Got into Japan yesterday afternoon. Lady Gaga was flying into the airport as the same time as me, so when I came out of the gate, there were TV cameras, people cheering, it was pretty awesome. I don't have any pictures (unfortunately), but super cool. She was all in green with green hair (kind of like me?).
Had no problems getting my train fare and catching the train out of the airport. I was super exhausted by that point, and all I wanted to do was sleep, but I was so tired that I couldn't sleep. I got to my apartment, found the key my friend had stashed for me to get in, and just crashed on a bed for a few hours. In that sleep at some point one of my friends came in to say hi. Apparently I greeted him, but it's all kind of hazy. The good news is I woke up at 8:30ish, stayed up until midnight, and then made it until 5:30 this morning, which is a lot better than how I did the last time I came. Hopefully the jetlag wears off quickly.
Today I plan to go visit the school I studied at in the fall, say hi to my friends, and to thank the lady who helped me with the business japanese in basically all the e-mails I wrote to the lab where I'll be working.
Coming back to Japan was really weird. It had the same feeling as flying back to the US or Chile in that when I get there, I know how everything goes, everything's easy and comfortable, and I just kind of coast. I'm not going to say I wasn't a little shocked again at how many asians there are here, but nothing, not even the language really threw me this time, which was strange, because last time it was just so foreign. That being said, hearing the kids going to school outside my window right now speaking Japanese, I was a little surprised when it was in Japanese.
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