Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Death is Perhaps the only Remise



Beautiful 20-year-old Mariana Bridi da Costa passed away, CNN reports.
- Unfortunately Mari couldn't resist any longer.

She passed away at 3 a.m. today - said Henrique Fontes, director of Miss World Brazil.

The model`s death was also confirmed by Renato Lindgren, a friend of Mariana`s who took care of her blog. He wrote that he was on his way to the hospital with a friend.

- On behalf of all the family, we are grateful for the support and the affection that the entire world has sent to us – Lindgren wrote.

Mariana, who was supposed to have represented Brazil at the Miss World beauty pageant was diagnosed with a urinary infection and the doctors had to amputate both of her hands and feet in order to save her vital organs. A difficult infection caused septicaemia, which clogged her veins and cut off circulation.





Mariana was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the Brazilian Doria Silva hospital. After she had her hands and feet amputated on Tuesday, Mariana has to have additional surgery on Wednesday, urgently.

Mariana`s boyfriend Thiago Simoes said that she fell ill in December, but was misdiagnosed with kidney stones. It is only after additional tests that it was determined she was infected with the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.

Q .... life would have been hell if she survived this .

PS: Perhaps death was god's grace to save her most beautiful memories to last a life time and for all eternity for those who love and care for her.

Life is unpredictable even for the most beautiful.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Fly me to the Moon (and rapel me down from there?!)

'Fly me to the moon and let me play amoung the stars, let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars , in other words, hold me hands, in other words, I love you.'
croons Eva Cassidy.

Yeah, the mood of this post says that I'm kinda on Cloud Nine.

Possibly still a rain cloud with the relationship problems I'm having.

So perhaps a silver lining?


Anyway, fly me to the moon, just not on The Singapore Flyer, the world's biggest Obs-Wheel (which makes it even worse).

A power disruption left 173 passengers stranded above ground in the Singapore Flyer – the world's biggest observation wheel - for about six hours.




Drama in the Skies:






The stoppage – which occurred at about 5:00 pm – was caused by a small electrical fire. It was the Flyer’s fourth since it began operations early this year, but was by far the worst. Shocked passengers spoke of the ordeal of being stuck in stuffy capsules when the air-conditioning went off. ~ MSN News


Wheel of Fortune , anyone?

Q.... There's nothing romantic about this.