On March 11th

     I was working at the tax agency at that time on March 11th. I did not notice the quake until it got really serious. I remember I was looking at  the lights over my head swinging back and forth. I expected the earthquake would soon be over, like other earthquakes, the ones I have experienced before.
     But it did not stop. Some people started to get under the table. Then I noticed that I should protect myself too since it is something beyond my experience in the past. That was the biggest and longest one that I have ever experienced.
     Even after the quake, people at the tax agency kept working there. I left the work place, because I had another part-time job at cram school on that day. I heard that trains were stopped but I thought I should go there in someway, because there must be some kids and other teachers need some help.
     That was a completely impossible idea. Transportation was out of control. Many people were wandering the town, because they were scared to stay inside. I had no information about the incident. I did not know what to do next.
     I waited for the public bus for a while, but started to walk instead because I was not sure if buses were running. I felt really lonely, kept calling my mother and father, walking to the station. Being alone was the scariest thing at that moment, but a little information from TV through my cellphone somehow managed to calm me down.
     With the help of a person who lives in that town helped me to figure out which bus I should take from the station. I kept sitting in the seat about 3 hours. And my mother picked me up from the bus stop. I felt so relieved when I saw my mother's face.
     I went to the cram school to hear that everyone was safe there. After I got back home, I then saw what were really happening in Japan. Other than news on TV, I knew that many of my friends got stuck in Tokyo through Facebook, and how terrible intense the disaster is through Twitter.
     It is obvious that I had no extra thought on what had happened to other people while I was trying to get back home. It is a bit of ashame, but I feel that now I know how I would act when unusual things happen around me.