到今天看新闻，遇难人数急剧上升。
虽然南亚东南亚的大陆海洋正使劲振荡，我们的日子还是很安定。每天忙些琐琐碎碎的事，匆匆忙忙上班下班，到处打电话打听怎么装修，互相埋怨一下办事不力。然后听听新闻，讨论讨论这个海啸是什么。迅速大家都普及了知识，明白过来这个海啸是以地震点为波源的振荡波，整个印度洋就象家里的脚盆一样，一通晃，水拍得盆沿啪啪响，溅得一地。
还学习了新词，这个海啸叫Tsunamis，看着象日语词。因为收到公司的邮件，说员工需要帮助找谁谁，客户的话找谁谁什么的。不过我们周围好像没什么人用得到这个。
总之还是比较遥远的。
结果今天做个ＶＨ，客户给发email过来，很友善，开篇问候道：
I hope you did not take a hurt from earthquake.
看了半晌，怎么都觉得从中国人的习惯来看，这话挺晦气的。这人是个突厥(Turkey).
想了一会，想想我们对外总号称是亚太，南亚这么大的事实在是很相关，就说谢谢，我还好，中国没怎么波及，南亚地区太不幸了。接着讨论了一通正题，他那个问题其实倒不是很难做，只是他们老搞不对。
接着这个突厥说：
Earthquake has made us very sad, you know we met a major one (7.4) here
1999, and we live 10km far from the exact place.
这下真让我看了不知该说什么好了，土耳其99年的地震，还这么近，他也许失去了什么人了吧，这时候听听什么斯里兰卡、印度受灾，大概又想起来了吧。
这时候事情也做得差不多了，基本上可以关掉了。想想只好不咸不淡得回一句，祝你一切好，新年快乐。
原来这个世界是息息相关的。
上周一个倒是非常好玩的。
南非的一个老兄的生产系统down掉了，打电话过去，这位老兄很沉痛地说，事情是这样的，昨天打雷，我们的服务器给霹了，所以就当掉了。
我当时就傻了，问，你是说你们服务器给雷噼了？
他说，是的。
我费了好大劲才保持了同样的严肃低沉。想想，在茫茫的广袤的非洲大地，哗喳，一个闪电，打中了一个露天的服务器。而在我可怜有限的生命里，我只看到过图片上闪电飞在一群非洲大象上面，哈哈。
描绘一下，这个场景是这样的：
elephants in Africa
Yesterday I heard the news about Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunamis on early morning taxi. Today the figure of death goes higher and higher in South and South-east Asia. Over 20,000 now and is increasing.
China is quite ok, only some minor earthquakes happen in Yunnan Province yesterday. And tsunamis also didn't reach here. So we just discuss about it, get some knowledge about what is tsunamis.
Today I got a VH from Turkey, in the work email, the guy greets me with:
'I hope you did not take a hurt from earthquake.'
I think it over, well, it is not a very pleasant one but he's really out of good concern. So I said, 'Thank you. Luckily I am in China and the earthquake didn't reach so far. But that's really a tragety in South Asia...'
Then he replied on top of other work stuff,
'Earthquake has made us very sad, you know we met a major one (7.4) here 1999, and we live 10km far from the exact place.'
I don't know how to reply. I feel really sorry for this poor person. Maybe he lost somebody in 1999, and this earthquake reminds him all the sadness...
So I just say, hope you all fine now and Happy New Year.
Earthquake is so near to us in such a way.
But sometimes it is very funny.
Last week a South Africa customer reported PRD down for lightning.
'What? You mean lightning hit your server yesterday?' I repeated on phone.
'Yes.'
Well, at least I succeeded to keep my voice very solemn and serious. :)))
Em, suppose it will be better if I can say 'sir, I am so sorry for your last server...' in a low low tone...
All I can think of is the elephants walking on the wide wide African plain under slashing lightning. Now seems all the elephants are replaced by some IBM machines or HP servers... Haha
So when I put off the line and announce to my colleague that there's a PRD server down in Africa for lightning. They all laugh and say, so the solution is: get a lightning rod.
Well, I am really sorry for the trouble they face, but the reason is really exceptional.
Anything can happen in this world.
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