tokyo after quake 3

many labor forces in tokyo got affected by the quake. some have relocated their labors to osaka or hongkong or shanghai or wherever temporary (hopefully), some have changed their working hour in order to (try to) avoid the planned blackouts, and some have been forced to stop operating. my cousin, for instance, works at Tokyo Disney Land and she cannot work for a while as its in a break until... who knows. 

as for my work life, there are/were 4 things changed at least. a forum i was organizing for a municipality was canceled, a survey i was supposed to make was canceled as well, and one of my clients has been facing a huge problem and it has turned out that it cannot pay for a project i am supposed to work for any more, so there is a need to find other sponsors to sustain this project. these three are quite direct influences from the quake. and the other thing hasnt really affected my work itself but my motivation quite badly. its all about the Tokyo Tower.

its always great to see tokyo tower with lights on on the way home after hard days. maybe because im not originally from tokyo and having a strong aspiration for tokyo, what the tower represents (probably ambition that ill achieve something special in tokyo) always cheers me up and recharge my battery for a new hard day. "every dog has its day."    

yet because of after quake electricity shortages, now lights are gone

whats worse, the tower got a direct impact from the quake. because of the quake, the edge got somehow bent a bit. (its not that obvious from the photo tho)

i think there are many people getting cheered up by seeing tokyo tower with full of lights in the darkness after their hard days. its a real unfortunate that at the moment theres no other choice but to accept this dark tower, yet from the bottom of my heart, i want tokyo to be fine to relight the tower to cheer us up:)

and btw, i really should buy a new camera. somehow i cant get rid of this stain any more.