Japan has turned me into a consumate pro.

[akujunkan]

Two days ago, I woke up very early in the morning to my entire room shuddering. Glass stuff was breaking in the apartment next door.

Ah, an earthquake, I thought to myself.

I got out of bed, went to the kitchen and put my favorite specklemug in the sink so it wouldn't fall from the shelf and break in the event that there was a bigger, badder earthquake later.

Then I went back to my bedroom, checked the clock so that I could talk about the quake with friends later, and got back into bed.

The end.

That will be all.