive, right?
i dun noe la, it's the end of the year syndrome. whenever every year ends, there's always something happening to me, or something happening to the surroundings. *weird*... may 2005 be a better year for all of us. Happy New Year.
preparing-to-go-out-for-countdown,
Johnzzon
