What a Quake would Do to You (2)

My parents caught me on MSN 10 minutes after the big quake. They were of course worried but I assured them that things are ok in the strong building.
I have a visitor coming from Taipei and we are going to meet at the hotel next to my place at 6:30. Although chances are low that she can make it to the meeting, I do not want to be late. In addition, ever since the earth quake happened, no phone line worked. I biked home, all sidewalks are packed with people. I have never seen so many people on the street ever in Tokyo. They decided to walk home despite the fact it might take 3 or 4 hours (Can you imagine the pain for girls who are on heels?).
I arrived in the hotel just 10 minutes late, the road is more crowded than before. The hotel makes me think of 張愛玲傾城之戀的淺水灣酒店. There are so many people waiting in the lobby. No train is running, no bus going to Narita airport, people are just waiting. Old ladies were given blankets, people sat on the floor but all are very quiet and calm. I walked around the whole lobby trying to find my friend (oh, it feels so much like at war, you are trying to find the injured in a hospical) but to no success.
I gave up and went home, all drawers were open and the kitchen shelf fell, my Chinese rice wine spilled all over (it actually smell very disgusting if you have too much of it). The planting soil in the pot were all over my kitchen, great, I have to spend some good time to clean this up.
In order to calm my nerve, I drank some sochu, the aftershocks are still coming in pretty small intervals. After 10pm, the phone lines are not jammed anymore. My friend is trapped in Hilton Tokyo in Shinjuku, where she was put together with her colleague for the night. Great, at least she is safe. I gave up the idea of going to Roppongi to party with my colleagues, decided to go to bed.But the moment my head hit the pillow, I passed out and slept so well.