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Good Evening Ina!
Nov. 10th, 2006 01:18 pmI'm sitting in my new apartment in Ina. I arrived about 45 minutes ago, and was pleased to notice that it has wireless broadband. Hurrah!
Today has been a busy old day. I had to struggle through Tokyo with my bags at rush hour (and I'm sure you;ve seen the footage of that!), had some training, and then headed up to Shinjuku to get the bus to Ina. I had been led to believe I would be taking the Shinkansen, but alas, it appears Ina isn't big enough for one of those! The bus ride took 3 hours, but I snoozed, along with the enitre bus, and read "Singing Innocence and Experience" to keep me amused. I tried my Japanese out on the girl sitting next to me and seemed to do quite well. I found out we had a 20 minute break at a service station, and that the stop for Ina was the one after next. Of course, she replied to me in English, so it was quite a hilarious conversation as neither of us could really understand the other, but we managed.
Yasuko, the school manager came to meet me at the bus stop. She's very young and pretty and seems very friendly. We staggered up to the school with my bags, before heading over to the apartment. It's only a tiny little place: a small reception, office, and three classrooms. I met some of my students, and a few who weren't. Strangely, I've not felt too apprehensive about coming here, but now I'm in the apartment, I'm feeling a little... overwhelmed. This is the first time I've had my own place, which is quite nice, if possibly a little lonely at times, but the other English teacher only lives a few doors down from me, so there's always someone to ask for help (I hope).
The apartment is quite old, and sparse. There's a bit of damp in the tatami room, and a strange smell, but I guess that's left over from the previous occupant. But I shall make it my own. However, it seems I will be moving to another, newer apartment next month, so I shan't make myself too cosy yet.
I'll do a write up of the week's adventures, on Sunday and post it with some pictures. Right now, I'm going to eat some dinner and drink some beer.
Today has been a busy old day. I had to struggle through Tokyo with my bags at rush hour (and I'm sure you;ve seen the footage of that!), had some training, and then headed up to Shinjuku to get the bus to Ina. I had been led to believe I would be taking the Shinkansen, but alas, it appears Ina isn't big enough for one of those! The bus ride took 3 hours, but I snoozed, along with the enitre bus, and read "Singing Innocence and Experience" to keep me amused. I tried my Japanese out on the girl sitting next to me and seemed to do quite well. I found out we had a 20 minute break at a service station, and that the stop for Ina was the one after next. Of course, she replied to me in English, so it was quite a hilarious conversation as neither of us could really understand the other, but we managed.
Yasuko, the school manager came to meet me at the bus stop. She's very young and pretty and seems very friendly. We staggered up to the school with my bags, before heading over to the apartment. It's only a tiny little place: a small reception, office, and three classrooms. I met some of my students, and a few who weren't. Strangely, I've not felt too apprehensive about coming here, but now I'm in the apartment, I'm feeling a little... overwhelmed. This is the first time I've had my own place, which is quite nice, if possibly a little lonely at times, but the other English teacher only lives a few doors down from me, so there's always someone to ask for help (I hope).
The apartment is quite old, and sparse. There's a bit of damp in the tatami room, and a strange smell, but I guess that's left over from the previous occupant. But I shall make it my own. However, it seems I will be moving to another, newer apartment next month, so I shan't make myself too cosy yet.
I'll do a write up of the week's adventures, on Sunday and post it with some pictures. Right now, I'm going to eat some dinner and drink some beer.
