Hello all!
Just thought I would do an update as my laptop has been broken for about 4/5 weeks now. I heard a screw loose in my laptop, it hit something and wouldn't turn back on. This is where all my problems started............
Stress 1: The laptop
I never realised how much I depended on my laptop until the bastard thing broke on me. So yes, it went out and stopped working. Things have gone downhill from there. First I took it to a friend's house to get it looked at and try and get the screw out. It didn't work so we began the process of getting it sorted out (we and in myself and very helpful parents). First we rang Comet, then HP who told us that we could ring HP support in Japan and they might be able to do something. 45 mins later and a very stressful phonecall (after trying to locate a HP shop in Japan) they told me they couldn't fix the model in Japan because A) they didn't sell it here and B) it was in English.
OK
So we were told to send this information to Comet. After 1 week of e-mails with no reply we were told the e-mail address was internal so thats why there was no reply. Oh well time to send it home!
This took ages, it got repaired and sent back. All in all about 4.5 weeks and £160 spend!
People have been helpful, all the other ALTs have been letting me use their laptops/iphones/disney phones and what not! I am very grateful to them. My next door neighbour Kaz (a law and English student at OCU) has helped me so much! Japanese people will go out of their way to do ANYTHING for you.
One ALT lent me a spare laptop but the adaptor I got didn't work. Another £20 down the drain!
Stress 2: My Alien Reg card
So when you arrive in Japan you have to register yourself at the local office. When you do this you get given a card with your details on. For example your address in Japan is on there. Well, I thought me address was on there but it turns out the woman in the office fucked up bigstyle and put the next building's address on. A one Kanji charactor mistake meant my bank card, my phone and bills were being sent to the wrong building. This would be ok except for this is very rare in Japan. You have to use the card to set up your accounts and billing information. Another 2 weeks later I had it sorted, but after a lot of chasing up to reverse this error!
Stress 3: My new Bike
Got a bloody puncture didn't it! I love it though, second hand and about 30 quid! The name is "koutaku no aru" or shiny.
Stress 4: My phone
5 attempts and I finally have the bugger!
Stress 5: Didn't realise those bits of paper were bills
Paid them. I had to use the rare 2000yen note though!
A couple of teething problems that are now resolved. Though I was at breaking point but now I feel a lot better. Everything slowly worked itself out (well after a lot of chasing)
Just thought I would do an update as my laptop has been broken for about 4/5 weeks now. I heard a screw loose in my laptop, it hit something and wouldn't turn back on. This is where all my problems started............
Stress 1: The laptop
I never realised how much I depended on my laptop until the bastard thing broke on me. So yes, it went out and stopped working. Things have gone downhill from there. First I took it to a friend's house to get it looked at and try and get the screw out. It didn't work so we began the process of getting it sorted out (we and in myself and very helpful parents). First we rang Comet, then HP who told us that we could ring HP support in Japan and they might be able to do something. 45 mins later and a very stressful phonecall (after trying to locate a HP shop in Japan) they told me they couldn't fix the model in Japan because A) they didn't sell it here and B) it was in English.
OK
So we were told to send this information to Comet. After 1 week of e-mails with no reply we were told the e-mail address was internal so thats why there was no reply. Oh well time to send it home!
This took ages, it got repaired and sent back. All in all about 4.5 weeks and £160 spend!
People have been helpful, all the other ALTs have been letting me use their laptops/iphones/disney phones and what not! I am very grateful to them. My next door neighbour Kaz (a law and English student at OCU) has helped me so much! Japanese people will go out of their way to do ANYTHING for you.
One ALT lent me a spare laptop but the adaptor I got didn't work. Another £20 down the drain!
Stress 2: My Alien Reg card
So when you arrive in Japan you have to register yourself at the local office. When you do this you get given a card with your details on. For example your address in Japan is on there. Well, I thought me address was on there but it turns out the woman in the office fucked up bigstyle and put the next building's address on. A one Kanji charactor mistake meant my bank card, my phone and bills were being sent to the wrong building. This would be ok except for this is very rare in Japan. You have to use the card to set up your accounts and billing information. Another 2 weeks later I had it sorted, but after a lot of chasing up to reverse this error!
Stress 3: My new Bike
Got a bloody puncture didn't it! I love it though, second hand and about 30 quid! The name is "koutaku no aru" or shiny.
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| I cycled to the coast with a couple of ALTs and watched the sunset over this bridge |
Stress 4: My phone
5 attempts and I finally have the bugger!
Stress 5: Didn't realise those bits of paper were bills
Paid them. I had to use the rare 2000yen note though!
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| The rare 2000 yen note I spent (by rare my next door neighbour hadn't seen one in 5 years) My bills too, costing about £20 |
A couple of teething problems that are now resolved. Though I was at breaking point but now I feel a lot better. Everything slowly worked itself out (well after a lot of chasing)
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