Reflections X - Once more...

As things slowly progress and shift in my life, I sometimes do wonder: Is everything meant to be? Or are things just pure 'coincidences'?

Because Typhoon Morakot struck parts of China, lots of things went into chaos, especially those who depended on undersea lines...

Such as those in Singapore.

Not that I'm being apathetic and blaming the typhoon, of course. The inconvenience I experience can be bearable. Lives lost in China cannot wait. Too bad the undersea lines got affected ~_~. More protective measures can be placed for the lines next time... I suppose. Or maybe it's protected enough?

Anyway, the disruption in undersea lines definitely had a big impact. First up was a very slow connection to any US websites. Actually, if I'm not wrong, access to many sites from China were also affected.

At the least, within 24 hours of this disruption, the lines were first rerouted through other lines, and repair works immediately went underway.

Of course, most sites we visit are sites from the US. Don't deny it, it's true. Most, that is.

Of course the aftereffects even after the repairs were [supposedly] completed could still be felt.

First up is definitely, for those who use Facebook, the problem of loading Facebook *fully*. Either you would be faced with a blank screen, or you get a Javascript problem when doing any stuff on FB.

At the same time, as I'm typing now, the Javascript problem is also affecting Blogger, as well as Hotmail. Heh, one undersea line and everything goes awry.

But oh well, these all will only last for a while anyway. Everything returns to normal after a while.

So, as an avid gamer [still], it's apparent how problematic accessing US based games were. And hence, I don't think I did have decent gaming time.

The thing is, everything seems to be really coincidental. It's prelims starting tomorrow, and this sort of incident occurs.

It's as if there's a hint to say "stop whatever you're doing, focus on your work". Is that really happening, or is it just, well, coincidence?

As works go on to rescue survivors or sadly, those deceased in this unfortunate incident, so are works underway on those undersea cables. Everything seems to fall into place very neatly. How coincidental could all of these be? I may never know...

I wish for a most efficient rescue process such that more survivors of the incident can return to their families, and at the same time, send my heartfelt condolences to those who have lost some. It is unfortunate such an incident occurred, but we'll get stronger, and smarter after every 'fall', and so will this 'fall' allow us to see what our mistakes were.

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