Success!!!

So many good things have happened since I last updated... where to begin...

The week before last week's Wednesday Yong and I met with an activist and scholar here in Tokyo who introduced us to all of his friends. Can you say connections?! That was kind of an amazing night, we left there so informed and so elated! Then we ate burger king which is sinfully good here, and my favorite guilty pleasure in Japan...

The week before last week's Thursday was cRAZY. I'm walking to the train station around 8am with Yong and we see Anna heading in the opposite direction. Turns out the Keihin-Tohoku line (the one I take to school and the only one at my local station) was stopped completely because someone jumped onto the tracks about three stations away. If you remember from one of my previous entires, this is actually a pretty common tragedy in Japan. And its really annoying. I was waiting at the train station for about an hour and 15min before I finally got on an actual train. By that time, school had already started, and I have an hour commute. I have to give mad props to the Japanese people, however. They stood there patiently waiting. Everyone was going to be late for school and work, and yet the stood there, in perfectly formed lines, without any sort of guidance. In america there would have been rioting, complaining, yelling, pushing, and fighting to say the least. I ended up making it to like, the last 30min of my first period, which is full of people who live in the same dorm as me... so it was mostly empty. Most people didn't even bother to go to school that day.

Then last week's Friday me and all my friends hit up the mall for sushi and a mini shopping spree. I got all the accessories I need for my concert for like... $17. That was super fun! Then we went to a cafe that we are pretty sure had never had foreigners in it before... The waiter stared at us like we had antennae sticking out of our ears. It was a bit awkward, but pleasant once we finally got settled...

Just this last weekend a few of my friends and I hit up the beach in Odaiba. I think the best part was that we got to eat at an all you can eat Mexican food place. I have missed Mexican food SO MUCH since I have been here. It was amazing. And delicious. We ate ourselves silly and then passed out on the beach.  We also played a lot of cards and Frisbee to pass the time. Beach going in Japan is a lot different though... most people were fully clothed and barely went near the water... Ah well.

That night Yong and I met up with some other friends at a club for nomi-hodai (all you can drink). I made a lot of new friends that night... there was a crazy chain of friends of friends of friends who brought friends. Haha. Good times though! It kinda funny how I can meet someone from a different country and our mutual language is Japanese. Though everyone knows at least a little English... America fails at languages.

This week my friends and I checked out a new place for lunch. Once again I ended up eating myself stupid. So much delicious food. Japan loves to have tabe-hodai (all you can eat) specials during lunch. ALL restaurants do it. Its a beautiful thing for a college student on a budget, haha.

On Tuesday I had a job interview with the Tokyo Global Society. The woman who interviewed me loved me! So not only did I get a job where I get to work with kids and teach them English. But I think I will also be making a lot of really beneficial connections here. Networking is fun!

This weekend I have choir activities alllllll day on Saturday (11:30am - 8pm ish). The concert is coming quick! I am excited, but a little sad because once its over, there are no more practices. But I already have plans with some to go and hang out, so thats good!

Well... thats all for now. More pictures later!

Ja! Matta!