.033 - the move to tokyo

Man I haven't updated this in over a month...

Anyhow, back to business. My stay in Kyoto was great, but all great things have to end or else you'll never appreciate them. So many great people, so many new experiences, so many regrets.


I got into Tokyo at 12pm on Saturday and went straight to the Live Earth concert with some friends. Amazing! There were about 15 artists and it was my first time hearing J-Pop. I thought J-Pop was pretty good until I heard the same thing from 4 different artists. One surprise was a Japanese R&B/Rap artist named AI. Her music was really rich and catchy and her smooth personality only added to her performance. And then there was LP(aka Linkin Park). Crazy good. I've seen them twice in concert, but never had I been in a mosh pit. And never did I think I'd be in one in a Japanese crowd. This seemingly inactive crowd went CRAZY the minute Linkin Park came to the stage. Everyone in the first 10 "rows" literally couldn't stand for more than a second as the crowds swayed back and forth like water. It did not help that LP played started with one of their most crowd lifting songs, "One Step Closer". If I hadn't had my friend with me to help me up, I think I would ended up like many of the others that "drowned" in the crowd. In fact, it got so bad the barricades broke and they had to stop the concert for about 20 minutes. According to Mike Shinoda, the Live Earth Tokyo staff had put up "Rihanna barricades, not Linkin Park barricades...no offense"(Rihanna was one of the many artists). After that the crowd was amazingly tame and LP rocked the house.

Afterwards, I moved into my apartment which is located about 5 min from Shinjuku. It's much more than I expected it to be. I get a clothes washer, dishwasher, TV, microwave, and mood lights :). The neighborhood(Daitabashi) is nice with great/cheap restaurants, a wal-mart wanna be, easy access to two subway lines, and I just found out my apartment building is literally next to Microsoft Japan's XBOX office. Tight...

I fill you in on the internship in the next email. Just one subject for one entry....