Actually, I arrived in Singapore yesterday morning. I basically had Ken calling me at 7 pm, asking me to evacuate. My flight was initially booked for tonight (Monday), I had work Sunday ect… but I did listen to him. I called a MK taxi, they did not accept bookings also I had to be out the door within the next 20 mn.

I basically jumped on my feet, threw things in a bag, switched off the lights and the heaters, and ran off to the street where the MK taxi was waiting. It was 7:35 p.m sharp. Nobody was outside and …… roads were totally empty, I arrived in Haneda very quickly. The last thing I told the driver, (who had told me that I was lucky to leave btw), was good luck as he was bowing to me when I left.

I entered the airport and many people were sleeping on the ground with beige blankets. It was really shocking to me, it looked like a war zone somehow. And then my dear friend appeared in front of me, Rumiko Chang! She was wearing a mask because of her allergies and I could not recognize her at the beginning.

Ken had told me to go directly to the first class counter of Singapore Airlines (my ticket was business class). I felt I would be safe holding a C class ticket and be able to leave 2 days earlier than planned. Well, when I arrived at the counter the line at the check in counters were alarming. It was chaos because many people were still waiting to go out, since they lost their flight after the earthquake.

To cut the story short regarding what happened between now and now. I had to buy a seat in First class (most expensive seat ever in history btw!). MY fried Rumiko’s husband Jim Chang (who’s family owns Eva Air, the Taiwanese airlines) had just landed and jumped in to help me get a seat on the next departing flight to Singapore. If he was not there at the airport at that time, I would never have been able to leave. Also, thank you Jim!

3 hours later I was seated in the lounge telling my parents on Sype that I was safe and going home. They were SO happy. The news on the lounge were alarming, with reports of possible nuclear linkage. We had 3 earthquakes during the time I was at the airport, the scary thing are the warnings telling you to keep calm and the warning on your mobile phone, telling you to be CONFIDENT! (that it what most women need in Japan! also i wonder what they think when they receive this message….!)

I am now in Singapore, but the aftershock of guilt was horrendous yesterday morning, I could not fit into “the normality of Singapore”, I cried out loud and deep for 30 mn while Ken was driving and everything was so beautiful outside. I could only thing about my fans in Sendai swept away into the sea, my friends in Tokyo with tremors every so on, and my dear Japanese family in Japan whom I had abandon. Yes, I was mortified by the guilt….. I had abandon everyone behind. I regretted I had left but my boys need me here.

Finally I slept long last night and this morning I feel much better, but I cannot disconnect from the news and I am feeling in alert as much as when I was still in Japan. I even almost screamed yesterday because I was feeling… a big one rowing under me…. Ken calmed me down, but I know it will be a little while before I stop feeling those moves under me.

MUCH LOVE