From Shinjuku-Tokyo

A bumble bee street it is, filled with hustlers who do not even have the luxury to either eat, talk or even walk. Everything is moving at the speed of 2x if it was 1x back home. To catch up with them I am restoring to running instead of walking, waking up an hour early to complete my morning routine and catching up with the people back home from the restrooms. I am definitely blown away by the pace of Japan. 

It is no joke when it comes to time for them to the extent that they took us to the classroom directly from a two day flight without even a cup of water. Being Bhutanese I also became a victim of certain expectations such as a welcome tea if  not a full course meal. Maybe this is what a culture shock feels like.

The number of suppliers equates to the buyers, that we are required to register and stand in queue even for a meal. For the record, my friends and I did not get our dinner yesterday even after waiting for more than 40 mins. The trick here was we had to register in lesser head count if you want to get the table faster. No businesses here are empty like in Bhutan and maybe that’s the verification that the population is essential for any businesses to flourish. 

Money definitely cannot purchase things easily here because every purchase here specifically getting a mobile sim card is permissible only after a full proof documentation. Even after getting the sim card the procedures and the flexibility is not as mobile as in Bhutan. The sim either works only for voice or data and is too expensive (About Nu.840/month just for 5GB) if we want both in one. The carry over of the balance during each recharge is not possible so basically you lose your balance if you do not finish your data within the period and incase if it is exhausted before then the charge of extra for recharge before the period. So not everything is greener on the other side just because it is a developed nation. I am already missing Bhutan Telecom and Tashi Cell. 

 

Overwhelmed with new experiences, shocked with differences and anxious of fitting in. Even so I am glad that I took up this new challenge because now I have a different story to tell.