After the Earthquake 地震後 Jishin Go (PART 1)

When the earthquake happened, I was in my room surfing the internet.. It started slowly and I thought it was fine since I`ve experienced it before but when it got stronger, I left my room. Scary.. and sometimes when I think about it, the feeling of unsafe and worrying all the time will come back to me.. Until now, small earthquake (or can I still call it aftershocks?) still occur.

In this entry, I just want to share what I had to face after the big earthquake,

Well, when it happened, electricity, water and phone line was cut off.. Got back electricity and water at around 2am on 13th March.

We were asked by the dorm manager to stay at the dining room and candles was not allowed in our rooms.

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

Then, representative from International Centre came and we were given free dinner,

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Since it was so cold in the dorm, we were also asked to warm ourselves at the nearby Daiei. We saw how bad the earthquake was on TV,

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After electricity went back, we still can't use the lift..

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With all the aftershocks, I decided to sleep at the dining room with my friend..

Even though damages was minimum in Shiki, it brought many inconveniences..

*to be continued in part 2 ^^

Back to Japan 日本に戻った Nihon ni Modotta

Hi everyone, its been a while (more than a month since my last post).. Did lots of things while I was in Malaysia and what I enjoyed the most there was eating.. From KFC, McDonald`s, delicious home-cooked meals made by my grandmother to Japanese food like Ramen and Yaki Niku (I can`t really eat those in Japan).

To be honest, I`m not that eager to come here again since I felt very comfortable in Malaysia but that`s not all, since a service provider here made me pay for something (even if I couldn't stay there until August).. Hmm.. So, I`m here :) Everything looks normal here except some rises in food prices but I think I can cope with it.

Boarded Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight on Saturday (23.4) at 11:30pm and arrived at Narita Airport at around 6:40 am (local time).. Encountered some problems at MAS counter due to the overweight of my check-in luggage. Initially weighted at 29.2kg, I had to take some things out, then it became 24.6kg. The picture below was taken in Japan,



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The flight was a little boring with little choices of movies and the service was quite dissapointing. What was good about it was the breakfast, I enjoyed it ^^



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Then I went back to Shiki using trains and it was a tough one.. Hu.. Hope everything is going to be okay..

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I'm back! ただいま！ Tadaima!

Good morning from Malaysia!

Arrived here on Sunday, 20th March from Narita via Changi.. Everything was so last minute and I still can't believe I'm in my home.. There was no plan to go back but since my family insisted, I just had to go back..

Preparation to go back was so tiring that I'm still tired now.. Had to apply for the Re-entry permit (再入国許可 Sainyuukoku Kyoka) and queued for 8hours in the cold.. But I was made to come back the other day because of the planned blackouts..

Bought my flight ticket on Thursday and it was the cheapest (64,440 yen) using Singapore Airlines.. Arrived at Changi Airport at around 4.10am and boarded connecting flight to Kuala Lumpur at 8.35am..

I will tell more about it later.. That's it for now :D

Snowing 雪が降ってきた Yuki ga Futtekita

I'm still facing the internet connection problem in my room.. - - So, I will call the ISP again as soon as I can. Before this, I thought there was something wrong with my laptop but there's nothing wrong with it because now I'm using it in the Main Library in Ikebukuro and it works fine with the library's LAN..

Back to the main topic, I saw the weather forecast yesterday that there will be scattered flurries today but didn't have high expectation.. Well, just glad it snow again but I don't really like the cold.. Hehe..

Woke up early to go to Sunshine City with a friend to find a gift for my sensei.. Took us 2 hours to decide on what we want to buy and went to a convenience store and bought a bowl of instant soba (with tempura) for lunch,

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Then, went to the Main Library, maybe I will stay here until closing time, still need some time to finish reading National Geographic.. ^^

Here is some pics around Rikkyo's main building and the dining hall,

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

Lately, the temperature difference is kind of too much for me because yesterday was not that cold (around 16'C during the day) but today, temperature suddenly drop to around 4'C.. Hmm.. I hope I will not be sick.. :)

Internet connection インターネット接続 Intaanetto Setsuzoku

It`s frustrating when one can`t have a smooth internet connection.. Yup.. That`s me.. The problem started from Sunday.. I can still access the internet but the connection will always cut off suddenly and the worst part for me is I can`t tweet! - -"

Been an active user of Tweeter since a few months back, the unability to tweet is kind of nerve wrecking.. You see, I can view Twitter and the tweets from other people is up-to-date but when I tried to tweet, it just went grey for a long time..

Called my ISP yesterday.. They said I`ve used too much bandwidth (they said the bandwidth limit is 100GB).. Yup, that`s right.. They said it will take some time to recover..

Since it`s spring holiday and I can`t afford to go anywhere, I just stay in my room and surf the net.. Well, of course, not all the time but when I did surf, I usually will watch some movies (online streaming).. I admit it`s my bad but I still find it unfair to punish me with a very unstable connection.. Unlike in Malaysia, where the bandwidth limit is just 20GB (for P1 Wimax) per month and after exceeding the limit, user will have to surf with a reduced connection speed.

Now I`m typing this entry in Niiza Campus Library.. I just hope the connection will be normal again.. :)