January 17, 1995- 5:46AM

What were you doing at this time?
What were you doing when the enormous earthquake hit Kobe?

I was in Ithaca, New York, at Cornell University. Since there is a 14 hour time difference bewteen New York and Osaka, (New York is 14 hours behind Osaka=Osaka is 14 hours ahead of New York) it was actually January 16th, at 3:46pm. I was probably studying or watching a football game on tv. That was one year before I came to Japan. I came to Japan in July 1996.

Many people have told me there experiences on that day. And I have read many articles and seen many tv programs about it. And now, I live in the same area where the earthquake hit.
Many many people died...It was truly terrible...
Today is the memorial of that day, 15 years later.

And just the other day, another huge earthquake hit Haiti...

I wish everyone peace health and happiness...