so saturday we had a party for yumiko because it was her bday. We were in engiya(izakaya) till i think 1am? Then we went to yotsuba and stayed till 4 something. By the time I got home, it's 5am. The sky was already getting bright. I shouldn't have gone to yotsuba since I didn't really drink or eat anything , but I still had to pay. Also, when I decided to go to yotsuba, I was not tired at all. However, just when we got to yotsuba, I was tired >"< Anyway, after I got back home, I had to quickly to pack all my things and take a quick shower because I needed to catch the 5:06am train from minooota. I was so tired on the train that I overslept. Thank god, I woke up in time and was able to get to nagoya in time. The reason that I wanted to get to Nagoya that early is because I wanted to ride the newest N700 Shinkansen. This time, since I thought the company is paying, i might as well take the green car. Man was the green car sweet. The new N700 car was just amazing. It was like riding in business class. The bad thing is that later I found out I had to pay the ticket out of my own pocket >"< But, it's worth it.
Well, so I arrived in Tokyo like at 830AM. I was tired and didnt know where to go. So, I hopped on the yamanote line, the line that circles around tokyo, and kinda slept on the train. lol :p. Then Masao suggested to go to Akiba. I couldn't decide if I should go to Akiba or Harajuku. I wondered if I go to Harajuku, I probably go bankrupt haha. So, I went to Akiba and checked out prices for computers, getting a estimate of how much I would need to spend to build a computer or buy one.
After Akiba, I went back to Tokyo station and checked out Maruzen, the bookstore, for Japanese study books. I was just killing my time before it was time to go to Narita airport. I was really exhausted and overslept on the Narita express again!! hahaha. So It was a good thing that I took the earlier train to the airport. So i had to catch the train from terminal one back to terminal two.
The flight was really nice, and we got the emergency exit seats. It was very nice!! The flight was 8 hours? but we only got a dinner >"< We dont have those personal screens either for playing games and stuff.
Well after we got to Cairns airport, I found out that I lost my passport on the airplane. I told the trainer who was in charge of us that. And she thought I was kidding. HAHA It was pretty funny. So the airport staff had to look for my passport and luckily it was there. After we got out of the airport, we went to the GEOS wellness center. The house was nice. The weather was beautiful in Australia. Although it's winter, Cairns is actually in the tropical zone. The highs are around 24 everyday, but at night, it's quite chilly. After we got settled down a bit, we made some breakfast. We had heaps of food around the house, but it was almost gone by the time we left. The JETs all went back to sleep and all of us NETs just hung around and chat. I was tired and was zoning out during the conversations because I didn't really sleep on the flight.
We were really bored cuz we pretty much had 5 hours of free time before we go visit the Cairns school. By the time we get to the school, I was like a zombie. It was so hard for me to keep awake listening to the manager talking >"< Then we had some fun talking to the students, looking around the school. I was really impressed by the school. And i really think my students would greatly benefit from it if they study there.
At night, we had a barbecue party back at the house. I thought we would cook the meat ourselves, but to my surprise, we actually had caterers who cooked for us. The food was amazing except the steak>"< It wasn't steak at all. It was more like some pieces of meat. And the guy cooked them so well >"< It wasn't medium at all. Later during the party, this woman, Gynette, was just absolutely hilarious. She was really drunk and was the best fun ever.
The next day, Tuesday, we went to Green Island. I tried scuba diving there. Boy, was that wonderful. I saw a sea turtle during our dive. It was amazing. After the island, we got back to Cairns and went to the night market and shopped around. On the streets, we met two Korean girls and ate their pizzas. Later, when we were walking on the street, Scott, another GEOS teacher, and I met the girls again. We went to a mexican restaurant and had a good time. The crazy thing was that after we went back to the night market to shop around, the girls actually came back looking for us. However, the other teachers didn't really tell them to stick around >"< Well, they were much older than me, and were not really my type anyway. But still, Argh...
The last day, we had to leave for school at 8AM for inspection. But, that's usually for the managers. In addition, since we got a really detailed tour of the school, we didn't really have to go back to the school. So, we pretty much had a hour to ourselves.
Our flight was delayed for about an hour and a half, but we were only a half an hour late when we got back to Narita. The food for the returning flight was much better. We had hot chocolate and also ice cream between the meals!! Oh, when I was passing through customs, the Japanese officer only asked me "is that all ur luggage? and where did u go?" The security was so loose.
After we got out of customs, we had to take the narita express to shinagawa. The hotel that GEOS booked for us was really nice. It was the Shinagawa Prince Hotel. It was a lot nicer than the one I had to stay in Nagoya. It was on the 33rd floor, and the view was just spectacular. We could even see the Tokyo tower.
After we got settled down a bit, we headed out for dinner. We found this ramen shop that had a special going on that night. The ramen cost only ----- are you ready for this? The ramen only cost 200 yen. Yes!! 200 yen. So that was pretty much the end of the night. I was planning to go to shinjuku , but I didn't really have the energy to party all night. The next morning I had to take the 6 o'clock Shinkansen from Shinagawa back to Nagoya, then back to minooota. I finally got back to my apartment at 920ish. I went back to my apartment, left my things, and take the 950 train to Seki to get things ready for my classes.
Overall, the trip was good thought it's a bit tiring. But, the thing is IT'S ALL FREE!! hehe. well, i had to pay for scuba diving and souvenirs.
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