As I slept 150,000 people perished beneath the waves.

I woke up early on the morning of Sunday, December 26th without a care in the world. Like many other students on winter break, I had spent the previous few days lounging around and enjoying time off from studying. As usual, my morning routine consisted of grabbing a cup of tea and then checking the daily news online on the New York Times website. It was then that I first learned about the earthquake and resulting tsunamis that struck Southeast Asia and Africa.