AND! believe it or not! it didnt rain a single day there! not a single day, not even a single min. the weather is SCORCHING hot.

aha! i'm all smug and gleeful about that.
but dun think i got a golden tan, like what everyone keep telling me to get. haha... i just got a tad darker than my already dark skin -_-'''


anyway. about the recent news that shook entire nation into shock.

yes, the mumbai mishap that happened to singaporean Lo H.Y.

the first time i heard about the news was the night when i was packing my luggage for Langkawi. me, les and my mom were just lazing in front of the tv, when the news reported it. i think i sat there silent for a few mins, before les went over to switch on my laptop to google more about it.

i have been following her news, purely because she's singaporean and her age is so close to mine.

the first time i read about her news on papers was the next morning on the plane to Langkawi.
and on the plane back from Langkawi, i saw her orbituary in the papers.

i dunno what to say, nor do i know how to put what i'm feeling about all these into words. i just know, somehow, that i have to document this down somewhere. everywhere on the net, everywhere in the news are reports about her.

and today after i came back home fr the airport, i itchy-handedly went to youtube every single video about her.


i watched every single min of those videos, and at the end of them all, i cried.

dun ask me why. i'm someone who dun cry at movies or tv shows.
but i cry, when an innocent Singaporean life is taken away unexpectedly, leaving all their loved ones in shock and pain, and leaving even strangers grieving.

like the 28-year-old her.
like the 22-year-old NS guy who passed away suddenly during his training.

this is just too close to home. the fact that she's a singaporean. the fact that she's from VJC then NUS. it could have been any of my friends (*touchwood! but u know what i mean).
i can't even begin to imagine it.

this is like a tight slap across my face, waking me up to the realisation of how real the threats of terrorism could be. everytime i read about terrorism, i've never really link it to Singapore, much less to my daily life and my loved ones here. i wish she hadnt passed away; i dun even dare to watch the video clip of Michael Puhaindran's (her newly-wed husband) speech about her death and the entire mishap. i know i'll cry again if if i do.

okay, i need to slp. i think the video clips are affecting me more than i thought.

will blog abt Langkawi soon.