Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar - Natural Disaster

It had been 12 days sine Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar. This is the worst tragedy in Asis for this year and a great loss for the Myanmar government.




On 2 May 08, tropical cyclone Nargis hit the coast of Myanmar. Massive storm ripped through the Myanmar's biggest city Yangon for over ten hours. Many building destroyed, trees uprooted, power lines down, many corpses- both humans and animals floating around and in rural parts of the country there are up to 95% of the homes were destroyed by the massive storm.



Five of Burma's regions have been declared disaster zones after cyclone Nargis hit the country.

Injured villagers with their destroyed homes after Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay township area one of the hardest hit regions in Myanmar 03 May 2008.

A dead body is seen floating in flood water.

A flooded village is seen in an aerial photograph

A broken temple after Cyclone Nargis

Trip to Paddy Museum, Kedah

On 1 May Labour day holiday, we went to Paddy Museum in Alor Star. The museum located near to limestone hill call Gunung Keriang.

The first Paddy Museum in Malaysia. This museum had unique architecture represent bushels of harvested rice stalks and stands shining under the hot sun.

The highlight of this museum are the drawings painted 360 degree on the wall located at the top floor of the building. When I reached the top floor and look at the drawings it really amazed me. Its like you are seeing a very nice scenery of Gunung Keriang surrounded by paddy fields and with life size objects and humans. The museum staff told us that this painting was completed in two years by 40 peoples from North Koreans.

The entrance to the museum is free but one need to buy tickets to the revolving tower. Cost is only RM3 for adult, RM1 for children and RM2 for the camera. Location? It is somewhere near Alor Setar. From the North South Expressway, take the Alor Star Utara Interchange and follow the signboard heading to Museum Paddy.