"Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there- to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there."

「海辺のカフカ」 ♥ 村上春樹
'Kafka on the Shore', Haruki Murakami



Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Youkoso!

I feel I need to apologise in advance for what a lame 'first day of exchange' post this is going to be. It feels very weird to be here, at last. I haven't slept for 36 hours, I've been sick, I'm jetlagged and homesick and had a minor breakdown when I went to the supermarket because I couldn't understand any of the text or speech around me and I felt like such a ... foreigner.

But after a hot shower and a cry to my parents on the phone, I feel much better. And I've heard from numerous reputable sources that the first week in Japan is shit and then they never want to leave.

I think a few pictures will suffice. Apologies again for the lack of spectacular shots - some were taken from inside a moving taxi shuttle and it has been a very wet cold rainy day.

Obligatory petty cloud photos


Goodbye sun.

Fu bear is happy to see the sun again.

Wow.


Double wow.

Check the Flickr account (the slideshow at the side) to see the rest.

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5 comments:

  1. silviaMarch 23, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    heyhey,u will be having fun very soon la~~just have some sleep and everything will be fine~~~take care la~~

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  2. FuMarch 23, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    Hehe is that a wheelchair vending machine? I guess it'll come in handy if you leave your wheelchair at home. They sure think of everything

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  3. MimosaMarch 24, 2010 at 7:29 AM

    Hey Chica,
    I can tell you that I have never gotten somewhere the first day of a trip and not cried from exhaustion/confusion/homesickness.
    You're a champ and it's going to be strange and hard for a while, but it will never stop being amazing and wonderfully fun.
    Breathe your way through it.
    xo

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  4. NazaninMarch 24, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    Aww..noooo..my dokhtar! You shouldn't cry at all...darling I cried for 2 weeks when I came to Australia but then look at me now!!! you'll be fine after a good sleep and some walk around! look, I couldn't understand when the teacher said "assignment" during the first week of my "Australian Education"..hahaha..don't worry you'll talk as a Japanese parrot in a month. Love you. Eat well. Maman Nani

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  5. EllaMarch 25, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    Thanks everyone! It feels so good to hear from you at such a time. Maman, I especially understand how you've felt in Australia and I have so much more sympathy for you now (not that I didn't before) ... But all of you ... thankyou .... I'll reward your kind words with lots of beautiful photos

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