This week was a tough one...I don't know why. Everything seemed a little more trying than usual at work and I swear my students tried to scare me out of Japan this weekend.
I'm teaching a new class that is basically designed around current events. I don't watch the news here, unless you want to count QVC, and I don't know much about the local news so I am always excited to find out from my students. This week, the talk of the town was of course Osama anti swag and surprise, surprise - the nuclear crisis in Japan.
One of my students made the grave mistake of telling me that they found radiation in the green tea plants that are grown in and around this area. Now I live super far from Fukushima...so this was a bit of a surprise. Lucky for me, I don't go around picking green tea plants and using them at home. And there was talk about keeping safe in the rain because there is radiation in the rain. Pssshhhtt! The rainy season is coming. *side-eye*
Then, in my last class on Saturday, a student said to me..."well you know there is an 87% chance that there will be a major earthquake (compared to Fukushima) in Kanagawa within the next year. I looked at him like, umm, WTF? Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. (TWhite...I miss you!) After listening to these people tell me how concerned they were about the structure of the facilites they work in, and the schools their children attend (that are over 100 years old, by the way), I felt like I had little to worry about. I still worried a bit though.
But what's the point of worrying everyday until something happens? What's the point of worrying at all? When it happens, IF it happens, all I can be is prepared. I feel like I'm getting used to the occassional movement of the Earth beneath my feet...and who couldn't use an extra arm? Or superhuman strength? Or the power to fly? LOL
So for now, I'll keep drinking bottled mineral water and keep an umbrella in my bag at all times.
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