Are you this fleeting?

Spent three hours today poring over my brand new Diana Mini Lomograph Instruction booklet and destroying two rolls of perfectly good film. Have been snap snap snapping away ever since and I cant wait to get them developed (Although it would be rather embarrasing if all of the shots turn out in a pallid shade, or worse, blurred.)

In exactly eight hours, we'll be shipping out to batam for OCIP! ah, ocip worries never do seem to stop.

Like how two hours ago, Tiara called and told me this.

Nov 22, 2009

26 dead after ferry sinks

JAKARTA - UP TO 26 people were killed and some 250 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Sunday, officials said.

The 147-tonne Dumai Express was sailing from Batam island to Pekanbaru when it went down in high seas off Karimun island, near Singapore in the north of the Indonesian archipelago, police said.

'The latest data (we have are) 250 people were rescued, including the ferry captain and 12 crew members. Twenty-six people have died. We don't know how many are missing,' navy Lieutenant Colonel Edwin told AFP.

Karimun district chief Nurdin Basirun earlier said 21 people had died and 232 had been pulled alive from the stormy seas.

Officials said the death toll could rise as the number of people aboard the ferry when it went down around 10am (0300 GMT, 11am Singapore time) was unknown and many might have been trapped below decks. Its capacity was 273 passengers and crew, but overcrowding is common on Indonesian ferries.

'Strong waves hit the ferry and caused the front part to crack. Water got in and within half an hour it sank,' Lt. Col. Edwin said. 'The ferry is underwater. We know its position but we have yet to check inside to see if there's anyone trapped.' He said the search and rescue efforts had been suspended until first light on Monday. -- AFP


Of course this triggered a wave of frenzied phone calls, but what else can you expect with overly-anxious parents? Eventually tho, with my excellent persuasive skills, managed to convince Tiara to go. Phewwww.

I have never been more stoked to paint walls in tacky track pants, or snooze on a possibly bedbug-infested bedspread.



So here's to Batam. Bon Voyage!