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MALAYSIAN J-POP STAR SHARES QUAKE EXPERIENCE
Ibnu Khusairi Ibnu Aris
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- "I only thought about death and recited the Shahadah while people around me were running with their heads covered for fear that the train station's roof would collapse," said Muhammad Aizuddin Anwar, fondly known as Aizdean by his Japanese fans.
The Malaysian-born J-Pop singer, who recounted his experience during one of Japan's worst natural disasters in nearly 100 years, said he was in a train to Shinagawa when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan at 2pm (Japan time) and sparked off a tsunami last Friday.
Aizdean, 27, said when the train halted due to the tremors, he was forced to take a taxi during which he saw buildings outside swaying and people running for shelter.
"I thought it was a minor tremor, but it got stronger by the second to the point that it was hard for me to stay standing," he told Bernama in an interview through e-mail.
He said he and several others sought temporary shelter at a friend's house where they had to share a small portion of leftover rice to satisfy their hunger.
In his e-mail, Aizdean said victims, including himself, were unable to return home because the earthquake crippled the public transport system and forced them to stay the night in a hotel lobby
"I spent the night at hotel lobby which was open to those stranded that day," he said.
However, Aizdean said he was safe although his house was in disarray following the earthquake which killed thousands of people.
"My situation in Tokyo is not too bad, but thousands of others in the north such as Fukushima, Ibaraki and Niigata suffer a worse fate in addition to radiation leaks from the nuclear plant there," he added.
He said over 200 tremors could be felt after the first one struck the country last Friday.
Aizdean, who charted 30,000 mobile downloads among youths in the Land of the Rising Sun, stole the hearts of Japanese fans with his debut album, 'I Need You Baby'.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- "I only thought about death and recited the Shahadah while people around me were running with their heads covered for fear that the train station's roof would collapse," said Muhammad Aizuddin Anwar, fondly known as Aizdean by his Japanese fans.
The Malaysian-born J-Pop singer, who recounted his experience during one of Japan's worst natural disasters in nearly 100 years, said he was in a train to Shinagawa when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan at 2pm (Japan time) and sparked off a tsunami last Friday.
Aizdean, 27, said when the train halted due to the tremors, he was forced to take a taxi during which he saw buildings outside swaying and people running for shelter.
"I thought it was a minor tremor, but it got stronger by the second to the point that it was hard for me to stay standing," he told Bernama in an interview through e-mail.
He said he and several others sought temporary shelter at a friend's house where they had to share a small portion of leftover rice to satisfy their hunger.
In his e-mail, Aizdean said victims, including himself, were unable to return home because the earthquake crippled the public transport system and forced them to stay the night in a hotel lobby
"I spent the night at hotel lobby which was open to those stranded that day," he said.
However, Aizdean said he was safe although his house was in disarray following the earthquake which killed thousands of people.
"My situation in Tokyo is not too bad, but thousands of others in the north such as Fukushima, Ibaraki and Niigata suffer a worse fate in addition to radiation leaks from the nuclear plant there," he added.
He said over 200 tremors could be felt after the first one struck the country last Friday.
Aizdean, who charted 30,000 mobile downloads among youths in the Land of the Rising Sun, stole the hearts of Japanese fans with his debut album, 'I Need You Baby'.
