I was there, safe and unharmed!

I saw this vid while I was looking for  typhoon Pedring (Nisat) news updates via you tube, backtracking...I was there when it happened but we're pretty one of the luckiest and miraculously unharmed...since we lived just a few-minute-drive from the sea where I used to feed birds...wonder why ours seemed to be so tamed that time...compared to one that had brought havoc to Sendai...am thankful up to this day that we were spared from that catastrophic event.

Prayers for those who weren't that lucky enough....those who perished from that tragic misfortune.

Faith against fear...

I think I'll have a tough time battling my fear (Thalassophobia) getting near the umi again. I will miss my bird-feeding visit. And they say don't be afraid of the tsunami, but be first afraid of a massive earthquake that could give a strong tsunami right after. Whatever it is, it shows we're nothing compared with the wrath of nature.

Everytime I remember how great the power that lies within the ocean I feel that great grief of how it swallowed  almost everything in just so short a time.

But then, let's not forget that our faith should be greater than our fears!

Life goes on...!!!

***Samoiiiii !!!

***very mid winter-like weather we have here now...samoiiii !

***We pity those who live in the shelter sites where snow is falling due to sudden drop of temperature. Water froze over so they wake up early everyday to boil water for teas and warm their bodies.


PS/ I will be out in a while to get my alien card...

NHK World

Thank you for giving us  bi-lingual news report and live streaming here in Japan about the aftermath and the on going chaos in Fukushima...

Still in chaotic situation...

Shelters at disaster areas are facing bigger challenge now...temperature  drops below freezing point making the situation quite more uneasy due to a very cold weather very winter-like.

Stock market went down obviously because of the present predicament Japan is facing.

Still having aftershocks...

Alarm on TV just announced a coming sudden jolts...so everyone is advised to take precautions...

Normally this happens because after that massive earthquake from the sudden and abnormal shifting of plate downward and pushing the adjacent plate upward that caused the great shocking tsunami previously, soil must have been gone softer and now adjusting to it's position.

It's always something!

Had my late breakfast: fried egg, pan de americano with butter...and coffee again...plus 2 headache pills. 



***weather has plunged to a very low level to affected areas...like Minami, about 0 degrees so snow is falling, cold weather poses a great risk to health for the evacuees...


***chilly air is up again here which is very unusual 'coz spring will be coming at the end of this month.  


***around 8:30am smokes billowing at the facility specifically Reactor #3  early this morning was observed and investigation again is underway...radiation around the main gate reading sharply increase to 800microSv as of 10:30am today. 


***They are considering to spray water with boric acids from above to hamper nuclear reaction.


***there is a tear from Reactor #2 vessel yesterday...


***operation on site has been hampered due to high readings of radiation, so workers are moved to a safer location.


***flames at reactor #4 is on fire still as of yesterday...walls are already broken, since water has gone to a severe level that caused hydrogen to generate and rods started to melt. Making 3 & 4 reactor now badly damage and no walls to hold the leak.


***announcements about radiation reading make me all the more dizzy each day since am keeping eye and ear on the reports all day long via NHK World...it flactutes every hour...and with 4 reators at that...it's synonymous to 4 active Pinatubo spewing ashes of wraths...considering there's still #5 and #6...wheeeew!

Life goes on...

Good Morning Sunshine!!!

We were jolted from our sleep when we felt a shake (intensity 6) late last night when time stamped few minutes after 10pm...nothing followed though.


Radiation around Fukushima Plant measure went down to 23.72-88macroSievert/hr as of last night...posing no panic level according to nuclear experts...

Some few survivors still found under heavy debris...

Breaking News Today in Japan!!!

FOR THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR FUKUSHIMA POWER PLANT  O N L Y:

Evacuation within the 20km raduis is urged!

DO NOT GO OUTSIDE! KEEP WINDOWS SHUT! NO HANGING OF CLOTHES OUTSIDE.

PM NAOTO KAN is requesting people to move out of 20km radius from the power plant which is in very dangerous situation...so as to avoid the leakage of the radiation. Reactor#2 reactor is in serious condition. This is based on the experts. We live totally far from the power plant but we follow every direction since we do not know where the wind may blow. Just to be safe we will try to be inside the house no matter how far we are from the plant.

Reactor#4 seen currently burning...at the time of quake this out of order and not in use. Reactor#1 & #3 (small level of neutron radiation was detected)  hydrogen has been generated so radiation has been released...Reactor#2 sound of blast has been heard today. Water injection is continuously done to cool down the systems.

50 employee who are directly injecting water to the container has been evacuated.


***400millisievert (mSv) of radiation is being emitted by Reacto r#4 which is badly crippled by the massive earthquake. Neutron radiation is positively detected!


PS/ This reports are according to what I carefully gathered from the brief message delivered by the Prime Minister of Japan live on tv today. So I limit the details lest I give the wrong details of the message...

LORD I PRAY... please lull the plate underneath, no more massive earthquake and the portentous leak. Please comfort those who are hurting right now. And give eternal peace for those who have perished from this disaster. Let this be a lesson for every country that we're nothing compared to nature's upheaval. 


Only You can help us all within Your Almighty power and mercy. 


Amen...


PS/...when we people are facing things like these we're nowhere to turn to but to our great faith in the Lord. To be in panic is a usual-common-normal reaction of every human being. With 30 ft high of roaring water with ships, cars, houses, shipping containers as floating debris rushing...who wouldn't? With all honesty it's very scary & so horrific that topple all records. So we have to cling to our faith forever...

there are still aftershocks on record, and power cuts has been announced due to plant damage! this is only for those near the battered areas. we're just so lucky to be spared from all of these turmoils.

Japan is really grappling to go back to a better state after that unforgettable horrific upheaval...they need prayers more than anything...

Too close!

Radiation has been detected measuring about 651 point something but with all honesty I still have to find out what that means...as an ordinary tourist here what do I know about radiation measure???  There are still aftershocks on record, and power cuts has been announced due to plant damage! this is only for those near the battered area. We're just so lucky that we're spared from all of these turmoils.

Japan is really grappling to go back to a better state after that unforgettable horrific upheaval...they need prayers more than anything.

In CRISIS mode...

March 11, 2011
Sendai and other parts of northeastern Japan specifically those located near the sea are enormously battered by a huge surge of water due to tsunami, triggered by a massive M8.8 earthquake (on a Ritcher scale) earlier today. I remember the days when we were hit by Ondoy and what happened to Phuket Thailand in 2005. Almost the same but this is rather something more upscale and horrible. Some raw videos recorded by locals and some by newsmen are so heart-breaking...seeing Sendai airport engulfed by high waves of sea water. We are awfully stunned by how the powerful waves swallowed and roared through houses, buildings, with toy-like cars, trucks and enormous garbage-like floating the huge current.

Suddenly my FB is burning with messages wanting to know how we are now.  It is taking too much of my time answering their queries about our situation here, WE'RE SAFE. THANK GOD!

Map of Japan

Japan battered ...view from above


March 12, 2011
We drove all the way to eki and from there we took a densha going to Nagoya. We went to buy books and a 220V yakiniku plate. Good thing I brought my passport with me, (it's a must because I am a visiting tourist here) for Duty Free freebie, the plate is tax free. Going back, while I was at the seibunkan

(bookstore) still my mood was kind of downspirited, for the reason is so obvious. Usually bookstore's one of my fave hang out where I spent so many hours searching for my fave authors and good reads. But that moment I felt otherwise. There was no spark in my eyes, though I got four. I think I need to read.

But most of all...I need to pray more, we need to pray not just for Japan, but for the whole world indeed. Really my heart goes to the victims who are wounded not only physically but also spiritually, and specially those who have perished. As of now, officially the casualties according to Japan news,  swoop up to a thousand. And a lot is still missing.

While traveling to Nagoya, I was a bit paranoic due to that earthquake and tsunami. Everytime I would here the rustling sounds of the rails underneath I'd immediately look at those electrical posts outside to check if they were moving or swaying. Wheeew! Or whenever we're driving near the ocean I'd check if the seawater's calm. Wheeew again! Who wouldn't feel the same way? It's a M8.8!  It's nightmarish!

After strong earthquake and a massive tsunami...another predicament's sprouting, about the possible nuclear leak. Could there'll be another Chernobyl Disaster  or a Three Mile Island Accident?