Me 5 minutes ago.
Me: What is this "ALT + reblog button" nonsense?
Me: Oh. My. God. This is amazing.
Sadness consumes us and takes up the time we could have used to be happy. Sure it’s a long stretch to say ‘don’t be sad’ knowing that it’s easier said than done, but the next time something saddens you, do the following:
- close your eyes. place your hand…
(via sweetparadox)
A close-knit village on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital is grieving for the deaths of 16 people, mostly children, after an orphanage was hit by a devastating landslide.
Following heavy rain on Saturday, rocks, sand and mud swept through a tent where the orphans and some of their carers had been practising a nasyid performance at around 2:30pm (local time), witnesses said.
A policeman at the scene, south of Kuala Lumpur, said 16 bodies had been recovered, including a 34-year-old carer. The ages of the others killed ranged from eight to 19 years old, while 10 people remain in hospital.
Villager Mohamad Azam, 38, said the last four bodies were taken out at about 5:30am.
“I know some of the boys. They are very good boys. They recite their prayers early in the morning every day, he said. Malaysia is a largely Muslim country.
Abdul Ruhie, 14, who lived at the orphanage, said during Saturday’s nasyid rehearsal they heard a loud rumbling sound and then rocks and sand started rolling down a hill.
“It happened with lightning speed,” he said. “I managed to run away. I did not turn back to look but I heard some of my friends screaming. Then there was silence.
“I panicked, I was in a state of shock. I can never forget this incident.
“I’m not angry with nature, this is fate, it is Allah’s wish. I know I have to pray harder to Allah to protect me and my friends.”
Residents said the eerie silence had hammered home the reality of the tragedy.
“We used to hear Koranic verses being recited early in the morning. This morning, there was total silence,” said local resident Ishak Abdul Majid, 56.
“We will miss all of them. This valley is now swept with gloom and silence.”
They said the orphanage had been helping those without parents and boys who came from troubled families.
This is devastating :(
24 people and many of them children, were buried alive when a landslide hit an orphanage in Kampung Gahal, Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia on Saturday, 21st May 2011. - Bernama
Latest, villagers and rescuers recovered six bodies of children aged between 11 and 14. SubhanALLAH…. AL-FATIHAH.
INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAJI’OON. MAY ALLAH GIVE THEM AN EASY AND PLEASANT JOURNEY AND SHOWER THEM WITH BLESSINGS, INSYA’ALLAH.
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