Myanmar hit by Cyclone Nargis

When last weekend's weather was unbearable and the air was not moving with the skies clear and almost cloudless most of the days, we should have known that in the region, a cyclone's gonna hit.

Now, the tropical cyclone has left more than 100 000 dead and many more missing. Myanmar, already one of the poorest nations in the world, has yet lost another generation of progress. As I watch the news unfold, I can't help but feel very sad for the them. These are the people who are so poor that they have nothing to fend for themselves. And the military government that seized power decades ago is just not willing to allow help in freely. As I blog, lives are lost. Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers all dead or missing. Possibly never to be found. Whole communities wiped out. Corpses lie rotting in the tropical heat. 100 000 is a frightening number. With sewage washed up during the storm, water-borne diseases will become a problem. Poor poor Burmese.

Here in Singapore, everything's normal. Students are still skipping classes, refuse to hand in homework, talk non-stop in class, refuse to study for exams. Think education is not important.

Life is just so unfair.