Perhaps humanity isn't so bad
Just wanted to briefly post after this emotionally exhausting several days.
Fortunately, all of my friends are fine after the initial quake and tsunami. However, every day I get updates on energy and food/water shortages from them, which have made it hard to relax.
On top of all of this, it's midterm week, and I have three exams.
However, most of us have kind of put academics on the back burner. My organization at school, Japan Intercultural Network, has banded together with two other Japanese organizations on campus to create Illini 4 Japan. illini4japan.wordpress.com/
We have been working toward fundraising in the wake of this catastrophe, and so as we come up with new ideas for events we will be posting them on the site.
This week we are on our campus quad holding a bake sale. Today was the first day, and we raised over $1000 to donate to the Red Cross! I think by the end of the day Friday we will have raised between $3000 and $4000!
I know most of you are nowhere near Champaign, IL, but I know that all of you can respect and appreciate how hard we are working.
Also, I know I have mentioned it all over my twitter, mixi, and facebook, but I would just like to applaud GLAY and Takuro as an individual for all of their contributions. Yoshiki of X Japan is auctioning off his famous clear grand piano. Members of the Gazette have been volunteering in shelters. It makes me truly happy to see that all of these famous and successful people are still human. It makes me love and appreciate them more and more.
This week some of my faith in humanity has been restored.
Fortunately, all of my friends are fine after the initial quake and tsunami. However, every day I get updates on energy and food/water shortages from them, which have made it hard to relax.
On top of all of this, it's midterm week, and I have three exams.
However, most of us have kind of put academics on the back burner. My organization at school, Japan Intercultural Network, has banded together with two other Japanese organizations on campus to create Illini 4 Japan. illini4japan.wordpress.com/
We have been working toward fundraising in the wake of this catastrophe, and so as we come up with new ideas for events we will be posting them on the site.
This week we are on our campus quad holding a bake sale. Today was the first day, and we raised over $1000 to donate to the Red Cross! I think by the end of the day Friday we will have raised between $3000 and $4000!
I know most of you are nowhere near Champaign, IL, but I know that all of you can respect and appreciate how hard we are working.
Also, I know I have mentioned it all over my twitter, mixi, and facebook, but I would just like to applaud GLAY and Takuro as an individual for all of their contributions. Yoshiki of X Japan is auctioning off his famous clear grand piano. Members of the Gazette have been volunteering in shelters. It makes me truly happy to see that all of these famous and successful people are still human. It makes me love and appreciate them more and more.
This week some of my faith in humanity has been restored.