Abode of Peace

Tomorrow is National day. Automatically, parade comes into mind. And another round of ceremonies set in. After all we are very well known as people with a culture of celebration and endless pageantry and ceremonies. For better or for worst as long as we are not complacent and put the same energy on nation building, that’s fine. But if too many people are locked in for a large part of their time to spend on ceremonies throughout the year, then we have a big problem

Another satellite image, showing Earthquake occurrences around South East Asia over the last few days. These are on the Richter scale of 5 and less, pretty harmless. The main causes of earthquakes are the result of Earth plate movement. Literally speaking the earth is like an egg, the shell is the only rigid material which floats. This shell is broken up into big pieces called plates which move around and collide like "icebergs". These collisions resulted in destructive forces and hence earthquakes. Earthquakes are means of releasing this energy, slowly but at times quite abruptly.

This is what’s happening constantly around Indonesia and Philippines. The Pacific and Indian plates moving in into South East Asia at a rate of 7 to 10cm per year. So literally SE Asia is shrinking. If we look a this image, we can sense the earth is living and moving. For this, our country Brunei is blessed that we are far away from these destructive forces of nature. Brunei is a real abode of peace.