Aid for Burmese cyclone victims

Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last Friday and the damage appears to be far in excess of the 2004 cyclone and may even exceed the impact on the country of the 2004 December Indian Ocean Tsunami. The numbers are up to 22,000 killed, 41,000 missing and up to 200,000 homeless. These are early figures. Sadly again the loss of mangrove forest as a buffer heightened the impact of the cyclone.

To donate towards relief, see: Mercy Relief [phone, bank transfer etc] and Singapore Red Cross [cheque, cash walk in donations].

News: Mercy Relief blog – BBC – CNA – singeo: Google Earth layer – Google News – Yahoo News.

The big red circles are flooded population centres with 100,000-200,000 people.
2005 population estimates in flooded areas = 1.73million – UNOSAT.
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What I want to do in a week or two

TechZone: How to clean your keyboard. Essentially this means popping the keys for a thorough job.

New bike and heading for NTU Bike Rally

I chanced upon this post by The Big Z in which he talks about riding with one of his kakis. The cycling tips he offered during their Eastern Coastal Park Connector Network tour has her enjoying the ride so much, she makes a purchase on the way back – a GT Outpost Disc 2008!

And they are now both heading for NTU Bike Rally 2008! They write well for an enjoyable read or maybe it was because it was cycling stories! Maybe TKX will be inspired to actually register for the event now!

Check out the Big Z’s other posts on offroad cycling. Some of them will make you go “ouch!” But listen to that joy of cycling in his words…almost makes me want to try the double black diamond at Ubin. Almost.