Tuesday March 6, 2007 - From The Star Online

Tremors felt in M'sia after quake strikes Sumatra

KUALA LUMPUR: Tremors were felt in parts of peninsular Malaysia and Singapore after an earthquake struck southern Sumatra at 11.50am. 

There is no threat of a tsunami, the Meteorological Department said. 

The earthquake measured 5.8 on the Richter scale, it said. 

Meanwhile the AP reported from Jakarta:  

A powerful earthquake rattled western Indonesia Tuesday, damaging buildings and sending panicked residents running into the streets on Sumatra island, officials and witnesses said. 

It was felt as far away as Singapore, where some office buildings were evacuated, and in neighboring Malaysia. 

The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 and struck 50 kilometers (around 30 miles) from Padang, a city on Sumatra's western coast.  

It had a depth of 33 kilometers (about 20 miles). 

There were no initial reports of injuries, said Sgt. Gunawaman, a police spokesman who like many Indonesians uses one name.  

The shaking shattered glass doors and shop windows, he said. 

"Everything in my house were fell down... a cabinet hit me,'' said Rahma Nurjana, a Padang resident. 

"My neighbor's house collapsed.'' 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said the earthquake occurred on land, meaning no tsunami warnings would be issued. 

The tremor was felt in Singapore, 430 kilometers (265 miles) from the epicenter, forcing the evacuation of several older office buildings, TV station Channel NewsAsia reported. 

Residents in Malaysia's largest city, Kuala Lumpur, also reported tremors. 

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire,'' an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. 

In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people, including 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone.  

A tsunami off Java island last year killed nearly 5,000. 

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Students at my school evacuated from the buildings because of the tremors. All classes are cancelled

Thats bad, always feel sad after waking up in the morning and I have to be up 2/3 hours earlier than usual for crying session before going to school and always feel hungry. or maybe thats just some feeling that I have in my stomach. I am quite numb here. Shoulder/neck jam. MInd still blank or maybe crowded which make me cant think of anything. Just feel like nothing to say, no comments but sure I do have. I must have been quite exhausted for the last few days or week. A bit hectic for me since came back from Thailand. And yet I wanted to spend the best time with him. I know that I would want some 'not seeing each other for few days' after the trip but I think it is better not to. Didnt have much time to lose a day and he is broke and I fall asleep in the middle of something although it might be something else that caused it.

2 days before he left, my energy drained, still left some, still could go on. I helped him to pack especially in folding clothes. He is bad in doing that. I should have sleep earlier that day but he had not finished packing until 3 am. And the previous night I slept at 4am and had to wake up at 7am. The following day, he was still packing and finished his last minute work. I waited and waited and we left around sunset. Got tired and I pretty much had nothing to say. I cant talk when tiredness strikes. Or maybe since then, my mind has been blank. I was thinking to talk to him about us, some recap but eventually forgotten. The last night of sleeping, he still managed to say something which I didnt want to hear. Last night? And still complain about me? Dont you have something nice to say? I didnt say much about it because I was already numb and have heard too much of  that. It is all about the same thing. And thats only one problem is that you just cant accept me, who I am and thats it.

The last day, still tired. I felt nothing and didn't feel like talking. A bit tense, perhaps but still quite good. I know he is going home. He was anxious at the airport, a bit hesitating and a bit in hurry. He had a red t-shirt, a blue jeans and short hair, thats what I saw him last for real.

Surely, I do have something to comment or to say but not right now. everything seemed to be unrealistic. Well, he has been good, more better that I could see it and at some point I might fall easily of blaming myself for being shitty at times or most of the times. Thats self pity which I didnt open the door for it until now. It is time to heal again. Thanks for the sms saying that you have arrived there safely :)

The end!

A cloudy rainy day, a nice day. I managed to put away his stuffs in a box, ahh makes my room looks more better. I found out that there were more than 10 screws under the bed, had to pick them up one by one. Today, I have friends commented that my hair has grow, more longer than usual and thats what they usually not been seeing it and got comment that I look thin. THIN! sad case. I have been in program to gain weight for 4 weeks and I managed to gain few kilos and still 'thin' or 'very skinny'...waahhh, sad!

Apologize for being inconsistency in my typing or semantics error or confusion. 

Welcome daphne and family back to Malaysia! gonna meet her tomorrow, hopefully tomorrow. I like the idea that I have sent someone back to Finland and receiving another person from Finland.
2 hectic weeks of moving back and forth between mlk and kl. Have a nice weekend! 

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