Kashima 2008 (1st day)

Hi Japan!!!!

It's my 2nd time stepping on Japan. Many people have told me that i'm lucky to be able to travel to japan for freeeeeeeeeeee

I woke up at 2.30am on 27 Feb to get ready for pk to come and fetch me at 3.30am. *Thanks :)

He was tired and i was tired too.

I queued up to get my Northwest airline ticket...

So the airport officer asked:
"did anyone entrust you with anything to bring abroad?"
"What is in ur luggage?"
"when did u pack ur luggage?"
blah blah blah..........

The security is necessary but the questions are so cute and funny~

I could not slp well on the plane even though i was quite tired. It's always hard to slp with such limited space... i expeccted an ang mo to sit beside me but this time round it was a black american.

I watched Bee movie while enjoying my plane breakfast but i was way too sleepy to catch the whole movie.

Turbulence encountered before landing was like a roller coaster ride.. i was a bit scared and i could only hold on to the hand rest...

Security check was also stricter at Narita Airport. They conducted lugage checks on every single passenger..

I saw my big name on an A4 sign the moment i stepped out from the departure gate... 2 Japanese guys have come to fetch me :) Katou san and.... (forgot his name)
I like Katou san cos he looks very approachable. Despite having difficulty in speaking even a short complete sentence of English, he tried his very best to chat with me in the car..
we talked abt our work....
we talked abt the population of our country..
ya.. basically abt that.. do not imagine to be a short conversation.. it lasted long.. cos we uses handsign, repeated several times on our sentences, Takou san looking at the driver and back at me and trying to figure wat i m a\talking abt.....

If we dun understand each other, it often ends up in a laugh. keke..not those fake fake laugh but genuine laughters...

I remembered i called his name wrongly last year. I called him Tako San which means Mr Octopus.. and he still rem, haha!

I hugged Takiko san, Linda and PP when i see them!~ It was nice to see them again after 1 year..
Needless to say, there was definitely work for me to do since my arrival is considered late.

Oh ya! I got back the same room as last year...... not sure if they did it on purpose..

End note on 1st day:
Well, i'm definitely not as amazed as i was last year. Everything remains the same except for a new & better photocopying machine, a new drawer in the office, a new document camera (transparency) and english channels on tv~

It's colder too...