Extra (2): [連絡しよう]

It's Party Line!

Line messaging

I've been thinking, for days when my life is just as uninteresting as back in England I can provide bloggy updates of interesting gubbins I have discovered on my travels. You might even learn something... so hold on tight here it is INFORMATION NUGGET NUMERO UNO!

Line messenger 

SMILEEE!

Firstly, as you know my phone is working :) BUT many of my more complainy friends back home are having a rant about how I message. This is because on my phone plan I only get data (3G). The reason for this is... it's cheap. It only costs me ¥1800 a month and I get 1GB of internet to use out and about. ALSO, everybody and their dog and probably their dog's cat in Japan uses an app called "line" to message each other. Line let's me message, call and send photos all on the internet and as such is really helpful for meeting up with people. The stickers and emoticons on this app are crazy I can show a much more massive range of emotions than in Britain. In England we are stuck with: happy :), sad :(, very happy :D, very sad :'( and at a push... 

owl <(OvO)>! 

But on line as you can see above I can show everything from accusational pointing, to vomiting collapse
all the way to crime victim!

As a person coming from England the best part is you can get signal everywhere here! The 3G is never 
ending and this includes in clubs bars and even subway tunnels. A far cry from home where the slightest 
movement from the signal hotspot of the left hand seat on the sofa equals instant 0 reception. -___-

So if you know me and aren't one of those celebrating my absence (Lauren that's you), you can add me 

by my line ID of samburton.