Friday, June 13, 2008


Name : Nicole Tan Ming Min (21)Class : 3D
I did not attend the english remedial thus Vanessa has given me permission to use her account to post this entry.
Judging by the photo above, a terrible disaster has happened and many childrenare trapped in a hole awaiting the touch of rescuers. The disaster that happened ismost probably the recent Sichuan earthquake which shocked people worldwide due tothe "China Rescue" words printed on the suits of the rescuers in orange.
The children trapped in that horrible hole caused by the vicious earthquake that strucktheir country not long ago were probably, or majority, dead. This is judged by their unconciousness and how they are buried in the earth below tons of rubble and building materials. In the picture, only children are seen unconcious and not adults, allowing meto acknowledge that this was probably a school. And by the faces of these youthful yet tormented children, this was probably only a primary school. The thought of that strikesme as cruel as these children have just begun their journey of life yet they had to face such a disastrous event that had probably taken away their lives which had yet to be fullyexposed to the world.The even cruel fact is that the parents of these youths would have tolive a life without their seeds of happiness any longer, if they were alive.
In the picture, we can tell that the rescuers had spent much time recovering the bodies ofthese children and it makes me feel much respect for them as it is a dangerous job and onlypeople filled with passion and love for the victims of the dreadful earthquake can fufil therequirements. The rescuers seem anxious to bring these children out, to let them have a deep breath of fresh air once again. They crowd over the unconcious children, awaiting tocarry one, even though there are more to go underneath the dirt. These much respected rescuersare, as I can see, filled with compasssion for these children. Their jobs may not pay much, but to actually help, is the reward for them.
All in all, I give my deepest condolences to the families that have lost their children and children that have lost their parents. They deserve our applause, to survive even after thetraumatic incident. As for the children in the above picture, I would like to tell them tostay strong and allow the hands of the rescuers to bring them out of that vicious hole thathas probably trapped them for a long long time. I pray that these children are alive to meettheir parents' loving gazes once more and to breathe the fresh air that they could not reach while being trapped in that hole.

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