dinsdag 4 augustus 2009

The Journey of Days

[Day zero][Cause we basically did nothing other than travelling...]

After 2 days of intensive journey we finally arrived at The Weekly Mansion Osaka at Otemae.
I'm not feeling well, I'm tired and I want to sleep.
So I'll keep it short

Monday 3 Aug.
We'd board the JAL Plane, which was a pretty average plane, Boeing 777. They got the usual onboard entertainment system like you see in other Airlines. There was films like Star Trek, Monsters vs Aliens, Japanese films, games, J-Music etc etc.

But this post isn't about that, I know it should be about how great Japan is and all that, but as of now, I'm not 100% feeling it.
I got airsick, I felt miserable on the plane, tried to sleep, but it didn't succeed. And if that wasn't enough, Homan started to sing " We zijn d'r bijna~~~we zijn d'r bijnaaah~~~" I was totally not in that "Happy Mood".
Ofcourse I was glad we were almost at Japan, but that gladness soon disappeared when I realized what lied ahead of us...

Tuesday 4 Aug.
After we got off the plane, we needed to change money >>> Searching for the right ATM...
Then we needed to exchange the JRPass. >>> Searching for JROffice...
Remember we have our 15 Kg luggage with us. It wasn't a big problem untill then, cause we were still inside the Airport.
But I wasn't feeling well already, and we still needed to take the trains.
Narita airport to Tokyo ( to Shinagawa) >>> 1 hour 10 min
Shinagawa to Shin-Osaka >>> 3 hours
Shin Osaka subway >>> Search for ICOCA (which is like an chipcard for subways)(NL:OVChip)
Then from there took the subway, to Hommachi. And exchangee there to another subway to Tanimachi 4 Chome. And between all these were like a thousand of staircases, escalators, japanese pedestrians, humid/heat and what not. (Even if I didn't pack that much it was still heavy to travel in these circumstances while you're 'sick')

So after 12hour planeflight - 2trains of 4 hours total - a dozen of stairs and escalators - some searching and asking we finally got here!! It seemed little, but it felt like 2 long days.

Some random Japanese stuff I've seen today before I stop blogging cause I'm so tired.

1. Japanese people DO look like Japanese people...
The girls, the boys: They are kind of stereotype Japanese...like with the clothing and stuff =P

2. Japanese people are EXTREMELY friendly. They're so friendly it reaches a point where it becomes fake...
No but I do think they're sincerely friendly...wel some of them do. Some just do it because it's their 'job-etiquette'.

3. Very Big Flip-Out-Cover (Clamshell) Phones!! But oh so very cool. I like =D
Literally you can see 2 or 3 people every second with these phones messaging, calling and whatnot.
These phones must be pretty heavy I guess, I've already seen 2 people drop it on the ground!!
This one girl came out of the subway, walked across Homan...and DROPP!!. Her Akai-keitai (red phone) slides some way over the ground.......odd.


Anyway our appartment is pretty cool, can't seem to upload the photos right now.
I'll upload the photos tomorrow or when it works again, cause there seem to be some kind of error right now...

Just had some diner, HMT went to the 7Eleven just then. Guess we'll be heading to sleep soon.
With lights on...or off. (some of you we'll get this joke =P)

There's actually this 'sound' we always here at our door. We don't know what it is, but it sound like someone is there or something. But when we go to watch through the see-hole-thing, there's nothing. Anyway there's also this quiet appartment hall (we stay in the 4th floor) and there's this elevator...

But oh well, next post will be about Japan!! The very own reason you all came to read this blog!!
I Promise! Yakusoku!!

Bye =)

Ps: I'm sorry for the bad english, grammar and typos. I'm really tired...

5 opmerkingen:

  1. Kingman!! Too bad you got 'sick' but you'll feel better after a night sleep! I want picturesss! Hahaha, and about these Japanese phones, they are awesome.. hehe, will be waiting for more updates :]

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  2. glad to hear that you both arrived safely!

    'Even if I didn't pack that much' ?? je koffer was kapot zwaar =p
    mjaa zware dag dus.. gelukkig is 't vanaf nu alleen maar chillen ;)

    I'll keep followin' your blogs (=
    keep it up!

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  3. @Nath: Yeah I'm already feeling better after a good night of sleep. I'm thinking of actually buying one of those phones =P But I think back in Holland people will stare at me for having such a big phone (koelkast...)

    @Waightz: Yeah, it was kinda of heavy...
    But from now on no more heavy stuff!

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  4. Hahaha dat geluid wat bij de deur zit is zeker the Grudge of the Ring uitkijken hahaha.

    En je heb zeker veelste veel meegenomen hahaha, dat was zeker lekker sjouwen, de gedurende uurtjes.

    & lijken de japanese peoples nog op de anime gasten haha. (A) want to see it, don't forget to take pictures!

    Have Fun! following

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  5. @Kalun: Haha Ik hoop het niet =P Maar het geluid is weg nu, was alleen 1e dag...

    Er werkt gewoon een Cloud of Gast van FFXIII versus look-a-like bij die 7Eleven bij ons om de hoek. Dus jah gewoon die HairStyle you know...

    MOet ff proberen sneaky foto the maken =P.

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