My 3 weeks in JAPAN

May 14, 2006 :: Go to Tokyo

There were 13 students and one instructor of my institute went to Japan. We arrived Narita Airport in the afternoon. The weather there was colder than Bangkok. After we finished all process at the airport. We went to the Pearl Hotel by bus. We stayed here for one night. In the evening, all of my friends and me walked to Tokyo Station.

We took JR Train from Tokyo station to Shinjyuku station. Shinjyuku is a new center of Tokyo. It's a fantastic area. There are many shops and people there. A lot of restaurants, shops, and game centers. We had dinner at the Ramen shop near the hotel. My dish was ShiORamen, the waitress told us that it's the most delicious ramen of this restaurant.

May 15, 2006 :: Go to Kyoto

I got up in the morning and had breakfast which consisted of saba fish, rice, and miso soup at the hotel. Then, we went to Nippon Keidanren for the oriantation. After that, my instructor took me to Tokyo Station because I had to go to Kyoto by myself via the Shinkansen. I reached the Kyoto Station at about 3 p.m. There was a member of my company waiting for me in the station, then she took me to the local station to catched the Keihan line's express train and changed to the local train to go to Tofukuji Station and walked to the company. She gave me a Keihan line's train ticket card, a lunch card, my name card, and the uniform. She also described me about some information about my living during this 3 weeks. And in the evening, I took the Keihan's train to the Kuzuha Station, Osaka. There was Kuzuha Mall near the station. This station is the closest station from my residence. I stayed in the guest room. This residence was very lively. My first dinner in Osaka was the Curry Rice. I love this place.. hahaha because my favorite food is Curry rice since I was in Thailand and there was Curry rice buffet every Monday evening !!

May 16, 2006 :: My First day of work

In the morning, I got up very early because this is my first day of work. My breakfast was saba fish, rice, and miso soup as same as I had yesterday in the hotel in Tokyo. My Japanese friends took me to the Kuzuha Station. We catched the express train to Fuchimiinari Station (Fox Station) and Change to the local train because there was only the local train that stop at Tokufuji Station. I was trained in CP Systems Dept. I had two supervisors. Today, I studied the COBOL language from one of my supervisors. My lunch was .......YES !!! Curry Rice again. This curry rice was hotter than the yesterday's, but both of them were delicious.

In the evening, there was a welcome party for me at the Little Dragon restaurant. Every member in both CP Systems dept. and TQC dept. are so kind and friendly. All dishes in that dinner were delicious : Sasemi, Saba, Mackarel, Tai fish, and " Sakera Parfe' ", a delicious ice-cream.

May 19, 2006 :: New Employee Welcome Party

This evening, there was a new employee welcome party. This was my first time to try umeshu. Because of its sweet, I like this drink so much. And later when I had chance to order, I often asked for it as my drink.

May 20, 2006 :: Travel in Osaka !!

This was my first weekend. There were three persons, who are the friends of my older sister who're in Osaka, took two of my friends and me travel in Osaka. First, our appointment was at Big Man, Umeda Station. I went there by the Keihan line's RapidExpress Train and changed to the Midosuji line's underground train to that station.

The first place we went to was the Osaka Castle. There were five floors inside the castle. We found many students who had the fiedl trips there.

After we had lunch ( My favorite curry rice again ^_^),
I had a chance to try Takoyaki. After that, we went to Tennoji zoo. There are many animals from many countries in the world. There were Coalas, Penguins, Zebras, Thai elephants, Giraffees, Hippos, Rhinos, Zeals, Tigers, Lions, Monkeys, Foxs, Eagles, Hiyenas, Deers, and more. I was very happy because it's my first time to see the Coalas although they were sleeping. We were there until it was time to close.

Then, we went to have dinner. I tried Tonkatsu this time. After that, we went to the department store and watching the mobile phones. And finally we went back our residences. Thanks for P'Tor, P'B, and P'Ji for bringing us tour Osaka.

May 21, 2006 :: Nara
On Sunday, I went to Nara. It's a deer city. You can see a lot of deers in ths city. P'Tim (my senior high school friend) was a guide for me and my friends. We started at Umeda station again as same as yesterday. We went to Nara by the JR train. When we arrived Nara, we went to Todaichi, the famous temple. During walking to the temple, we had a chance to see a making of Mochi, a Japanese dessert made from powder. There were many dears there. We bought sembes to feed them. After that, we walked into the temple. There was a big Bhudhha inside a temple. We ate moshi and tea in the rest area in the temple. In the afternoon, we went to Shinsaibashi, the shopping area of Osaka. There were many shops there. We took a photo with Big Kitty-chan. Chuan, Mook, and me bought many things include the Ukata clothes. P'Tim brought us to the sushi restaurant. We enjoyed eating. Before we went back, we had some suppers at the 180-Yen restaurant. Everything in this restaurant is 180 Yen. And finally, it's time to say good bye. I came back to my resident. I arrived my place at about 10 or 11 p.m.



to be continued..