I have experienced big natural disasters in my life.
I was in Osaka (not too far from the epicenter) when Hanshin Awaji Earthquake (M 7) and I was in Tokyo (again not too far from the epicenter) when Tohoku Earthquake (M 9). When I experienced the latter one, I thought I would die. I have had enough scary experiences. Each time the natural disaster happened, I became more cautious and started to prepare “emergency kits” at home. Those items include below. - A knapsack packed with a flashlight, some dry food, batteries, first-aid kits, small radio, etc. (better to have a knife or can opener) - Extra batteries (I remember right after a big earthquake in Tokyo, my colleague and I were looking for getting batteries for our phone in the town) - Slippers (placed near the bed. If blackout happens after a big shake, some glasses could be scattered on the floor, and your foot get hurt in darkness), - Plastic bottles of water - Filling the bathtub with water (Right after the earthquakes, I was filling the bathtub with lots of water for a while. Once waterline stops, it is VERY HEAVY to carry water) - Flashlight which can be started manually is useful - Cans of food And others. After months passed, I forget how fearful I was. I started to drink the water out of stock, eat the food and use everything from those stock. That is NOT good at all. We should keep refilling those emergency stock and get prepared all the time. Here in Hawaii, emergency happens. One day, my husband woke up early and was outside already. Then, he heard a WARNING OF NUCLEAR ATTACK. It was found out to be a false alarm (what on earth a false alarm of nuclear attack comes out??!! I still do not get it). My husband told me what happened. Luckily, I was sleeping in the day and did not know about it. If I had been up already, I might have been so panicked! He looked calm when he told me, but I knew he got so freaked out inside. From the day, He got very conscious and started to get prepared for emergency. Under this political situation, it is wise for us to get prepared just in case. If we are ready for emergency, we can react calmly if something happens. Oh, and another important one. Toilet papers! 🌠Another Blog: God Bless America🌠 mikomagicalisland.weebly.com/ When the end of each year approaches, I look back the whole year.
I try to remember all blessings that we have received as much as possible, and send gratitude to God. I also reflect myself what I could have done better. Then, I confirm my wish and vision for the new year to make this world a better place. I take notes and confirm in my mind. I have been doing this every year from my very younger time. One of the big things this year was my driving! I feel miracle that I am really driving! This has changed the whole life not only of mine but of my husband! I had been very active in Japan. I could go anywhere I want by trains, subways, and sometimes by bicycle. After moving to Big Island, I realized I cannot do anything without a car here. Everywhere I go, I get stuck. I have to wait for my husband to pick me up or a bus, which had never come on time. Uber was a big help. However, we could not afford to keep using every day. Now I have a freedom. I can refresh myself by driving down to beach, come home, and start to work! Driving increase the productivity of my work and make my days more fun! I am thankful to everything my husband and I were blessed with this year. The more I am thankful and feel gratitude to what I have given, the more I get aware how much I have been blessed, protected and guided. The more thankful we are to God, my Guardian Spirits and Guiding Spirits, the more our pipes with them become clearer, thicker, and stronger, I feel. When I feel gratitude to things I am blessed with, I feel more empowered and can see a road that I am going to walk on clearly. Wow......
https://youtu.be/LgHjBA9QsaU We should NEVER get panicked. . We will stay in our faith firmly. We will have hope and smile always and go through this rough time. Actually, all these knowledge and information that I hear recently are not new to me. I have started to hear these things from my 20's. Now things have started to come under the light and be getting exposed. I feel that everything will be revealed under the light of truth. We will overcome this stormy time by having faith in God. After coming out this storm, we will see a bright sunshine. I missed the fall semester this year for KCS. I wanted to jump in the last rehearsal, which was singing along Christmas songs.
https://konachoralsociety.org/ It was more than I expected. As always, Susie made a very rich program in a limited Zoom rehearsal time. After various Christmas songs, she put this song as the last piece for us to sing together this year. "See Amid the Winter's Snow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFDBS665HjE I had a music score with me because we sang this piece in the past. I was trying to sing along, and then, I was deeply into the performance in the video above. This choir performance is one of the best I have ever heard and watched before. So pure, so serene, and beautiful! This scene brought me a flashback. That was the night I was singing in the college choir in the chapel for Christmas. When we were singing in the big tree made by choir members in the Chapel, I was looking down the hall with lots of audience. The candles were handed to all audience. Then, the person at the end of the row received a light on his candle. He put the light on his candle to the next person's candle. She does the same thing to her neighbor's candle, and on and on. The chapel was dark before. However, the light was shared gradually, and finally the light was shared with all audience. The chapel got a full of light and lit up! It got so bright. We are in a world that darkness is trying to dominate. We are seeing lots of ugliness, dirtiness, and angers. In this very dark time, I was reminded the night when the chapel got filled with lights and came to shine by candle lights of everyone! I burst into tears. I cried hard. I could not sing any more…... This video gave me goose bumps all over my body. If we do not give up and keep holding a hope and keep sharing the light, we will change the future. Justice and Love will prevail this whole world. Righteousness will win over evils. I am again convinced by the power of music. Music can convey strong messages directly from the Heaven to us with visions and vibration. |
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April 2021
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