Tringat i get upset when friends started sharing the tsunami video minutes after it happens.....come to think of it...i was upset cuz i was so scared...god knows how i feel at that time....
There r two types of quake...horizontal n vertical...the more scary one is vertical...the earth would move up n down..n up n down...i experienced it first hand few days after the megaquake...even if it did happened before,i wouldnt notice it cuz its quite small...but the one that happen days after d megaquake, there is no way anybody can missed it....
I was on skype with my mom n brother at that moment....luckily we were done talking n they r watching tv here in malaysia while i cont with my packing there...suddenly the earth shook....i remembered trying to reach for my mouse to disconnect the skype-call (dont want my mom to know its happening at that moment)...but the whole house was shaking like crazy i cant even reach the mouse! My hand was inch away from the mouse but yet i can reach it cuz my entire body was shaken up n down cuz of the quake...it was crazy!!
"Fear is only natural...but combatting the fear is the responsibility of performing my duty" a japan fireman...
3 aftershock after the megaquake measured at 7 on the richter scale....aftershock at 7!
First its the megaquake...then its the 12feet(?) Tsunami...then its the radiation-plant explosion...then its the aftershock...
The japanese are great....they respect others n their level of consideration is high...and even higher during disaster...they have their own saying of "bersatu teguh, bercerai roboh" n they stay true to it till the end....
Days after the megaquake, the only advertisement on tv was about being considerate, being together n being with family....there r only 3 advertisements they played again n again on tv...
God i miss japan...especially shinjuku n shibuya n my own little pink apartment that i live in alone for two years...if the wall can talk, they will tell you guys everything...all the ups n downs i had there...i hope for nothing more than being alone that two years prepare me even more in facing this world.
More than anything else, i miss my friends there...friends whom tried the best they can to console me whenever they can. I was the youngest among them n i know i took a great advantage of that by being the most spoilt one as well (haha)...but my friends there are amazing. I dont have a lot of friends but the one that i have are amazing...truly amazing....n i love them dearly...
n right now i m missing them...all the jonathan's n starbucks' n ginza's n tully's n all the place we can hang out n eat n have coffee n then karaoke or walk endlessly...window shopping...or shopping....or just sit n talk n talk n talk....
so often i would order my caramel steamer at starbuck (which is not available here...muchhhh to my dismay)...and just sit there alone n watch as the world goes by...my mind would race against time...trying to analyse my life as quickly as possible n trying to make the most out of it...my fav starbuck is the one at south terracce shinjuku...the one towards takashimaya....should u have the chance to go to shinjuku, just go to the south terrace (just outside the train station...through south exit, if i m not mistaken)....
and another fav of mine is the one at shibuya. If u go through the hachiko exit, u cant miss it...its located just nicely next to the great crossing of shibuya n u can sit on the 2nd floor n just watch hundreds of people cross the road every minute! U can see all sort of people there....all sort of people...tourist n locals all adding colours to the area...
Another one is the one also in shinjuku..but this one is tully's cafe....a friend of mine show this place to me n i love it cuz we had a some great time there together... ;) this one is located inside a shopping mall....i cant remember what but if u go through the kabukicho(?) exit, turn right then walk towards the yodobashi camera...the shopping mall i meant is located accross the street from yodobashi camera....on the meiji-guro avenue...
Almost every saturday or sunday i would take the train to shinjuku from tokaidaigakumae...the ride is about one hour, 680yen(?) on the odakyu line....sometimes i would stop at yoyogi-uehara to take the chiyoda-line...this one is the subway n its a lot more cheaper! I think chiyoda-line is under tokyo metro...dats y its cheaper....along the way we would pass the famous harajuku, the glorious omote-sando, the formal kaisumigaseki n so on... ;)
Miss japan....
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