Just days ago, Cyclone Nargis invaded Myanmar, resulting in quite a big number of death in the country. When everybody started to turn their attention to the victims, figuring out ways to help them, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 shook the province of Sichuan in China, robbing at least 20000 lives to date. To make things worse, the experts predicted a serious virus outbreak in both the mentioned places.
In Myanmar, not only buildings were destroyed but the cyclone even razed most of the paddy fields, leaving the people in total chaos. Though many countries have responded by sending types of aids to the country, but the government of Myanmar allegedly rejected all the helps given. It was believed to be a strategy by the Myanmar government to compel their people to vote for them since their election date is already drawing near. Overall, it means no help will be given to those who vote against the government. Therefore, the victims will be forced to give a nod of their head for survivor.
Meanwhile in China, the concrete jungle of Sichuan has fallen, leaving behind traumatised people still shouting for help. There is an uncountable number of people still being buried under the rubber. Even though rescuers have been sent in to save the people lives, but obviously due to the collapsing of the bridge that linked the province to the outside world, rescue work was made much more difficult. I was saddened the most by the news that a 10-year-old, whose right leg was trapped in the rubber, had to amputate her own leg using her right hand in order to save her life. The narrow space was an impossible task for the rescue workers to go in and get her out. She managed to crawl out at last,though at the expense of her right leg. She thought she would be relieved from the extreme pain she had been enduring but tragically she passed away, due to excessive bleeding.
My advice is: Cherish our life, love the people around us and heed the warning from our mother nature by today!
