Tokyo, Japan (22/11/09- 02/12/09)
^ The only photo with all of us inside out of 1231 photos in my camera hehe we happened to occupy the whole row of seats and got a Jap to take for us :D
I think the best parts of the trip were that 1) I got to skip the last week of school which was a waste of time + I couldn't stand it anymore 2) I had my first ever Disneyland trip 3) I went to the onsen... naked!! Ok I know I sound so n00b but I am v conservative one 4) Had my first sashimi/ tuna ever hehe but I spat it out but I am v brave anw
1: Arrived at Narita Airport after a six-hour flight with screwed up hair (and we had to take photo + finger prints at the counter) and we took the airport shuttle to the B. Conte Ariake which is quite ulu but at least it's near Disney :) We got this service apartment which had a kitchen, washing machine in addition to the regular. We touched down 7ish in the morning and were supposed to check in at 2pm so we took a walk to VenusFort i.e. pseudo Italy place for lunch at an Italian restaurant. Hibernated the whole afternoon because the weather was cold and I barely got sleep on the plane which was so freaking warm. Dinner at TFT (Tokyo Fashion Town, ha ha) opposite the hotel I love the 100 yen shop there!!! They sell pork burger at Macs
^ Yes love how they always have dummy food so I know what to expect
No pictures of people we all look like shit after the flight
2: Woke up quite early and waited for Christel to be done with her personal 'onsen'... anw the weather was warmer I love it when it's cold with sun. We took the train to Asakusa and had ramen with a real generous portion of pork, like all the ramen was hidden under a bed of pork!! We went to this temple place which had small shops selling food and all and left for Uneno for some shopping then Ginza for xiao long bao dinner at NishiGinza which imo not as good as Imperial's. Walked around Ginza but didn't really buy anything cos not say v cheap also. There's H&m!! But they didn't have Divided sad
^ At the pork place
^ Really wide crossing
3: Went to the Tokyo Tower at Akabanebashi, both the main and special observatory aiya nothing v nice even though I think the view would have been great if it were at night. Then I think we walked for like 20 minutes to Roppongi Hills for lunch at a Korean tofu restaurant and did window shopping :( But nvm we saw cute school girls and boys I absolutely love their uniform damn pretty/ shuai! Took the train to Akihabara the electronic town omg cheap gadgets but didn't really need any and we saw kawaiixx girls giving out Maid Cafe leaflets lol wanna laugh when I think of what Joel said about some otaku asking the waitress to play with his toys... Stopped for Mister Donut and then Coco Curry for dinner hahah there are like 10 levels of spiciness on top of regular and mild. Mummy and Dayi ordered like level 6, Joel level 4, Dayizhang regular I think and Jeriel mild lol. First time eating curry rice it's not bad me and Christel shared a plate of level 2 and it was quite spicy already! By Day 3 it felt like Day 30 already because there was so much walking and training to do
^ From the special observatory I think
^ "Consider the consequences"
4: We had planned to go to Disneyland but it rained in the morning so we decided to go to Ikebukero to shop. I guess that's all you can do in Tokyo... Had breakfast buffet at the hotel and we totally stood out from the Japs because they use trays and only we have all the food crumbs all over the table felt a bit uncivilised but I think they're just too civilised. Christel and Jeriel bought wigs omg say hi to Brunette Christel hahah. Had a crepe from Crazy Crepes and it wasn't that great la dinner at Parco with great soba (y) Btw there were so many smokers in Japan and I don't understand why they allow smoking in air-conditioned restaurants hmm
^ So tricky if you don't put the ticket in it will close on you when you try to enter!!
5: Mummy, Joel, Christel went to Disneyland!! We reached at about 11 and was greeted by this whole sea of Japs with kawaiizx beanies/ hairbands and babies in costumes. Went for quite a number of rides! Queueing time wasn't that bad plus there was this fast pass system I am very swaku but am very impressed (y) We took fast past for Splash Mountain and we really surpassed like 150 people I think. I went on the famous Space Mountain I often hear about and it's really pretty :) Damn funny cos Dayi never knew what was inside because her eyes were always closed LOL. I love the food over there at Disneyland, churros (!!), big turkey leg, sweet bean Mike, Mickey chicken pao. At night we caught the electronic parade which was quite spectacular!! Christel and I got three-eyed alien hairbands hehehe act cute a bit
6: The next day we went to Disneysea! (don't have Disneyair OK) There was a corporate event I think so the place closed at 6.30pm and I guess that was why there weren't many people there and the longest time we queued for any ride was probably 10 minutes and we managed to clear many rides so it was a really fruitful trip :) Once again, I loved the food, like the awesomeeeeee chicken leg and American hot dog and Mickey icicle. Tower of Terror and Journey to the Centre of the Earth were the best rides imo and the rest were kid of kiddy. Even Raging Spirits the rollercoaster with a 360-degree loop was -.- Anw Dayi, Dayizhang and Jeriel joined us in the afternoon cos Joel told them Disneysea was great haha after that we went to Aquacity for italian dinner again lol we didn't really have a lot of jap food during the trip
^ Looks like Venice :)
7: After so many days of shopping centres, we went to Kawagoe! It was so so so refreshing haha like Singapore has enough of buildings already?? Kawagoe was like... sweet potato town. Everything had to do with sweet potato haha and basically we just kept eating at the little town. Then in the evening we went to Shinjuku for dinner. Quite cool cos earlier this year I just watched Shinjuku Incident and Shinjuku really has quite a number of Chinese people and some people have funky hair, I mean to see it for yourself
8: Went to Harajuku to shop, didn't take a lot of photos 'cause we were all so occupied with shopping!! ;D There were like Blacks lurking on the Takeshi Street and it was quite scary 'cause one of them quarreled with a tourist who took a picture of him and he used vulgarities and all :O We stayed there until it was dark and then we went to Shibuya for dinner... Italian...
^ I LOVE ALL OF THEM BUT TOO EX and they are second-hand!!
9: Most eventful day! Went to the Fish Market to have a look and then had lunch there I really don't know why so many people like sashimi!! After that we split 'cause it was the second last day and we had to utilise whatever time we have left haha so Dayizhang, Dayi and Christel went to Ikebukuro, Jeriel went to Harajuku while Mummy, Joel and I went to the fish aqaurium at Shinagawa (?) which was sadly quite boring. After that we went to Harajuku to continue shopping hehe this time round I bought stuff I decided not to buy the day before lol.. and it was less crowded 'cause it was Monday. Went to the Harajuku Street and found this undiscovered corner with quite a lot of cute stuff! Then we went to I can't remember where, some music place near Akihabara where we had dinner at this little shop where we had to buy tickets for our food hehe so fun and cheap we should've eaten more at those places! Joel got a guitar and the salesman was soo helpful like 'cause he doesn't know some jargons in English so he went chotomate!~ and used his laptop to translate it online :D At night Mummy, Dayi, Joel, Christel and I went to the onsen at Telecom Centre I think going to the onsen was the most Jap thing we did. First we went in to put our shoes in lockers and then we went to pay money and get ukatas/ kimonos (don't know the diff) and changed into them. We met Joel in the common space with shops selling souvenirs and food haha and there's Bishibashi there! Anw then we split into women's and men's onsens yup we were damn swaku la keep giggling but all the Japs were damn open about it?? After a while we became used to it la haha then have to keep walking in and out of water because got different kinds of onsen then we sat at the sauna there to people watch HAHAH ok bought panty from vending machine then after a while we met Joel again then cabbed back
^ Cannot buy so take photo (y)
^ So few people compared to the day before
10: Last day of our trip so we just walked around at shopping centres near our hotel, we already packed the day before so :) In the afternoon we took the airport shuttle to the airport, had like so many bags because me and Mummy only had a small luggage 'cause Emily brought the bigger one to Switz. Hehe watched a few movies on the plane and finally touched down past midnight on Tues!
A GREAT THANK-YOU GOES OUT TO JOE FOR BEING THE GUIDE! :) :) :)
^ The only photo with all of us inside out of 1231 photos in my camera hehe we happened to occupy the whole row of seats and got a Jap to take for us :D
I think the best parts of the trip were that 1) I got to skip the last week of school which was a waste of time + I couldn't stand it anymore 2) I had my first ever Disneyland trip 3) I went to the onsen... naked!! Ok I know I sound so n00b but I am v conservative one 4) Had my first sashimi/ tuna ever hehe but I spat it out but I am v brave anw
1: Arrived at Narita Airport after a six-hour flight with screwed up hair (and we had to take photo + finger prints at the counter) and we took the airport shuttle to the B. Conte Ariake which is quite ulu but at least it's near Disney :) We got this service apartment which had a kitchen, washing machine in addition to the regular. We touched down 7ish in the morning and were supposed to check in at 2pm so we took a walk to VenusFort i.e. pseudo Italy place for lunch at an Italian restaurant. Hibernated the whole afternoon because the weather was cold and I barely got sleep on the plane which was so freaking warm. Dinner at TFT (Tokyo Fashion Town, ha ha) opposite the hotel I love the 100 yen shop there!!! They sell pork burger at Macs
^ Yes love how they always have dummy food so I know what to expect
No pictures of people we all look like shit after the flight
2: Woke up quite early and waited for Christel to be done with her personal 'onsen'... anw the weather was warmer I love it when it's cold with sun. We took the train to Asakusa and had ramen with a real generous portion of pork, like all the ramen was hidden under a bed of pork!! We went to this temple place which had small shops selling food and all and left for Uneno for some shopping then Ginza for xiao long bao dinner at NishiGinza which imo not as good as Imperial's. Walked around Ginza but didn't really buy anything cos not say v cheap also. There's H&m!! But they didn't have Divided sad
^ At the pork place
^ Really wide crossing
3: Went to the Tokyo Tower at Akabanebashi, both the main and special observatory aiya nothing v nice even though I think the view would have been great if it were at night. Then I think we walked for like 20 minutes to Roppongi Hills for lunch at a Korean tofu restaurant and did window shopping :( But nvm we saw cute school girls and boys I absolutely love their uniform damn pretty/ shuai! Took the train to Akihabara the electronic town omg cheap gadgets but didn't really need any and we saw kawaiixx girls giving out Maid Cafe leaflets lol wanna laugh when I think of what Joel said about some otaku asking the waitress to play with his toys... Stopped for Mister Donut and then Coco Curry for dinner hahah there are like 10 levels of spiciness on top of regular and mild. Mummy and Dayi ordered like level 6, Joel level 4, Dayizhang regular I think and Jeriel mild lol. First time eating curry rice it's not bad me and Christel shared a plate of level 2 and it was quite spicy already! By Day 3 it felt like Day 30 already because there was so much walking and training to do
^ From the special observatory I think
^ "Consider the consequences"
4: We had planned to go to Disneyland but it rained in the morning so we decided to go to Ikebukero to shop. I guess that's all you can do in Tokyo... Had breakfast buffet at the hotel and we totally stood out from the Japs because they use trays and only we have all the food crumbs all over the table felt a bit uncivilised but I think they're just too civilised. Christel and Jeriel bought wigs omg say hi to Brunette Christel hahah. Had a crepe from Crazy Crepes and it wasn't that great la dinner at Parco with great soba (y) Btw there were so many smokers in Japan and I don't understand why they allow smoking in air-conditioned restaurants hmm
^ So tricky if you don't put the ticket in it will close on you when you try to enter!!
5: Mummy, Joel, Christel went to Disneyland!! We reached at about 11 and was greeted by this whole sea of Japs with kawaiizx beanies/ hairbands and babies in costumes. Went for quite a number of rides! Queueing time wasn't that bad plus there was this fast pass system I am very swaku but am very impressed (y) We took fast past for Splash Mountain and we really surpassed like 150 people I think. I went on the famous Space Mountain I often hear about and it's really pretty :) Damn funny cos Dayi never knew what was inside because her eyes were always closed LOL. I love the food over there at Disneyland, churros (!!), big turkey leg, sweet bean Mike, Mickey chicken pao. At night we caught the electronic parade which was quite spectacular!! Christel and I got three-eyed alien hairbands hehehe act cute a bit
6: The next day we went to Disneysea! (don't have Disneyair OK) There was a corporate event I think so the place closed at 6.30pm and I guess that was why there weren't many people there and the longest time we queued for any ride was probably 10 minutes and we managed to clear many rides so it was a really fruitful trip :) Once again, I loved the food, like the awesomeeeeee chicken leg and American hot dog and Mickey icicle. Tower of Terror and Journey to the Centre of the Earth were the best rides imo and the rest were kid of kiddy. Even Raging Spirits the rollercoaster with a 360-degree loop was -.- Anw Dayi, Dayizhang and Jeriel joined us in the afternoon cos Joel told them Disneysea was great haha after that we went to Aquacity for italian dinner again lol we didn't really have a lot of jap food during the trip
^ Looks like Venice :)
7: After so many days of shopping centres, we went to Kawagoe! It was so so so refreshing haha like Singapore has enough of buildings already?? Kawagoe was like... sweet potato town. Everything had to do with sweet potato haha and basically we just kept eating at the little town. Then in the evening we went to Shinjuku for dinner. Quite cool cos earlier this year I just watched Shinjuku Incident and Shinjuku really has quite a number of Chinese people and some people have funky hair, I mean to see it for yourself
8: Went to Harajuku to shop, didn't take a lot of photos 'cause we were all so occupied with shopping!! ;D There were like Blacks lurking on the Takeshi Street and it was quite scary 'cause one of them quarreled with a tourist who took a picture of him and he used vulgarities and all :O We stayed there until it was dark and then we went to Shibuya for dinner... Italian...
^ I LOVE ALL OF THEM BUT TOO EX and they are second-hand!!
9: Most eventful day! Went to the Fish Market to have a look and then had lunch there I really don't know why so many people like sashimi!! After that we split 'cause it was the second last day and we had to utilise whatever time we have left haha so Dayizhang, Dayi and Christel went to Ikebukuro, Jeriel went to Harajuku while Mummy, Joel and I went to the fish aqaurium at Shinagawa (?) which was sadly quite boring. After that we went to Harajuku to continue shopping hehe this time round I bought stuff I decided not to buy the day before lol.. and it was less crowded 'cause it was Monday. Went to the Harajuku Street and found this undiscovered corner with quite a lot of cute stuff! Then we went to I can't remember where, some music place near Akihabara where we had dinner at this little shop where we had to buy tickets for our food hehe so fun and cheap we should've eaten more at those places! Joel got a guitar and the salesman was soo helpful like 'cause he doesn't know some jargons in English so he went chotomate!~ and used his laptop to translate it online :D At night Mummy, Dayi, Joel, Christel and I went to the onsen at Telecom Centre I think going to the onsen was the most Jap thing we did. First we went in to put our shoes in lockers and then we went to pay money and get ukatas/ kimonos (don't know the diff) and changed into them. We met Joel in the common space with shops selling souvenirs and food haha and there's Bishibashi there! Anw then we split into women's and men's onsens yup we were damn swaku la keep giggling but all the Japs were damn open about it?? After a while we became used to it la haha then have to keep walking in and out of water because got different kinds of onsen then we sat at the sauna there to people watch HAHAH ok bought panty from vending machine then after a while we met Joel again then cabbed back
^ Cannot buy so take photo (y)
^ So few people compared to the day before
10: Last day of our trip so we just walked around at shopping centres near our hotel, we already packed the day before so :) In the afternoon we took the airport shuttle to the airport, had like so many bags because me and Mummy only had a small luggage 'cause Emily brought the bigger one to Switz. Hehe watched a few movies on the plane and finally touched down past midnight on Tues!
A GREAT THANK-YOU GOES OUT TO JOE FOR BEING THE GUIDE! :) :) :)
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