Best wishes for 2009 from Japan!

I made it to Japan! I landed on Narita Airport at around 10 AM local time, and I went to this hotel near the airport to catch up on some sleep. As usual, I didn't get any sleep on the plane, which can be pretty frustrating sometimes. Oh well, luxury problems, and I got to see Tropical Thunder and new Indiana Jones on the plane. The last one really sucked monkey balls, like my boys from Southpark would say:'They raped Indy!!'. As soon as I got to the hotel, I took a shower and went out for something to eat, I was starved. I got a nice bowl of yaki soba; noodles, veggies and some meat in a big bowl of soup. I know catering-wise I am gonna be cool in Japan. The food over here is awesome! After that I hit the sack (no homo) and got in a good 6 hours.

It turned out that there was a huge temple near my hotel, called Narita zan, where people go to celebrate the new year, pay their respects to the ancestors and wish for prosperity for the new year. It was crowded as hell, friggin cold outside and I was pretty out of it due to the jetlag, but it was a cool experience. It's considered rude to take pictures within the premises of the temple, so I skipped that, but check out the pics of line and the temple from outside:

The line to the temple





The entrance to the temple. In Japanese years 2009 is Heisei 21:



Tomorrow I'm heading to Tokyo, and stay in a hotel for a couple of more days. I'm gonna hook up with some of my friends and get it movin'!!!

I would like to wish everybody an awesome new year!!!! Time to catch some zzzzzs, peace out!

Packing up

I moved out of my house in Rotterdam, and I am chilling at my parents' place during the holidays. It's a pretty nice vibe and I am enjoying mommie's homecooking.

The other day I booked my ticket to Tokyo, and Finnair is taking me there on December 30. Damn, that's in 5 days!

So right now I am packing my stuff. It's hard moving to a different country with only a big suitcase for my clothes (about 3 weeks worth plus 2 suits) a record case for stuff like audio-cables and other random stuff. I got a big bag for carry-on luggage; I'm using that one for my DJ mixer and my laptop. I am gonna try and pursue some kinda DJ career over there, and going digital (with Serato Scratch Live and control vinyl) enables me to do that. I wouldn't even be able to bring 5 percent of my records, but now I got about 110 gigabytes of music with me!

I booked a nice hotel for my first week in Tokyo, and I am actually gonna spend new year's eve over there. I have no idea what that night is going to bring me, but I am really hyped.
I'm gonna get used to my new environment a little bit (it's been almost 10 years the last time I was in Japan) in the first week, and hook up with my friends. After that I am going to be on my quest for an appartment!

The blog is pretty bland now, but yo, I haven't even left yet! As soon as I am there I'll start using my camera.

HYPED!!!

time to leave....

What's up yall!?

As some of you might know, I did Japanese language and culture in college, leaving me with a Masters degree. And after I started working full time for a Japanese company, I realized that the corporate life wasn't for me. Somehow I am feeling The Netherlands is cramping my style....and career opportunities. So I decided to go to Japan and live there for a while. I am gonna try and implement some business 'schemes' I have in mind. I also wanna try and DJ at clubs and venues in Tokyo, and I am real confident that's gonna work.

I am going somewhere in December, looking for a good last-minute deal on the flight ticket, and that's when this blog is gonna pop off fo realz!!!!! All the stuff I think that's interesting or crazy enough to write about, Imma post it in this blog.

Keeping yall posted!