This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Monday, May 12, 2008 |
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When I came to Beijing, I thought the trip would be chock-full with Chinese culture, 2008 Olympics, bad English translations etc. Little did i expect us to be (un)lucky enough to experience all sorts of natural phenomena as well. First, heavy rain and winds just over a week ago (a rare occurrence in landlocked Beijing), after which we found out was the effects of a cyclone in Myanmar; then a fire broke out at a nerby building and we actually smelt the smell of burning rubber, causing some of us to panic and unplug our laptops in the fear that we overloaded the circuitry. And now, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in nearby Sichuan province. Apparently it was strong enough to feel in Beijing too, and the ceiling lights in the school shook during our immersion. Too bad no one in my class noticed it, probably due to the fact that they were being scolded by their form teacher then. =/ China quake kills 107 (ST, May 12) Stuff we'd never get back in Singapore, as much as the SCDF issues notices regularly about what to do in case of...well, just about everything, in true kiasu-ism. A pity our experiences have to come with so much human suffering in other places. D: Anyway, there's warnings of aftershocks here so we'll be going all-out in taking precautions against a possible earthquake tonight. Only problem is that our dorms (on the 11th storey, too!) have no furniture besides rickety desks and double-decker beds...which aren't exactly very stable either. A Lester hanging on one side could topple it, i tell you. So our Plan B tonight will be to huddle into the dingy and stinky toilet, which has nothing to fall down and kill us. Hopefully i don't die from suffocation fronm all that sh*t or step into the WC by accident in that case. And well, if this happens to be my last post, it's been nice knowing you, kay? And uh, thanks for reading. =P |
'Twas teh winnar at 7:38 pm.
