I looked for a\u00a0place to stay after arriving in\u00a0Kathmandu, but almost all of them were closed. Many supermarkets and restaurants were also closed.<\/p>\n
Of course, it was because of the earthquake. But I didn’t understand\u00a0the effects of\u00a0the earthquake very\u00a0well, and I didn\u2019t think it was so serious. Later, I felt ashamed.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I stayed in a\u00a0guesthouse for 2 days, however, there wasn’t\u00a0any\u00a0electricity and I didn’t have any\u00a0water. Then I gave up staying there and went to the Japanese embassy on the 3rd day.<\/p>\n
I heard that many Japanese had\u00a0already taken refuge and had been sleeping there since the day I\u00a0arrived, however, I moved there on the 3rd day.<\/p>\n
I didn’t\u00a0know\u00a0how the earthquake\u00a0was being reported in Japan\u00a0because I hadn\u2019t been able to use the internet. However, I had guessed that they knew about it from\u00a0the “international” page in the newspapers… But in the Japanese embassy I got to know that actually the newspapers had the news on\u00a0the first page as a very serious disaster.
\nBecause I didn’t know that, I called my parents telling them my situation calmly\u00a0with the phone in the embassy.
\n… Of course, they worried about me very\u00a0much. I’m so sorry.<\/p>\n
After that, I could finally\u00a0get public free wifi. Then I checked the emails and some SNS. Then I found\u00a0some messages from my parents and friends who were\u00a0worrying about me.
\nI\u2019m so sorry\u2026<\/p>\n
I was disappointed about my carelessness in\u00a0managing serious situations.
\nI didn\u2019t know why I hadn\u2019t thought to go to the embassy to understand the\u00a0current situation\u2026 Even though there were some indications that should have\u00a0made me\u00a0think about it.
\nI learned.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In the embassy, I stayed for a while.<\/p>\n
They did\u2019t have any showers, but I could use the toilet. (with washlet!!! Japanese high technology!!!) We could wash our hair with the hose outside and the Japanese people who lived in Kathmandu came there to cook our meals.
\nI wasn’t\u00a0so\u00a0inconvenienced. In fact for the first time\u00a0in ages, I could have Japanese foods everyday.
\nI thanked them so much.<\/p>\n
While I stayed in the embassy, I had the chance to join the volunteer activities and visit an\u00a0area which had a lot of\u00a0damage. Then I knew\u00a0the real situation of the effects\u00a0of earthquakes, so I was disappointed again that I hadn’t\u00a0thought that seriously before.
\nAnd I was disappointed in myself\u00a0because I still hadn’t\u00a0really understood deep inside how bad things were. Always it was other people\u2019s affairs, not my problem.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
By the way, I again realised the importance of English at\u00a0this time. People of many nationalities were working as volunteers for the victims of\u00a0this earthquake. The organisers were also from various countries. So English was necessary for\u00a0this activity.<\/p>\n
When I watched the video reports about the progress of the activities, I couldn\u2019t see\u00a0any\u00a0Japanese volunteers. The east asians I saw\u00a0were a few Koreans.
\nOf course, the traveling style and national character is different in each country. However, I couldn\u2019t help feeling this may have been due to lack of\u00a0English on the part of potential Japanese volunteers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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