I can't believe I'm in Tokyo! How I get to live in Japan as part of my medical school. We're going to Japan, Tokyo.
Record or cast? It's only recording. Thank you. Can I take a photo? Yeah, of course.
For your wife? Yeah, you can take a photo. Did it work?
Shall I try? There was a three-hour layover in Shanghai. I'm changing in Shanghai and I've been just sleeping it.
And now we're boarding the flight to go to Tokyo. What food did I pick? Oh my god, I'm here! This is crazy, this is crazy! So we're here, I don't know how to get this door now.
The key box code for the entrance to the room is... I had to climb four floors to get here with two huge suitcases. I'm so tired.
I haven't slept in like freaking a day. I haven't slept in a day properly. I've been traveling for like 24 hours. No joy. I hope this goes well at least because I've been actually like waiting outside for 25 minutes.
My code didn't work to get into this building. Okay, this is an experience. Be grateful.
Sometimes stuff just doesn't go its way. Open please Shrooms are for otherwise Let's do a quick tour of the room. It's quite small, but I have my own space.
It's like a studio So it's not bad at all How nice This is the bathroom. I'm so excited, can you tell? I am so geeked right now.
Thank God, thank God for this. Oh my God, I can't believe I'm in Tokyo. No way.
It's raining right now a little bit but I need to get some food because I'm starving and also the room is really dirty so I'm going to get some cleaning wipes because I'll be in that room for the next 10 days then I'm moving to another place So good. My first night in Tokyo I'm talking to myself because I honestly don't know how I'm going to solo travel Because my medical internship elective starts on Monday and today is Thursday night So I've got three full days of having to hang out alone No having the privilege to hang out alone in Tokyo so I'm gonna make the most of that actually yes it's just really new I've never solo traveled before so it's exciting but also a little bit scary how I get to live in Japan as part of my medical school. In the UK at the end of a medical degree students have the option to do a hospital placement in any country around the world. This is to experience a new healthcare system and to discover a new country and it is one in a lifetime opportunity that most British medical students including myself look forward to from day one of our studies. So of course I'm journaling during this trip with my favourite day one journal.
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Good morning, or shall I say good afternoon because it's 2 p.m. I slept for... I slept for 14 hours.
Okay now we've got to quickly clean the floors and properly settle in. I've sent the pictures of the floor to my landlady like the dust and the hair I found and she kindly refunded me 10% of my cost of staying here. That's not too bad but now I gotta clean it myself.
These are all the hospital clothes I have. Apparently in Japan, in hospitals, you're gonna wear a white coat. At least the hospital I'm going to be attending. Here is my status coat and some smart trousers.
Shita! It's already dark outside and I haven't even had my first meal of the day. Jet lag is hard.
But starting from tomorrow, we'll start a routine and stick to it. And I'm gonna go to sleep early today, of course. Hello Hello Hey, what are you doing?
How is England? I miss England Look at this view, sister Do you see it? I pay 70.000 Turkish Lira per night here But because it was dirty, they refunded me the 10% of it 4.42 I've been awake for about an hour though I've been just in bed trying to catch some sleep but jetlag isn't allowing it I thought let's just get ready for the day and explore Tokyo as early as we can 3 to 4 am is my normal wake up time anyway so I went from pharmacy What about yourself?
I'm a quantum I'm a medical student I'm a grammar I'm a real thing to do I'm just a real person Oh wow, you traveled a lot then? 67 countries so far. Oh 67 countries, wow.
Which one is your favorite so far? Colombia. How's your food?
Good, thank you. You got arrested? Yeah.
I'm not sure. We're in Harajuku, Takeshita Street. I'm here to do some shopping.
I'm to get washing liquid to do my laundry before my placement starts. And also I want to look around for some pink clothes. Let's see what they have. I'm not that. Hmm.
Thank you. I'm still trying to figure out this detergent thing. It's so hard and I don't have much data here.
Cleaned, dirt, natural soap. Yeah, that should do it. Yes, you'll be awesome. Oh, okay.
Thank you. Now let's do some clothing shopping. There's so many cool streetwear clothes here but they're super expensive. It's dark outside and I am in Shibuya crossing. This is crazy.
I'm Tilia Magritte. I'm a solo traveler. I just found you. I'm my dream singer, Michelle. Hello!
So luxurious and cute! Look at this! There is fake sushi in the bathroom!
All these stuff they give you for free! First day of medical school in Tokyo, Japan. Odaiji!