So I managed to make it to Yorii, Saitama, which is where the head office of the teaching school is. I met about 7 other people here, some have been here for a few years, and some, like me, are newbies! Everyone seems really nice, and my room mate couldn't be more lovely! In fac I found out today that she will be in the same town I will be, Iruma, when we move out to our specific towns to work. Istarted apartment hunting yesterday online, and the staff here were very helpful printing out various potential apartments in that area, and have arranged for me to go and view them tomorrow. It will be good that I can go with my room mate too who will also be looking for somewhere to stay... plus that way we can be neighbours!
I ventured out in a different direction today. Yorii has little going on to say the least, so I was on a mission to find some life! So instead of heading to the usual superarket by the station, I went in the other direction, and found a main road!! Amazing. Along this road were various eating places, a fruit and veg stall, another supermarket, and a supermarket which seemed to sell everything that wasn't food (this is a shop I hope is in my new town as they had a lot of handy things such as kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff and even chairs and bedding for reasonable prices).
It was from browsing through these supermarkets that I discovered just how expensive the fruit is here!! Absolutely unbelieveable! One apple is 128 yen which is about £1! Although they are huge, and delicious, it is going to be hard to afford the 5 a day! I have decided to have a break from noodles today, and bought some bread, eggs and ketchup! Some home comforts haha!
I am going to go and work some more on my Japanese today as there is little else to do here apart from chill out. Everyone is getting a little fidgety as there is no privacy, and little space to relax during the day as there are a lot of staff here, and a lot of students coming in and out and for a small office everyone is living on top of eachother a little bit. It has still been a great opportunity to get to know the others, and I have been asking lots of questions with the more experienced ALTs which has been handy.
Ok well that is all for now... Ja mata!
I ventured out in a different direction today. Yorii has little going on to say the least, so I was on a mission to find some life! So instead of heading to the usual superarket by the station, I went in the other direction, and found a main road!! Amazing. Along this road were various eating places, a fruit and veg stall, another supermarket, and a supermarket which seemed to sell everything that wasn't food (this is a shop I hope is in my new town as they had a lot of handy things such as kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff and even chairs and bedding for reasonable prices).
It was from browsing through these supermarkets that I discovered just how expensive the fruit is here!! Absolutely unbelieveable! One apple is 128 yen which is about £1! Although they are huge, and delicious, it is going to be hard to afford the 5 a day! I have decided to have a break from noodles today, and bought some bread, eggs and ketchup! Some home comforts haha!
I am going to go and work some more on my Japanese today as there is little else to do here apart from chill out. Everyone is getting a little fidgety as there is no privacy, and little space to relax during the day as there are a lot of staff here, and a lot of students coming in and out and for a small office everyone is living on top of eachother a little bit. It has still been a great opportunity to get to know the others, and I have been asking lots of questions with the more experienced ALTs which has been handy.
Ok well that is all for now... Ja mata!
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