Monday, May 26, 2008 @ 11:31

512, the day of the Great Sichuan Earthquake which killed many and left many homeless. The earthquake was felt as far away as Beijing (1,500 km away) and Shanghai (1,700 km away), where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Official figures state that 62664 are confirmed dead, 358816 injured, with 23775 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. It was the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people.
The great Sichuan Earthquake could be felt even at somewhere as far away as Russia.
The provinance with most deaths was Sichuan's Mianyang, 19758 deaths till now.

Doesn't this astonishing figures scare you? Just think, if Singaporeans feel afraid and at lost when we feel the tremors from earthquakes occuring in neighbouring countries, the people who are experiencing the earthquake in Sichuan must've felt one hundred, no, one thousand times more frightened than us. Students who are attending lessons diligently, businessmens who are in their meetings, housewifes and babies who are at home watching television, they are all just gone, in a couple of minutes.

The earthquake made the headlines the very next day. Pictures of the thousands of school bags left, pictures of the people who were buried, all the these pictures tug the corner of my heart. I didn't dare to watch the news for a couple of days, afraid of receiving more bad news. It might've been many days after the earthquake, but the scene is still etched in my mind, fresh as can be.

There was a mother who was in an awkward and uncomfortable position, but continued to stay that way just so she could protect her baby. She might've been taken away, but her love for her baby remains. When the baby was found, a mobile phone was found with the baby. The mobile phone reads: Dear baby, if you survive this earthquake, don't forget that mummy loves you. A message with just a few words, told us how deep and great her love was. There was no paragraphs of bombastic words, just a simple message of love.

We might be many miles from Sichuan, but together our voice will definately reach them!

16 May 2008, another wonderful outing to Sentosa!
All of us met up punctually at the foyer, anxious to meet the fishes and animals in Sentosa Underwater World.
The bus ride took almost one hour, and it made us very tired.
However, we were energised immediately when we reached Sentosa. The gate to the wonderful world of sea animals!
Tickets were purchased for us to go to the Dolphin Lagoon where we watched an exciting performance put on by the Pink Dolphins. Take a look at the smart and cute looking dolphins!

Hoop jumping, a piece of cake!

Talented dolphins which performed for the audience.

Can you do that? =p

Jump, dolphin! Jump!

Smile!

Crabby crabby~

"How bout a swim with me?"

"Don't you dare agitate me!"

Take our your cameras, quick!

The touch pool;D

Feed the stingrays!

It's harmless~

As i've said, HARMLESS~


The day ended pretty late, because something happened to the bus. Everyone was tired, and hungry!
However, nobody regretted going to Sentosa. The trip there was fruitful, and really enjoyable!:D

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