deux
and here i am blogging as usual, but listening to Seal's Lost My Faith rite now. had my usual day in sch for HR and French. (and i passed my French test!) but just wonder if that's something worth cheering about, cos i just couldn't perk myself up for the arrival of 2005.
see, even ch 5 had cancel the transmission of tomorrow's nation's countdown live from sentosa at 11pm for the sake of the victims of the tsunami attack. To date, more than 80,000 people died in this heaven made catastrophe. so do u think people are still in the mood to celebrate? also, esplanade had cancel the fireworks show after 12am on their countdown in response to the government's call, that 7 singaporeans died in the tsunami attack. in fact, all fireworks has been cancel in response to the catastrophe.
the tsunami had straighten my though of unable to go for the countdown tomorrow: why celebrate while thousands are crying on the other side of the world? and yes, Seal's music came just in time. I've no faith with this world. What we see the moment we open the 1st page of the daily newspaper , or rather, the front page, was nothing except the number of deaths has been increasing. How about bad news? Bad news, bad news and more bad news.
Now what's greatly needed was nothing but food, medicines and old clothes. Yes, the basic needs of human beings. Asked ma to pack up some old clothes so that sis could bring it to Marriott to donate it to the charitables, in aid of the Sri Lanka victims's family. And of course i will be doing my part in donating $$$ to the Red Cross within TP, to help the victims having some $$$ to tide the crisis. and to my dear readers, pls do your part in helping the victim's family and themselves in donating food, old clothes and old blankets, medicine and $$$ to help them tide over the crisis. and please pass the word around. ur kindness will be rewarded in future. Pls Pls Pls!!! For the Tp's guys n gals, Red Cross will be collecting the above tomorrow during sch hours, so please do your part in helping them!!!
and it looks very unlikely that i will be going for We Don't Live Here Anymore at Orchard, cos i am simply not in the mood to go for it.
latest update: number of deaths due to the tsunami has rise to 114,000. scary rite? it is, and it's another good reason why i am not in the mood for countdown. in fact, M'sia had cancelled all the countdown events tomorrow nite. it will be replaced by prayer sessions. more than the usual muslim prayer session that u seen on M'sia's tv on 7pm+, where programme being cut suddenly, and u see a mosque with arabic words. no, it will be an event for all religion and races, where all will be together praying for the victims. so the scenario where sean connery and catherin zeta jones swinging in between Petronas Twin Towers with fireworks just besides them in Entrapment will not take place tomorrow nite live in the two towers. know one thing? my hometown was affected by the tsunami, but luckily, only vibrations were felt. no wave swept into my kampong. but what abt gurney drive in Penang? i was there 364 days ago, and 364 days later, gone for good.
back to the countdown. so i will not be seeing how people cheer for the arrival of 2005 on tv live tomorrow nite. ch 5, the only channel which will have a live telecast of countdown has decided not to aired the programme. somehow, i feel rather happy, cos seriously, back to the same old thing again : no one's in the mood to celebrate rite now. if u still want to continue with celebration tomorrow, go ahead, no one will call u a heartless cad, but pls think of the people who died and the people who cried due to the tsunami in s'pore and the other side of the world.
Seal came just at the rite time, and let's hope that his song could heal every broken and lonely heart's wound.