stop this asia rollercoaster

I live in Bangkok -- most of the time -- and on Boxing day this year at about 9am, the airconditioner shuddered and groaned and ...stopped ..
Another power cut , I thought --- a typical scenario ... water, power telephone internet cuts are all very normal things in the city of angels.
But today -- as we all know now -- was different... the electricity problem was the only inconvenience i had to endure while just a few hundred kilometres away in Phuket -- thousands of people died
Washed away by a deadly wave that no-one could ever imagine would be coming in the first place .. How could anyone have even contemplated such a thing - while lying on a pristine white beach -- aquamarine waters, so placid so calm so peaceful -- just a few metres away.. There ...many of us could have been lying .. taking it easy after a busy christmas day and possibly a party the night before .. Christmas in paradise ... how lucky we are to be here!
Then all of a sudden a huge bastard of a wave comes along as unexpected as a grisly bear arriving at a school picnic..
I suppose I can just express all the same things that thousands of us have already, by email, telephone, on television, newspapers or in person to those hurt by this out of this world disaster.
The world has become such a cold, unkind place where so many just dont care about the welfare of others anymore. Maybe this should be a wake up call to us to start changing our priorties... try and be concerned about the welfare of those around us. even if it is in a kind word, a smile .. every day when we speak to people, earn a living ... let them know that we are all people ... and it is all not just about cold companies making profits and who cares about honour, love, compassion and integrity...
As the world becomes so "sophisticated" with all the modern technology, we become more and more removed from looking eachother in the eye and acknowledging how fragile we all are...
Maybe this should be a resoultion of every person in the world ...