Earthquake+building=rubble

Just thought I'd post the photo of the after of the demolished building and I'm trying to get a mov too.

TTFH*mock salute*
LBL


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Post Feb 22 Earthquake

Just a little update to keep you in your seats a little longer. i am currently running on limited Internet access so posts may be few and far between.

To follow up on my previous post, it has not been such a great start to the year, the earthquake that struck on the tuesday 22nd of feb has created unstable living and income situations for many people it christchurch and i am currently 1 among the many. For starters its definitely taken a blow to my study, we had only just started back on the monday before, and i myself did not have my first lecture until the wednesday after, i was however still on campus at the time accompanying my friend to her first lecture on the fifth story of one of the universities buildings. not a fun time i can tell you that much. in the five minutes following the quake i managed to receive a phone call from mum to say that we no longer had a home to go to. the east and west walls of our old christchurch building had collapsed inwards with both mum and dad inside. In a crazy mad dash, both myself and my friend got in the car and drove in gridlocked traffic for 2-3 hours on a quarter of a tank of gas to get to my home. Thankfully everyone was alive, dad managing to get out with only a severely damaged hand after the wall collapsed on top of him, but we were all safe. At this point no one really knew that the earthquake had done any really severe damage, with no phone reception and bumper to nose traffic as the only indication that something was wrong, about 3 hours following we finally found out that the inner city was in ruins. with all bridges except one, damaged beyond use we stayed put until about 6pm that night standing outside our home and then went our separate ways to find suitable accommodation. it was at that point that my friend also found out that her daughter, who was out of town on a school camp, was coming back into the city, and so with the fuel light indicating empty we drove for 3 hours, through flooding, coned off areas, pot holes, ripped up concrete, and bumper to nose traffic, to get to the school to pick her up. the next three days we spent together was in a state of limbo without power water, or fuel, and walking was next to impossible because in a typical christchurch fashion the weather was stinking hot and had turned the silt into dust clouds that you really did not want to be in hailing with the broken sewer lines contributing to the mini volcanoes. It took at least a week for petrol stations and supermarkets to be somewhat regulated and most on the eastern side of the city either opened 1-2weeks following o haven't opened at all due to the damage.

on tuesday the 8th of march our home of 15 years was demolished.

my parents are living in a tent in my uncles back yard, and when im not staying in his utility room, i am bed hopping with friends.

uni has started a new relaunch programme that was made all of my learning online based.

at least once every few days another recognizable building is demolished and turned into another empty space.

both images provided aren't quite an accurate rendition of the damage to our building but when and if i can get some better ones ill be sure to post.

TTFN*mock salute*
LBL

Hello strangers and welcome to the year 2011 we are now fully fledged within the second decade of our second millenium. It has been almost 10 years now since i have posted and i found myself once again thinking of this little corner of the net where i could take a moment for myself and buzz.

Sooo... maybe a little bit of an update yea?

Im just about to start my third year of uni, which is exciting, it means that i will have my degree at the end of this year, despite having an earthquake that shut down the uni library untill feb this year. Yes indeed i am in christchurch new zealand and have some how managed to come out standing after the scale 7 earthquake on september 4 and the scale 5 something on boxing day. my parents home however is another story, one of christchurch's older building wea looking at a lot of cracks and may have to say bubi if another biggie hits, so fingers crossed people!
All up the end of 2010 was not fun, i quit my job due to circumstances i cannot explain, AKA i have no money and this is officially the longest i have been without work since i was 14; mum has been in and out of hospital being tested for cancer; my grandmother passed away in November; and ive moved home to an earthquake damaged building, whoohoo.

It is however, as i said, a new year and decade and its also the beginning of some new resolutions! first of all a little health kick to get the body in order, with a little slim down on the side, second to gain at least B+ in all of my subjects, with a side of research and hard study, third must get drivers license, got the car but whats the point if i cant use it? Lastly, SAVE SOME MONEY!

Well i think that shall be all for now, i shall be in touch soon!

TTFH*mock salute*
LBL