More natural disasters! Earthquake in Padang, Sumatra and Typhoon Ketsana heads west towards Vietnam

After typhoon Ketsana struck the Philipines, causing flooding and havoc, after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Samoa that cause lots of losses, As if everything is going to be back in normal....No! that's not it!

Typhoon Ketsana from the Philipines went west to Vietnam, causing flood and death in the interior region of that country. If Ketsana went South, that would have meant that Sabah is going to be facing some major catastrophe! Thank God it did not!

Also, Earthquake struck the city of Padang in Sumatra, Indonesia, officials estimate that the death toll is going to be at least a thousand!

Pray for peace and safety of these victims.

footage taken in the Philipines when typhoon Ketsana struck Manila,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWxyI-Hsyp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdwoc7XCvsg

Typhoon Ketsana, Earthquake in Samoa, and tsunami approaching New Zealand.

Apparently, the capital city and the outlying areas of the Philipines has been hit hard by the typhoon Ketsana, flooding 80% of entire Manila city. The flood is quite unbelievable and I would not have got a clue what to do if that happens. Cars were floating around and people was on the roof of their house. I also heard that Sabah felt the effect of the typhoon. For instance, heavy rain and strong winds was felt during that time.

Luckily, my friends that just went to Manile went back 2 days before the typhoon struck. When I told one of the more ignorant one among my friends who went to Manila, how lucky he is to have come back earlier. His reply was, I was in KK now, that's not my business anymore. That shows how ignorant he is. haha.


Today, a major earthquake struck Samoa today and triggered waves of tsunami heading towards the direction of New Zealand. I was like oh dear, not another tsunami warning again.But then in the end, the warning was cancelled. Hopefully, New Zealand will never be hit by any disaster, the same goes to my beloved Sabah.

Tramping ( North Island Trip 2009)

I did a little bit of tramping with my friends during the trip and the places actually reminds me of The Lord of the Rings and Braveheart!

from the high grounds!

the Kingdom of Rohan!

Highlander!



Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas being crazy!

Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli!
Gimli :A dwarf cannot lose to an elf!



In this pic, my friend Sam actually looked like a giant looking at the other 3 little people.

Nature II (North Island Trip 2009)

they call that a lake, while it looks more like a sea

jump from this cliff then you're done

lake~ or sea?

fish!

Nature ( North Island Trip 2009)

I wonder why scenery in NZ is so nice?

crazy hair


Gandalf the Brown?


Ah!!!!

wuhoo~

Fung's meditating

Napier ( North Island Trip 2009)

During my trip, I went to Napier as well.
Napier is an interesting town because it's known for its Art Deco architecture.

mao shi zhuo..

NZ flag!

inside the hostel

Criterion Hostel, Art Deco style



quite empty on Sunday

this is for my friends that I went for a trip with approximately a year ago.

嘉毅

monkeys in NZ?

Hobbits?

chilling at the beach

Beehive and Te Papa Museum ( North Island Trip 2009)

Two of the most important buildings in Wellington are of course the Beehive and Te Papa Meseum.
Beehive is actually the parliament building of New Zealand. you'll know why it's called Beehive.
and Te Papa is the national museum of New Zealand, it's huge! never seen museum that huge before!


the Beehive





Maori carvings

Wong Ha Choo

Entrance to Te Papa

a very rare specimen of Colossal Squid! the largest invertebrate ever known!

seem rotten a bit...

badass Pete

Maori structure

entrance

balik South Island

Believe it or not, those 2 creautres as big as depicted once lived in NZ.

Kiwis~

oh~ that's how New Zealanders know when there's an earthquake

katak!