Still don’t have reliable internet but did sign up for Yahoo! BB last weekend. End of August is when I will get it. I will also get a ‘free’ camera then too. A compact P&S 10MP that I pretty much won’t use. Still also don’t have my computer yet either. Ya. Fuck you Lenovo and your mother.

So I have finally moved into my apt. The first day, I couldn’t find it. I had to track down a drawn map made by the previous occupant: the person I am replacing. My apt. is not as small as they are in Tokyo so that is a pleasant surprise. There is however no convenience store nearby at all. 

I’ve been sick with a cold/cough since I got here. It flared up again pretty bad this week. But I seem to be getting better finally. Hopefully I will be healthy soon.

I don’t expect to get an Internet connection for another month. I need my foreigner card first. I get that in… just over a week. Then I can place an order for an Internet connection. I hope I can bum a connection off my coworker until then. I will know this Friday.

I still haven’t got my laptop shipped to me yet. Will try to get that lined up later today.

I have this terrible granny bike. Tires were out of air and I scored a 100 yen pump. It worked. But it is a bitch since I am weak as hell.

training started. Internet hard to find. okayama is ok. maid internet cafes exist here. whooo hoo. not many pictures yet. the garden and castle were underwhelming.

Just landed in KIX Osaka. About to leave for training.