It's Official. I'm Moving to the Bright Lights!

I believe it was a certain Mr Churchill who said.... "oooooooooooooh yes!"

As of Sunday, I will be leaving this distant and prison-like halls of residence and moving to the heart of Kobe's restaurant, shop and clubbing districts. After a long process, it has resulted in me and Tony getting a place together right on the edge of basically everything we could possibly want... and everything a man would need.

I will post pictures once I've settled in, and that in itself is the only set-back as far as I am concerned. The settling in period will be a little awkward, without Internet or furniture... Yeah, no furniture. The Internet issue shouldn't be too bad now that I'm not skyping at 4am anymore.

So far we have a bath, shower, cooker, wardrobe, and an air-con unit. There is a coin-operated washer upstairs and a fridge available from the estate agents for £10 each. This leaves me with just a futon (Japanese floor-based bedding) and a desk/chair needed. There are plenty of second hand shops and a massive Ikea nearby, so this won't break the bank.

I've crunched the numbers, and as I can make out, my British account will bare the brunt of the rent demands, leaving my scholarship to pay for my lifestyle and other essentials. Any luxuries or shortfalls will be paid for by tutoring work that I'm looking into finding once I've settled down.

Basim has found a place in Shinzaike, for those who know it, so our social web has been cast far and wide. We will now be the envy of all the exchange students, and there will be ample socialising and crashing at our place over the many weekends to come...

The place itself is located just down the road from KGB, the bar from the first night. Things are about to take-off big time. Since, all be it kicking and screaming, returning to the side of fate, it has rewarded me.

Japan just got interesting.