Month: November 2005

Fatal Traffic Accident (Deepavali)

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Click to Enlarge		 This fatal accident involving a motorcyclist occured right on the road which my block is facing about noon time on Deepavali. It was directly outside the window. I did not know how it happened but when I was closing the windows to leave the house, I saw a small crowd has gathered around the accident scene. I suspect the yellow lorry in the foreground (partially hidden in photo) might be the culprit responsible for this accident. I suspect it made a u-turn at the traffic light further down after it realised that it has hit the poor motorcyclist. You can see that the traffic police has set up something like a tent (blue in color) to cover the body.

Recently, someone obviously prayed with food offerings at the spot where the body was placed and I can see crows flying down to pick on the left-behinds, and the traffic police has also set up a notice board here asking for witnesses of this fatal accident.

If you want to ask me if I felt eerie or afraid because someone has died in the full view of my window, I’ll tell you not to worry about it. After all, I ain’t the one who is responsible for the motorcyclist’s death.

Anyway, this is what happened according to the news on CNA:

In another accident on Tuesday, a 20-year-old motorcyclist was fatally injured after he hit a lamp post while negotiating a turn at Jurong West Central at around 11am.

Ravichandran Vasanthan, a Singaporean, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Apology to the U.S. Southern Baptists

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REGARDING YOUR REFERENCE TO CLEWISTON AND SOUTHERN BAPTISTS ABOVE:
Volunteers working with the Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Unit honored the request of the host pastor to set aside canned water with an Anheuser-Busch logo. At no time was anyone deprived of water. In fact, there was a huge surplus of bottled and canned water available at the Clewiston relief site. There was never any disruption in the supply of water being given out to members of the public who continued to receive food, water and other types of assistance from Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief workers.

It is an absolute falsehood to suggest — as many irresponsible bloggers have — that the Baptist volunteers withheld the basic needs of life from Floridians impacted by the hurricane. Contrary to misinterpretations of news reports, no one was denied access to water.

One may disagree with the strong stand that many Southern Baptists take against the consumption of alcohol. One may even regard such opposition to alcohol as offensive.

But it’s impossible to say truthfully that this conviction caused any inconvenience or shortage for victims of Hurricane Wilma. The facts are exactly the opposite.

The fact is that virtually all of the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers serve selflessly — taking time away from employment and family to minister in the name of Jesus Christ. Churches such as First Baptist Church, Clewiston, graciously serve as host sites — providing a place where food, water and other necessities of life may be obtained by anyone in need — without regard to religion or any other demographic consideration.

– Keith Hinson, public relations associate
Alabama Baptist Convention State Board of Missions
Montgomery, Alabama


Darth Birdyz comments:

The above reply from the Alabama Baptist Convention State Board of Missions was in response to the following comment made on my blog:

– that Hurricane victims who wanted water had some difficultly finding it at a relief station in Clewiston. The volunteer group running a supply center doesn’t like the company that donated the water, so they decided not to give it to those in line for help. Twenty-two pallets of the canned water, distributed free by beer company Anheuser-Busch, bears the company’s label – and members of the Southern Baptist Convention refused to hand it out to those in need. (Water is water. Damn you Pharisees. It is not for you to question the holiness and righteousness of the donor, but if you really want to help then help to meet the needs of the needy people.)

To the selfless volunteers giving their all to the relief effort and the Southern Baptist Churches of the United States of America:

Please accept my apology and forgive me for my completely under-informed and unkind comments about this matter on my blog.

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