I AM Eleanor.

地震過後的第一個上班天再見到同事們,竟然有一種恍如隔世的感覺,畢竟我自己也是地震隔天就馬上打包去投靠了朋友好幾天.

但是當我聽到我們經理說有兩個同事已經離開日本的時候我還是一整個shock和失望.畢竟他們可是Head of our labs.,How can you leave your team when you are the team leader?

We were still running the chambers and testing, but the situation at that time was not stable.

March 15th:

Around lunch time(?), we got informed that the operation was suspended and we should all go home as soon as possible. Many people I know also chose to leave by now. I started to worry.

March 16th:

In the morning, I received a phone call from the company, which asked me to go to Osaka for temporal. I said no. It was either I stayed here with the other Japanese colleagues or I would go back to Taiwan. But they didn't accept it. They wanted me to think about it again. I called to another colleague to ask his opinion. I think it was right to stay here. Later, I received the call again. Still, I said no, but they said they needed people in Osaka to help out the business. Knowing that one aussie colleague would also go there, I finally decided to go to Osaka.

Since I made the decision too late, they only gave me 10 minutes to pack!!! well.. I really felt I was in a movie: some catastrophe is coming and urgent evacuation is necessary. I was so in a hurry that I only brought one pair of jeans and two shirts with me. It never occurred to me that we would work in the Osaka office. I didn't even have time to change my pijama, so I just wore a big jacket to cover it...

On the Shinkansen to Osaka, I got to know that another colleague would join us in Osaka. super!

first night in Osaka. We noticed a "shiny" car when we were looking for dinner.

I was so in a hurry that I didn't bring any daily necessity. I bought these stuff at the first night.

March 17th:

First day in the Osaka office. I like it somehow. You can even see the Osaka Castle from the office.

It was a tiring day. We worked so hard trying to handling all the rumors about our operation. We also needed to keep contact with colleagues in the lab and made sure the testing was still going.

But later the day, they announced a news that seriously upset me..

I guess they were too guilty because they said I could buy some formal clothes to work in the office and the allowance was 100,000 JPY!!!

It was snowing in Osaka!!

a shopping street near the Osaka office.

March 18th:

Another day of hard work. With the terrible news yesterday, I was really in a bad mood. I also didn' think it was correct to separate people in two locations. But my aussie colleagues are amazing. They are just super optmistic, relaxed, and cheerful. This must be born with nature. One of them said that some people are suffering doesn't mean that we can't live our life. One of them suggested me to imagine it is a personal trip, but the company would pay for the Shinkansen and the hotel. The long weekend was coming, and I should enjoy.

He is totally right. I completely forgot that I planned to go to Osaka for a while, and the comapny was going to pay for it. Thanks for their Aussie spirit. Finally, I felt relaxed.

March 19th-- the Osaka Castle:

I talked to an old friend on the phone for a very long time in the morning. It is so good to talk to a friend that you don't really have the chance to talk to.

Outside the Osaka Castle

Outside the Osaka Castle

the Osaka Castle.

Of course, I would never waste the 100,000 JPY allowance. I went to Aoyama for the "formal clothes".

March 20th: lost in the shopping area

I guess it's some compensation. Otherwise, I can't explain why I bought so many stuff that I usually don't buy. I'm stingy somehow.

衣服到現在都沒有拆封...

I don't know why I bought these stuff that you can also find them in Tokyo...

March 21th: Nara

The weather was terrible, raining all the time.

tourist information center in Nara

Nara is a city of deers

春日大社:走進去才被發現原來是求因緣的地方,到處堆滿了求因緣的繪馬,一整個大誤闖,結果只好速速離開這不祥之地

東大寺

東大寺

東大寺
 

On the way back to Osaka, I receive a message from the company that every one must return to Yokohama tomorrow. My colleague an I decided to take the super early shinkansen to Yokohama in the morning and go to the office directly. So, my evacuation trip just finished all of a sudden.

It is a dream...