(My Hostel!) Watashi no Kaikan Desu

Ok, so we reached the Kaikan (Hostel) and my first impression was “OMG!! Looks damn old lah, wait kana like Joyce’s hostel in Taiwan then jia lut…” haha… plus in my pre-arrival booklet they stated that I’ll have the following items in my room -> the regular bed, desk, wardrobe AND irregular!, OWN TOILET, BALCONY and REFIGERATOR! Haha… I was thinking like rather impossible right? The place so old and run down...


This is the office Building... on weekends its totally locked... actually just a small area with a small office lah... =)

The Front gate heading to my hostel,

My block is the one all the way to the right! (Block C), there's a small exit there that leads straight to a Bus Stop(To Kyushu Uni) and an overhead bridge (To a Huge Department Store Opp)
I'm on the 2nd floor so we had to 'Gang' all my barang up a flight of steps! =)

Followed by this OLD, scary, horror movie like corridor... it can get really spooky in the evenings... i get the chills just walking through it in the middle of the night! haha...

And finally i reach my Hostel... (Woohoo! excited to see exactly how it looks!)

Oh yeah... i'm in C-206 (Blk C / 2nd Floor / Unit 06) haha... my 'unit plate'.

Wahaha... and finally!!! =) My hostel Pictures! =) once again! The JAPS SURPRISE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha… They are true to their word!!, although its small, but still it does have all the items that they said they have! =) To make it a little more interesting to view, i'm adding some before and after photos. You decide which is which! =)

-- (Before = Haven't unpacked / bought stuff to resupply)

-- (After = Cleaned up / Stocked up / Unpacked!)

First UP - the View when you enter!

Followed by the Toilet that they mentioned! (Seriously like Hotel!!, its small, BUT good enough for me!!!)

This is the view from my bed! =) all the shelfs etc... really useful to have so many compartments, and this is not all... to the left of all these is my wardrobe, with more compartments! =)

Wahahaha!!! the Fridge! (I thought they would give me like one of those mini fridges... BUT look at the size of THAT... haha... i dunno wad to stock it up with sia!)

And of course! my study desk, fully equiped with the super bright table light! haha =)

And yupz... the wardrobe i was talking about before =)

Opps! nearly missed out my bed! haha... with JJ enjoying himself at the corner! wahahahaha!!!. (I had to go buy my own Sheets and Blanket that night and i Bought the WRONG size lah!!! omg... haha... the sheets are actually too big!!! but i think i managed to fold them in enough such that they dun show right!?! =)

And Finally!, as they mentioned... my very own balcony!! where i can hang my clothes to dry! =) if you can see the little squares outside, its actually coz the wired up the entire external of the building... i'm also not sure for wad... but most prob for security reasons, in case outsiders plan to climb in =)

The rest are just some random shots that i took, just added them so everyone could see =)

Haha... JJ looks so cute lah! haha... but i think he's going to stay indoors for a LONG LONG time... poor thing... =)

Ok.... heading back to the externa-ties of my hostel, the following is the pic of the laundry room, which is located at the 'basement'...

Any my very own letter box... which i'm rather sure will be absolutely under utilised...

The bicycle parking right beside my C Block! - omg... Everyone and i mean EVERYONE from the young to the old ALL ride bicycles everywhere! haha... like in Taiwan there is motorcycles (right joyce!) in Japan, everyone uses a bicycle!... i'm thinking that i'll most prob be getting one to go to sch everyday!! haha... maybe i will... hmmm... will be so much cheaper... and can 'Jian Fei'.

And lastly! the Park right outside my hostel!, Good for jogging,! i actually went for a morning jog yesterday and the place was generally ok, not many 'facilities' to workout on (like in Singapore) but still a nice place to jog!

Okie dokky! =) i'm done with My hostel post! haha... i think that the place is just cool lah!. Hmmm, the weather here is also not bad, just a little unpredictable at times. All of a sudden, it can get at hot as Singapore, then suddenly the temperature can drop like i think 10 degrees lah! (just exaggerating) haha... but it can suddenly get cold, plus the wind plays a major factor!!! it can get really chilly at times.

I actually have many more stuff to update on like the problems with my Bank account creation, phone connection, INTERNET connection (Have to come to sch to use loh!), hoe the bus works, my exploration of the area around my hostel, and maybe more on my activities later (heading to hte city centre - 30min bus ride!, hope i dun get lost!) haha... UNFORTUNATELY i think that i'll not have the time to do it till some time later, coz from tomorrow, my orientation will be starting and its a 3 day camp thing (travelling to Mount Aso, with 'wen quan' hehe). Hope i have fun there!

MOST importantly, alls well over here and i really think that i'm definately going to enjoy my stay in Japan!!! ok then till the next time i bring myself to blog!

Arrival at Fukuoka Airport was familiar yet confusing… haha… familiar coz the last time I came here for holiday with my family, we also arrived in this airport, and it seems that the airport is sooooo small that they only have like 2 belts from which to collect our languages… haha… AND I actually happened to collect mine from the same belt as the last trip! (ehh… but with the odds of 50%, doesn’t seem that difficult lah…).

Anyway, I officially also did my first cock up at the airport. Damn! So fast lohz… luckily only me ard to laugh at myself! Wahaha!! BUT wait! I have to defend myself first -> The thing is that this airport is so different from Singapore!, they have so many ‘check points’ that i felt like a toy going through some kind of conveyor belt and getting different parts put on me along the way! That’s why I blur a bitz lah…

Anyway… yeah, so what happens is that first you exit the plane (in your blur just wake up state), then you reach the first check point, where you see this kawaii lady standing at the exit handing out forms to you, so you join the queue and just follow the flow (typical Singaporean), once you receive the forms, you get directed to the next stop… guess what, just 20 meters away is… ANOTHER queue… to go through a temperature scanner (that ensures you don’t have a fever), so I thought it’s a common thing where you just walk through correct? WRONG!!!! HWA!! They must make sure that only one person walks through at a time loh! Super lay-chey, maybe I just suey… dun remember having to do that the last time round. Anyway, having NO CHOICE… I just queued loh. And it seems like that JAPs like to mentally torture you coz just beyond this queue, you can clearly see what you are in for next… behold!… my 3rd line of humans all standing just after the queue I was in now… so AGAIN i joined a queue BUT at least this one was a little more logical, coz it was for the customs clearance, I just spent my time filling in the forms that I had on hand and proceeded with the usual clearance. From there, I headed to collect my luggage… and in Singapore’s context, once you get your luggage you can happily exit already correct? GUESS WAD…. IN JAPAN… PLEASE JOIN THE NEXT QUEUE!!! OMG LOH!... the queue this time was to check your luggage and whether you declared that you have brought any illegal items with you!.. (Seriously, sometimes I think that these companies are just DUMB… if I had brought like drugs would I declare it?!?!) anyway, here comes my ‘cock-up’ incident!... as per the last 3 queues, I happily joined this one too… and this queue was NOT short ok! There were at least around 20 people in front of me lah… and so I waited till it was finally my turn and just when I was about to walk through, the lady at the counter looked at me and asked me – “Sorry Sir may I have your Form Pls”… then I look back at her… and then at my hands… and then back at her… and then my hands again…(faintz)… I DIDN’T HAVE A FORM LAH!!!!!!!! So I gestured to her that I didn’t have one… and she pointed to this counter where you have all these forms and some pens for you to fill in! wha!!! I was totally sian-ed lah!!! Then she gestured that I would have to join the queue AGAIN after I filled in the form… zzzzzzzz super sian… wha, at that time I wanted to just do a Jacky Chan – kick their asses and miraculously ‘escape’ stunt… BUT… of course I didn’t lah… dots… had to drag all my stuff back to the counter then fill in the form and join back the STUPID queue (at least only left like 5 to 6 people in the queue this time, else I sure go berserk!)

And so Finally after a total of 4 queues on the conveyor belt, the toy was completed and ready to be shipped, I headed outside where my buddy and a staff member was waiting (they thought that I missed the plane coz I took so long! Haha) and then we took a cab to the Kaikan (Hostel).
Haha…. I just realized that my ‘passage’ on just the arrival already damn long ah! Haha…. Didn’t think I’ll write so long, anyway I’ll continue, and use more photos instead, in case it gets too boring to read! (coz in the airport nv take photos!)… think I’ll start a new post…

My First Post In JAPAN~!!!!

Woooohooo =) my first post upon reaching Japan! Finally got a chance to get access to the internet long enough to actually do some proper blogging. haha, dun blame me ok, my Hostel has no internet connection and i have to apply wireless on my own... according to the staff, its going to take like around 2 weeks before i can get connected in my room... zzzz haha anyway... back to the post...

Before I get into the juicy details of my life in Japan – Fukuoka, I wanna say a BIG ‘thank you’ to all the people that took time off your schedules and came to send me off! Below are the pictures from my camera =) haha…

First Up all the INDIVIDUAL Photos:

Xiwen! hope you are feeling better!, tks for the lunch that day! =)

Anthony - Guitar Shen! wahaha... just remember that 'Anything that can go wrong, will!' haha ;)

Handball Representitive! haha, thanks Wei Ren for being such a buddy! =)

haha... Ziyuan!! one of the few that can msn with me in Japanese!

Lionel! how come ur legs so weird one?!?! =)

My xiao mei! Eileen!! =) Dun let ppl (you know who) bully you ah

Shili - Guitar pro! (haha next year will be in Strings Blended again ya!)

Ben!!! Pro photographer of the night! check out facebook for the photos he took!

Marcus! you seem to be overloaded with barang! =)

Hmmm Vivi... where all your barang? ;-) hehe

Cutie Meiqi! - Think i'll need your help with the blog... i suck at this wahaha!!

Dear miss Caren... ur face like kana forced to take pic with me sia =)

My Dar... Wei Wei!! Special thanks to her and Xiwen for setting up this blog for me!

Lynn Zhi! Loyal Sec Sch Friend! we've known each other for like more then a decade loh! =)

Miss Midori (Green green... dun miss me too much ok! - Everyone complaining say i bully you!)

My Dear Hui! =) do take care of yourself! Can't wait to see ya and Xia over here!

Yi Xia! =) bluff me... tell everyone that you not coming then appear! so touched! tks!

Shi Jia - Same Class from pri 5 to sec 4 lohz! haha how to find! =)

Now for ALL the GROUP PHOTOS!

My Lovely Family! =) Miss you all!!!

Merv Study Hard in SMU k! need help can still MSN me! Ness Jia you for O'levels! haha can do it one! and Both of you look after mom and Dad when i'm not there okie!

Missing ya Mom and Dad!, all fine here so dun worry ya! =)

Miss Charmaine and Her husband to be Mr QQ haha!

Random Group shot! =)
Another Random Group Shot!... Midori like little bit far away ah... dun hide le! haha...

Merv and Ness =)

St Hildas Secondary School Mates (Plus Husband to be) haha...

Hui, Cyril and me... Cyril seems a bit too tall for this pic... spoiler lah... wahaha...

WOOHOO!!! SMU people Group Photo!

Temasek Polytechnic 'Artistic' Shot by Anthony! haha

Here's the proper Temasek poly Shot!!

Qi, Xia, Me and JJ (Justin Junior - the little monkey!) Thanks Caren and Qi for the Present! =)
Hui and Cyril trying to be funny! haha...

WHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG... blogging is tiring lah.... Hmmm… I have decided to stop here for now and dedicate this post to just that, haha… the next post will be on my first 2 days in Japan along with pictures of my super cheap mini hotel!! (hostel!)... OH and btw... if anyone knows how to upload more photos at one go instead of having to constantly click on the add photos and put them in 2 to 3 at a time PLSSSSS let me know! coz its a damn tiresome process! ok! thats all for now... will post again soon... (and i realise that i haven't even blog about my life here! wahaha)