What Nature Destroys Man Rebuilds

"I lost my daughter 36 hours ago, what's so natural about a natural disaster?"
--- IAN CARTER, Tsunami: The Aftermath

The highly-anticipated docu-drama in memory of the 2004 Asian Tsunami premiered on HBO (in partnership with BBC Networks) last night, exactly two years after a deadly tidal wave hit 11 countries across Indian Ocean that killed more than 200,000 people, a third of which were children. It was loosely based on the accounts and interviews conducted on several survivors from Khao Lak Fishing Village and Khao Lak Resort in Phuket, Thailand.

The two-part made-for-TV-movie is one of the best of its kind because it delivered clear, unadulterated, and well-written script. The actors are also commendable considering no one among the cast is an A-list celebrity except Academy Award^® nominees Tim Roth and Toni Colette.

The plot was very heart-touching and the effects were breath-taking. For the synopsis of the said film visit its website.

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Detour

Earlier this day, I recieved a job contract from Accenture. They gave me until the first week of January to accept or turn down the offer.

That gives me enough time to weigh my options as I undergo a final interview at NEC tomorrow morning.

Stingray

Courtesy of:

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.

"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.

Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchword "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter." First broadcast in Australia in 1992, the program was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting Irwin to international celebrity.

He rode his image into a feature film, 2002's "The Crocodile Hunters: Collision Course" and developed the wildlife park that his parents opened, Australia Zoo, into a major tourist attraction.

"The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet," Stainton told reporters in Cairns. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, 'Crocs Rule!'"

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