On the Internet tip...
Aug. 5th, 2003 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akujunkanOwning to the fact that I will not be able to get a keitai, landline, or Internet connection until sometime after August 20th, I have been obliged by being allowed to use a school computer. Ah.
First of all, many thanks go to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hazardblue and villainny for chatting with me the other day and restoring some small amount of sanity.
Now, some connundrums about Takaoka.
1) You'd think one of the three largest Buddha statues in Japan would be easy to see in a city where buildings rarely top 7 storeys.
You would think that, wouldn't you?
Took me four days to find the Big Guy, and that happened completely by accident (I was searching for the city's sole electronics store).
2) You'd think a city of 175,500 people would have some sort of urbanised culture - DVD rentals, book stores, Book Off, bus system, concerts, CD stores, etc. etc.
You would think that, wouldn't you?
There's more to do in Pierceton. I now know why Takaoka is a) famous for its bars and b) why they're all clustered within 2 blocks of the station - if it wasn't for the alcohol, what would you do here?
On the upside, all of my supervisors are the sweetest people imaginable. I have been given someone's personal keitai with which to call home, my Vice Principal has been on his hands and knees in my apartment mopping up my predecessor's pubes (eww), my other VP stayed after school for an hour trying to get the shuuyakusho to expedite my Alien Registration Card (they wouldn't) and I'm going out to lunch with everyone today.
My students seem hardcore genki which I'm hoping will work to my advantage, once classes start.
teal_geezus, do you have book 24 yet? Do you want book 24? Let me know.
That will be all.
First of all, many thanks go to
hazardblue and villainny for chatting with me the other day and restoring some small amount of sanity.Now, some connundrums about Takaoka.
1) You'd think one of the three largest Buddha statues in Japan would be easy to see in a city where buildings rarely top 7 storeys.
You would think that, wouldn't you?
Took me four days to find the Big Guy, and that happened completely by accident (I was searching for the city's sole electronics store).
2) You'd think a city of 175,500 people would have some sort of urbanised culture - DVD rentals, book stores, Book Off, bus system, concerts, CD stores, etc. etc.
You would think that, wouldn't you?
There's more to do in Pierceton. I now know why Takaoka is a) famous for its bars and b) why they're all clustered within 2 blocks of the station - if it wasn't for the alcohol, what would you do here?
On the upside, all of my supervisors are the sweetest people imaginable. I have been given someone's personal keitai with which to call home, my Vice Principal has been on his hands and knees in my apartment mopping up my predecessor's pubes (eww), my other VP stayed after school for an hour trying to get the shuuyakusho to expedite my Alien Registration Card (they wouldn't) and I'm going out to lunch with everyone today.
My students seem hardcore genki which I'm hoping will work to my advantage, once classes start.
teal_geezus, do you have book 24 yet? Do you want book 24? Let me know. That will be all.
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haha
on 2003-08-08 10:02 pm (UTC)dude I don't start work until September... when the hell do we go take Nagoya by storm? How did you like that hurricane... I love the extra moisture... Lord knows it could be more humid.
I had to pay 540yen, ride the train for an hour, and have to hold the shift button to type..... this is what I get for bitching about my apartment the day I need to prepay my phone and internet.