This is an inspiring video-lecture by the late Dr. Randy Pausch, professor at Carnegie Mellon. This is exactly what I needed to hear today to jolt me back to reality and finally get my head out of the clouds. I've been wasting my time these past few weeks; I've been creatively stuck.and have resorted to procrastinating. After watching this, I know I should quit wasting time and go back to working towards my goals. I hope you'll be as inspired by this video as I am.
Although even the latest gadgets and equipment cannot accurately predict when, where or how destructive a natural disaster will be, we can still try our best to prepare for such calamities. I've listed several natural disasters and linked them to helpful websites on disaster preparedness. Stay safe!
After the destructive typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines, an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale struck Samoa and American Samoa on Wednesday morning. The strong earthquake triggered a tsunami with tidal waves reaching almost 4.5 m. Later that day, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia; a second earthquake measuring 6.8 was felt there early Thursday morning.