MINNA ARIGATO! (THANK YOU EVERYONE!)
Hi everyone, I wanted to apologize for not posting anything for a long time. I might not be able to for a while...for privacy reasons I did not plan to reveal anything personal about my life but recently something tragic happened to my hometown, so I decided to share with you.
I am Japanese, but I was born and raised in a small but beautiful island called Saipan. Some of you might've never heard of this island because it's just a tiny dot and you can barely see it on the map lol. But thankfully we have internet so please google it if you do not know the place.
On October 25th, we were hit by Super Typhoon Yutu. We were also attacked by Typhoon Soudelor in 2015, but this Typhoon Yutu was much bigger than that. Many people lost their homes or sustained great damage to their houses including me and my family. As far as I know, about 130 some people were injured and 2 people died from this typhoon.
Fortunately, none of my family members, friends, neighbors, boss, and coworkers were hurt. But we are still living in this disaster trying to recover what we've lost. We only have one utility company and it might take few months to restore electricity and water to run again.
I was called in to work right after the typhoon. I saw so many fallen trees, roofing tins, telephone poles, and cars flipped over everywhere...I was very devastated.
It might take a long time to restore everything back to 100% but our local government is closely working with different agencies to restore our island as fast as we could. With their generous help and effort, we are gradually moving forward.
Since the typhoon, I haven't had the chance to check my tumblr page. Our office runs on a generator during the day, so I was able to charge my phone before I came home lol so I had the chance to check my page.
I've noticed the many notifications I've been receiving day to day. I want to thank all of you who's been visiting my page. Even when my page is not updated daily, I was very grateful and happy to see that there are still tons of people who had visited my page, liked and reblogged my art, and even kind enough to follow me.
Thank you so much. Once we get our normal life back, I will definitely post more arts π I sincerely apologize for rambling on and on as if I'm writing a novel lol but if you took the time to read this, thank you again. I really am thankful for all of you β€
I would also like to send my prayers for those who are currently going through hard times. Please hang in there!