Look after yourself, Christchurch.
Sep. 4th, 2010 04:37 pmI'm back! Sort of. Currently using my flatmate's laptop, so don't have access to all my files/programs but do have sweet, sweet internet.
I had a good but exhausting time (and saw a lot more of rural Belgium than I had planned, long story and Edinburgh is OMG awesome) but don't think I have a huuuge post in me just yet. We'll see how I go.
I've also been distracted by the fact there was a 7.0 earthquake in my hometown yesterday evening (my time). Everyone is fine, my parents' and brother's houses are fine, but it was a little fraught there for a while, hearing the news while on the tarmac at Edinburgh airport, not being able to use my phone for over an hour, and then trying to get someone to respond (parents need to charge their phone more). I finally talked to my brother when I was on the train back from Gatwick (*hearts cellphones*) and while he didn't know where my parents were initially (they went for a walk idk), they turned up.
Some of the photos have been pretty insane. Places I know and used to walk past in the CBD all the time are collapsed. Thankfully it happened at night, so most people were asleep and there have been no reports of fatalities. The city was lucky all things considered. Still, pretty scary, and for me, it has made me feel really far away.
Look after yourself, Christchurch.
I had a good but exhausting time (and saw a lot more of rural Belgium than I had planned, long story and Edinburgh is OMG awesome) but don't think I have a huuuge post in me just yet. We'll see how I go.
I've also been distracted by the fact there was a 7.0 earthquake in my hometown yesterday evening (my time). Everyone is fine, my parents' and brother's houses are fine, but it was a little fraught there for a while, hearing the news while on the tarmac at Edinburgh airport, not being able to use my phone for over an hour, and then trying to get someone to respond (parents need to charge their phone more). I finally talked to my brother when I was on the train back from Gatwick (*hearts cellphones*) and while he didn't know where my parents were initially (they went for a walk idk), they turned up.
Some of the photos have been pretty insane. Places I know and used to walk past in the CBD all the time are collapsed. Thankfully it happened at night, so most people were asleep and there have been no reports of fatalities. The city was lucky all things considered. Still, pretty scary, and for me, it has made me feel really far away.
Look after yourself, Christchurch.
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