This post was meant to be published this morning, but I'll just continue where it left off.
Just before I leave for college this morning, I would like to thank many people who have helped calmed my nerves last night. It was really very thoughtful of the lot of you. =)
This morning, I woke up, read some news I found on Twitter and felt proud and even lucky to be a Malaysian. Why? We don't face as many natural disasters as others do, although we have the common political and racial tiffs every now and then. But then again, how does that compare to earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis and others?
This morning, Haiti experienced a massive earthquake measuring magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale, being the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti in more than 200 years. The earthquake also triggered a warning of a possible tsunami.
The scene in Haiti during the earthquake.
Pic by Carel Pedre via Twitter
As with all other earthquakes around the same magnitude, buildings toppled, windows shattered, the ground heaved and people were killed.
Another scene of a building in Haiti after the earthquake.
While I was preparing myself for college, all this happened in just a few minutes. I truly am grateful that Malaysia isn't threatened by the fury of mother nature that other countries do after all.
~ IceSky
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