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Dadadadadadada  I AM BACK!

Didn’t update my blog for months.  Now I am getting back to writing LOL…I m having such a wonderful experience that I don’t really know where to start again.  In the next 3 weeks, I am going to write about my experiences in Japan.  I had a life changing time I have to say.

Other than the first couple weeeks of adjustment period, I got really accustomed to the way of life in Osaka - including taking the crowded trains in the morning, drinking at izakaya with people, learning to find and ask for directions (Japan has so few road signs…..need to use train stations or convenience stores as reference points), and learning how to deal with people in general under different situations.

I made so many wonderful friends and I am going to miss them very much.  They made my time in Japan 100000 times more interesting.

Now I think that I will take some calculated risk and try my best to head back to the land of the rising sun next year.  It’s not very easy to get a job as a gaijin but I think I have something to offer.  I plan to do my MBA in Japan and will look for consulting postitions after graduation.  I actually got accepted to IUJ, but I declined the offer (I will talk about that in later post).  Wish me luck.

Well, the first day of Osaka was a merry-go-round. Both me and Dave were tired, so we opted to do nothing crazy. We went to Kyobashi and navigated the area a bit. We spent an hour & a half walking and we lost our way, so we spent another hour just to get back to the JR station.  We were just getting use to the streets of Osaka

Along the way we saw some nice drawings by some kids.  I love how kids are so honest about their thoughts

We also saw some massage parlours and Maid CAFEs!  hmmm a place to hang out!?

Tomorrow, interview at Shinsaibashi in the afternoon for a small job at a English Conversation cafe….hurray!  I found that on the net and I hope that would lead to bigger jobs.

I arrived safely to Japan yesterday.  It took me and Dave 20 hours to get to the Gaijin House.  The trip was very smooth though… no delays, no hiccup, so that was good.

We spent a few hours waiting for our connecting flights at Narita airport.  Luckily, Tomoka and Kana 1 were with us and, despite of being tired after the long flight, we were still Genki enough to walk around the airport.  We also had our first meal in Japan: 回転寿司, or sushi on conveyor belt.  And also our first Starbucks coffee in Japan

The Gaijin House looks decent….it’s clean and the room, although small, is enough for one person. I am going to find out more about the people and the area.  I will keep you posted

Boy, time surely flies.  only 12 more hours to go.  I feel a bit unsettling right now because I have never lived in places other than Vancouver and Hong Kong.  This is a totally new life challenge for me, and I am looking forward to it!

I will start uploading tons of pics when I have internet in my room.  That should happen in the first week of October.

It’s only about a week to go and I have started packing already.  I am bringing mostly clothes and daily essentials.  The temperature fluctuates alot (see table below found in Wikipedia), so I have to bring some winter clothes.  I don’t plan on buying a lot of clothes there….I want to save up more money to travel.

I am going to bring 2 luggages and 2 piece of carry ons….. JAL specified maximum weight for the check-in baggages are 32 Kg each and for carry-ons are 10Kg total.  My luggages are heavy but they are not overweighted by any means.  They are just packed with stuff….see below.

My plan is to throw away some stuff when I come back…. I should have enough space for new clothes and shoes.

And I can’t believe Carmen is bringing two empty luggage.  Shopping Crazy.