Nina vs The World

Its devastating to watch the news. Image after shocking image of destruction just keeps pouring in. Boats and houses, cars and buildings alike swish around in a muddy wave pool of death. The death toll, which started at around 300, is now feared to be topping 10,000. Thousands are homeless, without food, water, electricity, and in many cases, alone. We're talking about the world's most prepared country, the leader in Technology- with the world's most elaborate catastrophe plan, and yet they are hopeless amidst so much chaos. My prayers are with them. Travel halfway around the world to the United States. Such destruction parallel to Japan's is imminent. Haiti, Chile, and China had their turn last year. It's only a matter of time before a quake with such intense power rocks our world, literally. And yet.. everyone seems to be completely indifferent- in fact, they could not bear to be any more apathetic.  Instead, they are busy tracking Charlie Sheen and his vile ...

I wake up this morning to turn on the weather channel and anticipate my local on the 8s. What I wasn't anticipating was to hear that the tsunami that has damaged and ravaged Japan was on its way to the States. Apparently, in less than an hour, the tsunami/earthquake will have hit the coasts of Washington State, Oregon and Northern California. Maybe I'm just not there in the flesh, but it seems like everyone is taking this really calm. Not even the big wig news channels are broadcasting it as much as TWC is. Is it not going to be intense? I don't know. But I do know that it seems awful short notice to start getting ready for mass destruction. So I hope everyone on the other coast of the States will take care of themselves and take necessary precautions and not risk their life anymore than they have to. I hope the death toll in Japan doesn't keep rising (Its at 300 right now) and I hope Hawaii isn't completely ruined before I get a chance to go there personally. ...

I t came. I t devastated . It vanished in the blink of an eye. A bird's eye view of devastated Haiti 2010 has gone, and not without leaving serious imprints. We started off the year with a groundbreaking (literally)  7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed tens of thousands and injured other thousands. Reports calculate around 230,000 lost their lives when the epicenter hit Port-au-Prince, the Haitian Capital on January 12. Like a chorus, Chile followed, with an 8.8 magnitude quake, and so did China, with a 6.9 magnitude- and many other affected areas around the world.  On March 16th, Uganda's World Heritage Site, the Kusubi Tombs were destroyed by fire. No one truly knows how or why it happened, but it's a shame such an integral piece of history is now only contained in pictures and memories.. Kusubi Tombs in Uganda On May 20, Five paintings worth €100 million were stolen from the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Not sure what the thinking behind ...