Living in Japan..

23/10/07

We found out the location of the church here already last week but Funato san said it’s very far and it’s not easy for us to get there. As we were unsure of how to go there, we miss the mass last week. After studying the map we should be able to go to the church this Sunday by taking bus and train then walk for about half an hour. Hopefully it won’t cost a lot to go there.

I’ve not been cycling for years since primary school I guess. Now I got the chance to pick it up again. I tell you, it’s a tough task. You hardly find any road that is flat, everywhere you go the road will be steep, either going up or down hill. Going down hill is of course easy, you don’t even need to cycle. But going up hill is extremely tough. It’s much worse than walking on your feet. At certain parts where it’s too steep for me I have to come down and push my bike instead. I have to admit that cycling is making my legs (esp. my laps!) pain even more than the time before I get my bike.

Everything is very efficient and systematic here. But then there are also things that are not so efficient. We want to apply for streamyx at home, but they need to take about 3 weeks to one month’s time to have it done. While in Msia, you just need 1-3 days to do it. So it’s hard for me to online still at the moment. Though Prof said I’m welcomed at the lab to surf the internet but then it’s not so nice to go often too.

This is Alvin’s lab; I found some interesting stuff there. Japanese like plants. Normally you can see green plants or flowers outside of the houses or sometimes inside. But this little Halloween plant attracts my attention. I wonder why it needs a pot with soil as it’s not a living plant. ;) Anyway, they are not only fond of plants but also animals. See that snake with a clip on it? There are different types of birds, tigers, dogs, crocodiles, lions etc on each person’s desk. Perhaps those are the souveniors they got from trips, I don’t know. :)

The sun sets very early here, at 6 pm it’s totally dark here. And 6 am the sun is up. During winter the day time will be even shorter. The temperature was lower last week, but this week seems to be better. We don’t feel that cold.