I woke up in the dread of the night with my body drenched in cold sweat. The nightmare had come back and haunt me again. I was one of the victims of the recent disaster, the tsunami. Though now i'm safely back in Singapore but still cannot imagine the horror that went through the family members when they realised that they had lost their loved ones.I had lost a long-time best friend to the cruel wave too.

Recalling that fateful day,I was at the beach with my best friend, LiLing. We were having a good time until we notice that the surrounding seawater was rising at an astonishing speed. The vast circle of golden sand around the beach was disappearing rapidly. The shore was chaotic. Exclamations of shock were on all sides. We were being swept towards the shore.

Meantime, I was befuddled by two conflicting...