Live from Tokyo!

Well, here I am! Arrived at Narita airport, Tokyo about half an hour later than scheduled, but in one piece! I unfortunately packed way too much stuff, however, and obviously dragging a 32kg suitcase around Tokyo's transportation system is not fun.

Getting through immigration was ridiculously quick and easy. Didn't ask me a single question at all. Going through customs was also relatively easy. The guy asked me whether I had anything to declare, and when I said no, he hesitated for a second as though he wanted to check my bags, but was probably put off by how big and obviously full of stuff it was, and just let me go through, which I was obviously pleased about!

I'm staying at my boyfriend's Dad's place just for tonight, which meant taking a train from the airport, then another train, then a bus, to walk for about 10 minutes through a small neighbourhood, and up two flights of stairs! Gotta love Tokyo! ...Luckily I wasn't the one dragging the bag, but it sure looked tough!

Reality hasn't really hit home yet. I don't know what it is, but it just doesn't feel like I'm going to be living here for a full year. It's been a bit anti-climactic really, after waiting for so long. But I know that I'm going to have a great year anyway, especially as I've only just arrived and haven't really ventured out into Tokyo yet!

Also, I bought a laptop about a week ago online, with a computer company called DosPara, so it was nice to arrive at this apartment to a sleek, shiny new laptop! I'm not much in the know when it comes to computers and such, but it's fast and has a good graphics card, with a fair amount of memory. Compared to the ancient laptop I was using before, it's brilliant. And shiiiiny. It's Japanese, however, so if something goes wrong and I get a pop-up alert to tell me so, I'm probably going to have a slim chance of knowing what it says. But it's got a finger-print scanner, so only I can use it if I so wish, which in my opinion is pretty damn cool!

Well, as I've not really done anything of note today, that's about all I have to say, other than I've arrived safely. I'll try to give an update later on when I've done more fun things, and talked to my foreign exchange office about what I should do.

...although it's supposed to be very hot/humid tomorrow, which I am not looking forward to! :(

Later.