Monday, September 11, 2006
today's september 11... not only the day that i have my prelim bio paper 3... but also the day that many many many lost their lives in america... america... a place where it's so far away from us. a place where it's their day and our night. on september 11 2001 i remember myself at 0930pm plus, a tuesday after my english tuition i reached home.. touched the radio button waiting for jamie yeo's voice on perfect 10 reading dedications... nope.. the song ended... her voice came on... saying that there'll be no dedications today and that it'll be somethng like a tribute to the people who have died in the world trade centre plane crash. i remembered rushing to my parents saying... something crashed in to the world trade centre! something crashed into the world trade centre! young as i was... i thought.. the only world trade centre was singapore's world trade centre. my mum said... dont talk rubbish. how can tat be true... i replied... it's true.. it's real! that's wat jamie yeo said on radio! my mum brushed it off... u might have heard wrongly.i thought so too. maybe i heard wrongly. den my dad turned on the chinese news at 10. then come the video footages of the planes crashing into the wtc and everything it's south tower collapsing and everything... confused. i was confused. there was no terrorism then. i didnt noe wat that was. den came subsequent reports on plane crashing into the pentagon- den i learnt why there's a building called pentagon. i understood wat my math teacher had been teaching- polygons, pentagon=5 sided polygon. i really thought the were accidents.. the last plane crashed into the woods in pennsylvia... so i thought it was just accidents.. i forgot how i camre to noe that it was the work of al qadea, osama bin laden. i remember the next day in schl no teacher mentioned abt it.. nor did our principal.. so thought.. it's just another news from america... today. i watched a tribute documentary tot he 33 passengers on flight 93... the last flight that crashed into bare land instead of the designated white house. it made me upset. it made me cry. like quite badly. i really didnt think that this flight that was the most insignifcant as it didnt kill anyone was because of it's passengers who fought back the 4 hijackers. the passengers that decided tat they will not just give up without a fight and that they come together pool their courage, love for their family and 'come on, let's roll' and attack the hijackers. trying to again control of the plane. their family memebers said, it wasnt that they wanted to save the watever place they were to act as 'sucide mission'. they only wanted to return home to their family, and hold their families. it was this little warm feeling of love that propelled them and gave them the adrenaline rush to attack the hijackers. these passengers on flight 93 fought brave hard and well. their families remembering and loving them forever, knowing that those precious 33 lives were lost after a fight and not in a last moment of fear. these group of pple has proven to me that humans aren't selfish. they are just filled with the love that they so cherish and fight for it with it in their heart till the end. my salute to these brave people and best wishes to the families that has lost them.i hope that if one day i'm face with any life' threatening suitation... i would also have such courage to fight till the end...~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:
yesterday schmi announced that he'll be retiring this year:) he was winner of the the italian grand prix yesterday. italy's ferrari's home ground. 7 world championships. 90 grand prix winnings. and a total accumulation of 1200 over championship points. he has broken every every record there can be for a driver. hardly 50 and hmm.. there he is... succeeding so well in his career let's hope he can win this year's champion ship. he has highest record of no. of grand prix winnings... let it be the same for the world championship record too. :) kimi drove great yesterday too:) though he had the pole position but due to fuel strategy... he still lost his position to schmi.never mind. kimi is a great driver:) he's moving to ferrari next year:):) massa is a good driver too! a great team player.. he has given great support to his partner this year:) so has his partner to him:) all three are great drivers with great sportmanship. go go go fightin'!
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