Settling down and settling in

October 4, 2009 ellagoesglobal

Well, the past few days have been somewhat hectic. I have  been having to sort all the bureaucracy of living in Japan, which has been quite ghoulish, and it’s not even finished yet. I have yet to open a bank account, or obtain a mobile phone, which is SO IRRITATING. Also, my monetary situation isn’t looking too pleasant at the moment either, until the Jasso scholarship gets it’s act together. If it ever does. It’s all up in the air due to change of Diet (Japanese Government) which sucks. But…I can live on £400 for 3 months…can’t I? hehe. It’ll all sort itself out, I hope!
But on to happy things, like my bike! Aozora-chan, or “The Destroyer” to you. She and I have had some good times. Hattie, Myself, Aozora, and Deirdre (Hattie’s bike/partner in crime) went on an excursion to the Japanese supermarket. In which we found many wonders, such as: British tea, with the milk already put in, cold, in a 2litre plastic bottle. Mmmmm. And more incredible vegetables than you could ever imagine. Also, the music they play is fantastic! Haha, it’s like the japanese version of musak, or lift music. Appalling, but funny Oooh, the things that one could buy in that shop…all the opportunities, the possibilities! However, Hattie and I did not account for the typhoon which swept us up in its arms as we rode to, and from the supermarket. We got so drenched! The Japanese ride their bikes with umbrellas…they have it so right. It didn’t help that having anything of any weight in Aozora’s basket makes her drunken and seriously wobbly. But maaan, it was fun.
Later on, I went with the guys, and Kazuki-san, a very lovely guy who is Dan’s tutor, to Lingua House, the language learning school, where Mochizuki-sensei met us. We went for lunch which consisted of beautiful looking sushi…of which I had one bit, which was delicious – it had shrimp, avocado and some sort of mayonnaise type thing, and then one with salmon on top, which was gross. In my opinion. I hate sushi hehe.
Here is a picture for you
But then we had some Gyouza, which is a sort of dumpling. THEY were scrummy. We drank Jasmine tea too, which was soo nice and refreshing. We spoke mainly in english…which sucks. I really want to speak some more japanese soon. Satomi-chan has added me on skype, so hopefully I will have the courage to speak to her soon! BUT anyway, we ended up staying for 5 hours, and then had our photos taken with Mochizuki-sensei, and I got to hold her puppy, who was soooo CRAZY, and fluffy. His name was Pudding! hehe. He kept trying to french kiss me as the photos were taken haha. I haven’t got a copy of a photo of that sadly, but here is us after din dins:
Then I got attacked by Mosquitoes. BLURRRGHHH they’re mean here, my bites felt like golf balls.
Last night, I made my own dinner. I made Yakisoba, which to those who aren’t in the know, is kind of like a stir fry, with various bits and bobs, stirred in with fried noodles, and a nice soy sauce Twas yummy!!

Todaaay I went to Fuchu with Hattie and Dan, we went to the “Hyaku En Shopu” Or in english 100Yen shop! I bought so much crap haha. But I have pretty much kitted out my room Well, that’s a lie, there’s still so much more I need to get. We also went for lunch at a place where, to get the attention of the waiter, you had to press a button and it made the loudest “COO COO” sound haha. I had Ramen, which is a sort of noodle soup with bits and bobs put in. However, the soupy bit tasted so fishy, I didn’t like it much. This is causing me problems haha. ALSO, it’s so weird, they give you an egg, still in its shell, which has only been boiled so that the very outside is white, and the rest is almost still raw. It’s gross hehehe.

I got stared at by children on the bus for a long time today. It was odd.
Oh, and I saw a very, very ugly car.

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• 1. Rachel  |  October 5, 2009 at 04:20

  Food is defiantly going to be an issue but good for your home cooking skills!! Was lovely to see you looking bright and bushy tailed today well at least far less jet lagged. Love you Maisie Buttonxxxxxx

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