JOURNEY TO MY AKASHI KOUSEN

1st april

this is the shinagawa station in tokyo where we who were heading towards kansai area took the shinkansen (bullet train). my ticket costed 15200 yen which is around rm500 plus.



the few of us chinese heading towards kansai area. tho me n zhong ing's shinkansen only leaves at 10.10 am.. we were brought to the station at 8plus..

me and zhong ing's shinkansen was the last to leave. so we had plenty of time to spare. the senpais were really nice. they stayed with us till the end.

tried to take a pic of the famous bullet train. original plan of the photo: me at the left side and the bullet train's head at my right side.

attempt failed miserably

... zhong ing... u lousy photographer.

haha kidding. just proved how fast the bullet train is. it was ady in its 'slow' state cos stopping at the station.

joyce senpai!! we reached nishi akashi station at 1.28pm (on the dot.. really cool. exactly according to the bullet train's schedule.. u gotta admire japanese's sense of time and punctuality) where joyce picked us and bring us to go to our alien registration card which is a few stations away.

then finally we head towards our hostel. it's less than 10 minutes walk from uozumi station to akashi kousen. funny.. u would think the nearest station to akashi kousen would be akashi station but it turns out to be uozumi.. owell kinda like the nearest station to puduraya is not pudu station but instead is plaza rakyat station.

joyce and vincent senpai asked the office lady of dormitory to drive us to some nearby supermarket to buy futon blabla.. my futon, plus matress, pillow 3in1 costed 9800 yen which is rm362.60... it's warm tho not as warm as the comforter at sunway tower hotel... i wonder how to sleep in the summer.. would be so hot..

my room!! its on the 2nd floor (american system) of the girls' dorm. the current bed position is not the same as the photo tho.. pushed it to the right side cos for chinese legs facing door not good rite? the room got heater/aircon so nth to worry about!

now about the weather.. it's.. cold.. not wat i expected of spring.. will definitely freeze without jacket.. but this cold weather is one of the things i love about japan. cos it's the one thing tat's really different from malaysia where u sweat when u walk outside. it's cold enough till when u talk those white air i usually saw in dramas actually comes out haha.. i thought i had to wait till winter to see that. they say kansai is very very hot in summer so i thought spring would be like that too. but... conclusion.. it's even colder than tokyo. at tokyo the night feels warmer than day cos there's no wind at night. my akashi kousen is near the sea... so the wind blows all day and night.. zadao...

my 1st impression of japanese food was quite lousy cos the stuff i ate at tokyo didn't really taste tat nice.. i think i was wrong when the 1st dish i ordered was sasami.. the slices of fish looked really raw...

the udon i ate in the photo above was very very oishii tho! its a udon shop nearby my kousen. vincent brought me n zhong ing there for lunch after he took us to make bank account on the second day we reached akashi kousen...

to make bank account in japan quite troublesome tho.. had to make a name chop 1st. hehe maybe next time will post a photo of it.. it has my katagana name on it. we chose the cheapest tho it looks very simple

1ST DAY IN JAPAN ^w^

30 march~ 1 april


mas airbus... the seats are a lot more comfortable than airasia but its rather cramped.. but the meals quite nice. note they giv ferrero rocher! though the plane was supposed to take flight at 9 but due to 'technical problems' had to wait for half an hour.. after tat around 12 stop at kk for an hour plus then baru fly to narita again. this time almost the whole plane full of japs. and they serve WHISKY in the plane!! but only 20 years old n above ppl can drink =(~.. a few friends of mine (jia jie, puisan) looked mature enough to get whisky tho still not of age.


when reached narita airport got jpa ppl n some senpais there to pick us up. at first i really thought the senpais were japanesee. they really look jap. i guess for chinese, after a few years at japan they start to look like them too. from narita we had to ride an hour plus bus trip to our toko hotel which is located somewhere in tokyo. dinner wasn't provided so we had to walk around the area to find food.

my single room! at 1st thought single room will be very boring n unfun. but after realising can online baru immediately start appreciating the freedom! it was GREAT. u press the load button then its done within 10 seconds!!

the room really very very comfortable for one person. the single bed can fit 2 ppl comfortably

the 1st sakura i saw! not yet mankai (full blossom) so not really tat spectacular.

tokyo.. it's really really a busy place.. everyone's wearing suits and walking around at a fast pace. guys and gals all gorgeous and immaculate. and their clothes really just black, brown n beige with a few exceptions of course. they look pretty much like wat i expected them to be.

oya i din get to go anywhere during my stay at tokyo cos 30 march reach there ady 930pm. then the second day WHOLE day lecture. then morning of 3rd day around 740am ady on way to go akashi =(~

6 april 2009

walao.. didn't think would be so busy for one whole week..

today whole day buy textbooks.. check heart.. check health.. blabla

o well.. 1st of all, i wanna introduce u guys to the ppl i'd be hanging around with (or so i think) which are a total of 9 foreign students (excluding yours truly) studying at akashi kousen =)

1. zhong ing (3rd year)

1st of all zhong ing, my old toiletmate from ppktj life.. now oso still my neighbour =(.. haha kidding.. shud be =)

2. joyce senpai (5th year senpai)

my 2 years older ppktj senpai studying her final year of civil engineering at kousen. the great senpai tat kindly fetched us from the train station, bring us go do alien card, buy futon, teach us how to ride densha (too complicated.. still cannot).. the list goes on and on... ^o^

enjoy cooking and baking especially banana cake

very shikkari shiteiru

3. afiq senpai (5th year senpai)

same as joyce, my 2 years older senpai.. . the generous senpai tat chia us 4 new foreign students at the sushi restaurant.

tho looks big, personality quite shy and quiet..

note the 'ayu-ness', the exquisite-ness of his sitting posture.

hehe.. i pray he won't stumble across my blog

4. vincent senpai

one year older senpai.. studying kikai same as me..

dun hav his photo yet.. mm.. will load on later =)

5. linh (5th year)

from vietnam one. very 're qing' and dependable.tho is not malaysian senpai he oso helped us out a lot.

6. chit (5th year)

from laos. supposedly rather noisy according to senpai but rather calm for now cos just came back from hometown

7. tuan (3rd year)

from vietnam...

considerably friendly and very dependable

8. dulguun (3rd year)

from mongol...mm.. impression of him is very 'my-own-pace-type'.

tho everyone wore formal suit for the entrance ceremony, he alone

wore casual cos he doesn't own one.

9. odkhuu (5th year)

from mongol also.. quite witty. says and does amusing things