Today could have gone a lot worse than it did, but to fully understand this story, I need to start telling it from last night.
Yesterday being Friday was my short day at work, so I finished work a good two hours before everybody else. Yesterday was also the first day that its really rained. The rain revealed two things to me, first, the rainy season is going to suck, and second, I need an umbrella. After work (and after I had my dinner), I decided to go and find an umbrella. IÂ thought the Daiso closed at either 8 or 9pm, so I headed that way. I got to the Daiso right at 8pm, and they were closed.
I had just walked past two japanese guys standing on a petrol station forecourt, and I felt kind of silly turning around and walking back past them, especially since they stared at me. So instead I decided to keep walking, and loop back round into Sanda. This I did, but just as I was about to turn back towards Sanda I noticed a bank of bright neon signs in the distance. I couldnt make out what they said, but they intrigued me, so off I went. Once I got to them it turned out that they were a 100 yen shop, a supermarket and an electronics shop. I bought an umbrella in the 100 yen shop (for 105 yen), and bought some mouthwash in the supermarket (since its the first place I’ve been able to confirm that it was actually mouthwash). And then headed back to Sanda.
If you want to see where I walked, click here and choose “open file”. You have to have Google Earth installed.
When I got back to the apartment I was extremely tired, and extremely hot due to the insane mugginess outside last night. I stayed up a while longer and went to bed after making sure to set my alarm for this morning since I start work at 10am on Saturdays.
Flash forward to this morning, I wake up at 8am when my alarm goes off, I’m awake enough to turn on my computer and check my email (including plugging my computer in), and then for some reason I think it’d be a good idea to go back to sleep, just for a little while.
Flash Forward an hour and a half to just before 9.20 when I get woken up by Brian dropping something in the bathroom. In a moment of panic I realise that I have just over half an hour to get to work, and I know that the trains only run every 15 minutes. I quickly brush my teeth, wash my face, find a shirt and pants, almost forget a tie but grab one as I leave, and rush out the door. I met Tristran at the crossing outside our apartment so it turns out things werent as dire as I had thought, there was a train at 9.35 and we got to the station with time to spare.
So luckily I got to work on time and the crisis was averted. Apparently if I’d been late I’d have lost my bonus for being on time every day, which is quite the chunk of my pay. If anything this highlights the need for June to hurry up and get here so that I can get a phone, and have a two pronged alarm system. One alarm just isnt enough for me 
You could have gone to work naked. I go to class naked all of the time.
My alarm clock does the two thinger… thing, set at 3:45 and 4:00am. Don’t waste money on it though, even with two, I still come to class late XD (Darn 75 minute commute). Naked, of course.
Oh Andrew you need mummy there to get you up on time!!!!!
Just looked at your walk..you walked along way just to avoid being seen by those Japanese men.
A long way sure, but worth it. They were probably Yakuza.
Your such a dork you nerd :p I thought your disaster was going to be like you got lost or almost got bet up by the yakuza. But you slept in…. you crack me up.
AND you can get mens pocky in new world.
sorry to burst your foreign lolly bubble. FIND some real japanese lollies, like hello kitty ones!
HOW IS THE HELLO KITTY POSTCARD COMING? Do you see much kitty? I’m kitty obsessed.
xoxo
[quote comment=”78″]AND you can get mens pocky in new world.[/quote]
Yes, but we all know that New World is anti-students, and so you shouldnt shop there, and I guarantee it costs a lot more than $1.50, which is what it costs here
Also, I havnt seen very much Hello Kitty at all. Maybe I’m just not seeing it, I dont know, but it doesnt seem to be very popular in Japan itself. Maybe other asian countries? I dont know.
Andrew you really are the funniest person. Sigh. It’s almost too much for me sometimes.
Also, I don’t get how knowing what you did to avoid being re-seen had to do with sleeping in… Am I missing the point?!?
[quote comment=”82″]Also, I don’t get how knowing what you did to avoid being re-seen had to do with sleeping in… Am I missing the point?!?[/quote]
My epic walk was the reason for my incredible tiredness
I second Louise, you crack me up. I’m in the library and got a few ‘looks’ when I inadvertently let out a giggle. You really did take an epic walk just to avoid those (probably harmless) Japanese men. Whilst sleeping in wasn’t quite the disaster I was imagining you should know that it is never a good idea to go back to sleep once you’ve already woken. Never. But I’m sure you know that now - I trust that you’ve learnt your lesson. And incase you haven’t already done so, you may want to revert your watch/alarm back to NumberWorks time…
On a differnt note…sounds like you’re having a good time and fitting in nicely. Work sounds pretty intense - bet you’re loving the suits and ties.
Anyway, I should probably get back to my studying (or is that procrastinating??)!
[quote post=”57″]You really did take an epic walk just to avoid those (probably harmless) Japanese men. [/quote]
Possibly harmless. Possibly.
andrew amber misses u lots and lots
hope your having lots of fun im looking after myself just to let u know mums breaking dwn etc but we still love her ay
well im thinking bout moving to aussie how buzie is that crazi as
i just wantd to write somthing on ya website
love ya lots and miss u xoxoxox