Filipino Programmer | Philippines

Today, just after luch my co-office Jeda and Yamazaki san, went to the post office, inside the post office we saw a cute brown poodle. Jeda took a shot of the poodle, looks like a stuff toy but hey its the real deal!

Information of Poodle breeds:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle
www.poodlehistory.org/

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During my first month here in Japan, I have the oppurtunity to experience one of the three busiest holiday season in Japan, besides New Year and Obon week, Golden Week is a collection of four national holidays within seven days in combination with well placed weekends.

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Today I applied my Alien Record Cetificate (ARC) . It was 9AM when I left my apartment, I rode a bus going to the city hall. It took me around 30 minutes to apply for the certificate. I need to come back again next month for the release of the card and I was just given a piece of paper notifying me when to get the card. After that I took a train bound for Kichijouji (�祥寺) and from there I transfer to another train bound to Kugayama (久我山).

Here are some information on how to apply for and ARC:

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I wake up at 7AM, weather is cold. This is my first morning at Japan, take a bath and dressed up, I will be going for the first time at the office in Kugayama. It only takes around 30 minutes to go to the office, ride a bus (200円)  and train (130円).  This day was my orientation, It took almost all of the day for the orientation. I went back home 7PM, Jeda which is a Filipino co-worker she gave me a little tour of the places I can buy food and other comodities I need, first stop supermarket the next one is the nearest conviniece store which is by the way close to a local Japanese Temple, and we ate dinner at a local ramen store, I went crazy when I saw my order a very big bowl of ramen, OMG! After the ramen adventure we went back home, and so my 2nd day was over.

What are useful information I have learned?

Japan trains are very convinient, compared to the Philippines, train tickets are small and disposable magnetic tickets. Buying tickets is managed by a automated system, insert the coins or I guess a paper money. Next is you need to press the amount of the ticket you want to buy, so far the amount I inserted is exactly 130円, two amounts appeared on the buttons 120円 and 130円. So it means the machine will determine all available ticket prices depending on the amount you inserted.

When eating using a chopstick do not put the chopstick in a vertical position, that is a bad sign for Japanese people it means death.

When entering restaurants, most of the stores you need to wait on the waiting area and wait for the server to come and assist you for a table. A electronic device found on every table is pressed if you are ready to order, some small stores has electronic device where in you pay first for your order and a small piece of paper will be your reciept, after that you will be served.

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It’s 3AM, I’m ready to go to Manila for my flight. I came in Ninoy Aquino International Airport at around 6:30AM, ate my breakfast and went inside the airport at 7AM. I had no trouble checking in my lagguages, going to Immigration booth. I left Philippines at around 9:20AM boarding JAL, bound for Narita Airport at 2:25PM. The flight was wonderful, it was very comfortable, most of the time I was sleeping. I arrived at Narita Airport around 2:10PM 15 minutes early. Weather in Japan is cloudy and still cold, I meet Jay one of the employees of my company here, and went at the apartment by riding a bus going to Shinjuku station and taxi to the apartment. After that he gave me a short tour of the neighborhood and we ate dinner at Jonathan’s. Went I went back home, I rained, glad I was able get home before the rain falls. I met my roommate Max and another engineer Nedy which is leaving just two rooms away from our apartment.

What are useful information I have learned?

Taxi’s in Japan are very different from Philippines. In Japan you do not have to open the door since will open the door for you automatically. Taxi’s are equipped with a GPS system, which enables the driver to go anywhere in the vicinity just by entering the destination’s address.

When riding a bus with lagguages, lagguages are tagged and you will receive a small identification tag for you to claim when exiting the bus. One Man Bus are another type of local bus in Japan this bus has two doors, the front door which is close to the driver is the entrance and exit is at the middle door of the bus. Methods of payment is from entrance you can put exact amount of coins or a magnetic card loaded with e-money.

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