Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Arrival

The day to go to japan had came finally. Having lots of mixed feelings,I boarded the plane to Japan. The thought about going to a country where I'm not exactly good with the language has never crossed my mind until I am there. Looking down from the plane, the scene is one that is so overpowered by green. The color of the green is brighter which look likewell kept carpet grass only it's not. Of course buildings exists but notas much as singapore or usa, at least on the way to the airport. All thanksto Grant(a friend I met in usa), he came to the airport and share with memy first experience of trains in japan. Not as crowded as I think, from the airport to my office location which is in shibuya. Along the way, phonecalls came from the company to grant's cellphone but the words that I could hear are gibberish and words that sound like japanese. The reasonis partly due to the lack of practise and loud background noise. When Ireached my office, it's already pass 8.00pm, way later than what I hadpredicted. Well, one of the person in charge of helping people like us brought me on another train adventure to my apartment. Some of you mighthave seen clips of train operators pushing people into trains, well, I didn't see it thought, but I did end up in a situation where you can not move at all because around you is people squeezing you from all directions.Kinda an experience with 2 big luggages and a laptop bag. Finally did reach my apartment, settled in with a "make shift" bed bought from the local "walmart" like convenient store. All for today, getting my energy read to settle tomorrow's stuffs.

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