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Sorry la kalau nampak aku macam kemaruk dengan story pasal earthquake, tsunami dan incident nuclear power plant kat Jepun. Aku pernah duduk sana, so aku jadi terlebih concern pasal community kat sana. Dalam masa yang sama aku sangat kagum dengan semangat all for one, one for all rakyat Jepun. Macam catch phrase the three musketeers la pulak kan..tapi seriously. Since radiation makin teruk sebab makin banyak kebakaran yang berlaku kat Fukushima Dai ichi tu, semua penduduk yang berada dalam jarak radiation dipindahkan. Manakala pekerja stay untuk manage power plant tu. Actually tak banyak benda yang boleh dilakukan selain dari tembak air pada reaktor yang dah losing ability utk cooling sendiri tu. Bila radiation yang leaking tu makin teruk, diorang pun terpaksa pindahkan semua pekerja-pekerja tu untuk mengelakkan kesan pada kesihatan. Tapi, ada 50 volunteer yang knowing that radiation kat persekitaran power plant tu sangat tinggi dan berbahaya, diorang teruskan jugak demi untuk kepentingan seluruh rakyat Jepun. Terharu gila aku membacanya. Walau pun nama diorang ni dirahsiakan, tapi aku rasa seluruh rakyat Jepun akan kenang diorang ni sebagai wira masyarakat.

Bayangkan, pekerja yang exposed pada radiation masa insiden di Chernobyl dulu semuanya mati dalam keadaan yang sungguh seksa. Mostly menderita  bertahun-tahun sebab kesan radiasi menyebabkan diorang sangat vulnarable pada jangkitan penyakit. Terutamanya kanser. Knowing this, 50 pekerja tu membahayakan masa depan masing-masing untuk kepentingan masyarakat. Sayangnya diorang ni bukan Muslim. Rasanya kalau the same thing happen to Malaysia (ye la..kan kerajaan nak buat nuclear power plant kat Malaysia kan..) ada tak agaknya orang-orang yang sanggup bekorban macam tu. Aku sangat kagum dengan sikap rakyat Jepun yang satu ni. Bagi diorang individu perlu bekorban untuk kepentingan ramai.


Selain dari tu, satu sikap yang perlu kita contohi jugak adalah disiplin diorang. Dalam keadaan yang sangat terdesak macam ni pun diorang sangat-sangat berdisiplin. Beratur beli makanan, tak berasak-asak. Kalau yang bawak kereta pulak, jalan penuh dengan kereta pun saling hormat menghormati. Takde hon sana hon sini. Kalau tengok kat blog, rata-rata puji Jepun sebab dalam keadaan disaster di mana pengawalan keselamatan kurang, dan banyak rumah di kawasan yang affected tu ditinggalkan. Takde pun kes-kes kecurian ke cubaan mencuri. Malah, ramai yang tinggal di kawasan tak terlibat secara langsung dengan tsunami tu yang menghulurkan bantuan dalam bentuk derma dan kurangkan penggunaan elektrik untuk kepentingan bersama. Malah banyak kedai dan pasaraya yang berlumba-lumba turunkan harga barang. Malah ada yang bagi free. Percuma!! Rasa macam satu fenomena yang sangat susah dan mungkin mustahil nak nampak kat Malaysia ni. Mungkin sebab Malaysia bukan sebuah negara yang selalu terdedah pada natural disaster kita tak terasa sangat. Tapi kalau berlaku kat Malaysia, harga barang mungkin akan naik berganda-ganda sebab permintaan yang melambung. Masa untuk buat duit bagi orang yang berniaga. Senang tengok contoh masa bulan puasa. Kuih-muih kecik tapi harga sama, atau saiz sama tapi harga mahal. Sedangkan patutnya bulan puasa la nak buat amal. Sedekah lebih sikit. Ambik untung sikit jadi lah. Tapi ramai yang lebih suka untung dunia dari untung akhirat.

Sori lah. Aku takde niat nak perkecilkan Malaysia atau bangga sangat sebab aku pernah duduk sana. Tapi aku sangat-sangat kagum dan pelik macam mana diorang train masyarakat diorang untuk jadi satu masyarakat yang sangat-sangat berdisiplin. Beratur naik train. Bayangkan, muka ganas gila, tindik sana sini. Beratur naik bas. Takde nak tolak-tolak ke apa. Atas jalan rasa yang sangat sesak, takde langsung bunyi hon. Lepas tu mamat yang muka ganas tadi tu pulak,bila waktu ada musibah macam ni, jumpa donation box, bukak wallet keluarkan duit untuk donate.
Antara message dari Twitter yang aku ambik dari sebuah blog

(1) At Tokyo Disneyland:
http://twitter.com/unosuke/status/46376846505426944

Tokyo Disneyland was handing out its shops’ food and drinks for free to the stranded people nearby. I saw a bunch of snobby looking highschool girls walking away with large portions of it and initially though “What the …” But I later I found out they were taking them to the families with little children at emergency evacuation areas. Very perceptive of them, and a very kind thing to do indeed.

(3) At a congested downtown intersection …
http://twitter.com/micakom/status/46264887281848320

Cars were moving at the rate of maybe one every green light, but everyone was letting each other go first with a warm look and a smile. At a complicated intersection, the traffic was at a complete standstill for 5 minutes, but I listened for 10 minutes and didn’t hear a single beep or honk except for an occasional one thanking someone for giving way. It was a terrifying day, but scenes like this warmed me and made me love my country even more.

(7) Reminded of the goodness of the Japanese people
http://twitter.com/VietL/status/46376383592677376

This earthquake has reminded me of that Japanese goodness that had recently become harder and harder to see. Today I see no crime or looting: I am reminded once again of the good Japanese spirit of helping one another, of propriety, and of gentleness. I had recently begun to regard my modern countrymen as cold people … but this earthquake has revived and given back to all of us the spirit of “kizuna” (bond, trust, sharing, the human connection). I am very touched. I am brought to tears.
(14) Japanese people don’t shove
http://twitter.com/HASUNA_Natsuko/status/46331839136276480

I'm looking at Yurakucho station from above. I see people standing in line, not pushing or shoving to get onto the Yamanote Line (probably the busiest line in central Tokyo), even at a time like this!

(15) The bakery lady
http://twitter.com/ayakishimoto/statuses/46403599743451136

There was a small bread shop on the street I take to go to school. It has long been out of business. But last night, I saw the old lady of the shop giving people her handmade bread for free. It was a heart-warming sight. She, like everyone else, was doing what she could to help people in a time of need. Tokyo isn’t that bad afterall!

(16) Japan is a wonderful nation!
http://twitter.com/tksksks/statuses/46403815397801984

Both the government and the people, everyone is helping one another today. There are truck drivers helping evacuees move. I even heard that the “yakuza” (gangsters, organized crime groups) are helping to direct traffic in the Tohoku region! There have been many recent developments that have made me lose my sense of pride in my country, but not anymore. Japan is an amazing place! I’m just simply touched. Go Japan!

(20) Gotenba traffic
http://twitter.com/Raaaaayuu/statuses/46392890313801728


Japan is really something! Yesterday, not a single traffic light was functioning in Gotenba City. But drivers knew to take turns at intersections and give way to others when needed. Local people were using flags to direct traffic at intersections. I drove for 9 hours but never saw a single car trying to get in front of another. Every single driver on the road contributed to the traffic situation and as a result there was no confusion at all.

(22) A strong Japan
http://twitter.com/dita_69/status/46309373458382849

Suntory Beverages has set up free vending machines. Softbank Telephone services is offering free Wifi spots. Everyone in Japan is putting everything they can into helping one another. Japan is also now receiving aid from abroad. Compared to the Kobe earthquake, when Japan took too long to contemplate accepting foreign aid or dispatching the self-defense force to join the rescue effort, Japan has definitely grown into a far stronger nation. Be strong, everyone!

(29) I just have a bike
http://twitter.com/hikaru_star/statuses/46332900928532480

I’m so touched! My colleague at my part time job, wanting to help even just one extra person, wrote a sign saying “I just have a bike, but if you don’t mind hop on!”, rode out on his motorbike, picked up a stranded construction worker and took him all the way to Tokorozawa! Respect! I have never felt so strongly that I want to do something helpful for others.


(35) On the platform
http://twitter.com/masa_kisshie/statuses/46323838316843008

The Oedo Subway Line for Hikarigaoka is very congested. On the platform and at the gate there are just crowds and crowds of people waiting for the train. But in all the confusion, every last person is neatly lined up waiting his or her turn while managing to keep a passage of space open for staff and people going the other way. Everyone is listening to the instructions from the staff and everyone acts accordingly. And amazingly … there isn’t even a rope or anything in sight to keep people in queue or open space for staff to pass, they just do! I am so impressed at this almost unnatural orderliness! I have nothing but praise for these people!

(43) Same boat!
http://twitter.com/ryoshun49/statuses/46605524434821120


Last night, Aobadai station was jammed with stranded people unable to get home. But there were private cars with drivers shouting “If you’re going in the direction of ****, please hop on!” I was able to hitch a ride on one of them. When I thanked the driver, he replied “No worries! We’re all on the same boat. We have to stick together!”

If this kind of disaster happened to our country, do you think :-
* we can be as calm as the Japanese?
* we can be as considerate as the Japanese?
* we can be generous enough to share and give everything that we have to the in need?
* we can easily let strangers hitch-hike our car?
* the shops will sell things for cheaper price or even giving away free foods to the customers?
* we can stay calm and still follow orders?

Baca tentang how serious the nuclear meltdown - SINI

Update - Sorry ada info yang agak tak benar dalam statement aku di atas. Menurut kawan aku kat Jepun, sekarang ni bukan 50 volunteer dah. Polis, bomba, tentera semua pun tolong. 50 volunteer tu aku ambik dari berita kat MSNBC. huhu. Kemudian, yang terbaru mereka da berjaya sambungkan kabel utk hidupkan semula cooling system reaktor tersebut. So, kita doa doa lah semoga semuanya berjalan lancar. - 22/03