Nineteen.
What was/am/would I be doing at the age of 19?
Certainly not this. >>
A Garuda Indonesia plane crashed this morning after it overran the landing strip. It’s a Boeing 737-400.
Another disaster to hit Indonesia after the earthquakes. >>
March 8, 2007
March 7, 2007
March 6, 2007
Degen.
The QC of The New Paper is dropping. I keep spotting spelling and typo errors in its articles of late. I’ll probably write in to them soon if the mistakes keep coming and no one tells.
Edit 1205: I felt tremors while typing this post. SC confirmed my fears, saying that there were tremors around the island. Capital Square is evacuating, so are a few office buildings around. This is a bit unsettling because previously, Bukit Timah never felt the tremors. And this time, since the tremors have reached the middle of the island, it must be bad news.
Edit 1350: Tremors again! This time it lasted for 6 seconds. Aftershock, I believe.
Edit 1640: The second wave of tremors were from another earthquake (6.1 Richter) that struck Padang, Indonesia again. News reports that over 40 people were killed. Read it here. >>
News update: ChannelNewsAsia.com
Singapore shaken after quakes in Indonesia
Posted: 06 March 2007 1538 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans felt two rounds of tremors in the space of two hours on Tuesday, following two earthquakes in Padang, Indonesia.
Singapore’s Meteorological Services Division said the first tremors were felt at about 11.50am after an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck Padang on the island of Sumatra.
The epicentre was 50 kilometres north-northeast of Padang and some 430 kilometres south-west of Singapore.
The second round of tremors occurred around 1.50pm after another earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, struck Padang.
The tremors were felt in many parts of Singapore.
Callers to the MediaCorp News Hotline reported tremors in the downtown city area of Beach Road, Robinson Road and Shenton Way, as well as residential areas such as Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh, Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands.
Witnesses said some tall buildings in the central business district swayed slightly.
Several buildings, like the Concourse, Capital Square and Centennial Tower in the city, and even Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Clementi, were evacuated.
If you too felt the tremors, you can call our news hotline at 68222268.
You can also send pictures and videos to yournews@channelnewsasia.com
- CNA/ir
