Moved!
On April 29th (Friday), I came back to Japan with a brand spanking new 3-year work visa.
First thing Monday morning, I had registered myself with Bunkyo-ku, at 4pm I received the keys to my new place, and by 6pm my gas was turned on (thus ensuring hot water). That night, I grabbed a couple kids from work to go shopping for a futon and other essentials, and so that was my super speedy barebones move in.
Spent the next day moving my luggage out of my friend’s place and into mine, bought other essentials, and thoroughly exhausted myself. The futon set was expensive but well worth it; it feels great. I’m still missing blackout curtains (I only have a nice cream lace inner curtains at the moment, which means I’m up at with the sunrise, bleh), storage boxes for clothes, a small table, appliances and kitchen stuff. On the other hand, a trip to the nearby 100yen store yielded a pleasant mound of useful knick-knacks for cheaps.
There’s still a ways to go before I feel that the place will be adequately furnished, but it’s starting to feel better. Curtain and storage boxes are today’s priority, and this weekend I’ll go to Kappabashi to hunt for a high quality knife and wok. Don’t need a TV, and the stereo will have to wait until my cash situation replenishes. It’s ridiculous how much this is costing me – living alone is highly cost-inefficient, ugh.
Well, I also manage to buy a new mobile phone. Or rather, got it for free, based on a 2-year subscription with Vodafone and web/mail pack. The modelf is less than 6 months old, I think, and comes with a 1.3mpx camera and a built-in dictionary. Also looks cool. You can see it here. It’s the “metal” version, not the white ceramic which feels like cheap plastic.
First thing I did was sign up for Hekiru’s mobile content site. I now have Hekiru wallpaper for my mobile. Life is good.
