November 5, 2006-Monday
Well, thus far, nothing really big has happened....but let me mention one of the biggest coincidences I've experienced thus far. Some of you may know the situation of how I was supposed to originally live with this Aussie female in a 3 bedroom....so I was siked that we would have extra room and all....anyway, a week later (all before I went to Japan) my company emails me and says that due to a housing shortage, they were going to temporarily place a man in the third bedroom, and this man was going to be from Trinidad and Tobego. The email was kind of matter of fact...needless to say, I had a problem with this and objected.....I was not trying to come to Japan to get my groove back....so, my company found another location for me and this is where I am now....

Fast forward to a couple of days ago....I was told that my branch was getting several new people, so I was excited that I wasn't going to be the neophyte any longer....anyway, yesterday, guess who I meet? Yes the guy from Trinidad and Tobego, but he's really from NY....he's just Trinidadian.....we got to talking over lunch and I mentioned how the company was going to put me in an apartment with a Trinidadian in Hiratsuka, yada, yada, yada, and he said how it was him, and how he recently moved and can't stand his roomates now.....I asked him how the other apartment was that I was supposed to be in and he said it was PIMP....the space was ridiculous, and the balcony extended around the entire apartment....I felt hurt, but it's cool, because I like my roomates.

On another note.....I think I wrote in the last blog that the missionary, Kevin, stood me up the day we were supposed to meet, however, I just received his two emails apologizing for the incident and letting me know that he owes me coffee....lol, so hopefully we'll finally meet....