stark contrast

(Source: BBC.com)

two disasters struck within a certain period. and the world mourns for people affected by both.

but where one is quick to be dealt with, the other is sadly becoming a human tragedy.


(Source: BBC.com)

yesterday we heard news of rescuers savings a woman who was stuck under rubble for five days in the sichuan province.

and obviously on the burmese side, foreign aid is still not reaching people who need it.


(Source: BBC.com)
However, the Burmese prime minister said the priority had now shifted from emergency relief to reconstruction - as at Rangoon's Shwedagon pagoda, which was damaged in the storm.

i'm not sure what to make of this. is this the genuine focus of the burmese government? or is it just a facet of the western smear campaign against burma?

frankly, if it were true, then the burmese people will live in dark times for the near future. the fall-out from katrina may even pale in comparison to what the people in irrawaddy are experiencing, and will suffer for the foreseeable future.