What? I'm not going to Japan anymore?

Haha fooled ya didn't I? Well it's not like I'm not going to Japan, but I have to reschedule my flight due to the current situation in Japan. By now everyone should know that Japan was shaken up by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and many of Japan's cities were destroyed or effected by the tsunami caused by the earthquake.  There is also worsening fears of one nuclear power plant, the Fukushima Daiichi plant, that has been releasing high levels of radiation.  Workers are trying to cool down the power plant as fast as possible. However, almost 800 employees were evacuated. Only 150 of those 800 people decided to stay back and help with the situation. Those 150 people are real extreme heroes. These heroes are risking their lives in order to save Japan from contamination.  If the cool-down does not work, there is a chance that the power plant might go into a meltdown, which will cause high levels of radiation spreading over a 30km (50 mile) distance. Ok, enough with the information that yal have probably read off the news 100 times.

So like I mentioned earlier, I will be rescheduling my flight because Nihon University - Mishima (Nihon Dai for short) does not know for sure if they will begin school on April 9.  I was originally intended to leave America this Sunday on March 20 and arrive in Japan on March 21. My parents decided to call Nihon Dai (my step-dad can speak fluent Japanese) and ask them what I should do because of the crisis happening in Japan. Apparently, they advised that it is best that I do not arrive in Japan just yet and that they will most likely reschedule the orientation to a later date, which was suppose to be for March 23. They also said there is a chance that school may not start April 9 and I should wait until I hear news from Nihon Dai.  I was really looking forward to coming to Mishima early so that I could explore the city a little bit and get settled down. I also wanted to experience the stuff that the Japanese citizens have to face.(rationing, forced power outage, messed up train schedules, etc.) It's not like I want to experience every single thing, but I just wanted to get an idea of how the Japanese citizens are feeling, even though I most likely know how they feel. If you don't know by now, I live in New Orleans and I dealt with Hurricane Katrina. I did not lose everything but my house was damaged, mainly my room (-_-").  Because I live across the river from New Orleans, my house did not get any flooding.  Because of Katrina, many of my friends were either misplaced or moved away from New Orleans. My family decided to stay back after Katrina and recover with the rest of New Orleans. It was a really tough times, especially having to evacuate, then coming back and seeing literally everything destroyed, roads filled with debris, and cities that have been pretty much turned into a ghost town. I'm sure many people have helped out New Orleans through donation and I am hoping that you are willing to help donate to Japan. Some people might find my blog one, two, or even five years from now, and Japan should be recovering quickly, but whoever comes across this blog, I am hoping that you could show some passion and donate to Japan. There are many organizations to donate money, but the best way is through Red Cross.

Donate to Japan through Red Cross

I have provided a link for yal and I am not sure if the option to donate to "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami" will still be there years after this post. Anyone that does donate or have donated already, I am really grateful and I hope that everyone would try to spread the word to others to help donate money. 

To all those Japanese people, don't give up fate and keep on fighting!　頑張って！

To all those Non-Japanese people, pray for Japan and hope for nothing worse to happen! (in Japan or anywhere else in the world) 日本の為に祈りを！

Until next time! じゃね！