Monday, May 31, 2010

For reals-I am back

Waseda University to the rescue. Although they had like 30 layers of protection, I finally have fast, reliable wireless internet that I can use anywhere on campus. Adventure 2 for the day is getting my phone to work again.

I am back in Tokyo, and things feel about the same. Unfortunately I am in the Funabashi area and am about an hour from Waseda and Shinjuku. I did not realize how perfect it was to be living in the Iidabashi area until now.

Waseda is pretty amazing. The campus is really nice, and it was packed with people today. The other Yale students and the one Princeton student are awesome as well. I have already had one experience in a restaurant this morning where a bunch of the other students turned to me to translate and give advice. Apparently I might have the second most Japanese speaking experience out of all of us. Interestingly enough, the student who speaks Japanese the best has been abroad since last summer. We actually hung out a little last year.

Mostly I have been sleeping and fretting about not having internet, so I have not explored that much at all. Although my first internet cafe experience was pretty cool. It doubled as a Manga kissaten, but I didn't see anyone browsing. It seemed like the focus was the internet/reading in private.

Hopefully next time I will have more interesting stories to tell.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

This post cost me 200¥

Just after I found out how to get the yen symbol. I spent a few minutes figuring out how to write in roman characters again.

I am in an internet cafe and the clock is ticking. Back in Tokyo and it feels great. But really? No internet.

My host family has dial up and there is no open wifi for me to use. Seeing as I have not been able to reactivate my phone yet, the internet would have been the only way for me to contact the outside world. Other important questions, such as what is there to do in Funabashi and what is the cheapest way to get back and forth from Waseda, remain unaswered.

Hopefully it will work out, since I would really like to get this blog going again.