Refuge of a Maladjusted Moose

I have successfully made my way to Japan without too much upset at all really.

From Edinburgh I made my uneventful way to London on a 10.35 flight, checked out my bag's, switched terminal, and checked in for a flight to Osaka. None of this was very interesting but it all went smoothly. I didn't have to wait a long time in security or anything. After waiting a few hours in London I got on the 12 hour flight to Osaka at around 16.35. Suffice to say the flight was long, boring, and yet again I didn't get any sleep. I did get the chance to watch a couple of in flight movies and sample the JAL (Japanese Airline) entertainment system. Which was pretty impressive. Everyone has a their own screen in the seat in front of them and a controller with which to watch films, play games (of which there were many), listen to music, and a few other things that I forget. It realy was a pretty empressive setup but.... well.... its a 12 hour flight so theres only so much you can do to ease that level of pain.

The flight touched down in Osaka Kansai airport and my day began (it now being 1pm local time). Lok-Yin arranged for my main bag to be sent to her work, got us both on a train to Osaka. We went to Den Den town (osaka's electronics district) briefly. By this point Jonathan had left and was but a mindless automaton being led around. A few other tasks were accumplished before taking the 5.30 bus to Kaya. Which took about 2 and a half hours. Shortly after finding my place of residence for the next year or so I showered. Realised that I was human again. And collapsed into an unconcious heap.

I hate long haul flights.

I have been having some trouble coming up with a suitable first post for this blog and the reason for this is because every time I start writing I end up with a pile of "self indulgent drivel". I think this occurs too much with blogs, people write stuff not because anyone wants to read it but because the just want to say it. Unfortunately I have come to realise that "self indulgent drivel" is inevitable. Thus in order to try reduce its amounts on my own blog I am going to try keep on point most of the time (I fully expect to get on my soap box occassionally but I'll try keep it to a minimum).

This brings me nicely to the point of this blog. Well, for those of you who don't know me, I am going to go to the town of Kaya (Japan) to live for a while. I'll be posting any news and experiences of this significant life change on this blog. Not for me, but for my friends, family, and anyone else who is interested. In short, its easier than group emails.

For now though I don't have much else to say. I'm heading out in just under 2 weeks now and preperations are going at a slow and steady pace. With any luck my next post will be made from Japan.

Till then....
Juanito