It was a sunny day. The weather looked perfect. Much better than the rest of the days and my boss was smiling happily at me & said「いい天気ですね！」(Nice weather right?).

However, things changed at 3+pm. Dark clouds started to come in suddenly(Bad omen?). I felt the building shaking. I thought it was normal as I often get to feel mini earthquakes a few times per week. However, this time round it stretched from secs to minutes and it became stronger. Everything started to shake, my Japanese colleagues looked worried.

It shoke & shoke, suddenly I heard the alarm. It was my first time hearing this alarm and first time the doors were unlocked automatically, the TV on automatically with NEWS. The alarm and automation made me worried because it signaled to me that this time round was going to be a really big 1 which I had not experienced before.
We started hiding under the table. I hid under my desk with a bottle of water & a manju just in case the building collapse and I have food & drink to keep me alive if I were to be trapped. I asked my Japanese colleagues whether was it usually so strong & they said it was their first time experiencing such a big 1. I was like (O.o)