We’d spent
nearly all of our money the day before to get the apartment. This morning we had a choice between two
decisions regarding our remaining $38: to apply for Alien registration
(register residence with the local municipality) and forgo breakfast until 2pm
when Canadian bank limits reset allowing us to withdraw more money; or, to eat
breakfast and forgo the Alien registration. The real estate managers needed our phone
number and Japanese bank account info, we needed to have Alien registration
first for both these. Alien registration
costs $40. We decided to be practical
and go to the registration office and see what would happen. We registered. Turned out we didn’t have to pay till later,
when the application successfully went through.
Breakfast Time! Good thing too,
cause I was getting grumpy from lack of food and we were both starving.
Next thing was
to go to the library at Doshisha and check on some things. That was the only place we knew of for access
to the internet. In all the business of
the food poisoning, getting money, and setting ourselves up with the apartment,
Ben thought he might have missed some deadlines regarding class
registration. He sent an email to his
exchange coordinators explaining the situation, and we headed home in time to
meet the Osaka Gas Company representative for 1pm. It was quite funny having him explain things
to us and us not understanding a word of it.
He started laughing and gave up on his elaborate explanations. Now we had hot water and gas for the stove. We were so excited to have a hot bath! It was glorious.
Next on the priority list was to get a futon
to sleep on that night, so we went downtown again to the central Post Office
and thankfully were able to withdraw more money from the ATM. Like the search for money the day before, we
began another difficult quest in search of a place that would cell futons. We headed for Kyoto station again. “The place where anything and everything can
be found.” We spent so much time
walking around and following vague directions.
Even the people at the designated info booths didn’t speak English and
could only point in general directions.
After a couple hours of searching, we found the department store that
sold futons, and found one that suited our needs. Carting it back on the subway was another
thing, but we managed alright. We had
money, a warm apartment, hot water, and a bed now. Things were really looking up.
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Day 6 (Search for money/apartment)<<<Previously Continue reading>>>Day 8 (Applying for courses..)
Ben and Kailey lived in Japan not too long ago and also visit Kyoto every year.
Ben is developing a Japanese Practice site. It's current main functions are:
1. a Flash Card system that features a leveling system where you must answer correctly and "level up"to gain new cards, receive money and buy new decks - anime decks included!
2. Fill in the Blank system where you can choose to focus on particle practice or verb practice etc.
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Day 6 (Search for money/apartment)<<<Previously Continue reading>>>Day 8 (Applying for courses..)
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Ben and Kailey lived in Japan not too long ago and also visit Kyoto every year.Ben is developing a Japanese Practice site. It's current main functions are:
1. a Flash Card system that features a leveling system where you must answer correctly and "level up"to gain new cards, receive money and buy new decks - anime decks included!
2. Fill in the Blank system where you can choose to focus on particle practice or verb practice etc.
Japanese Practice Blog is here. Check out the Japanese Practice site here
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