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Today started in a disastrous manner. I got to the train station early. This on reflection is where most of my train related problems start. I got on a train which I thought was the right one but turned out not to be the case. Instead of getting on the one which stops at stations, I had chosen the one which wanted to get to the last stop as soon as possible by making as few stops as possible.

I didn`t realise this until about 20 minutes in when a station we normally stop at when gliding past. I thought that was unusual but carried on in blissful ignorance. After another stop which I thought was after the stop I needed went past I got worried but I was told to be there at 8:20 and it wasn`t 8:15 yet so plenty of time left. Of course in hindsight there was a reason why we were early. We didn`t stop anywhere.

Just before I got to a station called Tengacya, which I know for a fact is miles away, I jumped out and made frantic phone calls to people. The train was an auto express whatever the hell that means and had not stopped at about six smaller stations where a train visits twice a day and farmers and their cows wait.

I went past six small stations on the express going out but managed to stop at every single one of the farmer and his cow stations going back with about fifteen minutes until my lesson started. I got evil calls from Nagoya where the company is based and frantic calls from Yumi the coordinator as well as Reiko asking where I was. I eventually got to a closer station after waiting for what seemed lke hours to let the three express trains (which I should have caught back) pass. We then sprinted out of the station and into a taxi whose driver decided to stop to let a class of ambling kindergarteners cross the road as well as stopping at a level crossing when there was clearly enough time to cross it. I arrived at the school late and still managed to finish the lesson early as I rushed through it and making my day start badly. The rest of the day was better but the stress caused from this occurence is still leaving my nerves jangled and sore. Bless.