A coherent post (やった!)

[eggchan]

Soooo... it's about 5:00 over here in the land of the rising sun. Today has been uneventful.. yet eventful if only for the fact that I got to kind of explore, look around, and get some shopping/errands done.

I ate some inari and some sushi with cucumbers, egg, pickled... something (I don't remember what it was but all I know is I like it lol), and some pinkish... stuff? If anyone knows what that is let me know. Is it some sort of fish? I'll try to get a picture up of it. Anyway, after I ate it my head started to feel funny, so I thought maybe it had meat in it and was making me feel woozy. Well anyway, I only really feel it when I'm sitting and sometimes standing. And it feels like I'm in an airplane. So I figured that one out XD;

Okay, okay.. I bet you are all wondering about the pictures *dun dunnn* I will get to them :)

I haven't taken too many yet, but I've got some of my room and also outside a bit.












Another reason I was interested in this dorm was that it was the only one with a rooftop that you could go up on. I hear that it is a great spot to see fireworks in the summertime, so I'm excited for that.












Every time I see a ferris wheel I think of Arashi. Why?? Idk haha



Anyway, that's that. I'm getting super sleepy, and I tried to take a nap but that didn't work.

I went out and got some groceries at the grocery store nearby.. and I guess at that store you're supposed to bring your own bag lol. Soooo.. I had to stuff my bag with my groceries and carry the rest. I felt kind of lame haha but oh well. I learned my lesson and bought a cute eco bag from the dollar store. Which I also went to and got an umbrella and slippers.. and I forgot to get a cup :( aw. (also almost everything at the dollar store is not 100 yen. Which is weird ^^;; cuz it says it's the dollar store. Oh well.) I also couldn't help myself and bought a copy of Wink Up with Nino on the cover and a giant poster of him on the inside :x

Sidewalks are also really tiny. They're seriously like |-----------| that big. Which is kind of cool haha idk... everything is so different here, it's really quite interesting. Even the birds make different noises. There's one going on right now that sounds like an old lady hacking up a lung. Seriously. And yes, it's a bird and not an old lady hacking up a lung. I checked :P

Customer service is also so weird but awesome. The grocery store had a guy directing traffic and people walking across the street. I wasn't crossing the street, but the entrance and exit to the parking lot for the grocery store. He put his arm out and said はい、どうぞ～.. XD

I'm also noticing that I'm bowing. A lot. Like I know that you're supposed to bow, but I just keep doing it unconsciously. Like a salaryman.

I've also done some cleaning up and storing/etc. So things look a little more neat and I'm waiting for my ice cubes to freeze because I want cold water. I'm so thirsty haha omg.. 喉がすごく渇きました。

Alright, well.. my placement test is tomorrow morning at 9. We'll see which class they put me in. There's still a lot that I have to say/want to say, but my brain is kind of foggy still.

Also: ひみつの嵐ちゃん on tomorrow night. Wooooooop woop

Comments

[seolleim.livejournal.com]

I got excited when I saw those pics XD

Japan is so ... Japan :D

[puffymoto.livejournal.com]

Yep Japan is Japan! have fun there

[soulessz.livejournal.com]

And here I thought after all this time of studying it that you would just be able to jump right in! Hehe, but seriously, I hope you have a great time. Sadly, I leave on Monday for about 3 months to float around the ocean, so I won't be seeing you. I hope you have a pleasant time in Japan though, and I look forward to seeing all your pictures...until I get out to see, where the Internet is worse than 56k.

/hug

Miss you!

[coffee-hanjan.livejournal.com]

I bet you the "pink stuff" was pickled ginger. I assure you, no meat involved ^^

The thing about birds making different noises... SO TRUE! I realized that one morning when I was lying in bed half-asleep when I stayed in the country... weirdest feeling ever...

Your dorm looks really really nice! And a rooftop to watch fireworks? SO LUCKY! Definitely take advantage of it! :D

[no1-antielitist.livejournal.com]

SUCH an awesome view!

As for the food, was the pickled thing yellowish? If so it could be pickled daikon, which I LOVE. And maybe the pinkish thing is a fishcake...?

[nufapopolopugus.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Japan is pretty cool so far. I'm sure your still jet lagged, but try to take things one at a time. Don't want you to get a culture shock or anything!

[artisticemotion.livejournal.com]

Okay, your room looks HUGE. D: Like, idk, maybe I've only seen the extremes where they're like barely wide enough for the bed. Idk. Whatever, it's Japan, which is cool enough as it is.

[atrandum.livejournal.com]

lol i'm sure you're just hit with jetlag. you'll be up and megagenki soon once you adjust a bit ^___^

your room looks adorableee!!! i think you got a really nice place ^O^ the place they put me at when i studied abroad there was a hole LOL.

the whole bowing thing, i do it too XDD it's like if they bow to you, you just have to bow back lol. what a culture. although i bow even though i'm in america. sometimes it's hard to shake of asian habits.

yayayyyy NIno mag!! ^O^!!!!

[papercloud.livejournal.com]

dhaodhos sounds so exciting. ♥ And the view is amazing~ <3!

Aaah I want to visit Japan too one day. I hope I'll be able to~~

Every time I see a ferris wheel I think of Arashi. Why?? Idk haha
8DDD ♥♥♥

[ellexelle.livejournal.com]

the pictures look great!

and I hope you'll be able to adjust your body clock quickly, it's awful being awake during the night and asleep during morning. :|

[jumper-on.livejournal.com]

i think the pink stuff is pickled ginger. japan looks sooo nice and very anime-like, but real. hahaha. have fun!

[hidekodahlia.livejournal.com]

... I just realized that you'll be in Japan for the cicadas. JEALOUS. >O

[ohmeeyuh.livejournal.com]

Nuuuuuuuuuu, I feel the jealousy settling in. XDD;

Kidding, of course. But woow, your dorm looks totally awesome, and the view is great too. Lmao @ Arashi!ferris wheel. Things sound really interesting so far, and I'm looking forward to hearing about other differences that you notice (the bird thing cracked me up, lolol). Good luck on your test!

[smilecx.livejournal.com]

"Every time I see a ferris wheel I think of Arashi. Why?? Idk haha"
lols maybe its the color of the ferris wheel *wink,wink* ;]

[missmomoko.livejournal.com]

Aww awesome!

Arashi and Ferris Wheels. Is it because of D No Arashi? When they went on with the Fat dude and it was rocking like crazy!??! (that's Odaiba!)

Pink thing - was it Umeboshi? I think you'd know if you ate that though. It's really sour. It could be pickled garlic!

LOL about the birds, I know what you mean! The birds there are so damn noisy. Uk birds just tweet but Japanese ones go 'HAW HAW HAW HAW' so frickin' loud!

Awesome pictures, please take more!

[woelvs.livejournal.com]

ahh that town looks cozy!
good luck on ur test grl and stop eating pink things when you do'nt know what they are! you'll die!! kkkkk

[chiiae.livejournal.com]

I kinda think Arashi when looking at the ferris wheel too XD Must be the pretty colours.

you have a big room D:!! It looks twice the size of my old place.

Hahah, the bowing...I still do that even if it's been a year being back in my own country XD;; good thing the asian population here is huge, so I don't look completely strange doing it.

Sounds like you're having fun! Glad you arrived safely! And don't melt in the heat!

Good luck with your placement! :D

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

Ah yes the sidewalks~ You should see the roads up in the mountains, sooo tiny! Its scary going up those things in a bus! xDDD


Dude...I wish I was there with you. D=

[minikiki703.livejournal.com]

This place looks like a peaceful town ne~
wow, nice!!
and good luck on the exam tomorrow, maybe I should say today?
now it's June 10th, 11:53 AM in Japan... maybe you already finished the exam... I believe you will be placed in a high class ne ^^

[amnosxmatsujun.livejournal.com]

I read through the comments first to see if it had already been answered, but it hadn't. ^^ So here's the answer to your sushi-ish thing you ate:

It's called a "futomaki". The pink thing, by the way, is called "denbu", and it's a type of processed fish flake. :D Hope that helps!

It's... humid there, ain't it? ;)

[stormytwilight.livejournal.com]

Saw your last post and yes, I so envy you. :))

Japan looks... cool. :) And awesome dorm.

LOL. I bow a lot, too. which is weird because I'm not in Japan. But I guess I got it from watching too much jdramas? XD

Loved Nino on the cover of Wink-Up btw. XD

[tomoyodesu.livejournal.com]

your dorm is so cleannn. :D
and the town looks so tiny and peaceful~
can't wait to hear more about your trip :)

[xumiie.livejournal.com]

oh my gawd! how qt is your room? (::::
japan...wow. i'm still like...not believing you're there. amg. LOL