and when it happens...

so another year is going... not that calendar years matter to me... i have such a conflict between gregorian and hijrah...
but what does 2004 mean?
i could go on and on about myself but i shall reserve this one...
not that i am not concerned about what goes on around me... but i just have to have my say in a recent event... namely, the earthquake in aceh and the ensuing tsunamis that killed so many and destroyed so much in its path...
i am having such a hard time gettng this going... so sorry if sounds disjointed...
i tried so hard not to bother but somehow, with all the media coverage, i couldn't...
being indifferent does not help when i had dream in the morning of the incident where an old woman told me that she will cause an earthquake today...
now that it has fallen into perspective... 2 things come up...
one... i apologise for any seemingly apparent insensitive-ness to the issue...
but the earthquake to me was a sign for us to stop fighting... i mean... due to this "natural" disaster... figthing in the countries affected were put to a stop... no matter how temporary... aceh, southern thailand, sri lanka... hot beds of unrest... in cruel irony, peace ensues... in a collective sprit, foes cast aside differences and people rally together to come to aid and assistance... no international treaty needed... take notice... this is the human spirit... sad that it has to come like this... but then again... such adversities brings out the best in all of us... to that i shall hold 2004 in memory...
two... in no way do i condone terrorism and its advocates... i have remained ambiguos in my stand only due to the fact that i do not understand the mechanics of its deciples and my closet mistrust of the media... so i shall have little or no say... and it shall stay that way...
but for all the emphasis on terrorism in the holiday (i shall not say festive) season... there was no incident of great significance... terror took a back seat to a natural disaster...
all there was, was an incident that would be a terrorist's wet dream... 60,000 and counting... now... if only the collective effort in combating terrorism and being a terrorist (i find the word so vulgar now... so bastardised) were put into having detection and warning systems so that lives can be saved... not that i do not appreciate efforts to make us safe from terror... but it just goes to show how this single-mindedness can expose our shortcomings...
funny that i know that this blog will never be of any great significance... but i bear the hope... and we all can do with a little hope...
to all that pass by this blog...
spare a moment of silence in thought and prayer for all the lives lost and those affected by the loss...
i don't do this often... but god bless... for 2005...