The "little" things that affect our lives

There was an earthquake near Taiwan, 2 ppl got killed and 42 wounded. We hear about these things every day right? this time it actually affected my life a bit, and all the other ppl around here too. The earthquake damaged a few big communication cables under the sea - and now around all this area of Asia there's telecommunication problems. I can't open my e-mail, nor sign in to my messenger. Almost all international websites are inaccessible. I don't really mind, I mean they said that it's gonna take at east a few days- but I'll survive. The thing is that it shows me how delicate these things are, the things us- human beings- build. Earth can do what ever it wants to- and leave us without the little things that make our life better and easier, even take ppl's lives. Here I sit in a rather comfortable apartment, next to my own laptop (when it works... ) in the warmth of the AC, just watched a movie, and had my dinner, and in any minute there can be an earthquake, a storm or whatever that takes all of this away from me. We all know it- but to protect our selves we ignore it. Otherwise who can live thinking 24/7 that he can be literally swept off his feet in the next Typhoon?

Well that's it for today's philosophical moment...

So- no e-mails guys, and no MSN messenger!!!
(Skype works most of the time- in a miraculous way...)