Kamis, 24 Maret 2011
jessica: 8 Tempat Menarik di Cina Yang Bukan Tembok Besar
jessica: 8 Tempat Menarik di Cina Yang Bukan Tembok Besar: "Danau gletser, hutan di pegunungan, pantai berpasir dan banyak lagi. Inilah daftar tujuan-tujuan dramatis yang mungkin belum pernah Anda per..."
8 Tempat Menarik di Cina Yang Bukan Tembok Besar
Danau gletser, hutan di pegunungan, pantai berpasir dan banyak lagi. Inilah daftar tujuan-tujuan dramatis yang mungkin belum pernah Anda pertimbangkan saat membayangkan Cina.
Ada lebih banyak tujuan di Cina dari sekadar Shanghai Expo, makanan murah, dan tembok besar. Pesan tiket kereta dan tiket pesawat, lalu lihatlah beberapa atraksi Cina ini.
1.
Karakul Lake, Xinjiang
Karakul adalah danau gletser dengan ketinggian 3600 mdpl, tersembunyi di antara Pegunungan Pamir, dan terlihat seperti berada di pinggir dunia. Terletak di sepanjang jalan tol Karakorum dan sepelemparan batu dari perbatasan Tajikistan, Karakul adalah tempat banyaknya unta, yak, penggembala Kyrgyz dan...hanya itu. Berjalan di sekitar danau (Karakul berarti danau hitam dalam bahasa Kyrgyz) membutuhkan waktu sekitar 3 jam dan menawarkan pemandangan spektakuler akan Gunung Muztagh Ata dengan ketinggian 7500 meter.
Banyak pengunjung yang memilih menginap di yurt milik penduduk setempat. Dengan harga $10 per malam, Anda bisa makan nasi, sayur, daging yak dan tidur di ruang tidur yang hangat dari tungku api kecil. Berpakaianlah yang hangat.
2.
Menara Tibet di Sichuan Barat
Menara-menara misterius ini mewarnai Koridor Suku di Provinsi Sichuan Barat. Ratusan menara masih berdiri -- beberapa mencapai ketinggian 50 meter dan menunjuk ke 13 titik -- dan yang tertua diperkirakan berusia 1200 tahun.
Tidak ada yang tahu kenapa menara-menara ini berdiri dan apa kegunaannya, tapi beberapa orang mengatakan bahwa menara ini adalah bagian dari struktur pertahanan untuk mengamati bukit-bukit di sekelilingnya. Yang lain memprediksi bahwa menara-menara ini adalah simbol status atau rumah penyimpanan, atau keduanya. Meski begitu, menara misterius Himalaya ini adalah salah satu rahasia Cina.
3.
Sungai besar di Cina
Cina memiliki beberapa sungai terbesar di Asia -- Sungai Kuning, Yangtze, dan Mekong -- dan bagi banyak penduduk, proyek dam raksasa negara ini adalah sebuah tragedi. Tapi Cina masih memiliki beberapa jalur sungai yang terpelihara dan bisa memperlihatkan sisi Cina yang jarang tampil ke permukaan.
Ekspedisi Sungai Perjalanan Terakhir, dikelola oleh pemuda Amerika yang berusaha melestarikan warisan budaya sungai Cina, bisa menjadi titik awal. Perusahaan ini menawarkan tur-tur ke sungai-sungai di Barat Cina -- termasuk Tibet, Qinghai dan Yunnan -- yang mengombinasikan pariwisata dengan tujuan sosial dan lingkungan.
4.
Danau Surga, Tempat Loch Ness Cina
Sejak awal abad lalu, Monster Danau Surga sudah beberapa kali 'muncul'. Pada 2003, sekelompok tentara mengaku melihat hewan berwarna hijau dan hitam dengan sisik di punggungnya dan tanduk di kepalanya. Pada 2007, seorang kamerawan TV mengambil gambar dan foto tiga pasang mahluk bersirip, berbentuk seperti anjing laut, dan berenang secepat kapal yacht.
Ada atau tidak ada monster, Danau Surga adalah sebuah keajaiban. Danau vulkanik di Provinsi Jilin ini dianggap sebagai tanah suci pada Dinasti Qing. Dari puncaknya, Anda bisa melihat sekilas Korea Utara di seberang perbatasan.
5.
Jalan Burma, Yunnan
Jalan Burma pernah menghubungkan Mandalay sampai Kunming dan menjadi lokasi pertempuran berdarah pada Perang Dunia 2. Pada teritori Cina, jalan ini berawal di Riuli dan dikenal sebagai titik penghubung Segitiga Emas, dan kini populer sebagai pasar giok. Anda akan melewati bukit berpemandangan indah dan sawah bertingkat dalam perjalanan menuju Tongsheng, tempat terdapatnya Museum Perang AntiJepang Yunnan-Burma.
Sebelum menuju Dali, sisakan beberapa hari untuk berjalan melewati desa-desa tradisional di sepanjang bagian selatan Sungai Nu. Setibanya di Dali, bersantailah di salah satu kafe yang tersebar di Kota Tua sebelum sampai ke Kunming, Ibu Kota Yunnan dan salah satu kota paling keren di Cina.
6.
Afrika Kecil, Guangzhou
Tersembunyi di salah satu pusat Kota Tua Guangzhou adalah sudut paling menarik di Cina yang tidak Anda ketahui: komunitas yang terdiri dari sekitar 20 ribu pedagang asal Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, dan negara-negara lain di Afrika.
Terletak dekat Pusat Jual Beli Grosir Ekspor Pakaian Kanaan, Afrika Kecil atau Kota Cokelat -- seperti yang sering disebut oleh penduduk lokal meski terdengar agak rasis -- muncul pada 1990an. Ini adalah masa ketika para pedagang berbondong-bondong datang ke Provinsi Cina selatan yang diberi julukan 'pabrik dunia'. Kelompok sosial dan komunitas keagamaan berkembang pesat dan banyak pedagang yang akan bersedia bercerita pada Anda tentang kisah hidup mereka -- yang baik dan buruk -- di Guangzhou.
7.
Telanjang di Bukit Moganshan
Pada awal abad lalu, orang-orang kaya asing yang tinggal di Shanghai datang ke Moganshan untuk bersantai saat musim panas di vila mereka, bermain tenis, dan berenang di kolam umum. Kini Moganshan kembali terkenal, sebagian karena Naked Retreats, sekumpulan rumah-rumah tradisional yang direnovasi. (Jangan tertipu dengan namanya -- jika Anda ingin telanjang, maka itu harus dilakukan di bungalow Anda saja)
Setelah datang, para tamu dibawa melewati 'jalan santai' dan disarankan untuk menghabiskan beberapa menit mengagumi pemandangan. Aktivitas yang tersedia termasuk bersepeda, memancing, dan hiking. Pengunjung bisa berjalan melewati perkebunan teh dan hutan bambu, atau berenang di penampungan air sambil mendengar bunyi serangga. Akomodasi yang disediakan cukup sederhana -- lantai kayunya berderak dan tidak ada pendingin ruangan -- tapi bungalow dilengkapi dengan dapur, TV layar datar dan internet nirkabel.
8.
Pulau Gulangyu
Setiap turis ke Cina selalu punya cerita soal mobil -- atau beberapa -- dan jarang yang positif. Gulangyu, sebuah pulau lepas pantai Xiamen, bisa jadi satu-satunya tempat tenang yang tersisa di Cina yang terobsesi dengan mobil.
Gulangyu, tempat tinggal sekitar 16 ribu orang pada satu kilometer persegi tanah, terkenal karena tidak memiliki kendaraan bermotor (dengan beberapa perkecualian). Sepeda pun tidak ada. Tidak ada klakson, macet, pengalaman hampir kecelakaan. Bisakah tempat ini disebut Cina? Pulau berbukit ini seolah setengah Havana, setengah Hawaii -- mimpi indah pejalan kaki.
Ada lebih banyak tujuan di Cina dari sekadar Shanghai Expo, makanan murah, dan tembok besar. Pesan tiket kereta dan tiket pesawat, lalu lihatlah beberapa atraksi Cina ini.
1.
Karakul adalah danau gletser dengan ketinggian 3600 mdpl, tersembunyi di antara Pegunungan Pamir, dan terlihat seperti berada di pinggir dunia. Terletak di sepanjang jalan tol Karakorum dan sepelemparan batu dari perbatasan Tajikistan, Karakul adalah tempat banyaknya unta, yak, penggembala Kyrgyz dan...hanya itu. Berjalan di sekitar danau (Karakul berarti danau hitam dalam bahasa Kyrgyz) membutuhkan waktu sekitar 3 jam dan menawarkan pemandangan spektakuler akan Gunung Muztagh Ata dengan ketinggian 7500 meter.
Banyak pengunjung yang memilih menginap di yurt milik penduduk setempat. Dengan harga $10 per malam, Anda bisa makan nasi, sayur, daging yak dan tidur di ruang tidur yang hangat dari tungku api kecil. Berpakaianlah yang hangat.
2.
Menara-menara misterius ini mewarnai Koridor Suku di Provinsi Sichuan Barat. Ratusan menara masih berdiri -- beberapa mencapai ketinggian 50 meter dan menunjuk ke 13 titik -- dan yang tertua diperkirakan berusia 1200 tahun.
Tidak ada yang tahu kenapa menara-menara ini berdiri dan apa kegunaannya, tapi beberapa orang mengatakan bahwa menara ini adalah bagian dari struktur pertahanan untuk mengamati bukit-bukit di sekelilingnya. Yang lain memprediksi bahwa menara-menara ini adalah simbol status atau rumah penyimpanan, atau keduanya. Meski begitu, menara misterius Himalaya ini adalah salah satu rahasia Cina.
3.
Cina memiliki beberapa sungai terbesar di Asia -- Sungai Kuning, Yangtze, dan Mekong -- dan bagi banyak penduduk, proyek dam raksasa negara ini adalah sebuah tragedi. Tapi Cina masih memiliki beberapa jalur sungai yang terpelihara dan bisa memperlihatkan sisi Cina yang jarang tampil ke permukaan.
Ekspedisi Sungai Perjalanan Terakhir, dikelola oleh pemuda Amerika yang berusaha melestarikan warisan budaya sungai Cina, bisa menjadi titik awal. Perusahaan ini menawarkan tur-tur ke sungai-sungai di Barat Cina -- termasuk Tibet, Qinghai dan Yunnan -- yang mengombinasikan pariwisata dengan tujuan sosial dan lingkungan.
4.
Sejak awal abad lalu, Monster Danau Surga sudah beberapa kali 'muncul'. Pada 2003, sekelompok tentara mengaku melihat hewan berwarna hijau dan hitam dengan sisik di punggungnya dan tanduk di kepalanya. Pada 2007, seorang kamerawan TV mengambil gambar dan foto tiga pasang mahluk bersirip, berbentuk seperti anjing laut, dan berenang secepat kapal yacht.
Ada atau tidak ada monster, Danau Surga adalah sebuah keajaiban. Danau vulkanik di Provinsi Jilin ini dianggap sebagai tanah suci pada Dinasti Qing. Dari puncaknya, Anda bisa melihat sekilas Korea Utara di seberang perbatasan.
5.
Jalan Burma pernah menghubungkan Mandalay sampai Kunming dan menjadi lokasi pertempuran berdarah pada Perang Dunia 2. Pada teritori Cina, jalan ini berawal di Riuli dan dikenal sebagai titik penghubung Segitiga Emas, dan kini populer sebagai pasar giok. Anda akan melewati bukit berpemandangan indah dan sawah bertingkat dalam perjalanan menuju Tongsheng, tempat terdapatnya Museum Perang AntiJepang Yunnan-Burma.
Sebelum menuju Dali, sisakan beberapa hari untuk berjalan melewati desa-desa tradisional di sepanjang bagian selatan Sungai Nu. Setibanya di Dali, bersantailah di salah satu kafe yang tersebar di Kota Tua sebelum sampai ke Kunming, Ibu Kota Yunnan dan salah satu kota paling keren di Cina.
6.
Tersembunyi di salah satu pusat Kota Tua Guangzhou adalah sudut paling menarik di Cina yang tidak Anda ketahui: komunitas yang terdiri dari sekitar 20 ribu pedagang asal Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, dan negara-negara lain di Afrika.
Terletak dekat Pusat Jual Beli Grosir Ekspor Pakaian Kanaan, Afrika Kecil atau Kota Cokelat -- seperti yang sering disebut oleh penduduk lokal meski terdengar agak rasis -- muncul pada 1990an. Ini adalah masa ketika para pedagang berbondong-bondong datang ke Provinsi Cina selatan yang diberi julukan 'pabrik dunia'. Kelompok sosial dan komunitas keagamaan berkembang pesat dan banyak pedagang yang akan bersedia bercerita pada Anda tentang kisah hidup mereka -- yang baik dan buruk -- di Guangzhou.
7.
Telanjang di Bukit Moganshan
Pada awal abad lalu, orang-orang kaya asing yang tinggal di Shanghai datang ke Moganshan untuk bersantai saat musim panas di vila mereka, bermain tenis, dan berenang di kolam umum. Kini Moganshan kembali terkenal, sebagian karena Naked Retreats, sekumpulan rumah-rumah tradisional yang direnovasi. (Jangan tertipu dengan namanya -- jika Anda ingin telanjang, maka itu harus dilakukan di bungalow Anda saja)
Setelah datang, para tamu dibawa melewati 'jalan santai' dan disarankan untuk menghabiskan beberapa menit mengagumi pemandangan. Aktivitas yang tersedia termasuk bersepeda, memancing, dan hiking. Pengunjung bisa berjalan melewati perkebunan teh dan hutan bambu, atau berenang di penampungan air sambil mendengar bunyi serangga. Akomodasi yang disediakan cukup sederhana -- lantai kayunya berderak dan tidak ada pendingin ruangan -- tapi bungalow dilengkapi dengan dapur, TV layar datar dan internet nirkabel.
8.
Setiap turis ke Cina selalu punya cerita soal mobil -- atau beberapa -- dan jarang yang positif. Gulangyu, sebuah pulau lepas pantai Xiamen, bisa jadi satu-satunya tempat tenang yang tersisa di Cina yang terobsesi dengan mobil.
Gulangyu, tempat tinggal sekitar 16 ribu orang pada satu kilometer persegi tanah, terkenal karena tidak memiliki kendaraan bermotor (dengan beberapa perkecualian). Sepeda pun tidak ada. Tidak ada klakson, macet, pengalaman hampir kecelakaan. Bisakah tempat ini disebut Cina? Pulau berbukit ini seolah setengah Havana, setengah Hawaii -- mimpi indah pejalan kaki.
Kamis, 17 Maret 2011
penyanyi minum darah ketika konser
ke$ha
VIVAnews – Ke$ha menjadi bintang pop yang paling haus darah di panggung. Menurut PopDust, pertunjukan terbaru Ke$ha di Festival Musik Brisbane sungguh-sungguh diwarnai aksi ‘berdarah.’
Di tengah-tengah konser, pelantun ‘Tik Tok’ yang mengenakan pakaian bergambar bendera Amerika Serikat yang robek-robek itu tiba-tiba melakukan aksi mengerikan. Seperti dikutip dari PopEater , dia mengeluarkan jantung yang masih terlihat berdenyut, mengarahkannya ke mulutnya, dan meminum darah yang mengucur dari jantung itu.
Ke$ha juga menyiramkan darah dari jantung itu ke seluruh tubuhnya. Tak ada keterangan apakah jantung itu diperoleh dari hewan yang dibedah atau bukan. Namun, satu hal yang pasti, grup musik pop ini memperoleh pengikut yang kian menggila.
Ke$ha rencananya akan menggelar tur dalam waktu dekat. Penyanyi asal California ini bahkan memberi tema aneh pada turnya itu. Tur itu ia beri tema ‘$leazy Tour’ alias Tur Jorok. (kd)
VIVAnews – Ke$ha menjadi bintang pop yang paling haus darah di panggung. Menurut PopDust, pertunjukan terbaru Ke$ha di Festival Musik Brisbane sungguh-sungguh diwarnai aksi ‘berdarah.’
Di tengah-tengah konser, pelantun ‘Tik Tok’ yang mengenakan pakaian bergambar bendera Amerika Serikat yang robek-robek itu tiba-tiba melakukan aksi mengerikan. Seperti dikutip dari PopEater , dia mengeluarkan jantung yang masih terlihat berdenyut, mengarahkannya ke mulutnya, dan meminum darah yang mengucur dari jantung itu.
Ke$ha juga menyiramkan darah dari jantung itu ke seluruh tubuhnya. Tak ada keterangan apakah jantung itu diperoleh dari hewan yang dibedah atau bukan. Namun, satu hal yang pasti, grup musik pop ini memperoleh pengikut yang kian menggila.
Ke$ha rencananya akan menggelar tur dalam waktu dekat. Penyanyi asal California ini bahkan memberi tema aneh pada turnya itu. Tur itu ia beri tema ‘$leazy Tour’ alias Tur Jorok. (kd)
Rabu, 16 Maret 2011
gempa dan stunami di jepang
earthquake in history today devastated Japan and sent a catastrophic 33 foot tsunami hurtling across the Pacific Ocean.
People were forced to flee for their lives as the massive wave bore down on them, sweeping away everything in its path.
This afternoon, the Japanese declared a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the 8.9 quake caused the cooling system to fail.
Meanwhile, a ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami. Their fate is unknown.
Terrifying: The tsunami slams into the shore line along Iwanuma in northern Japan after the 8.9 eathquake struck today
Terrifying: The tsunami slams into the shore line along Iwanuma in northern Japan after the 8.9 eathquake struck today
Overwhelmed: The tsunami engulfs a residential area in Natori, Miyagi
Overwhelmed: The tsunami engulfs a residential area in Natori, Miyagi
The death toll has now risen to 300 but it is feared thousands more are at risk as the tsumami rips across the ocean.
Tsunami warnings have been issued across the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.
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Hawaii and a number of low-lying islands including Guam were braced for impact within the coming hours. The Red Cross has warned that the tsunami is higher than many of the islands themselves.
Many people were panic buying in stores and stocking up on petrol as the wave sped thousands of miles across the sea.
The tsunami which struck Sendai on the northeaster coast of Japan which has a population of about one million.
Cataclysmic: A whirlpool formed by tsunami waves at a port in Oarai, in the state of Ibaraki
Cataclysmic: A small fishing vessel is dragged towards the vortex of a whirlpool formed by tsunami waves at a port in Oarai, in the state of Ibaraki
Washed away: These cars were about to be shipped from Hitachinaka City but instead were washed away by the flood
Washed away: These cars were about to be shipped from Hitachinaka City but instead were washed away by the flood
Closed: Sendia Airport in north-east Japan was one of the first places to be swamped by the tsunami that raced inland following the quake
Closed: Sendia Airport in north-east Japan was one of the first places to be swamped by the tsunami that raced inland following the quake
Drivers were seen fleeing the waves on highways close to the coast as the impact of the huge quake swept ashore while the car park at Disneyland in Tokyo was submerged.
THE WORST QUAKES IN HISTORY
1.Valdivia, Chile, March 22, 1960 (magnitude of 9.5)
2.Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, March 27, 1964 (9.2)
3.Sumatra, Indonesia, December 26, 2004 (9.1)
4.Kamchatka, Russia, November 4, 1952 (9.0)
5.Arica, Chile (then Peru), August 13, 1868 (9.0)
6.Sendai, Japan, March 11, 2011 (8.9)
Dramatic footage showed the surge washing away cars, a bridge and buildings at the mouth of the Hirose-gawa River, which flows through the centre of Sendai, while a roof caved in at a graduation ceremony in Tokyo.
A large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in the Miyagi region, according to footage on public broadcaster NHK, and numerous people are believed to have been injured.
A passenger train that was carrying dozens of travellers was unaccounted for prompting fears that it could have been destroyed amid the devastation.
More than four million people are without power and the Japanese army has now been deployed.
All UK flights to Tokyo have been cancelled. Officials were trying to assess possible damage from the quake but had no immediate details.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the Japanese earthquake was a 'terrible reminder of the destructive power of nature' and pledged to help the country.
He added: 'Everyone should be thinking of the country and its people and I have asked immediately that our Government look at what we can do to help.'
Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
Wave of destruction: Giant fireballs rise from an oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba, that was shaken by the tremors from the catastrophe
People look at the smoke rising after the earthquake in Tokyo. Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan -
Chaos: Stunned office workers look on as smoke engulfs buildings in Tokyo following the tremors and aftershocks from the earthquake
Stunned residents walk past a crushed bus stop which was destroyed by part of a fallen outer wall of a nearby building in Sendai, Miyagi
Stunned residents walk past a crushed bus stop which was destroyed by part of a fallen outer wall of a nearby building in Sendai, Miyagi
Tide: Mud and debris caught up in the encroaching tsunami wave that crashed into the Japanese mainland rushes through the tarmac carpark at Sendai airport today
Muddy tide: Mud and debris caught up in the encroaching tsunami wave that crashed into the Japanese mainland rushes through the tarmac car park at Sendai airport today
Destroyed: Resident clamber through the wreckage of houses in Iwaki, Fukushima which have been reduced to rubble by the earthquake
Destroyed: Resident clamber through the wreckage of houses in Iwaki, Fukushima which have been reduced to rubble by the earthquake
Utter devastation: Flames engulf houses in Sendai, Miyagi, after they were swallowed up by enormous waves that swept through Japan after a massive earthquake this morning
Utter devastation: Flames engulf houses in Sendai, Miyagi, after they were swallowed up by enormous waves that swept through Japan after a massive earthquake this morning
Speaking on national television, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan said: 'I offer my deepest sympathy to the people who have suffered the disaster.
‘Regarding our nuclear facilities, some of the plants have stopped automatically but so far no radioactive material has been confirmed to have been leaked to the outside.
‘Given the situation an emergency disaster response has been set up with myself as the head
‘We will secure the safety of the people of Japan. We ask the people of Japan to continue to be cautious and vigilant. We ask the people of Japan to react calmly.'
At least 60 people have been reported dead, one of whom was hit by a collapsing wall at a Honda factory and several people are believed to have been buried in a landslide.
Thirty international search and rescue teams stand ready to go to Japan to provide assistance following a major earthquake, the United Nations said on Friday.
Creeping dread: In this image from Japan's NHK TV video footage, houses are washed away by tsunami in Sendai as the waves power ashore
Creeping dread: In this image from Japan's NHK TV video footage, houses in Sendai are washed away by the tsunami as the waves power ashore
A mother and child crouch on a street in Tokyo while an earthquake hits Friday, March 11, 2011.
A man sits wrapped in a blanket after he was evacuated from a building in Tokyo's financial district, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011.
Impact: A mother and her daughter watch nervously as waters from tsunami waves creep closer to them in Tokyo while an elderly man in the financial district sits wrapped under a blanket
'We stand ready to assist as usual in such cases,' Elisabeth Byrs of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance told Reuters in Geneva.
'Thirty international search and rescue teams are on alert and monitoring the situation and stand ready to assist if necessary.'
Several nuclear power stations have closed down automatically in the wake of the earthquake while officials ordered 'Get out of your homes - rush to high ground,' as sirens wailed
A fire broke out in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture.
Four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to the epicentre of the quake have been safely shut down, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday.
The quake struck just under 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the US Geological Survey said. It was followed by 19 aftershocks, one as strong as 7.1.
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Seismic shake: A technician at the French National Seism Survey Institute points at a graph pinpointing the moment the earthquake struck
Seismic shake: A technician at the French National Seism Survey Institute points at a graph pinpointing the moment the earthquake struck
The impact of the quake remains to be seen, with its magnitude comparable to the earthquake that sparked the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, killing 250,000 people.
In Tokyo office workers cowered under their desks or stood in doorframes as buildings shook and swayed.
But it was along the coast that the worst damage and the most deaths were expected to be reported.
Bullet trains to the north of the country stopped while Narita airport has been closed with flights halted and passengers evacuated.
The quake rattled skyscrapers in Tokyo further south, where the streets around the main train station were packed with commuters stranded after buses and trains were halted.
Tokyo's underground system and suburban trains have also been halted while Sendai airport, the hub closest to the quake, has flooded.
Moment of impact: People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls in Sendai
Moment of impact: People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls in Sendai
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Yurikamome train passengers walk on the elevated track towards Shiodome Station in Tokyo's Shiodome district
The impact of the quake is shown (left) while Yurikamome train passengers walk on the elevated track towards Shiodome Station in Tokyo's Shiodome district
A British Airways plane heading for Tokyo's Hareda airport had pushed back off the stand at Heathrow today when the airline decided it would not be leaving.
BA also cancelled its daily Heathrow service to Tokyo's Narita airport.
The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometres), about 80 miles (125 kilometres) off the eastern coast, the agency said.
The area is 240 miles (380 kilometre) northeast of Tokyo.
Thirty minutes after the quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up task force and officials are standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said.
Eruption: Flames rise from an oil refinery iin Ichihara, Chiba
Eruption: Flames rise from an oil refinery iin Ichihara, Chiba
TSUNAMI THAT KILLED 250,000
The most devastating earthquake in recent times caused a huge Boxing Day tsunami killing an estimated 250,000 people in 14 different countries
The 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean created waves of up to 100 feet high devastating communities in south-east Asia.
It was the second largest quake ever recorded - and it was the biggest tsunami for at least 40 years.
The waves travelled at up to 500mph after the huge earthquake caused by the sea floor jolting up by 20 metres shifting billions of tonnes of water.
As the clean-up operation got underway the international community pledged £7billion in aid in the first six months following the disaster. The British pledged an estimated £350million in aid.
Although some estimates put the death toll at 300,000 people the true figure is impossible to establish as there were many unrecorded private burials. There were 150 British deaths.
There were so many casualties because of the large number of densely-populated coastal communities and the lack of a system to warn of the impending disaster following the massive quake.
In contrast, in Japan communities are well-drilled on the risk of tsunamis and warning systems are in place.
Last month a large 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 166 people.
'I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong,' he said.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater and on average, an earthquake occurs every 5 minutes.But Friday's quake, coming a few weeks after New Zealand's city of Christchurch was devastated by a strong earthquake, was petrifying.
'I was terrified and I'm still frightened,' said Hidekatsu Hata, 36, manager of a Chinese noodle restaurant in Tokyo's Akasaka area. 'I've never experienced such a big quake before.'
Asagi Machida, a 27-year-old web designer in Tokyo, was walking near a coffee shop when the earthquake hit. 'The images from the New Zealand earthquake are still fresh in my mind so I was really scared. I couldn't believe such a big earthquake was happening in Tokyo.'
Kyodo news agency reported 14 fires had broken out in Tokyo after the quake, and a refinery in Chiba, just outside the capital, was also ablaze.
Hundreds of people spilt out onto the streets of Tokyo after the quake, with crowds gathering in front of televisions in shop windows for details on the quake.
Some passengers on a subway line in Tokyo screamed and grabbed other passengers.
'I dashed out of my office. I sort of panicked and left behind my mobile phone and belongings,' said Aya Nakamura, an office worker in Tokyo.
'You see the crane on top of that tall building under construction? I thought it might fall off the building because all the buildings around me were shaking badly,' she said, standing with her colleague on the street.
The quake surpasses the Great Kanto quake of September 1, 1923, which had a magnitude of 7.9 and killed more than 140,000 people in the Tokyo area. Seismologists had said another such quake could strike the city any time.
A 1995 quake in Kobe caused $100 billion in damage and was the most expensive natural disaster in history. For Takeshi Okada, Friday's quake was a chilling reminder of that disaster.
People were forced to flee for their lives as the massive wave bore down on them, sweeping away everything in its path.
This afternoon, the Japanese declared a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the 8.9 quake caused the cooling system to fail.
Meanwhile, a ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami. Their fate is unknown.
Terrifying: The tsunami slams into the shore line along Iwanuma in northern Japan after the 8.9 eathquake struck today
Terrifying: The tsunami slams into the shore line along Iwanuma in northern Japan after the 8.9 eathquake struck today
Overwhelmed: The tsunami engulfs a residential area in Natori, Miyagi
Overwhelmed: The tsunami engulfs a residential area in Natori, Miyagi
The death toll has now risen to 300 but it is feared thousands more are at risk as the tsumami rips across the ocean.
Tsunami warnings have been issued across the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.
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Hawaii and a number of low-lying islands including Guam were braced for impact within the coming hours. The Red Cross has warned that the tsunami is higher than many of the islands themselves.
Many people were panic buying in stores and stocking up on petrol as the wave sped thousands of miles across the sea.
The tsunami which struck Sendai on the northeaster coast of Japan which has a population of about one million.
Cataclysmic: A whirlpool formed by tsunami waves at a port in Oarai, in the state of Ibaraki
Cataclysmic: A small fishing vessel is dragged towards the vortex of a whirlpool formed by tsunami waves at a port in Oarai, in the state of Ibaraki
Washed away: These cars were about to be shipped from Hitachinaka City but instead were washed away by the flood
Washed away: These cars were about to be shipped from Hitachinaka City but instead were washed away by the flood
Closed: Sendia Airport in north-east Japan was one of the first places to be swamped by the tsunami that raced inland following the quake
Closed: Sendia Airport in north-east Japan was one of the first places to be swamped by the tsunami that raced inland following the quake
Drivers were seen fleeing the waves on highways close to the coast as the impact of the huge quake swept ashore while the car park at Disneyland in Tokyo was submerged.
THE WORST QUAKES IN HISTORY
1.Valdivia, Chile, March 22, 1960 (magnitude of 9.5)
2.Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, March 27, 1964 (9.2)
3.Sumatra, Indonesia, December 26, 2004 (9.1)
4.Kamchatka, Russia, November 4, 1952 (9.0)
5.Arica, Chile (then Peru), August 13, 1868 (9.0)
6.Sendai, Japan, March 11, 2011 (8.9)
Dramatic footage showed the surge washing away cars, a bridge and buildings at the mouth of the Hirose-gawa River, which flows through the centre of Sendai, while a roof caved in at a graduation ceremony in Tokyo.
A large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in the Miyagi region, according to footage on public broadcaster NHK, and numerous people are believed to have been injured.
A passenger train that was carrying dozens of travellers was unaccounted for prompting fears that it could have been destroyed amid the devastation.
More than four million people are without power and the Japanese army has now been deployed.
All UK flights to Tokyo have been cancelled. Officials were trying to assess possible damage from the quake but had no immediate details.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the Japanese earthquake was a 'terrible reminder of the destructive power of nature' and pledged to help the country.
He added: 'Everyone should be thinking of the country and its people and I have asked immediately that our Government look at what we can do to help.'
Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
Wave of destruction: Giant fireballs rise from an oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba, that was shaken by the tremors from the catastrophe
People look at the smoke rising after the earthquake in Tokyo. Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan -
Chaos: Stunned office workers look on as smoke engulfs buildings in Tokyo following the tremors and aftershocks from the earthquake
Stunned residents walk past a crushed bus stop which was destroyed by part of a fallen outer wall of a nearby building in Sendai, Miyagi
Stunned residents walk past a crushed bus stop which was destroyed by part of a fallen outer wall of a nearby building in Sendai, Miyagi
Tide: Mud and debris caught up in the encroaching tsunami wave that crashed into the Japanese mainland rushes through the tarmac carpark at Sendai airport today
Muddy tide: Mud and debris caught up in the encroaching tsunami wave that crashed into the Japanese mainland rushes through the tarmac car park at Sendai airport today
Destroyed: Resident clamber through the wreckage of houses in Iwaki, Fukushima which have been reduced to rubble by the earthquake
Destroyed: Resident clamber through the wreckage of houses in Iwaki, Fukushima which have been reduced to rubble by the earthquake
Utter devastation: Flames engulf houses in Sendai, Miyagi, after they were swallowed up by enormous waves that swept through Japan after a massive earthquake this morning
Utter devastation: Flames engulf houses in Sendai, Miyagi, after they were swallowed up by enormous waves that swept through Japan after a massive earthquake this morning
Speaking on national television, Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan said: 'I offer my deepest sympathy to the people who have suffered the disaster.
‘Regarding our nuclear facilities, some of the plants have stopped automatically but so far no radioactive material has been confirmed to have been leaked to the outside.
‘Given the situation an emergency disaster response has been set up with myself as the head
‘We will secure the safety of the people of Japan. We ask the people of Japan to continue to be cautious and vigilant. We ask the people of Japan to react calmly.'
At least 60 people have been reported dead, one of whom was hit by a collapsing wall at a Honda factory and several people are believed to have been buried in a landslide.
Thirty international search and rescue teams stand ready to go to Japan to provide assistance following a major earthquake, the United Nations said on Friday.
Creeping dread: In this image from Japan's NHK TV video footage, houses are washed away by tsunami in Sendai as the waves power ashore
Creeping dread: In this image from Japan's NHK TV video footage, houses in Sendai are washed away by the tsunami as the waves power ashore
A mother and child crouch on a street in Tokyo while an earthquake hits Friday, March 11, 2011.
A man sits wrapped in a blanket after he was evacuated from a building in Tokyo's financial district, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11, 2011.
Impact: A mother and her daughter watch nervously as waters from tsunami waves creep closer to them in Tokyo while an elderly man in the financial district sits wrapped under a blanket
'We stand ready to assist as usual in such cases,' Elisabeth Byrs of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance told Reuters in Geneva.
'Thirty international search and rescue teams are on alert and monitoring the situation and stand ready to assist if necessary.'
Several nuclear power stations have closed down automatically in the wake of the earthquake while officials ordered 'Get out of your homes - rush to high ground,' as sirens wailed
A fire broke out in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture.
Four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to the epicentre of the quake have been safely shut down, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday.
The quake struck just under 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the US Geological Survey said. It was followed by 19 aftershocks, one as strong as 7.1.
Tsunami travel times
Feature graphic with 3D illustrations and diagrams explaining why tsunamis happen. Colour graphic only.
Seismic shake: A technician at the French National Seism Survey Institute points at a graph pinpointing the moment the earthquake struck
Seismic shake: A technician at the French National Seism Survey Institute points at a graph pinpointing the moment the earthquake struck
The impact of the quake remains to be seen, with its magnitude comparable to the earthquake that sparked the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, killing 250,000 people.
In Tokyo office workers cowered under their desks or stood in doorframes as buildings shook and swayed.
But it was along the coast that the worst damage and the most deaths were expected to be reported.
Bullet trains to the north of the country stopped while Narita airport has been closed with flights halted and passengers evacuated.
The quake rattled skyscrapers in Tokyo further south, where the streets around the main train station were packed with commuters stranded after buses and trains were halted.
Tokyo's underground system and suburban trains have also been halted while Sendai airport, the hub closest to the quake, has flooded.
Moment of impact: People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls in Sendai
Moment of impact: People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls in Sendai
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Yurikamome train passengers walk on the elevated track towards Shiodome Station in Tokyo's Shiodome district
The impact of the quake is shown (left) while Yurikamome train passengers walk on the elevated track towards Shiodome Station in Tokyo's Shiodome district
A British Airways plane heading for Tokyo's Hareda airport had pushed back off the stand at Heathrow today when the airline decided it would not be leaving.
BA also cancelled its daily Heathrow service to Tokyo's Narita airport.
The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometres), about 80 miles (125 kilometres) off the eastern coast, the agency said.
The area is 240 miles (380 kilometre) northeast of Tokyo.
Thirty minutes after the quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up task force and officials are standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said.
Eruption: Flames rise from an oil refinery iin Ichihara, Chiba
Eruption: Flames rise from an oil refinery iin Ichihara, Chiba
TSUNAMI THAT KILLED 250,000
The most devastating earthquake in recent times caused a huge Boxing Day tsunami killing an estimated 250,000 people in 14 different countries
The 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean created waves of up to 100 feet high devastating communities in south-east Asia.
It was the second largest quake ever recorded - and it was the biggest tsunami for at least 40 years.
The waves travelled at up to 500mph after the huge earthquake caused by the sea floor jolting up by 20 metres shifting billions of tonnes of water.
As the clean-up operation got underway the international community pledged £7billion in aid in the first six months following the disaster. The British pledged an estimated £350million in aid.
Although some estimates put the death toll at 300,000 people the true figure is impossible to establish as there were many unrecorded private burials. There were 150 British deaths.
There were so many casualties because of the large number of densely-populated coastal communities and the lack of a system to warn of the impending disaster following the massive quake.
In contrast, in Japan communities are well-drilled on the risk of tsunamis and warning systems are in place.
Last month a large 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 166 people.
'I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong,' he said.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater and on average, an earthquake occurs every 5 minutes.But Friday's quake, coming a few weeks after New Zealand's city of Christchurch was devastated by a strong earthquake, was petrifying.
'I was terrified and I'm still frightened,' said Hidekatsu Hata, 36, manager of a Chinese noodle restaurant in Tokyo's Akasaka area. 'I've never experienced such a big quake before.'
Asagi Machida, a 27-year-old web designer in Tokyo, was walking near a coffee shop when the earthquake hit. 'The images from the New Zealand earthquake are still fresh in my mind so I was really scared. I couldn't believe such a big earthquake was happening in Tokyo.'
Kyodo news agency reported 14 fires had broken out in Tokyo after the quake, and a refinery in Chiba, just outside the capital, was also ablaze.
Hundreds of people spilt out onto the streets of Tokyo after the quake, with crowds gathering in front of televisions in shop windows for details on the quake.
Some passengers on a subway line in Tokyo screamed and grabbed other passengers.
'I dashed out of my office. I sort of panicked and left behind my mobile phone and belongings,' said Aya Nakamura, an office worker in Tokyo.
'You see the crane on top of that tall building under construction? I thought it might fall off the building because all the buildings around me were shaking badly,' she said, standing with her colleague on the street.
The quake surpasses the Great Kanto quake of September 1, 1923, which had a magnitude of 7.9 and killed more than 140,000 people in the Tokyo area. Seismologists had said another such quake could strike the city any time.
A 1995 quake in Kobe caused $100 billion in damage and was the most expensive natural disaster in history. For Takeshi Okada, Friday's quake was a chilling reminder of that disaster.
Sabtu, 29 Januari 2011
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ku tahu kamu tak tahan lagi
ini semua salahku, ini semua sebabku
ku tahu kamu tak tahan lagi
(jangan sedih, jangan sedih
aku pasti setia)
reff:
aku takut kamu pergi
kamu hilang, kamu sakit
aku ingin kau di sini
di sampingku selamanya
(jangan takut, jangan sedih
aku pasti setia)
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aku ingin kau di sini
di sampingku selamanya
aku takut (jangan takut) kamu pergi (takkan pergi)
kamu hilang (wooo), kamu sakit
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ku tahu kamu tak tahan lagi
ini semua salahku, ini semua sebabku
ku tahu kamu tak tahan lagi
(jangan sedih, jangan sedih
aku pasti setia)
reff:
aku takut kamu pergi
kamu hilang, kamu sakit
aku ingin kau di sini
di sampingku selamanya
(jangan takut, jangan sedih
aku pasti setia)
repeat reff
aku ingin kau di sini
di sampingku selamanya
aku takut (jangan takut) kamu pergi (takkan pergi)
kamu hilang (wooo), kamu sakit
aku ingin (aku juga) kau di sini (bersamamu)
di sampingku (di sampingmu) selamanya
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Selalu tubuhku lunglai tiap kau bisikkan cinta
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Tahukah kamu saat kita pertama jumpa
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Tahukah sejak kita sering jalan bersama
Tiap jam menit detikku hanya ingin berdua
Tahukah kamu ku takkan pernah lupa
Saat kau bilang kau punya rasa yang sama
Ku tak menyangka aku bahagia ingin ku peluk dunia
Kau izinkan aku tuk dapat rasakan cinta
You know me so well
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Girl i heart you
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Selalu diriku malu tiap kau puji aku
Kenapa lidahku kelu tiap kau panggil aku
Selalu merinding romaku tiap kau sentuh aku
Mengapa otakku beku tiap memikirkanmu
Selalu tubuhku lunglai tiap kau bisikkan cinta
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Girl i need you (girl i need you)
Girl i love you (girl i love you)
Girl i heart you
I know you so well (i know you so well)
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Tahukah kamu saat kita pertama jumpa
Hatiku berkata padamu ada yang berbeda
Tahukah sejak kita sering jalan bersama
Tiap jam menit detikku hanya ingin berdua
Tahukah kamu ku takkan pernah lupa
Saat kau bilang kau punya rasa yang sama
Ku tak menyangka aku bahagia ingin ku peluk dunia
Kau izinkan aku tuk dapat rasakan cinta
You know me so well
Girl i need you (girl i need you)
Girl i love you (girl i love you)
Girl i heart you
I know you so well
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Girl i love you (girl i love you)
Girl i heart you
Hatiku rasakan cinta, dia buatku salah tingkah
I know you so well, you know me so well
You heart me girl, i heart you back
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I need you, i love you, i heart you baby
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Baby, you know me so well (you know me so well)
Girl i need you (girl i need you)
Girl i love you (girl i love you)
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I know you so well (i know you so well)
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Girl i love you (oh i love you)
Tak ada yang bisa memisahkan cinta
Waktu pun takkan tega
Kau dan aku bersama selamanya
Minggu, 16 Januari 2011
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