Tuesday, August 31, 2010

How To Use Microwave Rice Steamer

... today: knuckle Shinagawa down ;)

Arrived at my hotel "Sunroute Shinagawa Seaside" evening at 21:00 local time clock. Thanks to my broken Japanese, the broken English of a receptionist and my mime skills, I'm in my room landed on the 17th floor. What can I say - か わい (Kawai). 12 square meters, 1.40 x 2.00 m bed, internet what more could you want.

From the lobby NEN awesome view of the container port of Tokyo, and from my window I can see the Konami Center, as well as software developers sit here by Panasonic, Kodak and Toshiba - as far as I could see that. Therefore tends to be a NERD area was really clear that I've never felt so immediately recovered. Salvaged as I manage my Japan-socket adapter was broken and I have finally regained power in my laptop etc.. (You will not believe but the German plug did not fit - whether there again probably something NEN Intern has designed?)

Today I was once directly in the "supermarket" / Kaufhof blend (but here populated with customers) and I bought what had to stay home.
The main impression I take with me:
  1. music, everywhere. From every corner of it is being slammed with music and advertising - quite hard I think.
  2. Japan is incredibly expensive.
  3. everything here is small:) From deodorant to moisture cream over the razor next to clothing and kitchen accessories at Coke cans and water bottles (in standard sizes).
  4. Japanese / see inside the shoulder with 1.5 meters in size, a 5-liter jerry cans a little awkward from.
After a really expensive shopping (but under 1kg = 100 € excess weight limit) I felt compelled an ATM or bank to search. Lonely Planet Japan and bars at the ready, I asked myself by Shinagawa (品 川). Eventually, I stood before the familiar word "Post Office" which I have skillfully translated into post (yeah, ch am an almost Japanese-native speakers) and the next 10,000 yen (円) pulled from the machine.
was then, at least in my lunch hour. So I went on the road after a befitting establishment. I was tempted but the thought the easy way to KFC or the big M to take, But thinking of the adventurer Peter I looked for something Japanese. So I have had a kind of snack ne searched the advertising images are not very slimy and unappetizing glibbrig. As I stood in the 4 x 4 meters with two slug slurping Japanese and the chef, but air-conditioned to 18 ° C which was at an ambient temperature of 25 ° C is also necessary. I think a certain amount of confusion to me quite often - at least the cook suddenly crawled out from behind his desk, walked to the front door, opened it and waved me over. I thought I would throw straightly but the friendly smile of colleagues fit the bill actually not the case. Ultimately, he told me that I was on the door NEM machines to choose and have to pay and he then executes the receipt I get. Well, unfortunately, the machine had only four illustrated courts - thus the selection was limited. Nevertheless, something like pasta with cabbage salad and fried something like dead fish or chicken - because I'm insecure.

I was just still in port and I was delighted at the skyline of Tokyo - not bad, bitter that the camera can be bought here has yet to. should not know what to think of it that be a walk but you may end goal and not be phased out on the highway - - Next to a baseball game and this pilgrimage on foot almost on the highway naja. Still alive. So, I'm going with a view over the harbor and the city sat in the lobby and read. Tomorrow it to ICU (International Christian University) in Mitaka (suburb of Tokyo).
far So, Germany NEN still beautiful afternoon. Adoption.



Monday, August 30, 2010

Monica Roccaforte Movies In 2010

... in slightly more than 10 months or to stay with the old topic in 300 days.

I am what I am and I am in Tokyo - nearly. Just got out of my machine Emirates has increased and now sit on the express train to Tokyo and Shinagawa Station. But back to my last post.

The first 300 days of preparation for Japan are almost over and I prepared myself thoroughly for the departure. So grab bag and weigh it again and again with what may and what must remain for reasons of weight in Germany. (1kg overweight is even if you want to buy it in advance even with 50 € charged - assuming that I will be resumed in Germany (I am optimistic assumption) me costs of 1 kg of excess weight so measly € 100) end is the whole come to optimal 30 kg and 12 kg of hand luggage suitcase out. Meanwhile, back everything that I have gambled everything from what went Emirates - as times get hold of daddy's right ne ceiling. :)

Apart from

pack suitcases were really scanned all required documents and possibly even hundreds of gigabytes of German-American film material stored encrypted on disk. Of course, the last farewells were, and as a highlight to the end I found another sport in which I am virtually unbeatable - baseball. I refer to rule customer http://hickory-koeln-08.npage.de/ , but so much was said The game was very powerful on its head as the nimble, tactically and physically strong number 8 for Cologne 1 is accumulated. (In fact, Cologne is seen in this sport, unlike in football as one of the top 5 German teams to get and I certainly saw the possibility title with this team) even in hot games, I've screwed my market value considerably upwards, became the tournament out but both the weather and by destroying my stick, with which I had trained extensively on best performances hindered. Thanks to my excellent game understanding, but I have 4 words caught in four of the opponents I. :)

Until this tournament, I was still assuming that Germany is mourning about the past year that I'm gone, it just has rained, stormed, and everything was done by me to prevent the departure. The flash of the baseball tournament taught 100 m right of me struck me, however, a better - just away.

departure on 08.29.2010 at 15.25 in Dusseldorf - was expected to go it seriously and then say goodbye but that is really dependent. Start the pilot and distracted. A bomb entertainment program that is the flight from Dusseldorf to Dubai, Video on Demand containing something nice - however, there are a faded screen and the headphones were not half-ass - whatever. 6 hours later in Dubai out of the somewhat narrow machine, especially if one of the Dutchman from the next room Sallert constantly full. (Dutch - argh ...;))

Dubai is superb, or kawaii as I would say in my new language. (Free SMS reception and complimentary wireless Internet access.) Football results obtained and sent home the first greetings gene. After 3 hours it went on - this time with even better entertainment program. While I was happy to give me the first flight with Iron Man 2 and Book of Eli had it this time A-Team, Avatar - The Last Air Bender (scrap), Robin Hood and NEN still some nice new films, if you the rest the movies already knew (the offer even beats that of my dream ship AIDA). The 10 hour flight was completely OK, and even through the security checks were obtained by Fluke.

Well, soon I was standing in the entrance hall of the airport Narita, and was surrounded by small, seemingly at random, around Scuttling Japanese and Japanese women, and before I knew it I was passed to the ticket counter for the Narita Express.

Here I am sitting now on the dry, but with wireless reception but no net access. to get nothing without the data provider. Whatever, are worse things that miserable text, I can also load afterwards up ^ ^ I think the way the guard is afraid of me, which is already 4 times sneaked past me without asking for my ticket;)

I just roll through Tokyo, looks quite nice, the first Starbucks I've found, NEN dentist, lots of neon and urban halt. The first four conversations in Japanese, I have also survived, apparently sitting in the correct path (the first 3 talks were all about) and I have to I do not even rude way to understand the Candy Lady, where I would like nothing - bad mistake. (Here's a thanks to Monika Unkel and all the others I have not given up now ^ ^ and enabled me to have the correct path to ask). Sun

enough time beating dead. From now on I'm in Japan and now I can post interesting stories - we'll see, to conquer)

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Japan Women Molested In Train

... in 600 days.

Japan is a very complicated story. Since nothing will be broken over the knee, at our own Angie is a "policy of small steps," a lengthy policy.
terms: Conquer
  • conquer , curb (to put down by force or authority)
  • conquer (take possession of by force, as after an invasion) "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants" , "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • conquer (overcome by conquest)
That is of course not - this action would probably end before the arrival. Conquer is the author of this blog (the crazy voice in my head) as capture the meaning of Japan to explore and discover, I arrive in Japan, close to a foreign culture on the ropes. Where
begins the average blogger with blogging so on? Just take a quick look at the popular literature and note: you start at the beginning. Well ...
The odyssey began last November with a fixed idea and the first Japanese course, apply for a replacement course and sign up for the course in Bochum. To date, not the problem:)
The real fun begins after the application and receipt of the preliminary approval. Application for a visa means a lot of paperwork, medical checks, x-rays, fluoroscopy, etc. There is also the financial completion of application forms for the International Christian University (to have finally called time at the university), which on the one hand is only pro forma (adopted by the exchange agreement we are pretty much), but one wants to even show the "good" side. (For an interesting side note, until that point I was already invited 14 passport photos to send me to Japan - ing some real gems were there)
1000 € to 1200 € this monetary demand scholarships, universities, foundations, etc. for the general students. So it beats by other forms, and applying and applying and applying, partially supported, in part, rather misled by the International Office in Münster, sometimes with the knowledge of the low probability, and sometimes it with some hope.

came in July then the "Certificate of Eligibility at (considered positive confirmation that it was worthy apply for a visa at a Japanese Embassy, consulate) and the flight was booked. To apply for a place in a residence hall and again for scholarships.
went after the exams in August, then to small Japan (located around the Japanese Consulate General in Dusseldorf) and goes into the consulate, the documentation for a visa - a week later, one can pick it up then. Quite tingly is the further preparation: data back up, copy documents, book hotel for the time until the opening of the dormitory, students plan put together etc. - very nice, the fact is that one has a lot to celebrate. ;)

Well, now I have time for a monent and looking forward to the trip and certainly the most interesting time. How do I open the blog with so many exciting details - well, I'll have time anyway to paper in return for the study support that I get indirectly by the DAAD. Well here is now the most of it in there once.

Am 30.08. I long evening in Tokyo. Until then, I am still reachable by cell phone. I will provide you here with pictures, info and possibly more.

adoption:) D