The update

Well okay I know I haven't been updating this blog for a long long time. Well, I had to wait for the internet connection for more than a month, they're so advanced and yet when it comes to this, they're so damn slow. So before this, I had to always steal my neighbor's line and good thing the connection was really fast, even at only 15%, I can do the download at quite a high speed. So finally with all the waiting, I have my own now, been having it for quite some time now, and I'm very happy with the speed! I can download an episode of series in less than 10minutes rather than back home, took me half day or sometimes whole day to finish! My area's connection was really slow, too bad my family has to continue to suffer with that. Lucky me.

So as everyone already knew, I'm in Japan now, taking University Preparatory Course or otherwise Japanese Language in Tokyo School of Japanese Language. Actually its kind of interesting to learn a foreign language, so I actually thought of taking other languages. Maybe after I master Japanese! I don't know if I want to go through what my friends going through right now - college. Difficult subjects, exams, good grades, assignments bla bla bla, had enough of that during high school. But its not like high school wasn't fun, it was alot of fun, only because I chose the wrong field - science. And again, I like science but I just don't like being tested on how I understand the facts.

Anyway, since I've been here, I've been getting alot of similar questions so why don't I just write it down here. It should answers all the questions you people have in mind

#1 - How's life there?
Life's great here! I kinda like the feeling of living alone, shopping alone and doing things on my own, my way. I can just don't talk if I feel like it so I just put on my music really loud and just go into my own world. Also I can act like I don't understand what they're saying when they speak to me. But hey, I'm not anti-social, just don't think I need to speak sometimes. *smiles ( you people, dont comment on this )

#2 - Homesick?
Oh well, not really. I still go on Skype with my family every night. Or before, email, my parents been really wonderful I should say. But I do miss my room alot, I remember when I first got here, every morning I wake up, I had to take a little time to think where am I because I thought I was still in my own room. But after looking around for awhile then only I'd realise "oooh! I'm not home!"

#3 - Any new friends there?
Well yeah, all those foreigners so I got to know many different cultures and my geography is improving! Simply because every time I know someone new, I'd google their country in Google Earth. So the map in my mind is expanding!

#4 - How's the people there? Is the girls there hot?
Uhh, I think its the same all over the world, there are nice people and vice versa. Only people here mostly well mannered, especially the older generation but they can sometimes be real bitchy or is it the look? All wrinkled up and grumpy. Who knows! Also, I think they always have long phrases for almost everything, for example the workers in the shops have to say "welcome phrase" when a customer walks in and when customer walks out, "thank you phrase". Additional words also used to make conversation more polite, oh well sometimes I just don't understand why must they complicate the whole matter. Why can't a thank you just be thank you. Moving on the girls, there are alot hot chicks here, especially in the mall, all the salesgirls are really hot, so far I haven't seen one ugly salesgirl. But this is not a fantasy land, of course there are also ugly girls, and I've seen alot in train. Some of them can just sleep with the mouth opened, or with something ugly which I couldn't have imagined. As we all know, Japan has been famous for its fashion and their pretty girls make up. Just didn't think I'd see people looking that bad in public. One day, I shall have their faces captured and I'd post it up here.

#5 - What do you eat everyday?
Urrh, sometimes I buy bento (ready packed meal) or lunchbox, there's alot of that here cater for the busy workaholics. Sometimes I cook, since I don't know how to cook varieties, I always boil noodles (soba/somen) to go with my favourite sashimi or meat (beef/chicken/pork) or just instant food. Sometimes I'd eat out at the restaurant alone, just a quiet meal (I didn't mean the surrounding, they can sometimes be really noisy). So far, I've tried the Italian Restaurant, Big Boy steak house, Lakshimi Indian Restaurant (the curry is really good compared to the one I had at another shop last week with Naan that tasted weird, Lakshimi's chef from Dubai so real indian style), Chinese Restaurant (steamboat, Beijing's) and of course Japanese food (Kyoto's, Unagi House, soba, ramen...). All those are big meals that I had, there's also little snacks that I sometimes eat like Takoyaki (taco balls), Okashi (Japanese sweets/dessert), cake, ice-cream... and lots of jellies!

#6 - How do you go to school and how long you take everyday?
Express train/subway. From my house to the station is about 5-8minutes walk, then the express train takes about 23minutes to reach Shibuya, Tokyo. From the station there, another 10-15minutes walk to my school. So total up of 40-45minutes for me to get to school everyday. I do lots of walking here, usually the places are really big but somehow I always have my way back to the station. Normally I'm a road noob and I don't have much sense in directions *blushed

#7 - Are you used to the life there?
Oh well, everything goes a little faster here. But its all for the best, at least when the train timetable says its coming on 8.04, it really does. No delay, or you shall miss it. Other than catching up with the time, I'm fine with the rest.

#8 - Are you happy? Regret?
Yes, I'm happy, and no regrets.

That's all for now.