Came back from Melbourne and nua-ed for 2 days at home before starting work today.

Was reading all the news about the Aussie bush fires and hoping all my friends in Sydney and Melbourne and down the East Coast are safe. And the friend who is fighting the fires now too. 🙏🏻

And then seeing the newsfeed and IG stories.. I began thinking how self entitled we are. Everyone is raving about first world problems while the rest of the world breaks out in chaos. People are posting about holidays.. Having to work.. What they are eating.. What they are buying. While the other parts of the world just went crazy.

Aussie and the bush fires that wiped out over 15 million acres of land. 500 billion animals.

Jakarta and the flooding.

Philippines and the typhoon.

Wuhan and the pneumonia causing mystery virus.

Climate change and the crazy weather it brings - 42 on one day and 18 the next in the same place.
The extinction of the Chinese paddlefish.

On another note.

HK and the ongoing protests.

US drone strike on Iran.

Brexit.

Sighz.

While some are fighting for their lives and livelihoods. Some are complaining about traffic jams and bad data coverage. 😣

Like what *o said. We are lucky that we are born in the era. In Singapore. Away from all the natural disasters and political games.

I made a donation to the NSW rural fire services. I pray that the rain in SE Asia (or even Jakarta) goes over to Aussie. 🙏🏻