Saturday, July 31, 2010

Day 3 ~ Shopping time

Today's weather was hot and humid again. No raining which we actually hope it will rain a while to lower the temperature.

Our itinerary today was to go to Tsujiki Fish market, Ginza, Akihabara, Ueno and Asakusa. However, our plan changed when there was not enough time.

Went to Tsujiki Fish Market and ate a very big piece of fresh oyster at 500yen each. It was so fresh and the meat was so firm and sweet. Ate sea urchin too which was very fresh too. We were so glad that we could eat such nice and fresh seafood there.

Had our lunch in one of the nearby restaurant. We could not stand the hot weather hence chose not to eat in those small restaurants within the market compound. Will be cheaper there but we really could not withstand the heat. The restaurant we went had very typical Japanese style decoration and we ordered their daily special set (only had 15 sets daily) and sushi set. After eating in this restaurant, I think we will not eat sushi in Singapore anymore. The sushi we ate was so nice and soft. Unlike those in Singapore where not Japanese rice was used and was so hard. Unless we go to those highclass Japanese restaurant then maybe we can find similar standard sushi.

Arrived Ginza and we spent about 4 hours there. Initially we thought there was not much to see so will only stay for 1 to 2 hours. However, we saw some nice stores and stayed for so long. By the time we wanted to leave for Akihabara and Ueno, we calculated the time and decided to stay a bit longer in Ginza and will head to Asakusa for the Hanabi. Will go to Akihabara and Ueno tomorrow.

When we reached Asakusa at 7.30pm, we realised that Hanabi had started. I thought it started at 7.30pm and ended at 8.30pm. However, actual timing was 7 to 8.30pm. It was so crowded and we could not squeezed into a better view area hence stood at one corner to watch it. Could not see full view as there were trees and building blocking but ok lah.. at least could see some big ones. I finally managed to eat cakes in Almond cafe during our tea break. Yummy~~

We left at 8pm and the station was so crowded that everyone had to push in order to make our way to the platform. Very hot and we were sweating. However. it was a good experience for my sis.

Our legs were so aching that we tried to snatch seats in order to rest our foot. Too much walking these few days and my legs are "rebelling". Tomorrow still have to walk a lot again.

As it was late when we reached Ikebukuro, we decided to eat at a ramen restaurant near our hotel. This shop served special ramen. The ramen and soup based were separated. You have to dip the ramen like eating cold soba. It was very nice.

Bought some drinks and store in our mini fridge. C.C. Lemon ~ my favourite drinks.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Day 2 ~ Disney Land

This morning, it rained when we got out of the hotel. Was so worried that it would rain whole day and spoiled our Disney trip. Thank goodness. It stopped raining when we reached Maihama station.

I made a blunder and ended up we went to Disney Land instead of Disney Sea today. I was confused and thought the one nearer to the station was Disney Land. Did not realise the mistake until I was in the park and heard my sis asking me why Disney Land and Sea entrance were the same (she went to Disney Land before). Initially, I still told her no lah but was so embarrassed when I realised the mistake. Anyway, its ok since we could go Disney Sea on coming Monday.

The park was rather crowded. Weather turned hot and humid. Our sweat were "free flow" for the whole day. The only disappointed one was we queued for almost 1 hour for Winnie the Pooh ride but was told that the ride was closed. Believed it was due to technical fault. We were given priority pass for other ride as compensation.

Took a few rides only as each time we had to wait for at least 1 hour. The 3D theater changed to Michael Jackson show from the Honey I shrunk the kids. Quite good effect and glad that we went for this show.

We left the park at around 9pm. Watched the night parade and went to shop for goodies before we went home. Did not really stay long at the shops as we focused only on "food". Ha ha...

Our legs were so aching while on our way back to hotel. Walked and stood too long during day time and I can't even stand straight. Need to rest our foot as there are still few days to spend in Tokyo. Will rest early tonight in order to catch more sleep. :)


Thursday, July 29, 2010

Day 1 ~ Arrived in Tokyo

After a long flight, we finally arrived in Tokyo. Took Narita Express train from airport to Shinjuku station and changed to local train to Ikebukuro. Rather tired as we did not sleep in the plane. When I began to sleep, was awaken with announcement that breakfast will be served.

We managed to find the direction to our hotel with help of a kind Japanese man. As we did not go up the right exit, we were figuring out the direction. This man saw us and offered his help.

Checked in and went out for lunch at Sunshine City. We lingered around the area for almost 6 hours and went to Tobu shopping mall basement to buy dinner. Bought a few dishes back and enjoyed the food in room. Our legs were so tired and we were dehydrated.

It rained today and our umbrella became our useful weapon. Hope tomorrow will not be raining day. Cloudy is ok. This is because, we plan to go to Disney Sea tomorrow.

Cross our fingers and toes. :P


Wednesday, July 28, 2010

At T3

Here I am. At Changi airport T3. We reached early hence nothing to do now. Nothing to shop hence just wonder around. Went to the Butterfly garden but all butterflies are asleep. Can't find them.

Boarding time is 10.45pm hence left just half an hour to go. This is my sister's first A380 flight and she is excited. We managed to get a 2 seater row and this will give us more private space.

Will stay in Ikebukuro Toyoko Inn for the 5 nights hence I will be able to access to free internet service at the lobby. Brought my Iphone with me hence can also upload photos to facebook. Convenient leh.

Well, shall update more in coming days. Bye for now.

Ready

This morning was raining and the weather was so good until I woke up late again. Alarm rung at 9am but I went back to sleep due to the cozy weather. So shiok.

Done some last minute packing and just left a little bit before going to the airport tonight. Still have some time to do it slowly.

My sister came home early as her superior allowed her to leave early to get prepare for the flight tonight. I told her this is the first time I going for a trip without the need to worry on my work or read emails. This is the most "shiok" part.

I hope the weather will be good for the next 6 days in Tokyo. Let me enjoy this trip before going back to reality ~ to work. :)

Yokoso Japan!

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

One more day to go...

Yippy! One more day to go and I will fly to Tokyo! Looking forward for tomorrow, although I will expect hot weather in Japan now plus it is rainy season too. Hope the weather will be not too hot with no rain. That will be perfect. Pray hard...

Recently just started to watch this season J drama "GOLD". Episode 3 just released and I will be watching right after I finished updating my blog. This is a rather comical drama and I like the few main casts. Their dialogues were so funny and the secretary was always being brainwashed by her boss. I like her "そんな".
















GOLD official website

I also liked the little boy in the drama. He is so cute.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Mind too active ~ too high yesterday

Ai yoh!!! I woke up very late this morning. Yesterday, slept early but I could not go to sleep. My eyes were wide open for so long and believe I went to sleep only 2 to 3 hours later. My mind was so active with Jay's songs and images. Oh dear...

Ended up I did not do much today. Started to pack for my trip on Wed. However, it is still half way through. Will have enough time for me to pack slowly. My sister is working on Wed and we will go to the airport around 9.30pm. Our flight is 11.30pm.

Initially, she was like not so bother about this trip (I dragged her to accompany me and even offered to pay for her airfare) but now I can tell she is looking forward to this trip. Hope the weather is good for the next one week. Not too hot and not raining. Pray hard uh.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Jay Chou World Tour 2010

Just back from a very high spirit concert ~ Jay Chou's 2010 concert.

I met up with my colleague and her husband + nieces/nephew for the concert. It had been a long time since I went for a concert. The last one should be Jeff Chang and Sky Wu Joint concert which was many years back.

When we entered the stadium, it was so crowded and the atmosphere was so good. We had seats quite near to the center stage but was a bit disappointed that we paid so much and yet the seats were so cramped. These seats were normal chairs that were placed so near to each other that we were all "paste together". Ha ha...

Well, that did not spoil our mood because the concert was so good. Jay's voice was hoarse after the earlier 2 shows. Today's was his third and last show in Singapore. In the beginning of the concert, he said that 2nd day concert was high and tonight, he would make it higher which led to the whole stadium full of screams and craps. Any little thing he said or action will caused a lot of commotion. This is a real superstar.

He sang a lot of songs and I was so pai sei that I could not remember most of the title of the songs but once he started to sing, I remembered them. Next time, I will make sure to remember the lyrics so that I could sing along. Glad that there were lyrics on the big screen that made me able to join the singing tonight. However, it was still a bit difficult to change my view between him and the screen.

There were 2 encores tonight and the finale was so good. A good memory for me and this is his 10 years anniversary of his singing. At the end of the concert, I told my colleague he looks more handsome now. Why lei? She also agrees that Jay is better looking now.

Believe we will continue to like his songs. The trick on his songs is never hear once and stop listening. Listens a few more times and you will love his songs. Initially when I listened to his new album, I found some songs were weird. But after listening a few more times, I love all the 11 songs. Strange... Like magic he casts on listener!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Zombie

Woke up super early today at 7.30am as had an appointment at 10am in town area. My sister gave a comment that it was so weird to see me sitting on sofa at such an early hour on a Saturday. Usually, I will wake up at around 10.30 to 11.00am. Ha ha...

My sister and mum decided to meet my elder sister family at Jurong IMM first and went to my aunt's house at Ang Mo Kio. As my appointment ended at around 1.30pm, I went together with them. While waiting for my elder sister, we went to Esprit outlet and I bought 3 pieces of blouse. The prices were reasonable so buy lor.

My aunt cooked dinner for us and served us desserts. Luckily not everyday there, else we will put on weight. Stayed till quite late until 10.30pm before we went home. At around 9pm, my eyes were getting smaller and smaller to become one straight line. Felt so zombie as physically became very tired.

I was super tired now and will sleep early tonight. So excited now as tomorrow, I am going for Jay Chou's concert.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Magic ~ Sorcerer~ Fantasy

This evening, went to VivoCity to meet 小珠 to watch movie. Before that, I went to Just Book shop at Dhoby Exchange as I had completed my photo book artwork for printing. However, the boss suggested to me that if I am not in a hurry, I can actually enhance some of the photos to make it nicer.

After going through some photos with him, I decided to do some touch up before actual printing. Got some tips from him too. Quite true that since I knew there are some parts not so perfect and can improve them, I should do it. Shall do the touch up within these few days so that I can send for printing soon.

Met up with another ex-colleague and we had dinner at McDonald. Chit chat and left for our movie at 6.45pm. Today, we got seats at row J again. Same as Tuesday. I tend to like "J" now and so happy when we could get seats at this row. Still cannot forget about J in Bloody Monday...

We managed to watch trailers today and was so glad to see Harry Potter's movie trailer. There will be 2 parts. First to be released in Nov 2010 and Second part to be released in Jul 2011. What a long wait.

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was quite good and some of the sound effects really frightened us. There were some funny parts in the show that made us laughed. I always like fantasy stories hence did enjoy it. The next movie we are targeting is "Liar Game".

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Raining day

Read from the newspaper that tropical storm is at China/Hong Kong area and storm is expected to arrive Singapore from today till Sunday. It did rained for almost half a day here and will this continue for rest of the week?

I rather quite like this weather as it is very cooling. However, it makes me becoming more lazy to go out. Stayed indoor today again. I woke up this morning at 6.15am and trying to drag myself awake to go for the morning walk which I had stopped for few weeks. But, realised it was raining outside hence I went back to sleep. Such a good weather for sleeping...

Continued to watch Shugo Chara today and I am now half way to the final episode. Wonder what stories coming up and will watch them slowly.

小珠 bought tickets for tomorrow's movie. We are going to watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice at 6.50pm. Looking forward to it and hope this is a good movie too. :)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Finally I did it!

I promised my sister that I would finish photo sorting and complete the photo book artwork by this week. I really did it uh!!!

The photo sorting was done 2 days ago and today, I started to design the photo book. Started at around 3pm and managed to complete it by 8pm. Actually I finished earlier but done a few altering and ensured the alignment of wordings were good before finalising it.

Will send it for printing soon and hope I can collect it latest by next Tue, before my trip to Japan.

Sooooo fast. It's Wed now and another 2 days, it will be Friday. Must fully utilise these few weeks and get enough rest. Trust I will be very busy once I start work next month. :)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Nodame Nodame...

Just came home after watching movie "Nodame Cantabile : The Finale". It was so good and we enjoyed the whole show. There were some parts where they were so funny that I could not stop laughing.

Nodame was still as funny and Chiaki (Tamaki Hiroshi) looks more handsome in this movie. Ueno Juri is so cute and I really like the way she talked in the movie. Sad that this is the finale and no more continuation of the story. However, glad that the ending was a good one.

Now shall look forward to Friday for another movie. :)

Monday, July 19, 2010

K drama race

Today I did nothing but watching K drama "拜托小姐". This drama was airing on every Saturday in SCV. After watching Epi 3 and 4 last Saturday, I cannot resist and just want to know the ending. Therefore, continue the episodes whole day and managed to finish watching 10 episodes today.

Left 2 more to go and I shall leave them till tomorrow. My mum said I was "stick" onto the sofa. In fact, I watched for so many hours and think I need a break for my eyes.

In addition, my aunt called me this evening and told me she could not open the excel files which I had saved for her last Saturday. It changed to a pdf file which I did not know what had happened. Therefore, I had to re-do it for her and sent the files to her again. Hopefully this time round, she can open the files.

Looking for tomorrow as I will be watching movie "Nodame Catabile - The Finale" with 小珠. Show time is 7.05pm. I MUST ensure I will not be late this time round...

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Mario Kart

My niece finally came to our house after few weeks "break". As usual, she had to do her homework before she could play.

After she completed her homework, she started to play her NDS and she asked me to play with her since each of us have a set. She would like to play Mario Kart and in fact, I had no confident playing with her because she always will win.

True enough, we raced for many courses and I only won once. However, it was rather exciting because I kept falling off the course and had to quickly catch up in order not to be the last. I will try to practice this game before our next race. Ha ha ha.

So fast that weekend past. Now left 3 weeks to go before starting work at new company. WAIT!!! Not so fast... I countdown for my Japan trip first. One WEEK to go! Yippy! Hope Yen rate will go down.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Excel

My aunt and cousin came to our house this afternoon. Main reason was to ask me for help on Microsoft Excel. She was not familiar with Excel spreadsheet hence needed to get some assistance.

Managed to do simple data base format for her and now she knows that I will be at home doing "nothing", she said she can call me any time if she needs help. Hope I know how to help her. Ha ha...

Went to Sushi Tei for dinner this evening. My aunt rarely goes for Japanese meal but today, she said no problem. Her daughter hardly has chance hence we "push" to dine there. Her concepts was wrong that Japanese restaurant serves raw food only. We ordered hotpot for her and she enjoyed it. She also tried salmon sashimi and said not bad lah.

I think after today's meal, she will don't mind going to Japan for holiday. We told her that if she joins tour, 98% of the meals are cooked food.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Movie time

I am glad that my wrist appears to be recovering and does not hurt that much. Hopefully by tomorrow, it will recover completely. Very minimum touching on my laptop today.

Planned to meet 小珠 at 6pm but due to wrong calculation of time needed to travel down to VivoCity, I was late and made a real big mistake. I took bus to Kovan MRT station and judging that I left only 20mins before the show started at 6.10pm, I decided to take a cab there. Hoping I could reach before 6.10pm.

However, the driver was so slow and traffic quite heavy (although no jam), I ended up reaching VivoCity at similar time compared to taking MRT from Kovan to Harbourfront station. Paid so much and got there at same time. Poor judgement!!!

Movie "Inception" was good. It had a good plot and although the story was rather complicated, I did enjoy the whole movie and there was no time for me to think about the events. The story flows nicely and the actions/sound effects were very good. We were even got frightened by some of the sound effects. Really worth for money to watch this movie. In fact, I got the ticket at subsidized price hence even more worth it. Ha ha...

Another of my wrong judgement where I sold my shares at the wrong timing. In the end, I lost $10k!!! If I sold 1 week later, I will be $10k richer. However, this is fate. No choice lah. Will try to earn back this $10k... But it is $10k uh!!! I don't think I can get over it within these few days. I can do a lot of things with this money!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

My right wrist is hurting

This morning, I woke up earlier than previous days and got prepared to go to Whitesands Shopping mall with my mum. I promised to bring her to KFC for lunch today. After lunch, we went to Fairprice to buy some groceries and headed home.

I dared not touch my laptop until near to evening time. Reason being, my right wrist is so pain since morning and could be due to "using mouse for too long". Tried not to worsen it and will keep minimum touching on my laptop.

So fast... Tomorrow is Friday. I had been "idling" at home for 1 week. Left 2 more weeks and I will be in Tokyo. Following another 1 week after I am back will be .... back to reality. Time to work!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Itinerary completed

Woke up and started to change bedsheets as planned. Today's weather was good hence our bedsheets and towel blankets were dried during evening time. Otherwise, my sister will complain no blanket to use tonight. She kind of weird person. Weather so hot still needs blanket...

I started to work on my trip's itinerary and glad that it was finished by 8pm. At least I have settled my trip's stuff and can now start to sort my May trip's photos. Need to do faster so that I can bind it to a book.

小珠 bought subsidized tickets for coming Friday movie "Inception". The show starts at 6.10pm. Looking forward to the usual movie time. Just that this movie is 2.5hrs long and luckily it is at Vivo City where the theater is comfortable. :)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

So Tired

Ai Yoh! Don't know why I was so tired since morning. Woke up with blur blur look and sat in front of the TV starring blank blank on the screen. Did not even see what was it airing.

Surfed net as usual. Today did not feel like starting on my photo sorting or to plan itinerary for my trip in end Jul. Just felt like doing nothing today. Haha...

Ok lah. Shall plan tomorrow's program as :

1) Change bedsheet
2) Photo sorting
3) Surf net
4) Watch a few episodes of anime.

Sounds good but hope I can complete the task. :P

Monday, July 12, 2010

First Day of my leave

It's my first day to relax. Went shopping till evening. Did not really invest a lot on the GSS but at least I enjoyed the day without phone calls!!! My dad said I can enjoy afternoon tea now. Wow... he knows "afternoon tea" ah. Hahaha...

My plan is to start sorting out my May's trip to Hokkaido photos. My mum and sister are bugging on me to complete the task asap because I am now very "free". Well, shall start to do so tomorrow onwards.

I shall enjoy the few weeks before I start work next month. Everyday can eat home cooked food. :)

PS : Need to ensure not to overeat and becomes fatter and fatter!!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Watching horror movies

My niece had to do project at her classmate's house today hence they did not come to our house. Rather boring without her around and I decided to watch horror movies. Saw trailers for a korean movie "Coma" in AXN Beyond and looked interesting. Decided to watch it online.

There are 5 parts in total and I continued to watch them till late night. At the end, I still could not figure out who was the killer. Was the main actress's sister who was not dead that revenge on the murderers or "ghost in the hospital" that did them. Still a big question mark...

Well, shall rest my eyes now. Had been staring at the computer for many hours...

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Dinner at Ritz Carlton Greenhouse restaurant

As usual, woke up very late today. My sister had to drag me out of my bed at 12noon. I was very reluctant to do so but... it's time for me to wake up. Ha ha ....

Ate instant noodles for lunch and watched TV for the whole afternoon. My dad came home early hence we decided to have dinner at Ritz Carlton Greenhouse restaurant. It had been very long time since we last dine there. Since my dad came back early and we had sufficient time to travel down to town, we called to book a table for 4. Today's spread is Seafood buffet dinner.

I was craving for seafood. Especially oysters, lobsters and prawns. The spread was good and I target the baby lobsters, seafoods, salmon sashimi and desserts. When we finished, I was so full until I had the intention on not taking buffet anymore! That full!

Overall, we enjoyed the food. Except that the restaurant did not replenish the prawns after they were finished at around 8pm. We waited for so long and nothing was done. So bad. We paid for it but they just did not replenish the stock for customers. Somehow felt a bit being cheated.