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воскресенье, 12 февраля 2012

08:48

Day 4~Tokyo time or Sightseeing Failure ~

After all that late night packing I had some hard time waking up in the morning (do not forget the fact that I was still waking up at 2am local time to watch some scrubs episodes XD not that I wanted to, but jisa時差 (time difference) is smth u can not avoid). I do not think I had any breakfast, I just rushed out the doors , happy to get the hell out of Tm as fast as I could, and I was running late for the bus XD (I will leave it up to you to make a conclusion about the main reason)))

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@музыка: Океан Ельзи - Зелені очі

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понедельник, 06 февраля 2012

06:45

Day 3 ~Inventory Countdown or what the heck???~

Once again I woke up at 2 am and stared at the ceiling for an hour or so, then I decided to watch some movies as I hate to spend/waste time aimlessly lying in bed without any sleep and not getting any rest. There is nothing better than silly comedy when you are under pressure, so Scrubs has made my day, or rather many days throughout January. But not matter how fun the TV show is, it is definitely no fun to get up at 6 am after mere 2 hours sleep. The only thing that can save me during such times is a long hot shower where I can relax and still half-asleep go through all morning rituals.

no photos and not that much to say about the day On my second day I decided to be a proper girl and come to work on time despite still suffering from lack of sleep jet-lag and many other tiny things. So at 7-50 I have passed the guard. I need to complement guards once again. They are really polite, and I mean really polite - they greet everyone and even salute to everyone no matter whether the big boss or cleaning lady is coming to work. First few days I used to show my ID card, but as I am the only blond here I do not do so anymore as they remember me quite well). By 7-55 I was done changing my shoes and cheerfully climbed the stairs to the second floor only to find out that the doors are locked. Ehhh? And what has happened to the idea that Japanese are always on time and workaholic and come early to work and do not leave until late at night??? I checked my watch just to make sure that I am not using Ukrainian time or smth XD and after confirming that I did not mess up time I went to enjoy those comfy sofas on the 2nd floor as there was nothing better for me to do. Around 8-20 the Admin lady has finally arrived and was quite surprised to see me XD. Of cause she had keys and explained to me where to get the key if I am coming extra early. She also explained that CTG people do not come this early so there is no need for me to come as well. Actually it wasn’t until later that I found out that as an intern I can use flexible time. I need to work 8 hours per day and have to be in office during core time (10 am – 4 pm), but the rest I can adjust myself. The huge bummer is that my overtime hours cannot be converted to additional day-off or at least half-a-day off, neither are they paid for. The problem is that I have nothing to do in the morning, but as Japanese colleagues are really slow and only by 5 pm they can finish some data collection that I need to work with, I have to stay after 6pm to finish my work. This was pretty much the case during my second working day.
Throughout the day it was really quite and lazy. I had hard time being awake, especially after lunch! I was starting to think of the places that I’d like to visit during my holidays in Tokyo, but in order to get there I had to take the bus. NY has booked the place for me, but as I had very little idea where the actual bus stop is, SJ offered to show me to the place after work. We agreed that I will stop by the dormitory around 7pm, so that I have tie to go back home after work. As it seemed like I have nothing to do I thought that I can get out of work around 6 pm and get the tour to the bus station. But once the clock stroke 6 my boss came up to me and said that our colleague is having hard time with his work and we need to “support” him. At first I couldn’t understand what they mean by “support”. For me it seems like we need to go and give the poor guy a bearhug or smth XD It turned out that whenever somebody is asking for support, they are basically are asking to help them doing their job. My boss and I went to the conference room on the third floor where one guy was already sitting and counting some small cards. We waited for the “poor guy” for half an hour to come to the conference room as he was running around somewhere. But once he came he said that there is nothing for us to do! You do not know Japanese if you think that it was the end of the story and I could go back home. Nah.. Definitely not! We stayed and had to pursue the guy that we are capable of doing primitive work like checking whether all cards in one pack have the same number and the correct boxes are checked. All that time I was thinking – SERIOUSLY… you think that as foreigner we are not even able of doing such tasks??? As the guy didn’t want to offend his boss to much he told as to wait and rushed out the room. After another 30 minutes he came back and gave as some cards to count. For the next 2~3 hours we were counting these damn cards. And it is not enough to count them once - you have to recount them several times just to make sure and by several I mean at least 6 or 7. Apparently I was running extremely late for the meeting with SJ, so I had to sneak out to go back to my PC to send an email (I bought my cell phone only at the end of January). I got off pretty late and rushed straight to the dormitory. SJ showed me to the bus station and then a short cut for the way back. Then we wished each other happy holidays and went back to pack for the Tokyo Holidays!!!

in the eve you can await a post with photos of my first day in Tokyo) XD

@музыка: Океан Ельзи - Холодно

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пятница, 03 февраля 2012

20:24

~Quiz time ~

I am tired of typing and can not finish next day nikki, so I will leave it for tomorrow.

But in the mean time, you can enjoy some quizes))) about weird stuff in Japan. the correct answers wold be rewarded (as to the reward we can discuss it later on)))

what are these?)))what is the purpose of these objects))) this stuff might seem weird to some of you, but it was to me)))

Part one
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Part two
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@музыка: Jeniffer Hudson - And I am telling you...

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19:03

Day 2 ~First day at work & bounenkai~

I woke up at 2 am and couldn’t fall asleep till 6 am, so therefore I had some hard time getting up at 7. At least I could go to work later than the required working schedule. I don’t remember that morning; probably I was still sleepy and nervous about meeting new people. It took me about 10 minutes by walk to get to the plant. First thing in the morning was a meeting with hr - SJ (it is very interesting, how outside work people can call each other by first name, but inside the company mostly by last names) He explained some rules, I’ve signed some confidentially notes etc. When explaining the housing rules I was pleasantly surprised. There is a rule that I can not let anyone stay even one night in the apartment. SJ (because it is an unofficial statement) said smth like:” Ok, I am not making any comment on this one… alright, next one!” XD At least he is reasonable enough to understand that various situation might happen. However I guess the only rule that I really need to follow is that I can not get any part-time job (especially teaching English, Russian etc), but that’s fine with me. It’s not like I even have time to be giving out lessons anyways. After going over all documents I was taken to the department. People would greet me quite friendly so I felt relieved. However boss was still missing. I was shown the premises.

photo taken later on

plain text and no photosLet’s step aside once more. In Tomioka B has quite large territory. The plant itself is 3 floors high, and CTG (controlling department) is located on the second floor. Tomioka plant (TmP) will be closed in two years, so most of the personnel were already transferred to other locations. So now there are many empty desks and some rooms have no desks at all (looks somewhat scary to me). The area on the first floor near the entrance is for guests, so no matter how comfortable those sofas might be, associates can not rest there, and instead they should use area on the second and third floors. Restrooms are nice with both types of toilets (super cool western type –maybe I should write about toilets later on - and Japanese “slipper” style). I have my own locker in the bathroom O_o which was surprising to me, but it is nice to have some personal stuff there, so that u don’t have to carry anything around. Of cause I have a regular locker in the Locker room. There are two male locker rooms and one for females on the first floor. One place that was the most important for social interaction, discussing disturbing matters and having meetings at ING, I mean kitchen of cause, is small and empty at TmP as noone really uses it (and you have to bring your our tea/coffee to drink), however there is very nice canteen right next to the main building (sometimes it is used for large gatherings e.g. when general managers present some reports.) There are also several nice parking areas for cars. I was told, if you do not have car in Tomioka, your life will be difficult. And in order to make my life easier company has provided me with a bike, which I’ve seen only once (and have ridden zero times) since I came here, but maybe in spring/summer I’ll be using it.
After a short walk around I was back to my sit and was finally introduced to my boss. He seems like a nice guy, but doesn’t really care for what is going to happen to me. I’ve made a short introduction about myself and all CTG members did the same. And then my boss and I had one on one meeting for several hours, where he has shown me what I am going to be doing in the future.
Actually I still am not used to the idea that he is my boss. I’ve been spoilt too much by GH :heart:

(NB: to put several hearts or bearhugs for GH))) and I seriously doubt that there is anyone at least half as great as she is…I guess I still do not feel like part of B, even now when talking about ING I would use present tense like “in our bank we do this and this” or “my boss is like this and this” “girls at our department do that and that”. If talking about my current boss I must say that he has an interesting personality. His parents are Russians, but he was raised in Germany (therefore he is German through and through) and can not speak any Russian. It’s his 3rd year in Japan, so on top of being German he is turning into Japanese as well – which is tough luck for me. His wife and two kids are here as well, but I haven’t met them (and I am surprised about it, as he said that his wife has no interaction with other foreigners). He doesn’t speak Japanese much and I wonder how he was able to survive here, because employees do not speak English that well (I am using grade school English and it is still hard on them sometimes). Even though I am not really fond of him right now, but somehow he gives out this “safe” vibe that allows me to believe that I won’t get into trouble with him. I think overtime I can build a decent boss-subordinate relationship with him, maybe even somewhat friendly, who knows)
Our meetings were interrupted by lunch. 12-00 – music starts to play and everyone no matter what they were doing (even if on the phone) would wrap everything up and leave for lunch. (At TmP music is played every hour and sometime for some announcements or warnings as well). Food at canteen is really good and really cheap! There are various sets from 200 or 250 yen (sometimes if there is smth really special on the menu - 350 yen). You buy a meal ticket at the shop near the canteen and then use it to get your set. I can say that nobody really is watching whether you’ve put your meal ticket in the box, what was written on it (250 or 200 yen) and whether you’ve taken your change from the box (there are also 50 yen meal tickets). People trust everyone to be honest and enjoy their meals. The meal set consists of: 2 side dishes of your choice out of 6-7 available (salads, appetizers, desserts etc), main dish (fish, chicken, pork, beef up to 5 choices), rice (which come in small medium and large size – if necessary you can ask for extra large!), miso soup (each time different), tea and some additional sauces/pickles/radish etc. First day I couldn’t finish it all. (And even till today I have not eaten the same main dish twice!) I must say that these tiny Japanese eat a loooot. I am a big girl, but even for me sometimes their dishes are simply enormous. Another interesting observation is to see who sits with whom; you know, it’s like typical high school all over again XD. During my first lunch I was introduced to the “young people”, with whom I sit now even though I still do feel like I belong there. But it’s getting better. (Remember the past view prospective))) So the “wakamono” (young people) of TmP include the above mentioned SJ, the below mentioned NY (lol at my storytelling style XD), KY (later introduction tb provided) and Indian guy Manju (his name is very long and very Indian, so we call him simply Manju. At first I didn’t pay much attention to him, but later on he would gain more importance in my life as he helped me to get more involved with others. And in Japanese “manju” is one type of traditional sweets, so we used to tease him about it too). After lunch the older generation would go back to their desks to sleep or read newspaper and the young ones would walk around the premises to get some exercise. I am enjoying these walks as I can relax from the somewhat depressing atmosphere in the office.
After lunch and walk I had another meeting with boss. What I used to call a brief discussion at ING is called a meeting at Bosch. And even when associates sit next to each other, they would go through the trouble of scheduling a meeting via outlook. Everything is done through outlook here! Sometimes it is simply hilarious! Once it is time to go everyone would stand up and go, but only when it is exactly 14-00 for example and not even one minute earlier. They also have this fancy software to held online meetings as a simple conference call is no fun for them XD. The rest of the day I spend wondering what the hell I was doing there and trying not to fall asleep. I also got used to making some random notes in my notebook from the very first day. Later on I reread it and make fun of myself (I guess the same will be with this diary after some years, but for those notes even a few days is more than enough to make me smile at silly troubled me)))
My welcoming party/bounenkai (end of the year party) was the only event I was able to look forward to on that daty. BTW it was also scheduled via outlook. I thought I’ve kept that email, but unfortunately I think I have deleted it. But I still remember what was written there pretty well, probably because I’ve never seen an invitation being written like that. There would be quite typical greeting and intro like “dear all, we are having a welcoming party bla-bla… location, time etc”, but then there would be an interesting moment included – list of those who are going to attend and amount of money they have to pay. Top manager - 10000 yen, regular manager – 5000 yen, regular associate – 3000 yen, me – free of charge as I was a guest (bua-ha-ha). I’ve heard before that such cases might occur that senior title owners would pay more as they have higher salaries, but I didn’t expect it to be so straightforward. Anyways I got off work around 6 pm, stopped by at my apartment to pick up presents for everyone and went to the male dormitory where colleague aka my baby-sitter NY-san was waiting for me to drive me to the restaurant.
I didn’t call NY my baby-sitter for no reason. Against his will he became one. NY (age 29) works for B for quite sometime (5 years or so), but as he is the youngest of all CTG members, he does most of such assignments. He booked restaurant, collected money, drove me there (and therefore couldn’t drink), took me to City hall for alien registration, to bank etc. When I have questions I am being told to address him, when I was assigned an individual project he had to volunteer to help me with it. I feel that sometimes he has to do much more for his seniors. Another interesting comment about him that I’d like to make is that he was the one I had an interview with). I remember it pretty well! I was talking a lot with my boss and NY at that time was really quite. Almost at the end of the interview he said –“ You’ll be the only girl in the department. And the only young one. He-he” after hearing that “he-he” I pictured him as 60 year old grandpa, but he turned out to be the youngest one! To tell the truth I couldn’t miss a chance to tease him about it, as he gets shy really easily. But I think that he is really shy in general.
The restaurant was really nice – Japanese style; unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures of it or all the food that was served that time, but seriously that was a lot! The first serving was already too much for me to eat but food was served non-stop basically. I’ve tried some dishes that I have never imagined existed. Coworkers tried to make me drunk with all the sake (both warm and cold) and beer - ha, they should have known better XD, like that can make me drunk! And when the time for speeches arrived I was still nervous, after all I was sitting in the room with 8 Japanese and 2 German guys XD. I’ve talked just a bit, cause people couldn’t understand me anyways XD. And then when I said that they can ask me what they want to know, that very same moment one hand had risen - the boss of my boss looked like grade-schooler. The question of cause was about Japanese guys. My response was quite general and apparently was not good enough therefore the next one was about a certain guy around the table, who was sitting right next to me. I has given another general answer and turned everything into joke. But I guess BBoss really likes to tease me about getting me married off to some nice Japanese guy (I know that some of you, yeap Saori –that’s you, think that BBoss should receive a golden star). My boss has made a speech about the last year and how well everyone performed; my “fiancé” shared his experiences from his stay in Germany. Everything was ok till the part where he mentioned how he got sick and his boss’s wife cared and nursed him, so now he wants to get married soon, so his own wife can attend to him. I will leave out my thoughts about such situations in general and spare you some time, but you can imagine the reaction from BBoss XD But enough about that cause no matter how much they try to tease me I do not pay much attention to it) Once again I was being a good girl and would laugh at the situation with others. So the mood was really nice. I’ve given up most of my dishes for my boss to take home, cause there was absolutely no way I could’ve eaten all that myself. And after ritual clapping and thanking everyone we finally left the place. As all the guys were drunk, NY had to call for pick-up service for them (driver will come and take you home with your own car, so that you will not be driving after drinking and do not have to worry about picking up the car from the parking in the morning) and only then he drove me back to the dormitory.
On the way to dormitory NY mentioned that SJ invited me to come over that night if I want to use inet (at that time I still had no inet at home and could not access gmail at work). I wonder why they would bring such matters only last minute, but I was glad to get my hands on inet. We arrived pretty late at the dormitory, but there were no guards, so I could easily get in without any trouble at all. Later on I’ve asked whether it is that easy to get in and out of dormitory without any check points, and only then SJ mentioned that actually ladies are not allowed to come in as it is male dormitory XD. Too late for that, I was busy with inet and couldn’t care less about being caught by guards.
Once I got my hands on pc and inet everything else disappeared for me XD. However as I am used to multi functioning it was really interesting to listen to the conversation between SJ and NY in Japanese, especially as they thought that I could not understand even a word of it. I want to state honestly that I do not mean to eavesdrop on anyone, but that’s their fault about being to careless! But anyway I was to be busy with arrangements for my Tokyo trip for NY holidays. I needed to get in touch with many friends, figure out where to go and who can take me in for the night. Most of my friends were going back to their hometowns for NY, so I was almost panicking as I didn’t want to spend a fortune on hotels. When I was getting pretty much desperate Bee came to my rescue!
I’ve known Bee for several years now. She works at UAJC and is currently enrolled in Japanese university for Graduate studies or smth of that sort. We get along pretty well. She is very cheerful and easy going. She has gotten herself a Japanese boyfriend (10 years older than she is) and as they are getting pretty serious (she is moving in with him, which is good for me as I am getting her extra stuff like rice cooker, hairdryer etc) I think they will get married this year. I’ve stayed at their place in Kashiwa, Chiba during NY holidays, but let’s not skip steps). At first I had to set the meeting time and place. I’ve decided to go by bus (2000 JPY one way, 2 h ride) which arrives at Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo. Bee knew the place well, but as it is a large station and usually pretty crowded we were troubled with the actual location. God bless Google Earth creators))) really if you have never been to the place and u need to have a view of the location – google earth is what you need. SJ and NY said that red mail box near one of the entrances stands out. I said that what it might not be there anymore as the images might be somewhat outdated and both guys laughed at my naivety, saying that there is no way that the mail box will be moved that easily (they haven’t been to Ukraine XD) I still struggled with this choice, but in the end there was no other option for me, so I’ve given up. It was late when I came there so I didn’t want to intrude more than was necessary for me to prepare for the trip. About the time that I was finally leaving KY stopped by.
KY (age 29) is working in quality management department. He is crazy about skiing). His English is not as good as SJ, but his character overcompensates it XD That day he has given me his drawer for clothes and some hangers, which I truly appreciate cause I really needed it. He was even willing to carry it for me, but as I am not a fragile Japanese girl (not every guy can lift up my purse, and please do not ask me what I am carrying around)))) I kindly declined his offer. Later I learned that KY had his heart broken by previous intern girl form Germany as he had treated the relationship quite serious and for her it was for fun only. I feel kind of bad for him, as he is really nice guy.
Well, having settled the details for Tokyo trip I happily went back to my apartment with my new drawer))) I was actually able to do some unpacking that day. I went to bed in a relatively good mood, looking forward to actual serious working day!

@музыка: Adelle - someone like you

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среда, 01 февраля 2012

18:03

Day 1 ~Be careful of what you wish for, because you wish might just come true~

It is actually hard to describe what I was feeling that time - joy, happiness, concern, fear... a bit of everything I guess. The girl has left me as soon as we landed... she was in a hurry to get to meet her friend (I was actually counting that I might get help from her friend as he is supposed to speak Japanese really well) oh well, that's a bummer, but that way I could test myself. And once again it was so quiet and somewhat empty at the airport similar to Moscow I guess. Was it because of holiday season... not sure... I've gone through custody, passport control and other checks pretty fast. Even surprisingly fast I must say. However there was a funny moment when I was going through custody. I have not declared any goods like tobacco, alcohol etc, because the amount I was carrying was below the norm; however the girl has asked me about it. She was surprised because I were to stay in Japan for 8 month and it seemed fishy to her that I had no such goods with me XD To tell the truth I find it somewhat cute of her))) After that I've exchanged some currency and to be honest I am not happy with the exchange rate... I’ve brought US dollars with me, and unfortunately for me $ is losing its position on the market. But there is nothing I can do about it and it seems like US either XD I bought a bus ticket with newly exchange JPY and went out to the bus stop… Or should I just say – I went OUT!

view outside

contWhat was my first impression of Japan? I am not sure myself… First of all it didn't look like winter to me... at all... I saw some green trees, but grass was yellow. So dunno, smth like our autumn. I found bus stop easily and had to wait smth like 10 minutes. But during that time several buses going different direction has departed from my bus stop, so it was a bit confusing and I wondered whether I was in the right place to begin with). People would simply wait in order to get on their bus, no yelling, no pushing, just patiently standing in line. There were some helpers who would help to get your luggage inside the bus and give you a luggage ticket.
About luggage... I've mentioned before about buying another ticket for second suitcase. Indeed I was traveling quite heavy loaded - 2 suitcases, backpack and a purse – in total over 60 kg. I've taken my sister's new suitcase with me and my old one... well guess what, just as your butter sandwich will end up falling on the floor with the butter side down, the same situation happened with my suitcase, or I’d rather say with my sister's. The new suitcase got a huge crack in it, and the old one was perfectly fine. I didn't notice the crack till I was out of airport and waiting for the bus, so it was kind of late to go back and claim damage for it. But just as they say there is no evil without good. One Japanese lady started a conversation with me because of my cracked suitcase. That was my first real encounter with Japanese in Japan.

my poor suitcase

Everyone at the bus stop was simply looking my way and somewhat unfriendly (that's my polite way of saying hostile XD), but not her, she was really nice. I guess she took pity on me and later on I understood why. She advised me to take photos and later to claim the damage and bit by bit we started chatting. First in English and when she found out that I know some Japanese she switched to it, so that I can get used to speaking in Japanese. We sat across each other on the bus. As it turned out, she lives mostly in Germany because of work and that time she went back to Japan to visit her family for NY. Honestly I was really grateful to her. No matter how stupidly brave I might seem I still feel some concerns about my life in Japan (even now, when the entire month has passed). But seeing that even some total strangers are willing to help me and talk to me I've felt some kind of relief. I've presented my new friend with some ua choco and left my email address (but I haven't expected that the email from her would come, because I had similar situation before, I would give my email and no letter would come). Later on I received an email from her, so now we chat once in a while. She is back to Germany now, but in the beginning of the summer she is coming back to Japan and has invited me to travel to her region. So sweet of her!

traffic jam from Narita to Tokyo

I got off the bus before her and my journey was continuing. This time I had to find a taxi. The trouble with Japanese taxi is that you don’t really get to choose which car/taxi you want. Cars are lined up and once one is taken the other one comes and waits for the passenger. As I wanted to get to Tomioka asap, I had no choice but to take the first taxi in line even though I saw an old grandpa driver staring at me. He complained that my suitcases were too heavy and he had bad back so I had to load/unload them by myself. I have given him 2 maps (general and more detailed) and he had a map of his own, but he still had hard time finding the place I needed. Seriously? I was going crazy. First of all he did not drive faster than 40-50 km/h and was completely lost. Even I could tell which direction to go as I was told by hr most distinctive points along the road which are hard to miss (McDonalds, Large stores, Supermarkets etc) He stopped and went out to ask direction and finally we were able to reach our destination. Guards apparently knew that I was coming; they were much nicer to me than the taxi driver and helped me a lot with the luggage. A lady from administrative department came to greet me, but as she had to pick up her daughter from school, she left me for hr guy – SJ.
I wonder whether I should make a short intro about him, before carrying on with the storyline. SJ(age 28) has lived in the US for several years when he was young (grade school I think), so he speaks English well. So compared to others it is easier for me to talk with him as at least I understand what he means when using various English words XD. In general he seems like a nice guy, somewhat girly or childish, but the mere fact that he drives to Tokyo every weekend to meet his girlfriend says a lot about him.
So SJ has taken me back to the apartment, explained how to use shower, oven etc. We waited till a special package that company bought for me would arrive. That package consisted of: pot, tea pot, cup, spoon, fork, chopstick, frying pan, shampoo and hair conditioner, tooth brush and toothpaste body soap and hand soap, toilet paper, sponges for dishes and bath, washing soap and cleaning soap for dishes and bath, some hangers and even a pair of slippers. I might have missed smth, but the point is that it was really nice to get at least some kitchen stuff. Then we went to the supermarket and I basically bought smth for breakfast and some snacks. We also stopped by the 100 yen store. (I need to write about these stores later on, cause I luv the way these stores are organized))) And somehow I was being forced to buy the bowl for the bath, which I knew I wouldn’t use (at least for its main purpose), but actually I am using it now for keeping some water in my room, so that it won’t be too dry in there. But it wasn’t that much big of a deal as my main concern was inet - I was really hoping that inet would be working, but there were some troubles with it, so I had no inet afterall. So SJ left after several attempts trying set up inet and I was left alone with my thoughts. I must say that it was somewhat nerve-wracking. I had so many thought running through my head that I couldn’t fall asleep for sometime. Well, I was suffering from jet-lag as well. But anyways as I was lying on futon and thinking whether I should just keep my suitcases unpacked and go back home, I fell asleep. And that was the end of my first day in Japan…

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17:30

Day 0 ~Merry Xmas to all~

I don't really remember what time I actually woke up and what were the feelings. You know me - I am kind of last minute packer, so Saturday night was a bit off. I had some breakfast (I only remember that I had some hard time eating anything at all) and then the taxi came. I still don't get why Ne-chan (my sister) didn't go to the airport with us. It would've been better if she did, but oh well...

cont.Taxi driver was somewhat fun - driving fast and cheating on red lights. He wasn't riding ON the red lights, simply cheating on them, like he would make it seem like he is doing a right turn and then just with the small round would go back on the road. That was interesting. My uncle called when we were doing one of these cheating rounds, so I said good byes to him as well... I hate saying good byes, because I have no idea what to say on such occasions, especially to people with whom you usually do not have much interaction. So it doesn't really matter whether I am living 10 minutes-walk away or across the world... Anyways with all the cheating and driving we've got to Borispil really fast. My new backpack torn a bit, so mom went around and found some threads to sew it up. I bought ticket for another suitcase, and that's basically it. I don't think much of it. I never had a feeling that I am like really leaving at all and for such “a long time” as everyone seems to think.
Passport control, luggage check-in, body check etc – nothing much to tell about… quite typical I think, so after being done with the procedures I finally got on the plane. Flight was quite fast and nice (except for the cold sandwich that we were offered, but as I was hungry, so I had to bear with it). The girl sitting next to me was also going to Tokyo. So the rest of my trip to Narita I had a company) In Moscow it seemed like there is noone there... seriously... It was so quite at the airport... but finally as that girl and I went to our gate for departure we saw many Japanese. On board the ration was smth like 95% Japanese and then 5% of others. Our sits were right in front (which is nice in many aspects - toilet is near, more space for legs, screen is right there, flight attendants always start to bring food from our sits, so there is very little chance that they run out of smth) Next to me sat some British guy, who was basically sleeping all the time, probably we've annoyed him like hell with all our chats. I didn't pay much attention to other passengers on board, but my neighbor girl did. By the end of the flight she told me all about passenger that sat near us. Like totally drunk guy on the left is a regular customer of Aeroflot so he got a better treatment (I wonder why he traveled economy class in that case, there were some empty seats in business class, but whatever) the guy got completely drunk and slept all the way. On our right sat the Japanese lady with a baby. Baby was really nice and cute and what's more important he/she didn't cry at all (and some Russian kids were being, you know, noisy and annoying XD). We had a nice dinner and a pleasant breakfast and Aeroflot has given everyone a hand cream as a NY present so that was nice. And so after 10 hour flight I was finally reaching my destination point....

Narita...

@музыка: JYJ- Long way

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17:23

~Last chance~

Okay... I'll give it one more try... one last try...it's just that I start to forget things that I do not want to forget and that's what is so upsetting to me.
So here I go...

BUT before you start reading this I should put WARNING and DISCLAIMER.

@музыка: Океан Ельзи - Вище неба

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вторник, 31 января 2012

16:50

Neko no nikki ~INTRO~

This Diary was created specifically for sharing my experiences in Japan. I am really bad at keeping diary updated, therefore entries will be late and messed up, but I'll do my best!

@музыка: JJ&YC - Colors ~Melody and Harmony~

@настроение: yosh! ganbarimasu!

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