What I'll Miss/What I Won't...

What I'll miss:


1) A decent cuppa

I'm not seriously holding my breath that the local corner shop will stock PG Tips. Weep! Yes this deserves top of the list, it'll probably be my biggest challenge. Thank you so much to Hollie and Jen who have both given get packets of delicious tea.


2) The Obvious


Boyfriend, family, best friends, worst enemies. I'll miss them all. Don't want to dwell on it in the blog. OPTIMISM.


3) 'Shit' British food

Food porn

(Pinched this one from Lauren's not going to miss list). I like having two slices of toast and calling that a meal. I like fry ups after a night out, I like my Mum's Sunday roasts (which could in no way be given the adjective shit, they're unbeatable), toad in the hole, roast winter veg, shepherd's pie etc etc. Dear God, I hope we have an oven in our Halls. Do they even sell potatoes in Tokyo? They must. 


4) Being able to read signs/speak to strangers/understand everything


I'm looking forward to the challenge and I really hope being chucked in at the deep end will mean my Japanese improves quickly. However I am not naturally gifted at languages, even my grasp of English is wobbly. I only found out how to spell 'cagoule' yesterday! I must have spoken that word tens, perhaps hundreds of times but I've avoided spelling it because I just didn't know how. And now I do. And maybe learning how to spell 'cagoule' has just pushed the knowledge of one Japanese adjective or hiragana out of my tiny mind. Am I already regressing?


5) Home


This differs from no 2) in that I will miss the people I leave, but hopefully a few of them will be visiting me in Tokyo. Which is good. But I know from 1st and 2nd years at Uni that every two months or so I get a yearning to go home and sleep in my own bed, in my own room. I won't be returning home before February at the earliest. Boo. Just gotta man up.


What I won't


1) Lack of vending machines


24 hour access to used panties s'il vous plait, and the rest.


2) Dirty Leeds


I love Leeds and I think it's just perfecto for student life, however I hate the constant rubbish on the streets. It peaked around the bin strikes last winter when on some streets you had the walk in the road because the pavement was blocked with shit like plastic bags, fast food wrappers, sofas, rubbish bags, etc. I love leeds and I think Hyde park (the park) is gorgeous but really some streets are just disgusting. I hear Japan is impeccably clean and I look forward to it.


3) Lack of cuteness


Kawaii ^__^ !!! etc I can't wait! I love kitsch, cheapo, overly happy, brightly coloured crap. Even Japanese school uniforms are cute:


English:

Working the baggy jumper look

Japanese:

Hello sailor

English:

Everyone look happy

Japanese:

Battle Royale

The contrast is striking I think you'll agree.


Even the police are cuter!


English police:

Brutal

ピーポくん (Pi-pokun), the Tokyo Metropolitan Police mascot:

Kawaii!!

4) Monkeys out of hot springs.


They should pass a law, all monkeys must chill in hot springs

Chillaxin'

I think this entry is long enough now. Thanks for reading!