[Nyororin]

I was cooking curry for dinner.
One of our friends sent my husband`s phone mail asking what I was saying or if I knew anything more from English language sources.

We don`t watch tv so had no clue what was going on. When my husband asked, the reply was simply "turn on the tv".

We watched for hours, mainly because it was live coverage and had countless unverified reports of other bombings, etc, from all over the country - they slowly dwindled as they were confirmed to not have happened or be something completely unrelated.

At first glance, I thought it was a normal war attack - not terrorism - and that some sort of (formal) war had started. I don`t recall feeling particularly emotional about it, and still don`t, really. Not that I don`t care, but it ranks on the same level as other disasters - man-made and natural - with numerous casualties. It`s very sad for those directly involved, and unfortunate that people lost their lives... But that`s the extent of my feelings about it.