Woa, woa, woa! Just finished watching the finale of CSI Season V. I'm going to give it 2 thumbs' up! No, no... Not enough.. 3 thumbs' up! No, no.. Everybody's thumbs up!!

It was a superb storyline. In a nutshell, Nick, one of the CSIs, was kidnapped and buried in a glass coffin, with only some lightsticks and a gun (in case he couldn't take it anymore). A videocamera was inserted to show Nick to his CSI friends through a website. After Grissom gave the ransom money, the kidnapper blew himself up. With almost no clues to work on, his friends could do nothing but helplessly watch Nick struggle in his coffin.

Hours passed, no help arrived for Nick. One by one, terrible things occured. Hunger, breathless, glass-coffin cracks, time running out before coffin collapses and he would truly be buried alive. Ants started to creep in and eat him alive. His greatest fear is not knowing whether he can escape death.

I've learnt something thro this. Life is like that, isn't it? Not knowing. Not knowing what tm will bring, not knowing what our future will be like. I think that is Man's greatest fear. Uncertainty, not knowing, helplessness.

But Nick didn't give up fighting. He could have used the gun and ended his suffering and life. But he didn't. He firmly believed that his friends will find him. He had faith in them. True enough, his friends found him in the end and saved him.

Lkewise, we shouldn't give up in life. When things look helpless and hopeless, we shouldn't give up cos there is Someone we can put our faith in. He will find us and bring us to safety. There is no doubt He will rescue us. No doubt about that. It is just a matter of time. So don't give up. Help and hope will arrive.