tremors were felt today in singapore at approximately 11:50am, and i thought i was just having another low blood pressure moment (yes i get them sometimes). even though i was seated, i swayed a little in my seat, the room seem to be shaking gently and i felt a little dizzy. it happened for a few seconds, but enough to make me aware that something bigger than tremors has happened somewhere. true enough, news spread like wildfire of an earthquake of 6.6 on the richter scale has rocked padang, sumatra. the epicentre of the earthquake is just 430km away from singapore. incidently i've been to padang (my father was born in sumatra and i have relatives there) and i love that place. a second round of tremors hit again about 2 hours later, from the aftershocks, but i didn't feel them from where i am. i heard that people were evacuated from some buildings. i live on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. i can't imagine what would happen to us if an earthquake would hit singapore. i don't even want to imagine. i know it would be devastating. how frail is our life? we have nothing against nature. none at all. i thank Allah everyday for my life, alhamdulillah.

in other news, this is my second last pictureless post before i complete moby's little challenge. apparently i'm the slowest turtle in the race. heh. to be honest, i've been posting pictureless for sometime, so it should be pretty easy for me, and i have quite a bit of fodder for new entries. the hard part is to actually sit down and write them. yeah, that's my problem, i am a huge procrastinator, add a dash of anal-retentive streak and you get no entries. perhaps this is just an excuse, maybe i'm just lazy (that's true too!). whatever it is, i told moby that i will complete this challenge, so i will. and uhh, i will post another entry tomorrow. heh.

askim, seni seviyorum hemde cok. sizinle olmak istiyorum. sevgilim, bana don! seni cok ozledim.

Jewel mused @ 7:47 PM | | Permalink

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