last night we were talking about the best and worst of 2004. most of the bests were the man-made ones (best album-franz feredinand, best movie-sepet) and the worst (international event: the narathiwat incident-coz it totally F*K some things i treasure and some plans i had)...but i missed out god's work..

i have a friend who often tell me the end is near..and he said again when the bird flu hit us. i told him..i already thot it was near in 2000..and this is yet another one closer to home .. the fifth biggest quake in south asia since the 1900s..makes it to one of my worst of list of 2004..

"Over 2000 dead as huge Indonesia earthquake wreaks havoc across Asia -areas affected include Sri Lanka, Maldives, Southern Thailand islands and Penang."

"Hundreds injured after tsunamis hit southern Thailand islands of Phuket and Phi Phi"

"Two thirds of Maldives underwater."

..and i am blogging this as i watch the news coz i am affected. my friend just called to say she has a few friends yatching at phiphi..and sounded really worried.and we do have friends vacationing around that area too..there are hundreds missing..thinking about the divers and snorkellers who could be out at sea when the waves hit, make me very very sad :(

but then, i had a schoolmate who feared travelling coz he feared flying. that was before 2001. after 2001 a lot more people became more anxious, and going to the states became a hassle. after 2003, middleeast places like jerusalem and jordan, some of the cities which i had always wanted to visit seemed more dangerous. after october 2002, bali wasnt so safe for a while, after narathiwat, southern thailand seemed not so safe now. i realised i shall not be like my friend, am not going to wait for a few more afters and make me even more anxious or affect my travel plans..coz if i wait any longer, i dont know if there are going to be even more afters. i am just so glad now that i have travelled and not waited to go some places.

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i was caught in a tidal wave of a different kind these last two days. that is of the post-christmas sale// cash registers ringing..i went on a very focused shopping spreee...getting 5 items at mango, all under half an hour and 6 bags at metro!!