March 2011
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Current Stats
Today is day #208 abroad.
Today is day #70 in Japan.
8 days until I turn 21.
64 days until I go home.
89 days until I go to Chicago.
93 days until I go to Pennsylvania.
That is, if everything from here on out goes according to plan…
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Anonymous asked: Sorry, I'm a Luddite. Sarah again. So I was alone in Gyeong-ju when 9/11 happened. I remember feeling so vulnerable, scared, being there with no one in a foreign country, wondering what was truly happening, what would happen again. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I've been thinking of you in Japan and what you might be feeling right now. Sending you lots of love, Sarah
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Stressed.
My university is recommending that I return home. This is what my adviser sent me earlier today:
“Now that a second reactor has ruptured our concerns are growing. While we don’t require that you come home, at this point we do recommend that you come home. Most major airlines are now waiving their “change” fees for already issued tickets (essentially letting you change...
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Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
Well, today was a busy day for the tectonic plates around Japan.
As you have probably heard, there was a rather large (and by rather large, I mean the biggest in Japan’s recorded history) 8.8-magnitude earthquake about 80 miles off the coast of Japan near Sendai. This triggered a Tsunami that has caused a few hundred (known) deaths and unknown amounts of damage to the northeastern part...
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Care Packages
Just might be the best thing ever invented.
These last few days have been quite trying for me. I had just been recovering from a general slump of being stressed with school and homesickness, when a big awful mess came along in the form of heartbreak and impending midterms. This past weekend was spent with some great friends at a rather expensive round of karaoke, and in my...
