I just got APPROVED for my new pad, because I'm a NICE GUY!
Yesterday(Sunday) a couple of my bosses, an agent, Shirley's mom, and I went apartment hunting. The first place was near (5min walk) Musashi-Sakai station, but seemed very gloomy. The moment I walked in there I thought ... NO Friggin Way. You open your window and there's a wall .. the building next door. Buildings are like built 1 to 3 feet apart from each other. And room configuration was F*CK'D. Anywho .. we went to another station called Ogikubo and looked for places there. Ogikubo is closer to where I work and the express subway stops there on weekends. Here's some new knowledge: apartments that are close to subway stations cost more, apartments that are close to subways stations w/ express subways cost more, coffee is expensive .. beer is too ;) The 1st place we looked at in Ogikubo didn't make me feel any better. I thought .. damn it's gonna be a cramped couple of years in Tokyo. We went to a local agent's office in Ogikubo to look for more ... I told them that I wouldn't mind being 10-15minutes from the station as long I got more space. The lady busted out the secret pad RESERVED for nice people(that's me F*KAZ!). We walked .. and walkd .. and walked .. we took the long way .. like 20 minutes walking. Here's another piece of info re Japan: alot of walking, which could attribute to Daikon Legs? We got to this HUGE house w/ a Japanese garden and 3 story building. The room for rent is on the bottom floor, but facing the garden. As soon as we walked in I knew .. this is my new home. The layout is nice, got a small kitchen w/ wood flooring and enough space for a small dining table overlooking the garden. The living room is facing both the garden and street. The bedroom has BRAND NEW tatami flooring and facing the street. Here's my 3rd piece of J-Knowledge for ya: New TATAMI is green and smells kinda like Japan. The owner came over from her house which is next to the garden. Really kewl old Japanese lady ... I think like 150 years old. I guess she liked us. I'll post photos after I move in(3/1).
Oh yeah .. gotta mention after we checked out this pad we went back to the office to get some paperwork going. The lady wanted to know everything about everyone. This piece of Japanese culture was trippy. Basically they don't want any couples that are not married to live there, cause they think we're gonna cause trouble. They also wanted to know about my parents, Shirley's parents, who the other Japanese men were. We started explaining, but it was obvious the story was too complicated. The only part that she heard was that Shirley's dad is a Doctor. I think I heard the 'CHA CHING' go off in her head. Either that or she thought I am the nicest guy. HOSHO-NIN = Guarantor. She basically said OK the Doc is the HOSHO-nin ... and that was the end of it! I think I better goto school and change my profession. Dr. Kobayashi sounds nice.
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