Hello my interested blog friends!
You'll be happy to know that I safely arrived in Tokyo at around 4pm Japan-time and 3am America-time. The broken coccyx is quite a bit tender but will triumph nonetheless.
I found out about my fabulous car and the expenses... and for future JETs that could possibly ever stumble upon this blog... know that if you have to purchase a car, you will, in fact, be in debt. I paid over $3000 to start. Lame. Now I still owe my rent deposit of 37,000 yen and my key deposit of 72,000 yen. Moving on to more exciting things... IM IN JAY-PAN!!!!
It's so hard to believe I was in Washington, DC yesterday. Pre-departure orientation was quite entertaining. Sa-rah and I met up with Jack (our special friend we met at the interview) and instantly knew it was going to be an amazing day. They showed us how to act in a Japanese house when you're invited for dinner.. and how to act at work parties. Have Slippers... point them towards the door and make everything look super neat... and say arigato gozaimasu alot.
some fun things from tonight
Pics: Top - JET friends in Tokyo, Saying byebye to Leslie (MMDANCR) my beautimous car, Crazy Taiko drumming video game for 200yen, japanese CRACKAS, The WESTSIDE on American Street, and the coolest vending machines that you can find everywhere!
YAY! I'll try and keep posted.
BTW the toilet in my room is ridiculous. It has a heated seat, a bidet (which shoots water straight up your butt), a thing that shoots warm water around your butt, and it also circulates water while you're on the toilet. The flusher is not on the toilet but where the toilet paper is. WHAT? My room key is magnetic something or another where I don't have to insert it into anything. I just hold it up and it unlocks. My roomates are really cool bc they're letting me stay on my computer while they sleep. I had a double espresso from Starbucks because I wanted to walk around and I was about to fall asleep walking..
sleep now!
It's 1:30AM wow. Jet lag anyone?
Wha! I see some cool pictures! Hope your flight was amazing and Japan seems pretty amazing as well! The whole bidet thing sounds worth it to me! Shooting water up your butt, foreget about it!
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