The bad news from Japan this afternoon, at 2.46pm local time, has shaken more than half of the world’s population…  an 8.9 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, about 373 kilometres (230 miles) from Tokyo, caused major damage in north-eastern Japan.

The quake, the biggest in 100 years, created huge tsunami with 10m high tidal-wave sweeping across rice fields and towns… followed with more than 30 aftershocks for hours where some of it with more than 6.0 magnitude strength. The US National Weather Service has to issue tsunami warning to at least 50 countries and territories.

Most of the people here was so worried coz Philippines and Indonesia are in the path of the tsunami… if it go through Philippines and reach Indonesia, definitely we will be hit… but from the graphic animation on TV, we are actually covered by Philippines… one reason why we are called Land Below the Wind… Just like the sanibel island in Florida which is on the opposite side of the tsunami path in US.

Although we are away from the tsunami path, people living at coastal area facing the South China Sea are asked to be alert from 6pm to 12am local time… I hope Japan will recover from this disaster soon… and hope there is no more earthquake…