Thursday, March 27, 2003

Well Hanami the flower viewing season is almost upon us... well upon me anyways. So i bring a a few picture of some lovely plumb trees, no the famous cherry blossoms are not out yet, but I will make sure to get a few picture of those for you.





And a picture of my baby host brother.



Well since it is my job to go to labo parties here is an other picture of some members and me.



And here what an example of what we do at Labo parties when we are bored and waiting for some kids to be picked up.



Ok It though I would enlighten you guys on how I figure out which train to take when I go to Labo parties. You see the first thing to do is get on the right plate form. Which is pretty easy because I will know what line to take and they are usually labeled in English. Now comes the tricky part.

Once I get on the plat form I have to get on the right train. If I get on the wrong train I get end up on a Super express and not be able to get off for about 30 to 40 minutes. So in some of the newer stations they have these display boards which show the trains that are coming soon.



Here is a quick explanation.
Circle 1 shows what kind of train it is, wether it is a Rapid, Local, Semi-Rapid, Special Rapid, or Super Rapid. This one is a Special Rapid the and the next one is a Local.

Circle 2 show where the doors well open. This way you can line up and get on the train fast and get a seat. My train (the first one) will open at the triangles numbered 3-10. But the next train was scheduled to stop at the plat form but has been moved to number 4.

The last circle that does not have a number tell me what stops the next train will be making. If I want to make sure it goes to my stop I just watch it until I see the station i am looking for.

I hope that all makes some sense to you. Tell later

-Todd

posted by Toddokun @ 5:56 PM