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didn't know it was quite this bad. this is very sad for a beautiful place like NZ. guess visiting NZ this year would be out of the question. ----- Jul 18, 2011 7,500 earthquakes hit shattered New Zealand city CHRISTCHURCH - It's been 10 months since the first big earthquake struck New Zealand's second-largest city. It's been nearly five months since a far more devastating one killed 181 people and crippled the downtown. But it's been just a few hours since yet another aftershock startled Christchurch residents during the night. 'I stop breathing,' said Sheridan Cattermole, a bartender and a mom. 'I get pins and needles all over. I either freeze or run. I just want things to be back to what they were like this time last year. I had my vege garden, and my sunflowers.' Seismologists have recorded 7,500 earthquakes in Christchurch since September - an average of more than 20 a day. The rumblings are rattling the psyche of the still-battered city. They have left the land under thousands of homes unsafe to build on. Some people have left town entirely. Yet many have proven resilient, and some now see a reconstruction boom on the horizon. Christchurch is the disaster that the world forgot. When the deadly quake toppled the iconic Cathedral spire and flattened buildings in this city of 390,000, people around the globe paid attention. But two weeks later, the massive earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 20,000 in Japan took centre stage. -- AP

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/glass-door-jurong-mall-shatters-20131129 A glass door at Jurong East's Jem mall shattered on Friday night - the latest in a string of incidents to befall the shopping mall. Located on the first floor next to clothing retailer H&M, a third of the glass partition shattered into smaller pieces. The mall's spokesman said no one was hurt, and that the glass has since been cleaned up and the area cordoned off. Since its June opening, the mall has had a few hiccups. Its opening was delayed by four days due to a lack of fire permits. On Aug 14, three FairPrice staff were hurt after a deep fryer caught fire. Four days later, a car burst into flames in the mall's carpark. On Sep 18, a burst water pipe caused a ceiling to collapse. Three people suffered bruises and the mall shut the next day for safety checks and repairs to be carried out. It reopened on Oct 2.

hi, my rear windscreen kena shattered.. sigh.. would like to know wat's the procedure and the damage? does the mech replace the windscreen alone or the whole rear backside? wat happened? i lent my car to my bro to use and he turned on the demiser on a rainy day and then it just went shattered and cha ta smell came.. guess too long never use the demiser already.. sigh..