It's 1:43pm and I'm just hanging out in my hotel room. I have the air conditioning blasting because it is almost unbearable without it; I haven't been in Japan in the middle of Summer before, and it is a bit icky...mostly because I seem to be constantly sweating and drinking water. I don't want to wear nice clothes outside, so I'm constantly surprised by all the girls dressed up and wearing their high heels; aren't their feet sliding around?
Anyway, back to the flight and everything. I left two days ago, on Monday. At the airport I was quite sad. Leaving my boyfriend and home behind was really hard. To make matter worse when I was crying this woman whispered (but I still heard her) 'look at the girl, she's crying!' I was already embarrassed enough, she didn't have to point it out to everyone within earshot. As I left the building I was too upset to look back, but I wish I had now. I miss you chuu!
On the plane to Melbourne, the old lady I was sitting next to asked me if I was okay, so we ended up talking. It was really good to take my mind off leaving, so by the time we disembarked I was feeling much, much better. My friend picked me up from the airport and we spent the day in Melbourne, seeing as I had an eight hour wait until the trip to Hong Kong.
To Hong Kong I had a window seat, which I think is best when trying to sleep and you can't lean on the person next to you, but it's no good when you need to use the bathroom! I bought one of those neck pillow things which helped a bit. The man next to me didn't even say hello until there was two hours of the nine hour flight left. He had a strange accent, maybe Swedish, and said he was from Hobart as well. He gave me his number...which was strange. I'm sure he was only being friendly, but still. Strange.
At Hong Kong, I lined up, thought I was in the wrong line and left, realised it was actually the right one, went back and the line was about one hundred metres longer than before! So annoying. and the people that work there always seem to be really, really mad.
After more than an hour I finally got through to the terminal, went to use the bathroom, and broke the toilet. I know in some areas of Asia you're not supposed to flush toilet paper...I don't know if that is the case there as well (there were no signs saying so), but I flushed, and the toilet bowl quickly overflowed with water. I considered putting my hand in there, but that was just too gross. I grabbed my passport and bags, washed my hands, and got out of there as quick as I could! The cleaning lady was just coming in as I left, so I'm sure she knows it was me. The toilet directly opposite mine was occupied, so I'm sorry lady! I hope you didn't get toilet water on your feet :( After that episode I got as far away as I could, got changed into some fresh clothes, and then waited at my gate.
At Taipei those who were continuing to Nagoya had the option to stay on the plane or get off. I stayed on, although I could've stretched my legs and there was no air conditioning at all. I was just so tired of lugging around my heavy laptop bag.
In Nagoya Suzuka met me, although she was a little late so I was really worried. She took me to the Kaneyama Plaza Hotel, and I met her sister Seika, then we went to an Izakaya. I think I drank about three glasses on orange juice and water. It was yummy, I wish I had taken photos. It was nice in there, except for the smoke. Afterwards I went to an Internet Cafe, and I hated it. It was so gross; I've read so many blogs from other people visiting Japan who love them because of their convenience, but I only saw it as a seedy place that guys go to for privacy to view obscene materials. And they totally do, the desktop had so many dirty links and popups everytime I opened a new internet page. Nevertheless, it was really cheap and I was dying to check up on things! I spent a little over an hour there then made my way back to the hotel. By then it was about 9:00pm, which was scary for me, and brought back a few nasty memories. There were a lot of people around, but obviously I am safe!
Back in my room I had another little cry, wondering 'why am I here', and I really couldn't think of an answer. I know it's only because I was in a negative frame of mind.
TODAY! At last. Well I slept in until about 10:00am, because I can. Watched a bit of tv (last time I was here I was able to understand about half of it. This time around, I understand maybe 20%). There was one show on in Kansai-ben though, which I wouldn't have understood at all last time, but I could this time thanks to the book I got at Christmas (thanks Mum!).
At about 11:45am I went out, down to the chemist-thing, bought a lot of products like shampoo and conditioner, hair repair, band aids, moisturiser, etc. I brought deodorant with me, but I also bought a Japanese brand one, thinking that maybe it will be designed better for sweat control. I guess I'll try it out tomorrow! I called Altia to see where the nearest hospital for my health check will be, got an email with directions, and will probably get that done tomorrow. It's closed at the moment and reopens at 5:00pm, otherwise I would do it now. Oh, and I went to the front desk of the hotel and got a LAN cable...I wish I had done that last night instead of the Internet Cafe.
At 5:00pm I will be going to Nagoya Station to meet up with Suzuka for dinner again :)
Watching TV just now, I really feel like a Mos Burger. I had one two years ago, so yummy! I should also clean up this hotel room, I just threw everything everywhere last night...
EDIT: I nearly forgot, I'm watching a drama right now. I think it was originally in Korean, so it had Japanese subtitles (good for me!), but it also has Japanese dubbed over the top. So there's double Japanese! It makes it a lot easier to understand :)
Anyway, back to the flight and everything. I left two days ago, on Monday. At the airport I was quite sad. Leaving my boyfriend and home behind was really hard. To make matter worse when I was crying this woman whispered (but I still heard her) 'look at the girl, she's crying!' I was already embarrassed enough, she didn't have to point it out to everyone within earshot. As I left the building I was too upset to look back, but I wish I had now. I miss you chuu!
On the plane to Melbourne, the old lady I was sitting next to asked me if I was okay, so we ended up talking. It was really good to take my mind off leaving, so by the time we disembarked I was feeling much, much better. My friend picked me up from the airport and we spent the day in Melbourne, seeing as I had an eight hour wait until the trip to Hong Kong.
To Hong Kong I had a window seat, which I think is best when trying to sleep and you can't lean on the person next to you, but it's no good when you need to use the bathroom! I bought one of those neck pillow things which helped a bit. The man next to me didn't even say hello until there was two hours of the nine hour flight left. He had a strange accent, maybe Swedish, and said he was from Hobart as well. He gave me his number...which was strange. I'm sure he was only being friendly, but still. Strange.
At Hong Kong, I lined up, thought I was in the wrong line and left, realised it was actually the right one, went back and the line was about one hundred metres longer than before! So annoying. and the people that work there always seem to be really, really mad.
After more than an hour I finally got through to the terminal, went to use the bathroom, and broke the toilet. I know in some areas of Asia you're not supposed to flush toilet paper...I don't know if that is the case there as well (there were no signs saying so), but I flushed, and the toilet bowl quickly overflowed with water. I considered putting my hand in there, but that was just too gross. I grabbed my passport and bags, washed my hands, and got out of there as quick as I could! The cleaning lady was just coming in as I left, so I'm sure she knows it was me. The toilet directly opposite mine was occupied, so I'm sorry lady! I hope you didn't get toilet water on your feet :( After that episode I got as far away as I could, got changed into some fresh clothes, and then waited at my gate.
At Taipei those who were continuing to Nagoya had the option to stay on the plane or get off. I stayed on, although I could've stretched my legs and there was no air conditioning at all. I was just so tired of lugging around my heavy laptop bag.
In Nagoya Suzuka met me, although she was a little late so I was really worried. She took me to the Kaneyama Plaza Hotel, and I met her sister Seika, then we went to an Izakaya. I think I drank about three glasses on orange juice and water. It was yummy, I wish I had taken photos. It was nice in there, except for the smoke. Afterwards I went to an Internet Cafe, and I hated it. It was so gross; I've read so many blogs from other people visiting Japan who love them because of their convenience, but I only saw it as a seedy place that guys go to for privacy to view obscene materials. And they totally do, the desktop had so many dirty links and popups everytime I opened a new internet page. Nevertheless, it was really cheap and I was dying to check up on things! I spent a little over an hour there then made my way back to the hotel. By then it was about 9:00pm, which was scary for me, and brought back a few nasty memories. There were a lot of people around, but obviously I am safe!
Back in my room I had another little cry, wondering 'why am I here', and I really couldn't think of an answer. I know it's only because I was in a negative frame of mind.
TODAY! At last. Well I slept in until about 10:00am, because I can. Watched a bit of tv (last time I was here I was able to understand about half of it. This time around, I understand maybe 20%). There was one show on in Kansai-ben though, which I wouldn't have understood at all last time, but I could this time thanks to the book I got at Christmas (thanks Mum!).
At about 11:45am I went out, down to the chemist-thing, bought a lot of products like shampoo and conditioner, hair repair, band aids, moisturiser, etc. I brought deodorant with me, but I also bought a Japanese brand one, thinking that maybe it will be designed better for sweat control. I guess I'll try it out tomorrow! I called Altia to see where the nearest hospital for my health check will be, got an email with directions, and will probably get that done tomorrow. It's closed at the moment and reopens at 5:00pm, otherwise I would do it now. Oh, and I went to the front desk of the hotel and got a LAN cable...I wish I had done that last night instead of the Internet Cafe.
At 5:00pm I will be going to Nagoya Station to meet up with Suzuka for dinner again :)
Watching TV just now, I really feel like a Mos Burger. I had one two years ago, so yummy! I should also clean up this hotel room, I just threw everything everywhere last night...
EDIT: I nearly forgot, I'm watching a drama right now. I think it was originally in Korean, so it had Japanese subtitles (good for me!), but it also has Japanese dubbed over the top. So there's double Japanese! It makes it a lot easier to understand :)
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