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leaving japan forever,...

2016-07-29 · 7 min

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    All packed, ready to go. Room's all

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    cleaned. It's so empty now. Got my bags.

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    It's pretty heavy. And there's a bunch of

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    people waiting downstairs. I don't know if

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    they're waiting for me to say goodbye,

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    but it's kind of awkward. I would have

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    preferred to have just left without anyone

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    knowing. I guess we're gonna have to face

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    them.

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    And that's that, we left. I was hoping to

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    leave unnoticed, but a group of Japanese

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    people ambushed me at the entrance. Took

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    pictures, said bye. Said bye to my

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    friends, so that's okay. Going to Taiwan!

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    So excited. It's 10 PM right now.

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    Probably get to the airport at about 1 AM

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    in the morning, and then we have to get

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    our flight, which is at 10 AM. So I've got

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    about 9 hours to kill during

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    this lovely night. At least it's not

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    I just got kicked out the train station

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    because it's night and they're doing

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    construction Construction works behind me.

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    The first train's at 5 AM in the morning,

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    so I've got 4 hours to wait, and then

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    we're going to the airport. The train

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    station just closed its doors. Train

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    stations in Japan always close at night,

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    so I couldn't stay in there. I managed to

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    find a convenience store. I got some food.

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    I got potato chips, crisps,

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    potato and butter flavor, and I got a

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    sandwich. BLT,

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    very Japanese-y.

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    Tortilla, tortilla, some kind of wrap. It

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    looks quite nice.

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    Japanese construction sites are so funny.

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    They're all just standing around doing

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    nothing. Look, there's like one man

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    digging. And everyone else is just

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    standing around doing absolutely nothing.

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    Over here as well, they're just standing

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    around and they're getting paid. I wonder

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    what their job actually is. I don't

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    understand. This guy with the lightsaber,

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    he just walks up and down waving it

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    around. Is his job really necessary?

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    I guess so. Look, they're all just

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    standing around doing nothing again.

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    Great job, guys. I don't know, maybe

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    they're on their break. It's half past 3.

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    So boring, so boring.

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    I was just sitting here minding my own

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    business and this random guy just came up

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    to me and he said, do you speak English?

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    And then he said, how long have you been

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    sitting here? And then he said he's

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    looking for his girlfriend who just ran

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    away from him. And he asked me if I saw a

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    girl with a pink bag and— no, a black

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    bag and a pink coat. And I said I wasn't

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    really paying attention. I saw a few

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    girls, I don't remember. His girlfriend

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    ran away from him. That's strange.

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    Poor guy. The train station gates are

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    finally opening.

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    Sky's getting blue.

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    Gates are opening. Time to move on.

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    About bloody time.

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    There's no one here. There's no one here.

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    Aeroplanes.

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    This airport's

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    really creepy. It's completely deserted.

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    There's no one here.

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    I made it. Looking for the hotel now. I

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    had to ride the bus for almost 2 hours. I

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    think I'm going the right way. I'm not

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    sure. Problem is I don't have any Wi-Fi.

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    And I don't know where I can get Wi-Fi,

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    but look, this is Taiwan.

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    Looks pretty much like Japan, and it's

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    pretty hot even though it's at night, so

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    it's going to be even, even more hot

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    during the day.

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    So this is my room. It's pretty small,

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    but I like it.

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    So tired. I need

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    to get something to eat.

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    I don't know what to eat.

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    And it's so hot outside. It's like,

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    it's like Malaysia.

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