Hey, I know. Lazy me. Haven't really written anything lately yeah? Well, yeah, I am sorry I was really busy and nothing very interesting happened which was worth sharing. I am doing normal stuff. Working in my laboratory every day, hanging out with friends and doing my part-time job. ( I think, no one cares what am I doing but if somehow you do, here is the latest video about the iPhonoid project I was working: link) ^^
Anyway, I would like to share my experience with Renting a flat in Japan. Might be helpful for some people and maybe interesting too. I am writing in English, cause some of my friends made me know that they would love to read my blog. (?.? you do not have anything else to do?) But seriously, Hungarian is very easy! You start learning it right now you might be able to read my blog in no time. (MUHAHAAA) Just kidding, people say Hungarian is very hard.(obviously they have never tried learning Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Finnish or Polish) I dont know...it was kinda easy for me. And sorry about my English, it is a second language.
So, I am currently living in Seiseki Sakuragaoka Share house, which is a dormitory for international and exchange students. The share house is quite nice, I love the area and I have kind of a big space in my room, so I do not really want to ask for more. (still, best dormitory was Riento) The only thing which bothers me is the name Share house. Which means, you need to SHAARE (no shit) with other people. Well, 1 year ago, it was fine for me. I mean, Riento was really a small share house with only 30 people to SHAREEE. Now I am living in a huge ass dormitory with 100 other people I do not know, and I am so popped every day when I get back home I do not even have the energy to get to know them. In the morning it is okay, I can have my breakfast in peace but after 6, everyone start using the kitchen and you do not really have the space to cook your food. (Personally to many unknown people freak me out so I have my Dinner in my room) I know, it is seriously bad attitude but I just can not help it. I guess, I am getting older and grumpier. Do not get me wrong, I still love partying I just do not feel going through the same shit again. Making new friends, get to know each other starting from "Oh hey where are you from?" "Oh, Hungary? Are you hungry? " conversations. Anyway, the other problem with this dormitory is that it was too far from the Uni. 45 minutes by bicycle. I love cycling in Japan but sometimes I can not because it is very cold, I freeze my ass off, or it is raining. Sometimes, I had to stay in the laboratory till 9-10 pm, I just do not feel like cycling back at night. Oh, and when we go drinking, I can not use my bicycle cause the police can get you and make you pay penalty. Not to mention, it is too dangerous. I did it once. I cycled back from a drinking party home, (because I really hate wasting money on public transportation) I concentrated so hard on the way back , everything was fine eventought I was quite drunk, I arrived home safely (thank God) got off my bike and suddenly the whole world went dark and I fall into the nearby bush. Hurted like hell, and then I wanted to open my dormitory door with my Suica card (Japanese transportation card) instead of my card key, tried it like 10 times. Eventually I got angry at the door and started to talk to it in Hungarian. To be honest, the door was really a great conversation partner...you know...no talking back.
So yeah, I get to the point. At the end of February I have to move away because new people will come and they need my room. I started to look for my own apartment in the beginning of February. Well, in Japan the easiest way to do it is to go to a flat renting company. There is at least one in every big station in Tokyo. I talked to some friends and I ended up going to Minimini flat renting company. On their website, I started looking for flats too and I found very good ones for quite cheap prise. (cheap I mean renting fee per month 30.000yen (huns. multiple it by 2and you get the price in HUF)) I am still impressed by the costumer service in Japan. I went into the office, every workers stood up bow to me and shouting いらしゃいませ (welcome). Haha, I just love Japanese people's face when I enter somewhere. They look so scared "OMG! She is going to speak only Englsih!!! OMG" and then they pointing fingers to each other sacrificing the one who has the best English. I so want to capture their face once I start talking in Japanese. Anyway, they seemed really nice and helpful. I chose 3 flats to see and that guy took me in the company car and we saw it together. I wanted to have a flat which has fridge and washing machine at least. We saw 3 flats and I ended up choosing one with furnitures. (bed,washing machine, fridge, TV, internet )
