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Sensei & Tea

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New Fave Drink! So its been a few weeks since I've written last. Beyond the cliche intro, I lot of interesting things have happened to me. So its midway through the last week of November of 2011 and things are looking good. Last time I blogged, I had just arrived and things were a bit crazy. Things are still crazy but thankfully less so. I lack a daily routine still, although I have met a lot of really nice people both Japanese and other foreign teachers.

Japan 2011 The 2nd day

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typical Japanese breakfast So I left the hotel around 8:20am or so (after a big breakfast at a local eatery), a bit late, I didnt get much sleep last night, anyway, so I take a taxi, which was pretty easy, I just wheeled by bags to the nearest street and raised my hand at the first taxi that passed, boom, get to the station and buy the right ticket to the right place, at the right time, then I had to get to the right platform on time, which I did, but while it was easy to find in a hurry in morning rush hour busy station, I found it difficult to rush around with two huge bags in fast moving crowds, but somehow I found the right platform at the right time, get on the train, didn't care which car though I knew that most cars were for reserved tickets only, I had to find the non-reserved cars. Anyway, I was on the right train, didn't matter to me if I wasn't on the right section - it was the limited express which only made like 5 stops before mine instead of something like