ok, so i’m finally in tokyo!! I arrived on Saturday night and took an hour shuttle bus from narita airport to my apt in the shibuya district. It’s been an intense 2 days so far. I spent all day Sunday wandering the neighborhood and taking in my new surroundings. It’s absolutely steaming hot here. I sweated off my 10 lbs of water weight in no time.
Anyway, I’m still working on getting a mobile # out here as well as getting a house phone for my apt. I have a “virtual” US number that you all can dial that will only cost me 4cents/min at my apt. it will also forward to my cell if I’m not home, but that’ll cost 15cents/min, but don’t let that dissuade you from calling to say hi! The number is 1-310-873-2814. still having some issues setting it up, but that’ll be the number you can dial from the states, I’m hoping to have it up and running by end of this week the latest. If I don’t pick up at all, it should go to voicemail though.
As for my friends outside of the US, I have opened a Skype account, my skype name is chudoctah (what a surprise). I’m usually logged on during the evening here so shoot me a note if you see me online and wanna chat.
My apartment is really nice and pretty big by Tokyo standards (31 sq. meters, so about 102 sq. feet, haha). It’s fully furnished, amenities, etc. check the website if you’re curious for details. I’ll post a video on youtube or something so you can see it ”live”. http://www.executivemonthly.com/english/fulldetails.php?property_id=4#propout
So now I’m on day 2 at work. Monday was fine and I’m now in the process of talking to a couple managers about getting staffed on a project with AXA (huge European insurance company) doing some CRM related work for them.
I’ll also try to keep a blog going while I’m out here. I actually started it earlier this summer, so check it out at http://chudoctah.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/ I’ll probably be using this moreso than update emails now, as it’s just a lot easier and I won’t have to filter thru tons of email addresses. And it will keep me from adding to your inbox junk mail, so bookmark my blog baby!
Ok, time to get back to work, haha! Hope all is well and keep in touch!
Peace,
eric
