Month ago, headlines in local papers have sent shockwaves to every single people out there, particularly, the 508 Incident in Sichuan, China. An earthquake of 7.8 Scale of Ritcher rattled the province causing damages which was far beyond our imagination. It was a nightmare to the Chinese; neither of them have expected it nor want it to repeat itself again. No! Thousands of innocent civilians were killed, houses and buildings collapsed, agriculture products were destroyed, and the lists go on. Emergency aids were flowing internally and externally, hoping to relief the suffer and burden of victims, however, these don't seem to be sufficient. I recalled, watching this on TV screen, a 3yrs old kid was saved under the collapsed debris successfully keeping his life, but sadly though, he lost one of his limbs. It was a touching memorable moment that by the time he was rescued, he stood up and saluted the troops who made great effort to take him out, giving him another new breath of life. Bravo to the rescue team! Nevertheless, there were some who couldn't make it out alive. A young man who was trapped in between his legs under the fallen building took the rescue teams 14hours to get him out, but by the time, they got him out, he was out of breathe, ... forever. Before he passed away, he had earlier asked for a can of Coke to ease his throats; that was his last wish, nobody knows he was gone forever. Without realising, as I watched the news to follow the latest update in Sichuan, my tear was dripping down my cheeks. My heart was hurt, really painful to see victims of the cruel natural disaster. Why not? In a split second, thousand of lifes suddenly vanished from the surface of the earth. Until today, Sichuan is still under-siege, with fear that the quake-formed lake due to heavy downpour will collapse and flood the lower areas. The authority is trying to rectify the problem by digging underground tunnels around the lake to slowly channel out the water. Indeed, deep inside my heartcore, I was grateful that we are actually living in the peaceful Malaysia which is located outside the region of Pacific Fire Ring. We are indeed blessed!
Dear Readers,
Our assistance in term of donations really
means a lot to those victims.
If you ever see any organisation in the public
launching campaign to appeal for donation, please,
do not hesitate to lend your hand.
Remember, you can make a difference!
God's bless,
KeithK
1 comment:
May God bless the Sichuan Earthquake victims and cyclone Nargis victims, rescue workers, and those who have donated or are playing/ have played their parts in whatever ways to help our neighbors in distress abundantly. And this goes to you too.
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