Before anyone get the wrong idea that I care more about what had happened in Japan compared to what is taking place in Middle East due to my blog entry after a long hiatus, well, the only explanation I can give was that I was busy with preparation for a big event (for us in the office anyway) held in end of February. Hubby cancelled our broadband subscription at about the same time, so I could not blog from home. And even when we had the mobile broadband, he was always taking it with him to places, which also meant that I could not blog from home... Okay, enough with my excuses...
Anyway, I came across this touching entry on FB by Jun Shiomitsu and could not help thinking how different things might be if such jishin and tsunami hit Malaysia. And by 'different' - I am thinking more towards the unbecoming...
"At a supermarket where everything was scattered everywhere over the floors, shoppers were helping pick them up and putting them back neatly on the shelves before quietly moving into line to wait to pay for them... Everyone there was mindful of others, buying only as much as they needed and leaving the rest for the people behind them"
No looting, no robbery. Customers were very civilised, not greedily grabbing everything on the shelves. The shops continue selling things for normal price, sometimes even giving out discounts and distribute free food to the customers.
(Yup, let's not even try to compare to what happened when there was a rice spill on the road due to an accident in Malaysia...)
(or the infamous 'kutip syiling atas jalan' incident)
"Cars were moving at the rate of maybe one every green light, but everyone was letting each other go first with a warm look and a smile. At a complicated intersection, the traffic was at a complete standstill for 5 minutes, but I listened for 10 minutes and didn’t hear a single beep or honk except for an occasional one thanking someone for giving way"
"More than 1,000 cars lined up in front of a local gas station. As the gas station's supply was short, it only sold fuel worth 2,000 yen per vehicle"
(The scenario of long queues at petrol stations, impatient honking, blocking, petrol hogging etc, everytime a price hike on petrol is announced in Malaysia immediately came to mind)
"...people standing in line, not pushing or shoving to get onto the train, even at a time like this"
(It would be a miracle to see such organized long queues in Malaysia's train/LRT station)
Stories about parents searching for their child or children looking for their parent or partners searching for their other halves really serve as an effective reminder of how scary it is going to be in the hereafter... While there are lessons that we can learn from Nihonjin, let's make do'a that they too will be led closer to the Creator, who keep providing strength and sustenance in this trying time...
5 comments:
Nihonjin is indeed sugoi! We can learn a lot from them.
iya kadang malu lah pulak nak mengaku Malaysian :(
Lina: Very true :-)
Erma: hehehe... memang. lagilah pula bila dibelek-belek, muka-muka yang buat hal tu macam Melayu(Islam?) je...
kak, such a wonderful n civilised ppl kan? (though of course banyak juga yg buruk, tp hal yg baik tetap perlu kita ambil iktibar. :) )
kita boleh tgk, macam mana mereka tak putus asa mencari ahli keluarga di celah2 runtuhan rumah dll. tp yg peling terkesan tu bila pasukan penyelamat menemukan ahli keluarganya yg dah tak bernyawa, mereka tak terus meratap, sebaliknya dlm menahan perasaan tu terus berterima kasih kpd yg membantu.scene spt ini boleh dilihat dalam mana2 siri penyelamatan, wpon di luar bencana sekalipun. sesuatu yg inspiring juga.bagaimana mereka sgt menghargai pertolongan org lain. =)
oh kak, "necchan" tu oja dri tokyo :p
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