Dear World, this is NOT us.
THIS IS OUR VANCOUVER:
Vancouver is a proud and beautiful city. We would NEVER defame our city like what the small group of rioters did last night. The hundreds of caring volunteers who came out this morning to clean up our city and the spirit on the streets was a testament to that.
Places I would not like to be while an earthquake:
- In the washroom
- At the gym
- Driving over one of the bridges that leads out of my city
I live in Vancouver and everyone knows we are long overdue for “The Big One” which is similar to the earthquake in Japan with a tsunami and all— and the scary thing is that there’s no way you can prepare for an earthquake that big. But whatever. If I was home, I’d grab my family, my dog, my hard drive, my Macbook and my Blackberry and head to Boyfriend’s who lives on a hill… and not be in Richmond which would sink if an earthquake of that magnitude happened here. He promised me to pick me up with their boat… and I hope he keeps that promise because my plan of tying a raft, upside down on my roof doesn’t seem to be happening.
Anyway, on a serious note, the earthquake and tsunami has been such a devastating but fascinating event. Despite the enormous loss of life, aren’t you just amazed by the Japanese? Their strict engineering codes, their calm and stoic personalities amidst the devastation, how they can hold up a camera and record one of the most devastating event events of their lives without crying or screaming “omigod! omigod! omigoddd!!!” while the ocean is washing away everything they know and how there is no violence or looting except everyone helping one another, sharing food and not even turning on their heat because they country is short of power. The Japanese are truly amazing people and I know they will recover from this and only get stronger.
Vancouverite, designer, gym-rat, shopaholic & bookworm, obsessed with my Blackberry, K-Pop, snowboarding, fitness and food. More?
