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27.12.06 

TAIWAN EARTHQUAKE

Just a quickie to say that we just had a big earthquake here. It has been splatted all over the international news.
It was centered in our city. We are fine and happy -we were allowed to leave work early. I was teaching on the fourth floor of an old building when it happened. The only damage done was the water pipes breaking and my ears popping from screaming kids.

It got really close to being nasty and dangerous but tapered off just in time. We are home now, in the 14th floor of our building.
No damage was done to our apartment except my DKNY smelly stuff fell off the shelf and broke.

When I walked in, a full on men's perfume-smell attacked my nostrels. For a second i thought joyce had snuck a giggalo over. Lucky it was only a 7.2 scale earthquake.

Most of the people in our building are sitting outside because they are scared another quake may happen and our building will tumble down.

Good Times.