Saturday, December 24, 2005
i juz finished watching tsunami: e wave disaster on channelnewsasia. those of u who has read my entries last yr will noe tt i was quite affected by e tsunami disaster. e most disturbing thing tt i couldnt tahan was e fact tt so many children died. e images of their parents crying/praying aloud, hoping for some miracle to happen devastated me. i tried to put myself in their shoes n e thought of losing Rina brought me to tears.
juz now, e program showed footage tt was never shown before. it made me cry again. my tears started to flow even before i saw any dead bodies. e footage showed how e water disappeared n suddenly came back wif force, not once but twice. my tears flowed bcos of fear. i could feel e fear of e person video-taping e disaster. n then came e footage of e wreck tt e tsunami had left. i still remember wat a sri lakan survivor said, "i felt as though e dead bodies were talking to me, asking why i din rescue them, why i din pull them up. i wanted so bad to be e one who died instead. i couldnt take it." another father who recountered his experience: "we din expect it wen e 2nd wave struck. i saw my wife n daughter being washed away. wen e water had gone, i began searching. i found 2 women under some rumble. one of them was my wife. @ e same place, i found my daughter. i brought their bodies to e police station n cremated them 2gether. den i lied down on e beach n said to myself tt if another tsunami struck, i'ld die too."
some footage were shot frm a higher ground so it was clear how gigantic e waves were compared to a mere human being. people were washed away like ants. n e sight of those struggling to cling onto sumthing n stay alive was heart-wrenching. so many lives were taken by sumthing as simple as a lot of water, a LOT of water.
once again i say this, sumthing i've said last yr: my heart goes out to the families of all e victims. after losing my grandfather last mth, i noe how it feels to never see, never talk to, never hug, never kiss sumone u love ever again. i will pray of all of u, esp those children who lost their parents. i tried to imagine how it would be if sumthing happened to me n Rina was left all alone. those children must have felt sooo lost. i hope they're well taken care of. i pray tt they are.Suliana Hot Momma at 3:23 PM
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