Terrorists strike in the heart of London

7th July, 2005- Terrorism raises its ugly head again. On what turned out to be UK's 9/11, terrorist struck in the heart of the second most cosmopolitian city in the world, London.This happened a day after London won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. To wake up to such news that a series of 4 explosions within one hour has had taken the life of more than 50 innocent people and injured 700 was quite unnerving, reminding us once again that no one is safe in this world. These brought back memories of the Madrid Bombings last year. It seems to have become a habit of whoever is involved to bring about destruction through public transport system - flight, trains and buses. These perpetrators of crime who claim to be Islamic terrorists have no feelings towards humanity which is shocking. If one people would be nice to one another, millions of dollars that are spent on security could be used effectively to eradicate poverty and unemployment from the world. In a freakish co-incidence, a person in UK survived 2 bombings. Talk of a cat having nice lives.

In the US, the effects of London bombing are being clearly felt. The Department of Homeland Security has raised the terrorism alert from elevated to high and most of the public transport system in major cities of US is under a thick blanket of security. I live in a small town where no building is higher than 4 floors, so no one would want to attack this place.

Moving on, I visited the July 4th fireworks in Charlottesville. It was impressive but not spectacular. A total of around 1000 rockets lit the sky over 20 minutes. A local band regaled the audience to some music followed by the national anthem before the firework show. I did take a few pictures but none came out good enought to publish it on the blog.

I came across an article which talked about a 41 year old man who was arrested in Florida for stealing another person's wireless network. If the police were to start arresting people for petty offenses like this, US will have to start outsourcing criminals to another country as there wouldn't be place left in the jails in the US.

Nothing much to write about. I look forward to another week with renewed hope and unlimited enthusiasm !!! Work is much better than college, no assignments and exams to worry about, no date with any deadlines.

Till next week, adios