Taking it all in

Listening to: Rodrigo Y Gabriella by Rodrigo Y Gabriella
Currently drinking: Water, but I did have some AMAZING coffee and chocolate croissants earlier today at Yeast Paradise...

Ahhh...just got back from getting my Japanese cell phone today (decorated in all the kawaii Hello Kitty stuff), now "relaxing" with friends. It actually really isn`t relaxing because I haven`t had a chance to calm down since I arrived, but everything has been wonderful so far. Yesterday we went to Nagoya Castle and then ran around the shopping center at the main subway station. I put pictures up on my facebook account, but I am borrowing someone else`s computer right now so you will have to wait until later to see pictures (or just check out my facebook). It was absolutely gorgeous and the weather was beautiful. It`s spring so the cherry blossoms are beginning, and it makes me feel like, even in the midst of all this turmoil and devastation, life still begins anew. It`s amazing to me how such delicate little plants wither and fall off every winter, yet as the sun begins to shine, new little buds begin to form and life battles against all odds. I`m probably just way too sentimental and see signs in every little thing, but maybe...just maybe. Anyway, the most interesting part about my trip so far was probably the plane flight, so you can hear that story.

It took about 15 hours of pure torturous travel time, but I made it. The worst part was probably on the flight from San Francisco to Tokyo...I am not good with turbulence (let me tell you that). My emotions from the flight went from mild anxiety to practically hysterics and then just sunk back into depression. Oh, and I watched Hereafter which has a tsunami in the first scene, I must be stupid :( Ugh, anyway, after I landed in Tokyo I had about an hour before my last flight to Chubu and the airport just haaad to lose my baggage. Thankfully they found it and I went through the final gates to Nagoya. On a side note, I got kind of lost in the airport and ran into the main ticketing area and things were crazy! Everyone was trying to fly out of Japan, and the lines weren't all nice and passive like the news was portraying them to be, so please don't always believe the media hype! After getting off the plane in Nagoya, I had to find my way from the airport to the school. The route went like this: train to subway, subway to subway station (14 stops later, trust me it`s long when you have been on a plane for 14 hours and you have to stand the whole time), and finally taxi from the station to the dorm. I wouldn`t have made it had it not been for this wonderful Japanese girl who helped me find/grab a taxi and told him where to go for me as I stood there trying not to pass out. I plan on drawing out a map later. Alrighty well, I`m gonna go play with my new phone, you can send me an email if you want my phone number, I love phone calls/attention/love :)

Goodnight and love you lattes <3