Shino Saitoh, Japan Utsunomiya 100km from Tokyo. student of economics is to study at the Madrid Complutense University. A lump in my throat about her experiences seen from a distance with the earthquake that hit Japan hard,
I am in Madrid last September, to study economics and English from the University Complutense.
This morning I woke up at 7 am and as usual I always do the same thing before going to class.
I prepare to leave, I have breakfast and I also linked to my twitter, but chatting, I was surprised.
many of my contacts on Twitter had written: "I can not go home," "Are in train for two hours and still do not know if I leave", "the earthquake has demolished my house," "I can not call home" etc.. I was worried! This morning I woke up at 7 am and as usual I always do the same thing before going to class.
I prepare to leave, I have breakfast and I also linked to my twitter, but chatting, I was surprised.
immediadamente So I called my house, but there was no line and I tried to call the job of my parents, but no signal, and finally, not even the phone of my brothers showed signs of life.
Eventually, after further calls to no avail, I received a call from my sister who called me on Skip and told me that my whole family was so good and I felt relieved.
After talking with her, I called my mother, through skipe and then my father and my brother. In my country, the earthquake had reached level six on the Richter scale, whereas in Japan and the scale is from 0 to 7, the shock was very strong and I never had a similar experience.
One of my friends told me that when the earthquake struck Japan, was in the library and saw that all the books fell, and still can not return home, others have told me that I am at home with no gas, water and light. As my friends in the thousands, people who are alive at this time and are suffering for this and the Japanese authorities have allowed universities, hotels and other buildings remain open, to help the people, so that they can all find comfort in these buildings. Also, imagine the fear felt by people living along the coastal areas the tsunami. I can only hope the situation improves. From a distance you really think about your family and your country and can not do anything.
Eventually, after further calls to no avail, I received a call from my sister who called me on Skip and told me that my whole family was so good and I felt relieved.
After talking with her, I called my mother, through skipe and then my father and my brother. In my country, the earthquake had reached level six on the Richter scale, whereas in Japan and the scale is from 0 to 7, the shock was very strong and I never had a similar experience.
One of my friends told me that when the earthquake struck Japan, was in the library and saw that all the books fell, and still can not return home, others have told me that I am at home with no gas, water and light. As my friends in the thousands, people who are alive at this time and are suffering for this and the Japanese authorities have allowed universities, hotels and other buildings remain open, to help the people, so that they can all find comfort in these buildings. Also, imagine the fear felt by people living along the coastal areas the tsunami. I can only hope the situation improves. From a distance you really think about your family and your country and can not do anything.
Shino Saitoh
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