Nearly a Week

Well, I have almost been here a week. I'm seeing new stuff everyday. The trains here are efficient as anything, but they really cost you. It's ￥900 for a return to the nearest station in the city. That's about 4.60 Pounds Sterling (no pound logo on this keyboard), and about $8.90 (damn Americanisation). But it's cool on the trains, and everyone stares. Actually, everyone stares everywhere in Osaka, but only if they think you can't see. While I was being stared at, I started to think about why I was enjoying being here.

So far, aside from teaching English, I haven't done anything particularly special in the general sense. I know very few people here, and I can communocate in a very rudimentary manner. Yet I feel oddly happy just knowing I am here. When I go back to what Emma said about Japan, and how she couldn't stay here permanently because she'd never feel fully accepted, it put me off the long term ideal. But being here, I realise that I don't actually feel differently accepted because I never felt fully accepted in England, I always felt a little like a foreigner in England, as if there was a huge national secret that everyone knew except me. The only time that I feel truly accepted and comfortable, is when I'm surrounded by good friends who I have no problem being myself with. Now there are only a few people I feel that way with, so my location doesn't matter too much, more the people I am with. Now, none are here right now, so there's not much I can do about that, but the fact is I'd rather feel alien in a foreign country than alien in my own. Hence, I feel comfortable and relaxed here, even though I am so disjointed from this nation.

Anyway, now I talk about things I do. Blogstlye.

I went around Osaka on my own today, I toured it by foot (because I couldn't find the bicycle at Namba). My feet are in a state of shock, but I saw the streets and roads in a more traditional style. I was shocked by the state of the Iced Coffee in Starbucks (touristy, I know). It was just straight black watered down coffee with ice. Some weirdly packaged milk and syrop changed it to a pretty tasy beverage, and I studied comparison sentences for a nice long sit.

I'm eager for Emma to arrive, it will be even more fun when she's here. Rollerblading and Osaka parties. As usual, I can't be long. My damn phone's memeroy card is playing up, so I can only take 2 pictures. And this spelling check doesn't work, so I'm stuck with mistyped words, and no time to proof read. I am osrry fro teh abd writign.

Teh, an awesome word.

Anyway, laters Englanders. Even laters Americanas, because of the time difference.

This is Quasi in Japan.