From Meelynn
"The bugs are truly horrific but maybe Singapore, being more tropical, has comparable ones...keep in mind I come from upstate New York, where our worst bugs are mosquitoes and the OCCASIONAL cockroach in a dirty restaurant.
Common Fukuoka bugs are cockroaches, mosquitoes, cicadas in summer (my least favorite, ughhhh), huntsman spiders, and big wasps called suzumebachi. The only ones that will probably invade your house are cockroaches and mosquitoes.
For cockroach prevention you can set boric acid traps in your house. They look like little cookies in plastic squares, put them in corners and your roach problems should be near none. Roaches happen in the cleanest of homes unfortunately and they are gross but easyish to control.
Mosquito-wise, you can buy little electric domes that you will with some magic liquid that keeps them at bay. These work very very well somehow and are cheap and easy to find.
Don't worry too much about the bugs, you can also buy bugspray to kill all sorts of breeds of bug at drugstores, discount warehouse stores and convenience stores."
Can someone kill me now?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
My apartment & rental
Meelynn (one of the current ALTs in Fukuoka) just told me that her rental is ¥12,100 which is only S$183 per month? That is really cheap!!!
And she also mentioned that I'll likely live in a kyoshokuin jutaku (public teacher's housing), "an old submarine-like apartment complex that while straight out of the Soviet Era cleans up nicely and is quite spacious." Hum... wonder how spacious is spacious.. which means there's alot to clean?
So it means I might live in an apartment like this:
Found this from the internet and it's posted by another ALT, Mike in Fukuoka.
And she also mentioned that I'll likely live in a kyoshokuin jutaku (public teacher's housing), "an old submarine-like apartment complex that while straight out of the Soviet Era cleans up nicely and is quite spacious." Hum... wonder how spacious is spacious.. which means there's alot to clean?
So it means I might live in an apartment like this:
Found this from the internet and it's posted by another ALT, Mike in Fukuoka.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
My placement...
By now, most of you would have know that I am resigning from my job and leaving for Japan to teach. =) My last day at work will be 17th July and will depart for Tokyo on 1st August.
I have been assigned to teach in Fukuoka Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu in Japan.
For those of you who don't know where's Fukuoka, here's a map!
Though sad to leave my family and friends, I am also very excited about it as I will be fulfilling one of my dreams - to live overseas by myself and immerse in a totally different culture!
Anyways, there's direct flight from Singapore to Fukuoka by Singapore Airlines! I just checked, it costs S$600 for peak season which means it will be even cheaper during off peak season! And it's even cheaper if it's transit flight... Cathay Pacific's ticket is $450...
P.S. Just realize that Fukuoka is nearer to Seoul than to Tokyo. LOL.
I have been assigned to teach in Fukuoka Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu in Japan.
For those of you who don't know where's Fukuoka, here's a map!
Though sad to leave my family and friends, I am also very excited about it as I will be fulfilling one of my dreams - to live overseas by myself and immerse in a totally different culture!
Anyways, there's direct flight from Singapore to Fukuoka by Singapore Airlines! I just checked, it costs S$600 for peak season which means it will be even cheaper during off peak season! And it's even cheaper if it's transit flight... Cathay Pacific's ticket is $450...
P.S. Just realize that Fukuoka is nearer to Seoul than to Tokyo. LOL.
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