Erickson on my bed while I was packing

Yesterday I boarded a flight from Vancouver that took me to Seattle, then called and texted some of my favorite people and rushed off on a big boeing airplane to Osaka - KIX. The flight was thin of people, maybe 2-4 people a row. I lay down in the back in a row of open seats and slept for four hours, then watched a couple movies and read Redwall - thanks again, Erickson.

After getting off the plane, taking a shuttle to the main terminal, and then meeting some other international students coming to Kansai Gaidai, I went through customs and got my baggage with them. We met up with the pickup service, which escorted us via limousine bus to our Seminar Houses. Along the way we were able to see some city area including many Pachinko parlors, as well as dockside marina driving ranges with bits of range with golf holes floating out in the water. It was very interesting to see everything so small, and everyone driving on a different side of the road.

We were escorted to our houses, and after getting our luggage and taking our shoes off in the entry way we were escorted to our rooms. After trying to figure out how to use the Internet on my laptop for awhile I gave up and went to bed, as it was around 4-5am back at Anacortes, and I was getting pretty tired. I pulled out my futon and hopefully arranged it correctly. It was surprisingly comfortable, but still I slept restlessly due to monthly feminine problems, a small headache, and being in Japan.

The distress from not being able to contact anyone straight from my computer bothered me until a bit after waking up and brushing my teeth and what not. I met several students, some from around America, another from Portugal, and another from Hungary. After agreeing to meet later for going down to Sanko (a local market) for lunch, I got on here, e-mailed my mother and best friend, chatted with another best friend, and read Redwall while eating some fruit leather and drinking milktea from the vending machine. I ate store sushi for lunch after going down to the market to get a bowl, cup, chopsticks, and some food (ramen, eggs, sushi, and jug of milktea). After talking more with some exchange students in the lounge and kitchen area I decided to come back down here to do some personal computer things; check to see if anyone was online now, since it's around 9 or 10 PM over there now.

Pachinko place

Now I have to attend to orientation duties, like going over paperwork, filling out forms, and possibly studying for the Japanese language proficiency test. D: Wish me luck!