Bandwidth and Sushi.

Alright, I apologize for not posting during the first couple of days that I had here in Japan, but I have been completely overwhelmed with paperwork, classes, orientations, and anything else that can possibly fill up one's time. It seems that in japan, there is a form for everything, and everything must be filled out in a very precise order and time period.

But lets start from the beginning...

Flying out of SFO was not what I would call... easy. Burke and Andrea were awesome enough to take me to the airport, but parking was next to impossible. Andrea ended up getting one of the only open spaces, so she came in with me. We got into the building about... two hours before my flight. The line to simply check in took a good hour, the checking in took 15 minutes, security took 30 minutes, and I got to the terminal just before they closed to doors. It was pretty crazy.

The flight was long, and I only managed to get four hours of sleep, but the food was tasty. Yeah, thats right, I really like airplane food... perhaps because it breaks the monotony, or maybe its the altitude, but its really my favorite part of a flight. I arrived at Narita airport on time, and then made my way to the bus that took me to Yokohama station in downtown Yokohama. I bumped into my Tutor, a wonderful girl named Minami while stumbling around trying to find where to meet here, and then we took a subway back to the dorms.

Instantly upon arriving at the dormitory, I filled out paperwork, was showed the rules, then how to sort my trash for recycling, and where to put it. After that, I placed my suitcases in my room, then attended an orientation on the building. Most of this orientation revolved around, again, sorting trash correctly, and where to place it. They even pointed out a video camera that watched the trashcans, to make sure that you placed everything where it is supposed to be in a very proper way. They are very serious about their trash here.

To be continued... I need a nap... my brain is frazzled.