食パンは売り切れるのにケーキは売り切れない。マリーアントワネットのうそつき。
(友人が書いていたことからアイデアを得ました。)
あとはメモ。
Thank you for your kind email.
How is your life these days?
I am fine and my family members are all safe in a very safe city.
And Tokyo is practically intact and safe now with a little inconvenience, say, slight energy shortage, etc.
However, on the day of the quake, the experiences I myself had were so terrible.
I happened to be in one of the severely hit areas.
And I learned that "the Nature is VERY VERY strong."
Just before the earthquake,
I heard a low, long and strange sound, dog's growling-like sound, of the earth
and the sound made me and people surrounding me terrified.
Then the quake came.
Walls, roofs, etc fell down.
Surfaces of roads cracked and even the soil(!) literally cracked under my feet. (!)
And 15meter-high tsunamis killed thousands of people in some other areas.
The nature can kill everything at once...
I am feeling that human beings are so small and am wondering about the meaning of life.
As for my city, we are having a slight inconvenience, say energy shortage.
I think that we were living too affluent lives before.
I am thinking about how to live safely with nature.
As you pointed out,
this country is now steadily rolling the ball and
must overcome this difficulty soon.
I am positive that we can do it.
Thank you for your kind email.
Sincerely yours,
Gyo