Protocol 7

It tastes like soap but the install is pretty simple…

Accessorizing my keitai completes me.

I purchased my first keitai accessory at the Central Japan International Airport while waiting for the Asiana Airlines counter to open. If you can’t tell from the picture, that’s Hello Kitty with a sake drum and a sake cup. I purchased my second keitai accessory at the Incheon National Airport in Korea - Hello Kitty wearing some traditional Korean gear. Pictures forthcoming.

A few key bits of information you will need for the following post:

1) For various reasons all too boring and complex to get into, kzi is currently in possession of legal status with a temporary vistor visa and I am currently illegal, for overstaying mine and having a new replacement passport sans any kind of documentation.

2) Neither of us currently have gaijin cards. Gaijin cards are supposed to be carried at all times by any non-nationalized foreigner. When kzi went to Korea several months ago to renew his visitor visa status, the officials at the airport took his gaijin card before he left the country. And I lost mine. We have been planning on re-applying after our upcoming trip to Korea (August 9th - 11th) after obtaining working visas.

Got all that? Visa status and lack of gaijin cards? Onwards and upwards…

The day began with an innocent search for internet substitutes until we get a real connection at the apartment [1]. Correction: the day began with me crying and flipping out because I’ve been without constant net access for way too long and my brain is liquifying and running out of my ears. Then came the hunt for internet substitutes. We found a passable option with a wireless usb card synced up to the cell networks for delivery of data. Unfortunately, without a Japanese credit card or a slew of other documents *and* a gaijin card, there was no way the helpful uniformed employees were going to allow us to make our purchase. So we decided to go and register for our gaijin cards a little sooner than expected.

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