Saturday, March 26, 2011

Big crisis in japan..

2 weeks ago(11th mar)at 2.46pm, there was a 9.0M earthquake in japan (tohoku) area (northern japan) n it triggered a tsunami of over 15 metres causing a lot of destructions n lives...as of now, the total estimated deaths n ppl missing amounts to around 27,000ppl...many ppl lost their houses and loved ones in this disaster... It was a really scary experience. Mummy n me were at hm snacking away when the earthquake strucks. Im not sure if i should consider us lucky or unlucky because we were downstairs buying snacks n just 2 mins after we are back home, this happened.. It was the strongest n longest quake mummy n daddy had ever experinced in their lives.. Thinking back, it still sends a chill down their spine... As we were on the midst of moving, there are a lot of carton boxes at home (stacked up) and they toppled down during the quake. One full length mirror in daddy's study rm toppled down too. Luckily it was not broken... I was do scared, hugging mummy tightly and kept repeating 'no more no more!'(telling the quake to stop). We stays on the 20th floor so the shake was really scary! During the quake, we saw thick smoke coming out from one of the building near our house! It was a scary sight....

Soon after the tsunami, the nuclear reactor in fukushima exploded! One disaster after another... Most foreigners living here escaped back to their own country and mummy's friend has been asking us to go back too.. Mainly due to the radiation in the air in tokyo (the radiation in fukushima travelled to tokyo) but mummy is staying as the radiation here is not that high to cause any harm. Supermarkets r wiped cleaned! There is totally nothing in the shelves! Think everyone panic n started to stock up... Few days later, another plant exploded n the other was on fire. Radiation level rose n contaminated plants, milk, n even water!

We were planning to move on the 18th but due to this earthquake, the new house management called to delay the move as they need to make sure the building is safe and it might take as long as 1-2mths! But we have already sold our present house and the new owner is
moving in within this mth so we need to find a temporary house for the time being... It was really rushed as we dosent have enough time... Luckily, we managed to find one few days ago and we will be moving on the 30th mar...

Mummy says its the first time ever she have to worry bout the lack of food n water... Soon after the quake, we cant get any meat anywhere.. No toilet papers, tissue papers, cup noodles nothing! So when mummy finally see meat, milk n bread, she was so happy! Just being able to get bread makes her really happy... Guess most ppl cant understand this feeling...these few days, everyone is stocking up on mineral water as the water in tokyo is contaminated... Its difficult to find water here now n even when u do, u can get at most 1-2bottles (they limit the number of bottle u buy so there will be enough for everyone)

Just hope that this crisis will be over real soon...