2nd Day in Tokyo

Thurs, 19 Jul 07, 11.24pm in Yotsuya room

Hello My Little Diary,
Today is another tiring day. Let me tell you the story one by one kay?

1. 8.45 - 9.30
Breakfast at hotel. This time we know already how to order, what to order, how to make ocha (green tea) with 'saringan', and how to settle the bill. Yuhuu!

2. 9.30 - 12.00
Meeting with Sirva Relocation persons. They came to our hotel to give us briefing about Japan's lifestyle and answer questions that we may have about living in Japan. It's a good service from Ron's company! I asked everything - from how to open bank account and subscribe hp, phone, internet until where to buy cheap detergent. It's a very looooong meeting, especially for me yang nahan pipis setengah mati akibat minum ocha kebanyakan. You'll know what I mean when you drink green tea and try not to pee for the next 2.5 hours.

3. 12.00 - 13.00
We went to Shinjuku Ward Office to get Ron's Alien Registration Certificate to open bank account and subscribe hp. Jap calls "foreigner" as "alien"! Hmm.. they are so creative as usual..

4. 13.00 - 15.00
Going to ILS to take care of my residential status. Actually the place isnt too far but we really couldnt find the building! Japanese is really nice, they helped us finding the place even we never asked them to! But still,we couldnt find the place.. Now I know why they call us an alien. We feel like two aliens coming to earth from planet "@#$%^&*"we can't talk, can't hear, can't understand, can't find, can't see.. even we talk, they also don't understand. However, I try to see everything from positive angle..maybe it's God's plan to make the love between these two aliens stronger. You know, love grows when storms come when there are just two of them, rite??

5. 15.00 - 16.00
Going to Ueda Clinic, Ron needs to get medical check-up as a requirement from the company. It's also not an easy place to find. We must ask around, show map to anyone who wants to see our map, and went in and out from one door to another door like a salesman. Finally we found the place! Buttt.. with my limited Japanese knowledge, I understood that appointment was required! Oh man, we need to go back there again tomorrow.. :(

6. 16.00 - 20.00
We then went to Shinjuku again to subscribe hp. It's not as easy as said. We must ask around the plan package, price, etc and compare it with other service provider with our super-limited Japanese vocabulary! *No wonder it took 4 hours to do it* <-- Hey, not really 4 hours! We also had dinner there, had some little shopping there, and took some pics too! Anyway, at the end we haven't bought the hp. We brought back the brochures so that we have enough time to think and compare.

Very long journey rite? Yeah, thanks to Jap subway system yang kayak maen ular tangga. There are 14 different lines! Can you imagine?? Singapore only has 3 lines, Jap has 14!! These 14 lines come from different colors. If you wanna go from green line to red line, you have to jump here jump there till you get the right line color. If you got wrong direction, you have to go back again and start to climb again! It's really like playing snake and ladder.

Another interesting thing about Japan is: there's underground world! It's really like Doraemon's underground world! Wow.. I guess Tokyo's land isn't enough so they built another layer that really connects one suburb to another suburb.

Little diary, I'm so tired now. Tomorrow will be another tiring day. See you soon... ZzzzzZZzzzz...

-Abbie-

p.s I just got small 'benjolan' of 'kapal' on my both feet because I walked too much these 2 days.