manic monday

Obama is in Chile; unsurprisingly it's all over the news like a rash.

Doing a little catching up on the BBC news website, however, revealed to me
that Chile has actually already signed the nuclear agreement with the US
- it was meant to be done publicly on this visit,
but they decided to do it behind closed doors a few days ago...

Despite this: "The Chilean government has stressed the deal was about 
training nuclear engineers and not building a reactor."
And the Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno said
"Chile is not in a condition to have nuclear energy and 
what has happened in Japan has done nothing more than underline that situation."

People still pretty irked about it though.

I've been hearing weird stories about nuclear reactors being put into the sea
and contaminating the fish and how I now shouldn't eat fish
and avoid rain because rain is giving people cancer.
If anyone can confirm or deny these rumours I'd very much appreciate it
 because my source is freaking me out.
Luckily the Beeb doesn't seem to support any of these rumours.
But I might muy an umbrella just in case?

I finally got round to donating to an emergency relief fund for Japan.
I was doing some online window shopping which was
about to turn into actual shopping when I realised I did not need any
of the stuff in my basket and there was definitely a better place for my money to go...

Today I found Nihon Kizuna. It's a 50 track compilation album up for download
with music from all over the world, of the bass music variety,
and all the proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross.
The album costs £10, but you can pay as much as you like for it.

Turns out there were two tremors last week, of which I felt neither. 

One on Wednesday at about 7pm, when Phil and I were on out way to Daisy's flat. 

We got there and Daisy said  "Woah, did you guys feel the terremoto?!" 

and we kind of just said "erm, no??" 

We think we might have actually been in the lift up to her apartment when it happened. 

The second one I slept through. Typical. Leaving my only terremoto 

experience as one time when I thought someone was 

kicking my chair gently from behind. 

Weirdly enough I also experienced a similar thing in the UK 

(remember that one time we had an earthquake!?!?)

But seriously. I'm not complaining. 

I'm by no means wishing a full on earthquake would happen right now.

And, good news, Ary is out of hospital. She came out on Friday which is great. 

She is still not 100%, as that can only really be the case by a miracle, 

or the surgery necessary to rid her of the diverticulitis 

(which she has been on the waiting list for since her first hospitalization for it 

about a year and a half ago). 

So please keep praying for her health.