First, let us give a special thanks to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau for reviewing my visa after it had already expired for over a month, then taking just one day to issue the visa, but still not having sent my residence card to me by today!!!
Do you know how many things a foreigner can't do without a residence card? I can't even go to the driver's license center to get my license!
Sigh, every time I think of the Tokyo Immigration Bureau, I get so frustrated. Truly impressive.
Well, it's supposed to be a 2-year anniversary post, but I don't know what to say.
If I seriously talk about how to survive in Japan, it would turn into a long story, so this post will mainly be some complaints and simple thoughts about the past two years. I also hope to release at least five works within the next year (four are already certain to be released).
By the way, let me complain about the exchange rate—it's so great, I don't have to do anything and my wallet just keeps getting thinner!
Here is BBQ, once again astonished by the mathematical abilities of Japanese restaurants.
Suppose a single hamburger steak set costs 1200 yen, and a double hamburger steak set costs 1900 yen.
Now there's a set with a single hamburger steak + some delicious tomato for 1400 yen, but one hamburger steak isn't enough for BBQ, so BBQ added another hamburger steak. So how much did BBQ spend on this meal?
The answer is 1400 + 1200 = 2600 yen!
Oh my gosh, can't they be a little more flexible?
I've seen similar situations before in Tokyo, like when a 180g steak is sold for 1500 yen, how much should a 250g steak cost?
Normally, as the portion increases, the price per gram should decrease, meaning a 250g steak should cost less than 1500/180*250 = 2083 yen.
But some restaurants charge you 2200 yen! This isn't just an occasional thing; I once checked a kaiseki restaurant, and their steak prices also increased per gram as the portion size went up.
Oh, by the way, the accident situation is mostly resolved. The insurance company will cover BBQ's hospital and chiropractic fees for a month + 100,000 yen compensation. However, BBQ has to pay for the bicycle repairs, which is unfortunate.
On a side note, when I was negotiating compensation with the insurance company,
I didn't want to haggle back and forth (I don't like making phone calls), so I proposed a plan where they immediately pay me 80,000 yen for lost wages, but they wouldn't need to cover the chiropractic treatment costs. At first, they were happy, but after discussing it with their superior, they said the company doesn't allow paying that much for lost wages, so I had to go to the chiropractor or hospital for treatment (I'm not really injured; I just get neck massages at the chiropractor), and then they would give me 100,000 yen compensation. I don't know what insurance companies are like in other countries (because I've never had an accident before), but Japanese insurance companies seem to lack flexibility in their regulations. (This reminds me of how it took two months to get my graphics card repaired in Japan, haha.)