It’s been reported this morning that a disastrous Earthquake has hit Japan, one that measured 8.9 magnitudes. The biggest to hit Japan for over 100 years which was then followed by tsunami’s.
I send my sympathy and condolence to the people of Japan and to those affected by this disaster. We should do all we can to help.
A quick update, I have been on holiday for the last couple of weeks, a break was needed to simply get away from work and studying. I’m going to confess that during the break I did absolutely nothing, that’s right ‘nothing’ at all apart from follow Cricket World Cup and read a few books.
I’m back now and I will start to blog again, more frequent than before. One important development from which I couldn’t break away from was the unrest in Middle East. I guess no one could break away from what is happening there right now. Are we seeing the birth of a New Middle East – a Middle East which is free from dictators or are we simply seeing one dictator being replaced by another cunning one?
Now that I am in front of a computer and have access to the internet I will be looking into this tsunami of demonstrations which are rattling decades of dictatorship rule. The regular news channels have become less reliable in recent years simply because in the rush of being the first to make a ‘breaking story’ some information is inaccurately reported and by the time they realise the fire has already spread. So I prefer to read alternative news mediums, blogs and firsthand accounts of people followed by videos from people on the ground uploaded to Youtube and alike.
Whatever is happening out there in Middle East has direct effect on us living in the UK or the west, you probably have noticed that already the prices of fuel at the pumps has hit £1.30 a litre which is a record – and as more events unfold this is likely to get worse.
There has been much debate between governments in the West about creating a ‘No Fly Zone’ over Libya and the likelihood of military intervention if demonstrators are killed much like how Saddam Hussein did to the Kurds. Personally I think it’s too early for talk about militarily intervention – but this could all change if the death toll of demonstrators continues to rise and if oil is used as a tool by Libya’s leader to fight growing international pressure.
Other than that, I hope to publish more content for this blog and I hope to catch up with you all soon.
Right people I have some exciting news to share, I have met a mini-milestone and have had 1000th visitor to my blog.
Sometime in the night after Tuesday 1st February my blog had its 1000th visitor. Admittedly it is a small fry in the grand scheme of things but pretty epic achievement in my view. I never really expect to measure this success in anyway other than noticing on the Tuesday in the evening that I had 992 visitors which then caught my attention thus prompted me to share this news with you, so the fact that over 1000 people somehow found their way to my blog is cool.
My blog was born on 25th October 2010 and it has been a little over 3 months till date and I have noticed that this blog has started to gain momentum. I have not done justice to my blog and have somewhat fallen short in writing content as much as I would like too – but I believe the hardest part has been achieved by reaching this milestone; the only ingredients left now is to build up its reputation and credibility.
So for that 1000th person and all the people who have added to the count and visited this blog a BIG THANK YOU. I hope you continue to visit, engage and share your views with me and other readers.
Awakening Tempest 