Sorry for this super duper late post
I arrived in Japan on the 22nd June and was busy busy busy! When I thought I had time, I got busy again! O_O
So I'm going to write down in parts depending on my availability. Bare with me (^ /\ ^)
So, I got my application and visa and everything else done for me to start my new journey back to school in Japan. I was very excited and I feel very intimidated by my own long awaited dream. I chickened out a little bit but thanks to everyone who knew about me going back to school helped me a lot. Especially my mom and dad.
I got so confused to what I should bring and not to bring, since I'm going to be in Japan in Summer, I kept on thinking it would be super duper hot, which... well, for me it is extreme (even in Malaysia it's extreme for me but, heh!) the heat is almost similar but the sun burn is like I'm at the beach. I think I'm a little bit brown now, or.. slightly more darkish yellow.
The morning before my flight my mom unearthed my luggage and repacked for me because I packed wayyy to many unnecessary things. (e.x: books /art books I bought from Japan...(see picture) ;w; I could only bring one! Of course there's some doujins too!)
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| Full Metal Alchemist, you are back in Japan! |
We took the taxi to KLIA2 the new Airport. It was a surprise that my uncles and aunties came and send me off, also, my friends from University. It was a nice and fun send-off. One of my auntie said she came to see me cry, but I told her mom and dad coming with me too. So I will cry in Japan instead which I did, a lot. Almost everyday (#only child card excuse used#)
Thank you for sending me off and blessing me with lucks! (^ w ^)
The flight was okay. My seat was a little far from my mom and dad, but it's all good!
My mom made friends with a Japanese lady and her.. foster son maybe? Ayako-san and Markus-san (Markus is from Germany but he is taking his PHD in political science in Japan) They helped us a lot and gave us plenty of suggestions on where to go and where to eat, but I think, they are those Japanese who are a little bit more well off... so, they kind of suggested slightly expensive cuisine which I probably can not afford to have everyday.
The problem we had was that, our flight was slightly delayed and we arrived around 11pm. Thank god during the immigration checks everything went just fine. I got my Residence Card or we call it Zairyouu Card (see pic) and the luggage wasn't lost or anything.
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| Zairyouu Card / Residence Card |
Along the way... it was horrible. Things got out of hand because we took the route I'm not sure off. Since Ayako-san was nice enough to help us out, we kind of followed along. I would say it was a bad idea. We got onto the Keisei Line and then to Shinagawa station to switch to Yamanote Line but Ayako-san wasn't too familiar with the station since her daughter usually pick her up. So we went around the station to find Yamanote tracks, luckily there were nice people helping us out!
It was amazing. Those people who helped us... are ACTORS! Actorssss!!! The guys that helped us was cute.. not good looking handsome but a better GRADE than normal Japanese men... teehee!
One of them, I will call Megane-san (he wears glasses) went to help my mom. My mom luggage is huge so we think, since my mom was carrying the bag, Megane-san might have thought the luggage was slightly lighter. The moment he picked it up, his face turned red! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
The luggage my mom was carrying was one of the big heavy luggage, poor Megane-san carrying the heavy bag down the stairs. Yep. We were carrying the luggage up and down stairs because we couldn't find the elevator or escalator... It was horrid, but there were a lot of helpful people around to help us. I also made my first Japanese friend. Her name is Ayumi and she can't speak English at all. Only little words. She take the same train we are taking so she helped us point out where and when the stops are. During the train ride, Ayumi and I chatted with each other in Japanese... I had to crack my brain there and then to think of words and also to put the words into sentences Ayumi could understand. It was hilarious but fun! Mom was so amazed that I can actually converse with someone else in Japanese. It made me motivated more. Hahaha!!! (^0^)
This is also where I screwed up BIG TIME. The hotel we're staying is at Nippori Station, but I have no idea why I kept thinking it was at Nishi-Nippori. So, I insisted that our station is at Nishi-Nippori when Ayumi told me the hotel is at Nippori. So when we reached Nishi-Nippori station, got down and the train station keeper told me it's at Nippori, I re-check the map and yep! I screwed up. Thank god the last train to Nippori was still available and we did manage to get down at Nippori station and got out to the South Exit and voilà! Another set of stairs this time, it's a looooonnnnnggggg waaaayyyyyy ddoooooowwwwnnnnn. *sighhhhhhh*
---South Station Picture[Coming Soon]---
So, I gave up on checking out the map and decided to take the taxi, since we're so tired anyway and again... THANK GOD there was a taxi passed by and a nice old uncle decided to take pity on us and took us to the Hotel. It was already nearly 2AM. Again THANK GOD I asked my friend's help to tell the hotel we may check-in late and the hotel receptionist let us in.
Mystays Nippori in my opinion is one of the best hotel!
Seriously, even though I screwed up A LOT things worked out at the end and me and my parents pretty much collapse and slept till the Lunch Hour. The next day, we found out that the train station was reeeaaaallllyyyyy close. We spend 7000 yen plus for the taxi. Hahhahaha!!!!
To be continued!
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw
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