Party time! 30.03.2012

On Friday the 29th I didn't do anything special, just more and more orientations, and went to bed after watching RuPauls Drag race... 

Me @ campus!

But on Saturday we went partying in Kabukichô! Me, Sandra and Thomas went out to eat at Saizeriya (since it's so cheap lol) close to the dorm, and then proceeded to a karaoke bar in Kabukichô. We ordered a room for 2 hours with all-you-can-drink, all in all 3500 yen. I think that's not half bad! And they don't really hold back on the liquor in the coctails as well, haha. Had to be careful with that one, being a Norwegian and all ;) 

Thomas 

Sandra and me! 

Me at a karaokebar.. I filmed some of our singing action, buuuut... Yeah, we're not very good at singing while intoxicated, haha! 

So after Sandra went home and me and Thomas were done singing, we went to Bar PSY! We couldn't find the place at first, so we had to ask someone. And believe me, people are sooo nice here! We went up to these guys and girls who were kinda cool-looking, and they helped us take us there personally! They couldn't find it on their phones, so they just took us there in person. Super nice of them :) The girl I talked to looked so cool, she wore a white mini dress, denim studded jacket, ancle socks and a huge cap. Her hair were in ponytails, and her make up was pretty gyaru inspired. I should've taken a picture! :P 

Now, there was a reason why I wanted to come to this Bar PSY in the first place. Three years ago, when I last visited Tokyo, Veronica, Emilie, Oda and me visited a rock bar named Rock in Current, and we had suuuuch a great time there! But last year, the club closed down, I was so sad! But I also heard that a new bar had opened with pretty much the same staff and clientele, so I figured I could go there to meet up with people ^^ It was so much fun! It was good seeing Emma, Masami and everyone else again :D  

Emma and me ^^

Thomas and Mayumi

Cash, drinks and smokes, all we need ;) 

Masami! The most decent photo I've seen of him so far :P 

Thomas, Adam and me. 

Now this guy Adam, he was/is in Tokyo for his brothers wedding, and he was at this bar all alone! So we took him along, he was really nice. We wanted to go dancing, and we ended up in this almost-empty club with okay music and poledancers. Fine by me! 

White people... XD 

Poledancers:
Now, I tried to take some pictures of them, but the lighting was all wrong and I was drunk. Excuses, excuses XD I filmed them as well, but my computer won't upload it, for some reason.. poop! I got it! Here's the video: 

They were so strong and flexible though! And their outfits were sooo cute, with flowers and all ^^

Yeah.. the photos weren't the greatest x)

After some dancing and some more drinking, this nice chinese man helped us get back to shinjuku station (kabukichô  is bloody confusing), and I think I was in bed around 6am.. Phew! But I had such a good time, can't wait to go out in Shinjuku again :) On Sunday we were supposed to go to Harajuku, and go hanami at Ueno park, but... the hours flew and we were so tired from the night before, so we just ate and went home again x)

Shinjuku Ward Office address registration (28.03.2013)

This Thursday all new Hoshien residents had to go to the Shinjuku Ward office to register our new address, and sign up for the Japanese National Health Insurance. If I didn't live in any of the dorms, I would've had to go there myself, I'm soo glad we get so much guidance! :) 

The address application forms were filled out the day before at the orientation at uni, so we only had to hand in some paper to get it approved! 
The national health insurance is actually mandatory when studying in Japan, which is actually really good! So if you are in need of medical attention, you only pay 30% of the total cost! So I'm getting my teeth done here, haha. And we were reminded more than once, that plastic surgery did not fall under this insurance, haha. Ofc.

As it always is on official errands, we had to wait a lot. A looooot. But that's how the world works! :) In the meantime, we looked at some brochures, and we came across this:

The brochure name is self-explanatory. And the illustrations were sooo cute!

 :3

Then we had a break, lunch with the gang at Cafe Gusto :) 

Cuties! 

....and then it was back to the City office again :P 

 Lovely Hoshien people! :) 

Then we finally could go home, and Thomas, Xenia and me decided to make dinner together! 

The kitchen also had a TV, and Pokemon was on! It was sooo weird watching it in Japanese though, I'm brought up with the Norwegian dub.. heh. 

Orientation day (27.03.2013)

The schedule from day 1 was busy, there's always someplace we need to be! I can't for the stress to settle down a bit, and start our lectures and daily life :) 

Today we went to campus for the first time! We had to get an orientation about the dormitories, and get a quick campus tour. 

One of the first things they brought up was what to do if there's an earthquake. Better safe than sorry, I guess! lol

The picture in the corner was actually a .gif, it kept shaking haha.

Me and Sandra, from Cali! 

Jeffrey, from Hong Kong (I think) and Thomas

Some of the student community orginazations also had presentations/orientations, and one of them had som small games as well! It was really fun :) 

Sandra is the bear, I'm the bunny :3

Shigenobu Okuma, the founder of Waseda University.

A bit rainy campus tour :) 

Free lunch, yay! It seems that the Japanese really love mayo... why.jpg. There's mayo on almost anything. 

The Waseda University campus is so big and compact compared to Bergen Uni, so confusing! Hopefully I'll get adjusted to it quickly.
Later that night a few of us decided to get something to eat, and we went to this cheap Italian place called Saizeriya. The food is so-so, but it's so cheap that it doesn't have to be a gourmet meal to be enjoyed ;) 

 Oliver from Germany, and Xenia fra Russia :)

 Sapan from India and Thomas!

 Me and Thomas

I had a pasta meal and 2 beers, which cost around 75NOK.. So cheap! It's a bit dangerous, haha. I could go crazy with eating at restaurants in Japan like Norwegian tourists go crazy with drinking alcohol when they're on vacation :P I probably won't, though. I'm too stingy, haha.

My room at Hoshien! (26.03.2013)

When we got to the dormitory, we were sooo tired. But there was no going straight to bed, no no! We had to get information and rules about the dorm, and then we were given this little tour around the dorm area. It seemed okay, in OK shape. My room number tag on my keys is pink! it's like it's meant to be, hehe.

Here are some pictures from my room! 

First view of the room! 

Refrigerator, desk and shelf unit. I haaate the chair, lol. It's so sqeaky! But the fridge is brand new, and the AC is working perfectly :)  

Beeeeed! Not the most comfortable bed, I think I'm at least going to buy a new pillow.. Shit's like a stale marshmallow. The duvet is really nice though, really heavy and warm :) 

Sink and mirror. I think it's super practical to have these small boxes on the side of the mirror, lots of space for the small trinkets I have! It's already filled up with make up, circle lens cases, hairspray and lashes XDD

Narrow closet and shoe rack, phone and emergency flash light! The closet don't really have shelves, so I have to buy lots of hangers.

A small welcome note and a cute origami crane ^^

The view from my room :) I can see the back of a temple, and one of the other dorm buildings

The room is in OK shape, I've seen prettier, but I've also seen a lot worse! I think this room will be plenty enough for me, it sure is bigger than I expected! For this room, I pay 52.000 yen a month, not included water/electricity.
There are about 10 rooms per floor in my building, and lots of bathrooms. But, there's no kitchen. If we want to make food, we have to go to the kitchen one floor up :P I haven't really used the kitchen yet, so I'm not completely sure what it's like! I did use the water kettle there though, I made cup noodles.. haha. 
It's so cheap to eat out here in Japan, it's almost as cheap as making food at home :) 


If you have any questions, just ask! 

Flight to Tokyo (25-26.03.2013)

On Monday I got on the train to Oslos main airport Gardemoen, where I met Thomas who flew in from Bergen.

Yeeeah. I tried vlogging on the train, but it was so awkward talking to yourself in public, haha. It takes some time getting used to! 

 Waiting for Thomas! 

Waiting for our flight, with a beer and a pear cider :) I bought some chocolate to bring with me, Norwegian chocolate is the best when you're in another country and homesick!

  
When we finally got on the plane for Moscow, we saw that the plane was really, really small and didn't have any entertainment.. What. Oh well, luckily the flight wasn't that long! 

 The safety manual.. Don't drive cars on the plane during flight kk? It's dangerous. k.

 Finland! Or something! 

 When we landed in Moskow and the luggage was brought inside, we saw this rouge hand luggage, Thomas was intrigued and seemed to be unable to let that go :P 

 His "Why is there luggage in top of the luggage trolly??"-face. Or something.

 Russian Burger King 8D

We went to TGI Fridays to grab something to eat and have a beer, and seriously, russian people do NOT speak English. We tried to ask where the nearest ATM was, or if we could cash out from them.. they didn't understand anything, but luckily we got help from this dude beside us! We also learned "buffalo wings" in Russian. Yeah.

Russian beer! 

So now we had to get ready for our long flight, I was kinda worried that the long flight didn't have any kind of entertainment system, you know.. Aeroflot isn't the best airline imho.. But they had a really cool one! 

 We had lots of games on our flight! Sudoku was the most popular game.

As we waited for the flight to actually get its ass up in the air, the entertainment system broke down, and was constantly rebooting. We were an hour late, and with no entertainment. And it was like this through 2/3 of the flight +_+ Oh well, at least we got food pretty often. And I kinda managed to get some sleep, hehe! After the entertainment was back online, we saw this sci-fi movie called Event Horizon, it was.. okay. Haha. 

 A bit tired, but really excited!

 Inside the plane

So (un)cool 

The flight itself was soooooOOOOOO LONG! Haha, it was ridiculous! Oh well, That's the price for living on the other side of world ;)

When we arrived at Narita, the first thing that happened when we got out into the arrival hall, a TV-team approached us and wanted an interview!! What?? I guess the purple hair was appealing.. We got asked all these questions, what we were doing in Japan, what kind of interests we have etc.. When I said I liked street fashion and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu they asked if they could see more of my clothing (like, in my luggage) and if I could do some "Kyary moves"! So embarassing, haha. 

So after that awkward interview we got together with the rest of our uni group, and got on the bus to our dormitory! 

On our way to Central Tokyo.

So tired.. haha.

Next post will be about my room only! 

Last week in Norway

Warning! 
Heavy blog spamming incoming the next days, I have to catch up on and post everything that've happened! Originally I wanted to make videos of my trip, like vlogging, but I realized I have nooooo idea how iMovie works! Haha, so for now I'll just post pictures and individual videos. Hope that's okay! 

The farewell-parties I had the week before I left was sooo nice, it was nice seeing my family and friends once again before fleeing the country, heh. I hope a lot of my friends can come visit me here in Tokyo, I'll be able to show them great places, restaurants and shops ^^

So I also had to spend my last weekend in Norway at my friend Pernilles house in Oslo, and I had a great time! The 8,5hour bus trip down to Oslo was a nightmare though, the bus was PACKED because of easter holiday, and I wasn't really able to get any sleep.. 
When I arrived at Pernilles apartment on Friday morning we just chilled a bit. I got my passport with my student visa from the embassy while she was at work, and on Saturday I dyed my hair and fixed her sewing machines, and she cut my hair and gave it lots of healthy treatments :3

At the hair salon ^^

Later that Saturday we went to Marias birthday party, it was so much fun! I haven't seen her in such a long time, it was nice seeing her again. We ended up not going out at all, we just sat in the living room drinking, talking and just had a good time :D 

Me and the beautiful Camilla 

I don't really have that many photos from that night, not good ones anyway haha. 
On Monday 25th of March I got up, and made my last "Norwegian" breakfast! It consisted of sausage and a glass of milk... hahahah, healthy! 

.....yummy! 

So now as I've started my blog marathon (lol), I'm all pepped up for doing it all in one go! Let's see how it goes, haha.