lol I felt that BARB Judg
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Anyway, congrats on moving and the troubles of new life.
. For me it was pretty easy, here's how it went for me.
I knew 3 months of basic Japanese and could talk about how old I was, what country I came from, what I ate for breakfast, and whether I had showered or not. That was about it.
So I go out one day to an apartment agency I had found a nice place on the internet for. I walk in, am greeted nicely, directed to a seat, and given a form in Japanese to fill out. I had studied 50 kanji...stuff like "male/female" and directions (north/east/exit/entrance) and alot of numbers. How should I fill this form out? Needless to say, I got my name written, and circled what I hoped labled me as "male." Then someone came over and we started conversing. I was able to convey where I go to school, the trainlines I'd like, the rent, and the facilities...that was about it. Fastforward one month, and this guy helped me:
A) Get a cell phone
B)Get my name stamp
C) Waited for my Foreign registration card (which took 3 weeks, part of the one month wait.)
D) Helped me set up a bank account.
E) Drove me out to look at the places.
Wow...agencies in japan rule...O_o I really liked it. I recommen Aeras to any that are trying to find a place to go to
(the one in Ueno is the one I went to.)
Anyway, eventually we got a place, my friends father was willing to be my guarantor, (I need to find a way to really thank him...), and on move-in day, I moved my stuff via train from the hostel I had been staying at for one month, and the Apartment Agency guy called electric, water, and gas, starting them all. The next day I had them all, as the gas man came, we talked about his kids liking naruto, and that was that.
Then that was that. Next was internet. But I spent about 2 or more months leeching it from McDonald's
Asahi-Net FTW
(I can reference you, and we both get discounts. The speed is amazing...speed check sites show it at upwards of 65,000 kb/s, or around 65mb/s. (it is a 100mb/s fiber optic line. That company rules...)
But yeah, for that, I just had to wait a week, then the people came to install it, and they put in the cable, checked it, and gave me my modem and cords. sweet deal.
Anyway...looking forward to those updates Duncan, and Judg is being lazy...
But I can't talk, I need to get going on PuiPui....sigh, another 15 pages til next update...