3.11: Do Not Forget.

[Crayfishchris 751]

3 years ago. I was in Japanese class, with a bunch of fellow students at ASIJ, Tokyo. We were receiving a worksheet, I believe. It's been so long since I touched that subject that I find it hard to remember. When the tremors started, we were on the third floor of the middle school building. Immediately, we all got under our desks, with a few comments from my fellow classmates attempting to keep the light mood. It was my first big earthquake since I had moved there, and I have to admit I was a bit excited. That excitement turned into worry and fear when I discovered how much the extent of the damage was. I couldn't phone home. I couldn't do anything but sit and wait as we heard of the six-foot tall waves in the school pool, and everyone attempted to sleep on the cramped twelve hour bus ride home (which normally took 30-40 minutes). Walking tiredly home, I hugged my family when I saw them, and was told of how extensive the damage was up in Sendai and the northern cities. It was like nothing I could have ever imagined. 

Total destruction.

 

This is something we cannot ever forget, everyone. Japan still suffers in the places that were more hit by the earthquake and following tsunami. Whole villages wiped off the map, many people still unaccounted for. Apologies if I dampen your mood on this fine March day, but I felt like this needed to be said. Just take a moment sometime today to remember the lives that were lost on 3/11/2011.

 

３．１１

がンばれ、にほん。

 

-Crayfishchris

 

This link is Yahoo Japan's fundraiser for Tohoku.

http://promo.search.yahoo.co.jp/searchfor311/index.html?ln=en

[EmeraldStag 165]

When it happened, my Japanese class and club at my highschool did a fundraiser; I don't recall how much we raised, I just know that we did what we could at the time. Our club president was really worried about the family she stayed with there, can't recall the word for it, though thankfully they were alright she had said.

[o_Ben_o 193]

It was amazing the recovery of the Japanese Nation after the Earthquake. Japan really lead the world in Earthquake engineering and recovery programs.

[WuHanXianShi14 0]

I was in Taiwan at the time and felt some of the side effects on the coast. My family and I donated alot of money to the cause that summer.

[KoTo 610]

Thank you for posting this Cray. I remember seeing this on the news and watching live footage, I was quite shocked. I haven't even realized that it's already been 3 years. 

[Rhia 936]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.