Japan: My first international travel

It's a typical week night and I should be sleeping, but instead I'm tweaking my old pictures to shake my stress off.

As I was doing this, a song struck my mind, and the lyrics went

Tell me you love me Come back and haunt me Oh and I rush to the start Running in circles, chasing our tails Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy Oh it's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard I'm going back to the start I can faintly remember the date but it was January of year 2012 when I had a chance to travel abroad. The company I am working at has sent us on a business trip to Japan. It was my first time to travel abroad and my, I was so excited. So as I looked into the pictures I took at that time I was amused to find out I even took pictures while waiting to board the plane. Now here is the picture I am talking about. I'm excited and anxious as well. Gee....

It was raining when we were leaving... huhuhu... I guess Cebu was kinda sad to be apart from one of it's beauty. lol Since it was my first time to take an international flight I was kinda uneasy during the whole trip.

We arrived at Narita International Airport and we  took a quick snap to mark our arrival at land of the Rising Sun. Ohayo Nihon!

It was January so it was winter season when we went to Japan. Chilly is an understatement because I feel like I'm totally freezing ...grrrr... We were waiting for our bus to arrive and take us to Chiba. I was so dumbfounded with my surroundings I went taking pictures of the most

nonsensical things...

The very first impression I had apart form the freezing temperature was the cleanliness.

Not a trace of dirt... <I was shaking my head ... I'm in awe.>

We took a bus towards Makuhari, and after an hour of travel we arrived at the station. Another picture taking as we alighted at the station. Here is our  whole gang, and at our back is the WBG tower. This is going to be my workplace for the next three months.

Nice. <beaming>

We arrived at our apartment and Ate  Yreen (Ate: Filipino term for Older Sister)  helped us to get comfortable with our new place. She introduce a lot of things, gave instructions and everything with the power switches, water, stove, air-conditioning and the washing machine  but I was too preoccupied to listen. I will definitely regret this later on.

I really find our place wonderful it even has it's own elevator system. Yeah, I know what you are thinking and I'm guilty. I admit to being vain. Cam-whoring with Sante in the elevator.

Here's a view of our apartment form the outside. Nicety Isn't it?

And here we are, Taking another pose. F4? Off to some basic grocery shopping.

After settling in, we went out to shop for groceries. It is still four in the afternoon but it was dark already. Another first. 

Here Boss Tan was not smiling. It's only the cold. Behind him is Y's mart the handy shop with fresh produce and a mini grocery too. This is where we do most of our shopping.

Sad to say, I am no cook and so is Sante... I'm so hungry this noodles will be my best friend for the next three months. Gosh, no spoon and fork... Chopsticks. This is beginning to become a torture.

Looking out of the window, it's freaking cold outside, like I am inside a very, very, very large freezer... Grrrrrr...

The door rang and look who came bringing in some food. It's Emily-chang... Happiness...

Remember What I said earlier about cleanliness? Well, everythings so clean I'm eating inside the bathroom... Well it was just too cold even in the bedroom... I'm running for shelter... haha...

I wonder what it's going to be in  the next few days. Well, I'll just have to wait and see. 

Ja mata ne....