Holy moly, we’ve not actually reached June yet, but already two big catastrophes have struck Asia, namely Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma) and now that devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China (7.9 on the Richter scale). Thousands killed, injured, homeless, you name it. The pain is real. My prayers go out to all these innocent victims of Mother Nature’s wrath. And get this, Nargis is a Persian and Urdu word, which means daffodil.
The Chinese have a belief that things come in threes. I’m not superstitious, but I think another big calamity is going to happen before the Year of the Rat bows out early next year.
Latest news (as of May 16, 2008): Death toll in the China earthquake could rise above 50,000. Figures from Cyclone Nargis estimate 78,000 lives lost.
And this is supposed to be my year (I’m a Rat)
Tags: Cyclone Nargis, earthquake, year of the rat