Sun 1 Sept 2002 - Today I went to meet my future flat mate. After frantically trying to find a place to live in when I first arrived in Tokyo, I realised that on my budget, I could only afford a 20square metre studio apartment. The 20 sq metre room did not bother me... it was quite an okay size for a bedroom but it was the tiny cubicle bathroom & toilet in one and the tiny stove which they called a 'kitchen' which were most disappointing. So once I discovered that another girl was joining my firm, I emailed her and asked her to be my flatmate coz that way we could get a 2 bedroom apartment for cheaper and with a bigger bathroom and proper kitchen!! Everyone was worried for me and kept asking "What if you don't like her? What if she has 2 heads and 3 eyes??".......... but she turned out to be quite a normal, friendly Canadian girl. However, what surprised me the most was that she was around the same height as me!! She told me that when she walks along the streets of Tokyo, she actually doesn't feel so short anymore (compared to her Canadian experiences). I definitely feel the same way........