Saturday, May 17, 2008

2008 SiChuan Earthquake

I wasn’t planning to blog and to coughstudycough instead but this issue is always in the back of my mind so I decided to blog...then go out for dinner…then maybe do other stuff. Um I shall study tomorrow :P Ah crap, I'm going out tomorrow. Study MONDAY! Actually I'm supposed to be heading to Brisbane on Monday for three days for my cousins wedding but noo...I have exams T___T Also my cousin from Japan is back with her new 100% made and developed in Japanese boyfriend. Sounds like some product LOL. ;)

I’m sure many people have heard of this earthquake by now (if you haven’t, where have you been? Under a cave? a blocked cave?) and my sympathy goes towards all those people that are affected whether they are dead, lost their loved ones, witness their loved ones slowly dying or experiencing the earthquake and the trauma. As of May 16, the death toll is 25,183 while the government believes this number will soon soar up to 50,000 and the amount of people injured so far are 168,669. Many children and adults are still trapped under buildings and imagine the anxiety of the parents not knowing whether their only child is alive (China’s government only allows one child per couple) and most likely to find out their child is dead. There were many parents who protected their child during the earthquake with the children surviving and becoming orphans. It’s heartbreaking to see so many young, innocent children losing parents because their parents saved them instead. Even if the young children survived, many had their legs and arms amputated in order to save their lives. I remember watching a part of the news where there was this parent who could hear her child asking for help, but with the limited people and resources available to save her, the child slowly died. Anyways, the point of this entry is not to emphasis on how saddening it is for those people, the country and the world, but because I feel the need to blog about them and for everyone to pray for them…pray for the people that have died, ones that miraculously survived and for them to be strong, orphans, parents that have lost their only child and everyone that has lost someone they love. Better yet, why don’t you not buy that pair of shoes, that album of your favourite boyband, the top you’ve been dying for or have a cheaper lunch instead of splurging on a costly lunch and donate the money to those poor people that are probably starving, in tears or under a collapsed building(s) gasping for help. You may think that $5 note is not a lot, but if everyone donates $5 I’m sure you’ve probably saved a few people who are almost dying of hunger. I’ve actually persuaded my family and myself to donate $200 altogether so guys, remember to donate money and pray for them.

I hope you guys read that…if you didn’t GO BACK AND READ IT! If you did good job on expressing your concern for those people and being bothered to read my two cents. Kay, shall end it here. GASP no food photos? WHAT IS THIS? Nah, it’s cause I feel bad for showing the pictures of what I can afford and luckily enough to eat while people in SiChuan are probably crying now. Next entry would be a “normal” entry :D

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