I arrived in Japan 3 months ago. It's not as hard as I envisioned, even the first few steps. I can pay for my utilities bills, rent a 6x4m2 room, eat well although I do have to cook for myself and the menu is always just something chicken and whatever vegetable, but I mean, I'm always full, cover traveling cost, the occasional ice cream and snack and still have $200 left every month while also working part time 20 hours a week. I am fine. I think I'll continue to be fine. I'm relatively happy maybe not with my current job but that's understandable since I'm shit at Japanese but everything else is great.
I live close to Tokyo but not really Tokyo (40min by train) so it's not like I can visit Akihabara whenever I like but just going to a small bookstore in this rural area makes me happy. I was stuck in an old bookstore for hours for quite a few times. Manga is surprisingly cheap. I only have to spend $7 to buy all 24 volumes of Pandora Hearts from a second hand bookstore. It looks brand new though. The only thing that's holding me back from building a castle made out of manga is my living space. It's not really spacious by any mean.
All of the parts for my computer arrived on the 22nd, I stayed up that night trying to assemble my PC until 5:30AM. It went smoothly, I accidentally damaged the HD audio cable (pulled on it too hard), kinda sad but I can still plug my headphone directly into the motherboard. Got internet up and running on the 25th, it was an awkward 45 minute call to my ISP support center with me struggling to understand what they were trying to say but I got it to work in the end. I have never experienced faster internet in my life. Went from downloading at 1.5MB/s to 40. 40. 40/1.5 = 27. My mind was blown when I clicked on that "install" button of don't starve together on steam and in less than 20 seconds it was just... done. Finished. It's probably just normal internet for everyone here though.
Anyway, I can post on lewd while sitting on a chair, in front of a computer screen with my favorite mechanical keyboard again. Life is beautiful. That is, until I remember that Kyoani was on fire the other day. One of my teacher who is into anime keeps making examples and test questions related to the incident. I was so sad when I saw it on the news that my arms and shoulders just sagged and felt weak.
A lot of things happened but I feel like they aren't very interesting.
