With Friends and Holidays

Last Wednesday

We had our Charity Carnival. Proud that all our nyonya kuihs were sold out. After that, me, Mei Yan and Jennie went to Sunway Pyramid for movie - 'The Proposal'. Nice movie. Recommended by the movie expert, Elsie. =) Went and play bowling before watching movie as we were still early. My bowling skills dropped. Now, it's just barely above 100. Not that I had much to start with. =(

Last Friday

Got my Chem paper back. Wann Chiing, hellppp!! Whole paper red! =( Wonder what was i thinking when I was doing that paper. Oh ya. Homework. Got a whole lot of proposals and tutorials. Must start on it soon. Looked forward to my hols anyway. In the middle of classes, got a random message from Siew Lee saying that she and her college mates coming to Sunway Pyramid after visiting Monash Univesity. Jiayi and I went and meet them after classes. Glad to see so many familiar people from JB in Pyramid. We not only saw Audrey, Siew Lee, Hui Yin, Kenneth, Kim, Regina, Angeline and Ian, but also Pei Inn, Ye Yean and Ting Kang (from primary school). My parents came to pick me at night. Went to The Gardens Hotel where my father would be having meeting the next day.

Last Saturday

Went to Midvalley Megamall with my mum in the morning, when my dad was having his meeting. Then, my mum drove us to Times Square for me to meet up with Zetong and Wan Ying. Met them at Barbeque Plaza. Can't blame me for being late. I was never good with roads and my mum's only been there once before. Anyway, really glad that they hadn't changed. Still porcupine and ketam. Perfect. Just then, I realized how much I've missed them. The good times we had in Convent... Irreplacible.

Was supposed to meet Kar Inn on Sunday. But she couldn't make it. But guess what? I accidentally bumped into her in One Utama at night. I guess that's fate? =) She still looks the same. Although a more mature version of the Kar Inn in Form 3.

Sunday

Picked Kai Ping from Subang and travel back to JB.

Monday to Wednesday

Was a blur. Typical? I think I might just die much earlier than I am suppose to if i just continue procrastinating? Anyway, I get to watch Singapore Channel again. At least for this week. Yippie. =)

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Cheers,

The Johorian.

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On a holiday, the living are just like the dead ~unknown

P.S. Hmm. I think that quote suits me.

Revenge of the Earth

Aloha. Sorry for the lonnngg wait.

Anyway,

Imagine being trapped in a mudslide.
A massive one.
What would you do?

Imagine losing all your love ones,
Or worrying bout them,
Not knowing whether they are alive or dead.
People you have knew and lived with for decades.

If you are one of the survivors of these natural tragedies,
Do you have the guts to carry on living?

I’ve been thinking about these questions since the mudslide in Taiwan occurred. It was very much more serious than I thought. Looking at the images and video clips on television. My heart goes out to them, but what can I do? And to think I’ve been spending an hour or so before that, grumbling about the internet connection, which hasn’t been working since last week. (Yes, I’m guilty of not coming online because of this. Sadly, not because I’m hardcoring.) My problem seems so insignificant.

Some pictures to illustrate my point

Tragedy

Hotel collapse

Buildings tumbling

Bridge falling apart

Mud and water exploding

Land slide

Flooding in Ping Tung

Saving people

Searching for survivors / human bodies

This used to be a village (Shao Lin village)

Typhoon's true face (pretty, yet disastrous)

Have you noticed that these disasters become more frequent and more serious as years passes?So now, is this Buddha /God / Allah 's way of punishing us for ill-treating earth?

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Signing off,

Wondering

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we never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~unknown