The power of THAT volcano Eyjafjallajokull, what?

Nature. Gotta love them or, hate them sometimes. Volcanoes are supposed to be age-old, awe-inspiring works of nature. Just like canyons and oak trees. Every now and then, volcanoes never fail to remind us who's boss huh, that it needs to be shown respect and caution. Be too complacent and your whole life, or those of others, could be turned upside-down the next minute. I guess, sometimes human beings need to be humbled, get back to appreciating nature, and live our lives WITH nature and not around/without nature. I'm not saying we should like, worship every blade of glass (like what some Balinese people are apt to do at the temple). We're a modern and progressive society after all. But, I'm sure for what it's worth, volcanoes have some useful purpose here on earth, be it educational, historic, some ground-shaking core/heat/gravity/balance-of-nature purpose, etc. What do you think? (I could easily wiki the purpose of volcanoes but wouldn't it be better if we took a moment to google it ourselves eh? Me think it doesn't hurt to give ourselves a refresher on Geography and whatnot)

Even a mildly active volcano (like this one and only one I came across in my life while in Bali this year in February) can clearly be seen blanketing the sky in greyness, from its continually emitting plume of ashes:

Similarly, if you look at the position of Iceland on the world map, it's amazing how the country is so strategically positioned such that all those countries in europe are its neighbours, on the right hand side. Why isn't it a blanket of sea of nothingness? Or a giant wasteland of a single country like say, Russia? Do you think the Icelandic volcano eruption and subsequent spread of air pollution is merely coincidental or is some higher power at play? The aviation industry is now experiencing their worst business disaster ever.

^who would have though that harmless old Iceland could have such impact on the stronghold of the cluster of countries that is Europe? Did anyone even knew volcanoes existed in Ice freaking land before this?

As Earth Day nears, let us be reminded that it's always important to find ways to coexist with nature, and not eradicating it. I'll post up a Nature-themed blog entry sometime this week hopefully (to coincide with the upcoming 40th Anniversary of Earth Day taking place on the 22nd of April) :)

 

In the spirit of my previous blog post of supporting local music, I leave you with this awesome snippet of an original NEA song (which I adore whenever it comes on the TV ads and don't think it cheesy ok) sung by veteren local singer, Clement Chow:

And I'm not sure where else you can purchase that song other than from this first-ever environmental compilation album in Singapore put together by the peeps at Warner Music:

Track listing HERE.

Anyways, one of my favourite artistes Jason Mraz is featured on that album (with his song Live High), but IMO, I think this song below is a more apt song by him to include in the track listing :D It was recorded for an environmental documentary about how our modernizing efforts are threatening the eco-homes of natives out there:

And because I'm unabashedly a Mraz fan, I'll leave you with yet another Earth-conscious song of his which has yet to be officially released (like tons of his songs out there) in any album of sorts (but many thanks to the powers that be at YouTube eh). Ponder the thought-provoking lyrics from this master wordsmith, if I do say so myself:

 

Finally, let me end off by saying I am a firm supporter of Earth-friendly blogs out there. Some of which are (but not limited to): Jason Mraz's, SuperForest's and Eco-Chick's where their links have long been in my sidebar (and are a mainstay) on the right >>>