earthquakes

the first 3 days i was in Japan, there were no earthquakes. but then, there was one or more every day after that.

i've never really been scared of earthquakes, but what with the Japanese apparently waiting for the BIG one anytime now (a 9-pointer in March wasn't big enough - it wasn't situated right, that is, it didn't hit Tokyo), i got a bit worried. most of the earthquakes happened at night, so it was wake up, assess how bad it was (i.e., will it pass, do i need to get under a door frame, will i need the emergency bag?) and eventually go back to sleep. but when there were several in one night, it got a bit much. put another way, i didn't sleep all that much while i was there, as i was also disturbed by the aircon - apart from one night, it was too hot outside to have the window open so i kept trying to see if i could survive with it switched off after some time, but i always ended up putting it back on...