Friday, March 25, 2011

Message from Kayla

Since the earthquake occurred, I was seeking for what I can do, then came up with this idea.
I asked my friends to send messages to Japan.
Here is the one from Kayla.

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Dear Unknown Japanese friends...I am sitting here in New York City and like so many others, thinking of you, your incredible  trials, feeling  inspired by your tenacity, courage and spirit of mutual support....Surely we are all connected and I wish you strength as I would my very dearest family, in this time of challenge.  You are in our hearts and  minds though distance may make that seem impossible. 
My best to all of you,
Kayla

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Thank you, Kayla!
For those who want to participate this project, please send your message to Japan via e-mail (naokosing@gmail.com).

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Message from Hsin

Since the earthquake occurred, I was seeking for what I can do, then came up with this idea.
I asked my friends to send messages to Japan.
Here is the one from Hsin.


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I would like to offer my deepest sympathy to Japanese people.  You have suffered such tremendous calamities.  The images of tsunami were horrendous, but the most worrisome was the nuclear power plants.  For many days, there was this helplessness that makes you wonder whether anything was being done or could be done.  The reassuring messages from the authorities seemed to lose their credibility gradually.  At least now the electricity has been restored to the plants and the water with it to cool the reactors.

Last night I watched Letterman (unusual for me) and Michio Kaku, a Physics professor from City College of New York where I work, was a guest.  Of course, he is a Japanese and has family and relatives in that area.  He
pointed out that the electricity company has the interests of protecting their investment, which could be in conflict with the concern of public safety.  This may have resulted in the initial inept reactions.  He also
mentioned that when Chernobyl happened, Gorbachev had the swift action of having Red Army dumping sands, concrete, and boron to entomb the whole plant.  The reactor might still be hot today.

But now the water is in the plants and the things became a bit controlled, it is hopeful that the outcome in Japan will be much better than in Chernobyl.  Who wants an entombed nuclear power plant that marks the whole
area as a waste land?

The nuclear plant issues in Japan has similarity with the Gulf oil spill in USA.  Both incidents were so huge and so technology-intense that they relied, to a large extent, the industries themselves to solve.  But their
interests may not be totally in line with the public interests.  And these technologies are inherently dangerous.  There are many issues, such as the public's right to know, how much we can trust the industries to police themselves, and how much patience should public grant them in such disasters?

There will surely be a tremendous rebuilding task in Japan.  But Japan is one of the most technologically-advanced country and its people are among the most hard-working.  So we can be optimistic about it.

Hsin Wang
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Thank you, Hsin!
For those who want to participate this project, please send your message to Japan via e-mail (naokosing@gmail.com).

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

mega earthquate and tsunami

Dear friends,
As you may know till now, we had the mega earthquake and tsunami, following by the nuclear plant issues. The death toll seems never to stop rising which saddens me so much every day.

My husband and I live in Osaka, far from the affected areas, so do all of our family. We all are just fine.
In this entry, I just can let you know that we are fine.  I don't know how to put everything I feel now together.  I maybe write something more later here. But just want to say the following:

Thank you, all the people in the world,  for your thoughts and prayers.

Thank you, all the rescue workers, for coming from all over the world.

Thank you, doctors, nurses, public workers, firemen, police, construction workers, and the nuclear plant workers, for working so hard to save our country.

And thank you, all of the survivors, for your patience, courage, beautiful spirits, kindness to each other, honesty .... and just being alive.

I don't know how we can make the reconstruction efforts after such an incredible disaster but just want to believe we can make it somehow, altogether, not only with the people in our country but also with all the people in the world.  I know everyone over there is thinking of us and helping us out, being with us.  I just want to believe God make us work together.  We need your help.


I feel so lucky and like a miracle to be alive.
I'm sure I'm lucky enough to be alive to do something for others. We are alive to work for each other. We all were born to help each other, right?

I love you all,
Naoko