une mémoire pour l'oubli

I was moved by the site http://prayforjapan.jp/tweet.html that collected the tweet during " the worst day of Japanese history" and I translated it to English. I cound't translate well some nuance, but I hope you can have some idea how we japanese tried to face this disaster.

"It's too dark in Sendai.Never the stars were this shining. Let's look up, folks "

"In the Tokyo disney land,the shops were distributing the food for the people who left closed in the park.The teenager girls in mini skirts with fake blond hair were getting as much food as possible. I though 'Alright' But contrary to my disappointness, those girls came to give all these food to the children. We mothers couldn't make any move with our children around. Thank You "

"In the supermarket, all the food and products were on the floor in a mess. But people pick them up, make up a line quietly to pay the money. In crowded trains, old people give seats to the pregnant women. In this catastrophy,seeing the comportement of Japanese all the foreigners were shocked. Japan, You are grear. "

"Japan has always been the one to help other nations in difficulty. So now its the time for us to save Japan " --- comments from UN

"During one green light only one car could go ahead. But all the people were asking others to go before them. There were some huge confusions in traffic that i got stuck during 10 hours but all those time, i heard no other noise but the little sign of Thank you. I was terrified but I felt warm inside at the same moment. "

"I was walking back home from my univeristy where i was stuck, and i found a bread store that must have been closed a long time ago. The owner of the bread shop was giving away all the bread that were resting for free. There's such catastrophy in the city, and everyone is trying to do what they can. I felt touched. Tokyo is still not something that bad. "

"I just recieved a message from my Corean fiend. She said "Japan is only one country who is the victime of nuclear weapons.Each year there is Taihoon, earthquake, Tsunami...Its a little island. But its Japan who has always stood up for it. Hang in there, Just Hung in there. " By the way, im crying right now in my room "

"In the subway station, i was getting tired of waiting for the train that never comes. I was cold and hungry without anything. And a homeless man came up to me and gave me a carton saying "This will keep you warm. " Im so sorry for having looked down on you before. Yes, It is very warm. "

"Vendingmachine became free, Telephone company opened their service for free, Everyone is doing their best to cooperate. There are so many helps from all over the countries. 10 years ago when there was an earthquake in Hanshin, we were hesitating to recieve the help, Compared to that, we became so much stronger. "

"I talked to the worker in the metro who started finally working after 2 days. "It must be a hard thing to work all nigh long " He smiled and said "No problem, It's emergency" "

"I walked home for 4 hours from Tokyo, There were full of people going on the same direction on the road. They kept walking and walking without complaining. People were just simply working rationaly. Internet kept working during the catastophy, there are many etablisement who are accepting the people to sleep for those who have difficulty of transportation. Trains are working all night long. The ranking of the GDP and the crisis don't mena anything. Japan IS a great country. "

"I was walking back home from Tokyo and there was an old woman who has a placard saying "If you need a bathroom, please use mine. " "

"When the electicity goes out, there are people who fix it. When there is a short of water, there are people who go fix it. When there is a problem with the nuclear factory, there are people who go fix it. We are just here waiting here under the cover for the electicity to go back on, but there are people out there in this freezing night to go fix things for all of us. "