This is a video I took a few minutes after the major earthquake. The rumbling you hear and the curtains swaying despite there being no breeze in the room are all signs of the aftershock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEuzoKLnOw

Sorry I haven't updated in such a long time. Things have been crazy these past few months. I hope things settle soon so I can write more in here.

I'm picking up right where the last entry left off.

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Things in my life have become hectic for various reasons, but I thought I'd talk about the major earthquake that happened on March 11th.

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Sorry I haven't updated in a while. The earthquake happened and things were crazy for a bit. I'm not in an area that was too badly affected by it. I felt it and everything but it was ok, I guess. There have been earthquakes every day since then, though. I keep wondering if another big one will hit. Stressful. Very stressful ( Read more... )

Today there was a school assembly for the kids. Last year the kids gathered around this time of the year to watch a PSA about not doing drugs. It was a pretty ridiculous PSA video that involved talking globes discussing the effects of drugs in an overly-skewed perspective ("Once you try drugs, you will become addicted for life").

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Work has been stressing me out lately. The teachers, especially ( Read more... )

I just got a ticket to the February 11th Akanishi Jin concert! I'm incredibly excited!

Whenever I head home from Tokyo, I always make sure to go via Ueno Station. There are trains that go directly from my station all the way to Ueno, and since Ueno is the last stop, the train is empty. This boosts my chance of having a seat up 90 percent from choosing another station along the way ( Read more... )

During the winter break, one of my eighth grade girls (whom I've named Miley in previous posts) sent me a New Year's card. Like how North Americans must send Christmas cards to everyone they know, the Japanese must send New Years cards ( Read more... )

I was eating lunch with one of the eighth grade classes. I ended up sitting next to a girl who is a swimming legend in our school. She's the only one in our school on the swim team, but she has won state championships ( Read more... )