August 11, 2009

Arrived- Am Alive

I'm on a coin operated computer so this will be brief.

I arrived yesterday but only a little bit ago did I get situated in my guest house. It is really quite nice.

Flooding and mudslides from Typhoon Etau closed the Narita Express and caused delay on the other lines sufficient to keep me from ariving at my guest house during office hours. I ended up spending the night at a hotel in Ueno that is equipped with a very comprehensive and somewhat ill-thought out fire protection system. Around 5 AM I woke up and noted that we had encountered some moderately heavy heavy seas. I woke completely up and sat bolt upright when I realized I was not actually on a boat.

Even given my limited Japanese I'm pretty confident of my ability to get by with basic requests and to comunicate. However, the phone takes away all pantomime from a conversation making breadth of vocabulary and listening comprehension even more important. For example..... The words Fire Escape, Jammed, Firedoor and Trapped would have been quite useful to know about 12 hours ago.

 

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OMG!  You were THERE for the earthquake?!?!  I'm assuming since you A- posted this and B- messaged me about it, that you are indeed in one piece, but OMG!

You'll have to tell me more about that sometime!  @_@

Posted by: Faith at Tue Aug 11 06:29:13 2009 (0Y1ld)

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