Taiwan earthquake 3 apr 2024

台灣今天早上發生了25年來最嚴重的地震。希望大家都平安無事。心繫受影響的人們，尤其是花蓮地區。 #天佑台灣

Taiwan experienced the worst earthquake in 25 years this morning. Thoughts with those affected, especially in Hualien. I am safe in New Taipei. Thanks for all your messages and concern. Definitely the strongest of the quakes I have experienced so far. But no harm and no damage. 人都平安無事就好了. 感恩!

The experience brought back memories of my previous earthquake experiences - when I was living in Indonesia and the United States. Back then, my children were toddlers and I recall carrying them down 13 floors in our apartment in Jakarta. In the US, a huge mirror we had on a dresser fell and shattered right in front of us and fortunately, none of us got hurt. This time round, one of them is in London, and the other in Singapore. No longer children. I updated them via the family WhatsApp chat.

I was on a high floor, and almost got hit by something that fell off the top of the fridge, but otherwise none the worse for wear. I had just finished a yoga practice and my partner had just returned from a run. We sat through the worst tremors, holding on to my Brompton so it wouldn't fall. Not shook up. Although that is not to say I wasn't in the least shaken.

But I was reminded that each of those previous earthquakes I had experienced was because of making a leap into the unknown to live and work in a different country. Be it sitting through earthquakes or the local transportation system, fear had no seat at the table. Otherwise, I wouldn't have leapt. When you leap, you just deal with whatever comes your way.

After getting to the office, we made coffee. Thankfully, nothing was damaged there too. While responding to messages and checking in with friends if they were ok, and feeling the shakes from the aftershocks that kept coming, I got this website up and running.

This afternoon, I am still feeling the shakes from aftershocks.

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