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  • Sunday at the Castle

    June 7, 2009 – 9:30 pm Today I woke up and first thing I did, yes, I went to the internet café and checked my e-mail, bank accounts, etc. I then proceeded to buy an onigiri (rice ball) and then headed out to my first day of adventures in Osaka. I met a friend of […]

  • Do you want a massage? It feels good, I tell you. (Saturday night at Osaka)

    June 7, 2009 – 2:39am After waking up at 8:00am, I went through my morning routine and headed to work. It was Saturday, so I wasn’t sure about going to work, but I decided to go since most of my co-workers would be there, and I wanted to use the internet for free. I got […]

  • First Friday at Osaka

    Friday, June 5, 2009 – 10:37pm Today I woke up at a even more normal time, 6:30am, and got ready to go to work. As I usually have been doing, I wrote my post about the day before, and then left to work. It was my first 雨の日 or day of rain (rainy day) at […]

  • Adjusting – 4th Day at Osaka

    I woke up at 5:30am, which is good news for me since the day before I woke up at 4am so it feels that I’m making progress towards finally having a good schedule in place. I went through my morning routine and then headed towards the station. I stopped at Lawson to get some rice […]

  • Highlights of the Third Day in Osaka (First day in lab!)

    I woke up at 4am and was completely awake, damn jet lag.  I decided to go through my morning routine (bathe, wash my face, brush my teeth, floss, etc.) and then wrote the blog entry for the day before.  After that I decided that in order to get to my lab, I needed to see […]

  • Thoughts About My Second Day in Osaka

    Yesterday, as I roamed the city, I discovered that people in general tend to be nice.  I also discovered the city!  I only walked around small streets in my first night out, but now I actually saw banks, etc.  Many many big things.  I went to the post office to take money out of the […]

  • First Entry from Osaka, Japan

    I’m sorry this entry is a bit long, but it was an eventful day!  This entry was written this morning (June 2nd at around 6am) when I was in my apartment with no internet access.  Now that I found a Wi-Fi spot, I share it with you all.  I’ll write another entry soon, to update […]

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