One year has passed since that fateful day.
I can't believe it passed so quickly.
Maybe it's because I started moving from place to place every week, every month.
Me and my suitcase travelled to many cities and many countries.
So many intense memories, so much pain and then...happy moments, unusual experiences, sheer craziness.
On the day of the earthquake, I had invited a friend home, but, eventually, we never met...
I felt like I was in the middle of a bad, hyperbolic, Hollywood scene.
But no. I can tell you, that walls can and will bend as if they were made from rubber, under such circumstances. I was standing on my feet and looking at the sky, not knowing what to do or what exactly I was experiencing.
After the earthquake, mobile phone networks were disabled, trains stopped for several days and internet also stopped in many places. I was very lucky to have mine still working, so I called my parents on Skype immediately. I was locked up in my apartment for 5 days, I didn't meet anybody at all, because nobody could come to me. I'm glad I had enough food and water, because everything was sold out in the neighbourhood. I slept for 2-3 hours a day and spent the rest searching the internet for REAL information, not the official, deceptive bollix. I learnt enough. More than enough.
Scenes from a horror movie....
I truly felt blessed that my father had many friends and managed to find me a ticket for Greece, when everything was sold out completely.
I had to change four planes in order to go back to Thessaloniki, but in the course of those two days, I got to meet and talk with Miyavi and other interesting people inside the plane, so it was an interesting experience.
I felt that was a ticket back to sanity.
I'm more than glad 2011 is over, but the real disaster has only just begun...
More than anything, I'm on the side of those Japanese people who are awake and aware, who don't choose to be asleep. Who know what's going on in their country and they're fighting for their lives and the lives of their children. And to everyone who's still in deep sleep: I hope you wake up. It's no good denying the facts.
Sending much love and light to Japan from Greece☆