Feeling lucky
Right now I am feeling very lucky to be living in Perth, somewhere where I have access to power, food and water !!! Let me put some context around this...as many of you know I have family that live in Burma so kind of always feel lucky that my parents decided to move here in the year I was born with all the problems the people living there experience on a daily basis. At the moment in the aftermath of the cyclone we are pretty sure that our relatives are OK (i.e. not dead or injured) but I was speaking to one of my Uncles today and he said that he has still not heard from some of them, as the lines are probably down but he is hopeful that they are OK. Also was speaking to one of my cousins who said that it was four days before she knew whether her mum and sister were ok (they spent 6 months visiting here and only went back to Rangoon a couple of months ago). Even though they are not hurt, they still have no power and access to food and and clean water is difficult even in the least effected areas. So as I said at the start I am feeling very lucky and everytime I am reminded of what is going on in this country (ongoing plus more recent events) it really helps me to put things into perspective.