Somehow the news (surprisingly) managed to pull me away from the computer. I sat in front of the TV for a whole 2 hours, watching channel news asia on the current epidemic that has the whole world on its toes.

Thousands dead or injured, millions homeless, billions mourning.

The current death toll:
India: 6,597
Indonesia: 4,725
Malaysia: 51
Myanmar: 30
Sri Lanka: 10,897
Thailand: 866
Maldives: 43
Bangladesh: 2
Total: 23,211

I noticed that most of these areas were already having unrest in their countries. Like Sri Lanka, ever with the Tamil Tiger issue. Thailand and Malaysia at odds with one another. Etc. Perhaps its an omen. Or perhaps this tragedy will unite these countries at last.

An image is still stuck vividly in my mind.

An image of a mosque standing strong without a sign of damage surrounded by fallen houses and buildings. It was as if the whole surroundings of the mosque has been flatten to allow better view of the mosque.

Subhanallah.