What a Quake would Do to You (1)

Um, we were all very young back then.
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When the quake started I was working in my client's super high rise building next to Tokyo station. The glass and steel building shaked so violently that you can hear the sound of mental blocks pressing each other. I thought this is just an ordinary quake but it lasted for more than 20 minutes. I was getting a bit nervous because many people have put on the halmet and hid under the desk, what I can think of is, man, if the building is going to collapse, nothing is going to help. I am searching for the pillars, I guess at least that's the strongest point of the whole floor. Hold on to my handbag (was really struggling whether to take my laptop or not, I gave up at the end), slowly moving toward the corner and pondering the possiblity of running out of the building (I was in the 5th floor, theoretically speaking, it should be possible to dash out fast enough although lifts are shutdown the first thing after the quake started).
Shocks came almost like every 15 minutes, as you think the whole thing is over the building started trembling again. I was really annoyed, there are so many tasks we have to finish, I don't have time for this. We continued working until all TVs in the trading floor showing the tsunami striking Sentai, Miyagi and all trains are suspended for further inspection (Japanese are painfully careful with safety. The rail way, I was told, will be inspected by human inch-by-inch before operation can resume. All highways are also closed for the same reason). Things do not sound very good.