Tsunami Miracle

What is it like to be swept away by a tsunami?

How far is it from Maldives to Galle, Sri Lanka? As human beings, can we drift across the sea with our bare hands and still have the possibility of survival?

? How will your heart hurt when you lose your loved one?

? What level of excitement will a person’s spirit be in when he unexpectedly gains a loved one?

? Believe in nature?

? Or the faith of the human heart?

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? Standing in front of the sea, facing the slanting wind in the rainy season, I looked at the wolf rolling in the distance, and these silly thoughts kept popping up in my mind. question. The sky is gray during the rainy season, and the ocean is particularly naughty at this time. It shamelessly teases the stubborn embankments and splashes me with salt water. However, this does not prevent me from continuing to chew Ocean Hues.

I promised Ninham that I would read the new book he gave me signed by his mother within one week. In fact, in less than three days, I exhausted various postures (including lying down, standing, upside down, etc.) and finally completed the task ahead of schedule. Ocean Hues "Ocean Hues" is based on the 2004 rare earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, which caused a tsunami that affected more than a dozen countries in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. It tells the story of a happy small Malay family who experienced life and death due to the tsunami. A legendary story of separation and reunion arranged by fate and faith.

? On the shore of Full Moon Island, I bent down to pick up a piece of white coral and threw it into the rolling sea. Even in such rainy weather, the sea water was still very clear, like a piece of cloth. A huge white jade stone covered with veins. The coral jumped into the water and immediately stirred up a chain of water. It hung in the misty air for only a moment, and then jumped anxiously into the embrace of the ocean. This ocean is so beautiful and fascinating. For her, many people spent half a year's savings and traveled across the ocean to see her. However, in that year when the earth was angry, how many living lives were swept away by this sea!

? A few days ago, my colleague Max said to me with an unquestionable tone: "Janney, I cannot believe you that you heard nothing about the tsunami in 2004, it's a worldwide tragedy, how come you have no idea what had happened the time?” (Jenny, I really can’t believe you haven’t heard of the 2004 tsunami. It was a world-class tragedy. How come you don’t know what happened at that time?)

Max said that the 2004 earthquake and tsunami affected a wide area of ??six time zones, second only to the tsunami caused by the 1960 Chilean earthquake. Kenya, Somalia (Eastern Zone 3), Mauritius, French Reunion, Seychelles (Eastern Zone 4), Maldives (Eastern Zone 5), India (India half time zone), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (Eastern Zone 6), Myanmar, the Australian Cocos (Keeling) Islands (half time zone of Myanmar), Indonesia, Thailand (Eastern Zone 7), Malaysia and Singapore were all hit by tsunamis, resulting in more than 292,000 deaths in total. Liu Guo of the Song Dynasty wrote in "Longzhou Collection Xiangyang Song": "Man is determined to conquer the sky, and the sun and moon have been missing for a long time." People are always very confident and believe that their own wisdom can defeat nature. However, countless facts have proved that nature is the operating principle of the life and death of all things in the world. In his breath, we are like ants crawling on the ground, and we will immediately face the disaster of extinction. Nature never uses words to guide us in distinguishing right from wrong, good and evil; nor does it dictate to our narcissistic wisdom; nature never pronounces the life and death of all things; it may not have joy, anger, sorrow, and joy.

? We are just human beings and we are very sentimental. In the story of Ocean Hues, after the heroine Huwa, who was deeply loved by the male protagonist Hassan, was swept away by the tsunami, his emotions became helpless and he was trapped in a quagmire of loneliness. The suffocating loneliness gradually diminished with the appearance of Huwa's cousin Ruge who looked similar. Under the persuasion of his family, he soon proposed to Ruge. Drawn by the family relationship with Huwa, Ruge was also obsessed with Hassan, so he agreed to the marriage. Huwa was swept away by the tsunami and drifted all the way from the Maldives to Galle, Sri Lanka. He was rescued by the young Wubao and was later taken in by his family. During that period, although Huwa lost all her memory, she did not forget her beloved family deep down emotionally. Although she liked and relied on the young man who saved her life, she felt that she did not belong to him, so she repeatedly rejected him. The five treasures showed their love. Hassan and Ruge have not yet decided on a wedding date because of Huwa's relationship. Under the pressure of their parents and children, they finally set a wedding date.

Just the day before the wedding, he learned from Bennard from Sri Lanka that his wife was still alive and was at the home of a relative known to Bennard. At this point, the story has a satisfactory ending. Finally, Hassan's family is reunited, Ruge marries Wubao, and starts a happy new life.

Human emotion is a magical existence. Emotions are echoed, happiness is like butterflies in the flowers in spring, and they fly away; emotions are lost, loneliness is like sulfuric acid in the air, corroding the city over time. Without emotion, the human soul is like rootless duckweed, unable to find any attachment; without emotion, the human spirit is like broken celadon on the ground. People are always looking for belonging and seeking emotional refuge. No matter whether the emotion can find its way home in the end, as long as there is a tie in the heart, people's hearts will be much more stable. For Hassan and Huwa, each other is the destination of their best emotions. Huwa was taken away by the tsunami, and the devastated Hassan could only rely on prayer to soothe his frightened soul. It was not until Ru Ge appeared that he could calm down. Feel at ease.

The story of Ocean Hues is close to the real life of the Madai people, which makes me almost think it is a true story. So these days I always take the trouble to ask my local colleagues whether this story is true. The shortest distance for air travel (bird flight) between the Maldives and Galle is 867 kilometers = 539 miles. If a raging tsunami carries a person swimming at a speed of 80 kilometers per day, there is no problem. The problem is that tsunamis are not that kind. , will it knock people into the bottom of the sea, or throw them onto the rocks? During this period, people rafting must have superhuman physiques, not to mention the surging underwater movements on the seabed and the bloody eating habits of some marine creatures. In this case, if the hypothesis is true, the person involved in the drifting will arrive in Galle in about 10 days on the wild waves. The answer is self-evident, the probability of the story being true is almost zero.

In the real world, faced with the overwhelming attack of natural disasters, people will be easily swallowed up, and life will become an untouchable myth. Interestingly, such a myth actually existed in the 2004 tsunami caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake. Max recommended to me a famous Spanish disaster film - "The Miracle of the Tsunami" (Spanish: Lo Imposible) (The Impossible). The content of the film is adapted from the real experiences of Spanish doctor María Belón and her family during the catastrophe. Maria and Henry, a family of five, spent their Christmas vacation on a small island in Thailand. An unexpected tsunami swept the family apart at a lightning speed faster than our ears. Later, Maria fled with her eldest son Lucas, and saved a little boy on the way. Half of Maria's breasts were cut off by a sharp object in the wild waves without knowing it. When she and her eldest son successfully escaped the second wave and hugged each other, Lucas realized that her mother was seriously injured. She was rescued by locals and taken to a hospital for treatment. On the other side, Henry survived with his two other sons, and Henry was desperately looking for Maria and his son Lucas. In the end, the two parties were reunited in the hospital. Later, with the help of the insurance company, Maria and her family took an arranged flight to a hospital in Singapore for treatment.

At the end of the play, the reporter interviewed them and asked: What is it like to be swept up by a tsunami?

Lucas, who was reborn after the disaster, replied thoughtfully: "Imagine that you, unconscious, were thrown into a high-speed automatic washing machine, with blades, nails, and wood wrapped in the water. Blocks, steel, sludge, etc., you are constantly stirring with various things, that is the feeling of being swept up by a tsunami.”

What we have to admit is: these people who have experienced major disasters. , most people will know how to cherish and be grateful more. Although I have not experienced a tsunami, the experience of being swept away by a river as a child is something I will never forget. If I had the chance to live my life over again, I would not choose to erase this precious experience, but I would never expect to have the same experience again in the future. When I look at the world, I first give it a natural perspective and believe in letting nature take its course. Then, I think about my ideals and beliefs. This is a tip that such an experience gave me.

? This tip is just like what Amyna, the author of Ocean Hues, said: "The tsunami, it had claimed so many lives, in several different countries. But, somehow , it had been kind of them.”

(That tsunami killed so many people in several different countries. Yet, somehow, it was also kind to them.

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Maldives. Full Moon Island

May 26-27, 2018