I caught the charity show on TV just now. It was for the quake victims of Sichuan. To me, that was one of the most successful charity show firstly because celebrities did not have to perform life-threatening stunts to pull in donations and secondly, the fact that Singaporeans were willing to donate money that would fully go to foreigners made it worth our applause. Although the scenes in Sichuan had been flashed on TV before, when they were shown during the 3-hour show just now, it was still heart-wrenching to watch. To me, tragedies involving children are the worst. Mum and I donated some money via phone calls but in the end, dad wouldn't accept our money (since he's the one paying the phone bill we felt it would only make sense if we were to give him money for the calls haha) "-_-. I guess the worst is yet to come. These young survivors will suffer from psychological effects of the quake, which is a problem more difficult to solve than anything else. For once, I felt that the tears from the celebrities were real.
Hope that God will speed up the recovery of both the towns as well as pain in the survivors' hearts. It was featured in today's Newpaper that it's strange that in Myanmar and China, after the disasters, statues of their Gods have still stand erect, undamaged by the strong-force of the disasters. Even a mosque in Aceh was undamaged after the tsunami. I don't feel that it has anything to do with the religions. Rather, lots of money were probably spent making sure that these idols and places of worship were properly constructed and were not built with inferior materials.
As someone who have studied materials of buildings before, I know the importance of the quality of the materials, as well as the proportion of raw materials in producing cement, etc. It's not like building sandcastles whereby one just has to ensure that the structures stand by themselves and that's considered done. It was mentioned by someone in the papers that (something along the line) this was a retribution on humanity because of greed, etc... I agree with the greed part (too many corrupt officials in these countries) but retribution? I don't think so... These civilians are just victims of the corrupt system that they so unfortunately have to be under. It wouldn't really be fair to consider there fate as retribution but then this guy who said it probably meant it in a general sense so no harm intended by his words.
May the aftershocks stop once and for all or else there would be more victims.
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It was a trip to Queensway shopping centre, Anchorpoint and Ikea today. Was hoping to get presentable PE attire for teaching since I only have 2 sets of PE outfit but am having PE on 3 days. So I'm basically wearing the same thing every week haha... However, somehow I always never manage to get clothes from Queensway. I don't know if it's because it's overcrowded with shops but it could also be that the prices of the clothes are not that much different from sports shops outside. Not that I have really compared the same design specifically before.
Anchorpoint is like Singapore's version of a factory outlet (imitating the West..). There are shops like G2000, Charles and Keith, City Chain watch shop, etc. Factory outlets sell things that are out of season at a cheaper price. However, for certain items, common sizes might not be available anymore. Still, it's worth a try. I was just browsing at Charles and Keith and saw a pair of heels that were quite pretty. Costs only $14.90 but didn't have sizes smaller than 41 (@_@) already haha.. For watches, if you're looking for a watch at this point in time, there's discount of up to 50% (I think...). There's this Nike watch which I saw at Queensway Shopping Centre that cost $180 over (didn't state that there's discount) and at this City Chain, it's going at $170 something plus there's a 20% discount. Same model lor!! :D
Serendipity believed today at 12:15 AM
