ATTENTION

hi there everyone! well it's been some time since i've come to tokyo now (a little more than a month) and i haven't been doing much else than going to school, improving my japanese and going out of course :) "well how's life over there?" you may wonder.. if I told everyone that I live in a 12 square meter apartment and see nothing but people 3 heads shorter than myself every day wouldnt be wrong, but it would leave exactly the impression people have of japan, wich is totally wrong! well to speak frankly, if I could, I would stay here forever (how long that "forever" would last, I dont know, since I'm always eager to see new stuff) but if people said that america was the land of infinite possibilities, they've never been to japan.. why you ask me?? in 3 words: its safe, its crazy, people are infinitely friendly (and remember you the next day), and you can do things here most people wouldn't have dreamt of in their wildest dreams (ok thats 4 things, so what?)
well, if you want to know what that photo is all about: no, i'm not japanese and I do not enjoy running around with only a coat and shoes on, it was a note stuck to every wall in the vincinity some time ago :)
greetings from japan, Nicolas

ryoko!

the whole school bbqing somewhere between tokyo and fuji-san.. well the whole trip was rather unfortunate, with the first stop at the suntory winery, where they showed us...erm.. nothing actually.. they did have a certificate for winning a wine contest in.. erm.. ljubliana (probrably written wrongly).. well i wouldnt hang that up in my winery :) after that we went to a wine degustation.. yay we thought.. if it hadnt lasted for about 25 minutes and they hadnt served us glasses with amounts of wine in them that came near to single sips.. i managed to get my share of it nevertheless.. didnt care how many glasses they had to wash afterwards, serves them right :D
after that was barbecueing.. that was actually very enjoyable.. but the following visit to mount fuji was a big dissapointment.. couldn't see much more than a wall of fog blocking the view! end result of the trip: we were in the bus for ages, did nothing constructive, and drove back again :D wonderful isnt it??

ryoko! #2

saleh (the saudi in our class who had to return home due to unfortunate events in his home country) and a korean girl enjoying a ride with a "borrowed" rowing boat..

the bridge

a pretty bridge thats lit up at night near my apartment.. sry for the wobbly image

party people @ shibuya #2 

party people @ shibuya #1 

my class

my class! really funny bunch, with my teacher (front/in black) and 2 always-blabbering korean girls next to her.. well the majority of people in my class (and my school) are koreans.. well they talk like AK47's, just as swiss-german must sound to strangers.. theres a mongolian guy, a mexican, 1 girl from peru, 2 chinese 1 thai and 2 from bangladesh.. guess who is who :D