Book of Days » calamity http://www.sarahness.net/personal ♥ ♫ ♥ Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:30:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Troubled :( http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2011/03/troubled/ http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2011/03/troubled/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:29:24 +0000 sarahness http://www.sarahness.net/personal/?p=507 [/caption] ]]> I’m deeply worried by the latest happenings in the world today. The chaos in the middle east is not yet resolved then Japan was hit by a 8.9 earthquake following a tsunami which claimed the lives of 10,000 people as of this writing.

Buildings burn in Yamada town, Iwate prefecture (state) after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit. Photo by Associated Press

Buildings burn in Yamada town, Iwate prefecture (state) after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit. Photo by Associated Press

I wish I could shut this thought for I still have to finish my reaction paper on both of my subjects for this term but no matter how hard I try to focus my attention on something else, my paranoia keeps on peeking in my reverie.

I love this planet, and I don’t wanna see it like this. I’m aware of the fact that earthquakes are natural occurrences but it’s really tragic to know thousands of people died and are slowly dying. It is also sad to acknowledge that we human contributed to the destruction of our own environment. Instead of devicing a way to slow down the destruction, I think we even intensify the effect of nature’s wrath. This, I believe, is because of our selfishness and most importantly, our lack of discipline. I wish we could care more about our environment and the future generation.

Last Saturday, I went to witness the Pyromusical Competition in Mall of Asia. I admit it was very nice to see fireworks display in the night sky but upon seeing the smoke the event has created, I kind of pondered on the possible effects of this on our atmosphere. And to make things worse, a lot of food wastes were scattered everywhere. I thought we have learned from Ondoy but I guess I was wrong. I was wrong to assume that the past calamity that ravaged our country has left a meaningful message for us all to remember. People seem to forget about that already.

:(

innocence amidst the debris

innocence amidst the debris

So when are we gonna really learn to take good care of our environment??

]]> http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2011/03/troubled/feed/ 0 Why 2012 Is Not The End of The World http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2009/11/why-2012-is-not-the-end-of-the-world/ http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2009/11/why-2012-is-not-the-end-of-the-world/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:30:57 +0000 sarahness http://www.sarahness.net/personal/?p=141 I’ve heard countless speculations about December 21, 2012 being the doomsday or the end of the world. It’s just sad. I remember my grade school days when our science teacher told us that if the sun dies, the earth also dies and so are we. It’s very upsetting. I mean, I grow up knowing earth as it is. And growing up I kind of feel and thought that our dear planet will be here forever not until I gained knowledge about things around me. And well, that’s science. Although, it’s a really great effort for our scientists to go beyond our system even our galaxy to search for an earth-like planet and save humanity, somehow, it’s really really sad to know that time will come and earth will eventually cease.

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I have keep in touch with this piognant feeling last Sunday when I happen to watched a documentary in History channel about 2012. They showed destructive calamities, lives lost, and other unsightly scenes. Below is the first part of that documentary.

A few hours ago, someone tweets about how 2012 is not the end of the world. I followed the link and it has taken me to NASA’s FAQ’s page where they try to answer some of the questions.

According to them, NASA, the 2012 scare will be just like the Y2K scare during the dawn of the millennium. Remember the millennium bug? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the situation.

When asked about the threats to the earth in 2012, NASA responded that nothing bad will happen. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years.

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I also learned that the origin of the prediction was that of the story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. It was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the date was moved forward to December 2012.

As for me, let us not wait for doomsday to happen. Let us start saving our planet now. ^_^

]]> http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2009/11/why-2012-is-not-the-end-of-the-world/feed/ 31 Call of Nature: Mother Earth Spoke Through Ondoy and Pepeng http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2009/10/call-of-nature-mother-earth-spoke-through-ondoy-and-pepeng/ http://www.sarahness.net/personal/2009/10/call-of-nature-mother-earth-spoke-through-ondoy-and-pepeng/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:18:00 +0000 sarahness http://www.sarahness.net/personal/?p=77 Below are some of the horrendous pictures of Ondoy and Pepeng’s aftermath which can be found in flickr.

The thing about us is that we can easily cope up and start all over again during times like this. We tend to easily forget and move on but I hope that what just happened in our country will serve as a wake up call to us Filipinos.

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