Japanese Bureaucracy
Today I could not wake up, how novel is that ?!
When eventually I arrived to the university I realized that a number of students were standing on the pathways and watching in the direction of the sky; apparently I am missing the eclipse of the universe. It was beautiful, but due to the fact that it was cloudy, I could not see much.
Then I was exposed to the Japanese bureaucracy in its full swing, it was just unbelievable; a reader may be aware that I live an hour away from the college, and apparently there is a dormitory inside the college in which I can move, and this may save me two train hours a day ! I went to try and rearrange my location, and interestingly it turned into a nightmare experience. First of all, I was told that my supervisor should call them, then I was told that there is not much which can be done. Later, after walking into many offices and applying my special charm, (oh it was hard as their body language is different!), I was told that potentially moving is possible but the paperwork arrangements may take as much as one month time! “Month time for what !?” did I ask myself. Ofcourse I collected some information and I knew that there is an empty room, and it would be pity to miss it! Unfortunately, the clerks were saying that they must make some checks and it would take a month, full dot. After sweating quite slot and making myself funny, I managed to reduce the Checking-Time to three weeks, but the feeling was that I really stretched the system. Is this is the way the country would try to fight the recession I wonder ? When I asked one of my Japanese colleagues, why does it take so long, I was told "welcome to Japan, here everything takes time"
Later in the evening, I met my Japanese friend, an artist whom I met in London.
We were sitting in a tiny restaurant on typical Japanese "underground" in Shinjuku area. Friends brought friends and eventually there were 4 Japanese and 3 Italians around me. It was very strange to listen about the life in Japan, about the cultures and even about the local mafia! I will expand on the topics in specially dedicated issues, work on which is ongoing.
Also, I loved the beer-filling machine, it tilts the glass at the beginning and straightens it, as the glass gets full! Why nobody thought of this in Europe !!!??
At the moment I am heading home on the latest train so far, 00:30 and still half an hour to go.
When eventually I arrived to the university I realized that a number of students were standing on the pathways and watching in the direction of the sky; apparently I am missing the eclipse of the universe. It was beautiful, but due to the fact that it was cloudy, I could not see much.
Then I was exposed to the Japanese bureaucracy in its full swing, it was just unbelievable; a reader may be aware that I live an hour away from the college, and apparently there is a dormitory inside the college in which I can move, and this may save me two train hours a day ! I went to try and rearrange my location, and interestingly it turned into a nightmare experience. First of all, I was told that my supervisor should call them, then I was told that there is not much which can be done. Later, after walking into many offices and applying my special charm, (oh it was hard as their body language is different!), I was told that potentially moving is possible but the paperwork arrangements may take as much as one month time! “Month time for what !?” did I ask myself. Ofcourse I collected some information and I knew that there is an empty room, and it would be pity to miss it! Unfortunately, the clerks were saying that they must make some checks and it would take a month, full dot. After sweating quite slot and making myself funny, I managed to reduce the Checking-Time to three weeks, but the feeling was that I really stretched the system. Is this is the way the country would try to fight the recession I wonder ? When I asked one of my Japanese colleagues, why does it take so long, I was told "welcome to Japan, here everything takes time"
Later in the evening, I met my Japanese friend, an artist whom I met in London.
We were sitting in a tiny restaurant on typical Japanese "underground" in Shinjuku area. Friends brought friends and eventually there were 4 Japanese and 3 Italians around me. It was very strange to listen about the life in Japan, about the cultures and even about the local mafia! I will expand on the topics in specially dedicated issues, work on which is ongoing.
Also, I loved the beer-filling machine, it tilts the glass at the beginning and straightens it, as the glass gets full! Why nobody thought of this in Europe !!!??
At the moment I am heading home on the latest train so far, 00:30 and still half an hour to go.
posted by KGena at 1:49 AM
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