Dear Diary,
Watching the tsunamis unfold as the people lying on their shores trying to get a good suntan is a devastating sight, not to mention those people trying to make a livelihood out there in the sea or those just leading their daily lives but just happens to be near the bloody coast. Coastlines are going to recede due to the corrosion ability of the great wall of seawater crashing down into the land. Sigh.. does this mean something? Nature releasing its wrath on us, the humans who had more often than not fail to appreciate its goodness. Scientists predict that the effects of greenhouse effect, notably the melting of the ice caps which will lead to the rise in sea levels will take place in the next 50 years or so. By then, I would be an old man and I don't think I will be concerned enough with it, however, what about our next generation? The effects are alrady devastating enough but we must count ourselves lucky that it is only affecting only specific regions which happen to be in the proximity of the epicentre of the quake. However, after 50 years, when the effects of greenhouse is felt, would we be able to cope with the destruction and flooding of all lowlands on an international scale? Will the UN, the Red Cross, US and all countries be able to cope with that? Perhaps I worry too much, I can't predict the technology of the day after tommorrow.
Back to the present.. How I wish that I am a grown up now, working, with a source of income and be able to donate a sum of money, no matter how big it is to those who live in a country where their GDP is about equal to Beckham's salary, how I wish I am with the air force now, on the C-130 leaving for Indonesia, Sri Lanka, whatever, to help in the situation over there, how I wish I am a fireman now, and be sent on such missions of goodwill. How I wish... How I dissent this utter helplessness and uselessness of myself.. I mean 19 years old and yet still a dumb student who practically knows nothing really? Sigh.. what a lame person am I...
Geography sheltered us from this storm, yet humanity linked us all together...