Visa Trip to Osaka, Japan (May 25, 2006)

So after a long time of waiting, and only a few days before I would have been an illegal alien, I finally got to take my visa trip to Osaka Japan. The visa is so that I can stay in Korea for a year and work there legally. It was a three-day trip that started off badly. The morning I was supposed to fly, I woke up really sick. I was coughing, had a sore throat, and I had to blow my nose constantly.
But I got to the airport, flew to Osaka, and after being lost of a while, finally finding the Korean consulate. After filling out a bunch of forms I finally found a hotel for the first night. Although I didn’t feel like doing much, I still wandered around looking at all the shops, eating some food, and sitting in a few bars.
The next day was pretty much the same; I found a new hotel, picked up my visa and wandered the streets looking for something to buy. But all the clothes are way too small for me, or too skimpy. The fashion is extreme, and most of the things people are wearing, you wouldn’t get away with anywhere else, without being offered money.
Unfortunately I didn’t do a whole lot because of being so sick, but I still managed to take a few pictures and buy a few souvenirs.
After flying back on Friday, and taking a few busses back to school, I was told I had to go straight to work. I arrived about a half hour before my first class, totally exhausted and feeling really bad, but there really wasn’t anyone to take over, so I sucked it up and went to work. It was a very stressful few days, and I’m really glad it is the weekend, so I get to relax and recover from this cold.