Farewell Tokyo

riding the subway is negative fun when ones contacts have fallen out. the little station signs were not made for 6over7346 vision. squinting only made me look funny and eventually gave me a headache. i rode back and forth several times before making what i thought was the correct transfer. wasnt. very very difficult to explain to mr japanese metro man that i couldnt read the tiny metro map he kept referring me to. seriously.. try miming "my contacts fell out, i can not see". its tough. i also think he thought i just couldnt read in general because he slowed his japanese way the hell down. the kinda talk speed one reserves for children and retards. i have however made it back to the hostel and am applying for a seeing eye dog.

also just experienced my first earthquake of the trip.. we gently rolled around for about half a minute.. a little asian girl screamed and ran for the elevator of all places. this made me laugh which is impolite in the sheer panic! and mayhem! of a 2.3 richter scale quake and i received frowns of disapproval from her friends.

leave for Chiba tomorrow to start work on Tuesday.. am super excited.. in part because i wont have to share my room with 27 others. many of whom are australians and spend much of their time being loudly drunk and for reasons as yet unknown, yelling dingo. Bonus. and also because i've recovered enough from the ordeal that was fifth year to do some medicine and maybe even enjoy it.. woop.

to all those starting on monday... enjoy being big, bad TI's.
make me proud.

"Capsule" Hostel - Space Optimiser.
Behind those curtains is a box which houses your futon, a little shelf and a dim light.

a surprisingly comfortable coffin.