End of the world???

There are too many happenings around us nowadays. Around the world. Natural disasters, man-make disaster, enviromental factors etc...

Don't know what i am talking about?? Here's the picture...


First, let us talk about our neighbours. Southern side.

Indonesian tsunami death toll nears 400: health ministryPosted: 19 July 2006 1020 hrs


Okie, wanna talk about northern area?

Monsoon hits Korean peninsula, 150 dead or missingPosted: 19 July 2006 0555 hrs

Haze makes air quality "unhealthy" in parts of MalaysiaPosted: 18 July 2006 1913 hrs

Thailand hit by haze from Indonesia firesPosted: 18 July 2006 1329 hrs

Death toll from tropical storm Bilis rises to 188 in ChinaPosted: 18 July 2006 0128 hrs
BEIJING : The death toll from severe rain storms and flooding across China in the aftermath of severe Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 188, with more than 120 others missing, state media said on Tuesday.


Or maybe somewhere further??

Australian PM in Timor Leste talksPosted: 19 July 2006 0043 hrs
Gusmao, who held separate talks with Howard, said they discussed the country's security crisis. Factional fighting among security forces in May and gang attacks caused 21 deaths and forced some 150,000 people to flee their homes.


Indian city falls silent for train blast victimsPosted: 18 July 2006 2218 hrs
MUMBAI : India's biggest city Mumbai fell silent for two minutes Tuesday, with traffic at a standstill and workers standing to attention as millions remembered the 182 victims of the train bombings a week earlier.


Moderate earthquake hits off TongaPosted: 19 July 2006 0128 hrs
SYDNEY : An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.7 struck near the Pacific island of Tonga on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.


Analysis: Pacific 'Ring of Fire' unleashes another disasterPosted: 18 July 2006 1644 hrs
JAKARTA : The earthquake that rocked Java and unleashed another deadly tsunami was the latest disaster in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" that has seen a burst of seismic and volcanic activity this year.
Less than two months ago the central Indonesian region was hit by a 6.3-magnitude quake that killed more than 5,800 people and increased activity at Mount Merapi volcano which was already on high alert for a major eruption.



Okie, lets move on further away...

Three die as much of Europe bakes in heatwavePosted: 19 July 2006 0231 hrs
PARIS : Much of Europe on Tuesday baked in tropical temperatures that climbed as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), in an increasingly dangerous heatwave blamed for at least four deaths since Sunday.


Night raids shake Lebanon as Israel vows no let-upPosted: 18 July 2006 1503 hrs
Israeli soldiers reload a mobile artillery unit as it fires a 155mm shell toward a Hezbollah target in south Lebanon


Iraq car bomb kills more than 50 in new anti-Shiite attackPosted: 18 July 2006 2042 hrs KUFA, Iraq : At least 54 people, mostly day labourers, have been killed and dozens of others wounded as a car bomb blew up in the centre of Iraq's Shiite shrine city of Kufa.


Iraq market massacre leaves 48 deadPosted: 18 July 2006 0148 hrs
BAGHDAD : A deadly coordinated assault of car bombs, mortar rounds and a shooting rampage by masked gunmen on a market south of Baghdad has killed 48 people believed to be Shiites, including women and children.
Police also found 22 bodies across Iraq, 20 of them in Baghdad, of men tortured and shot dead in apparent sectarian attacks as the inter-confessional violence that has dogged Iraq for the past months showed no sign of abating.
The latest violence came a day after a suicide bombing in a coffee-shop in the northern town of Tuz Khurmatu killed 28 people.


This is only 2 day's worth of news, yesterday and today, till noon.

I wonder (too lazy to do) what's the casualty counts for all these activities. The figures must be astonishing. One wonder the natural disaster's mighty power, and the power of explosives in war.

One can imagine the fear and terror of the ordinary citizens of the affected countries, their pain and sorrow at the loss of their loved ones, their property, etc etc... but what i admire about them is that they can pick themselve up, raising from the fall, and carry on lives normally.

We, singaporeans, are living in a safe enviroment. Safe from the natural disaster, safe from war. Lets not take our safety for granted. Lets not take our lives for granted, lets not take Singapore for granted. Remember that there are a lot more less fortunate ppl around you, in and around Singapore.

Of course, unless you sway sway kena hit by a falling pot or falling window or even bird shit as you walk underneath a block of flats, or you sway sway deframe the wrong fellow, or you sway sway kena parking summons.