May 31, 2008
10:44 PM
Guess whos still here..
Wahaha! Internet at da hotel! Miss me?Day 1
Wake up sleepsily, get to Changi Airport terminal 3.
The infamous toilet fly in Changi Airport.
Close-up.
Flight NH-6252/SQ-12 to Tokyo, Japan
:D
So up the plane we goooo...
The nubby plane =/
ph33r my ph0t0graphy sk33lz
After 7 hours of agony and boredom on the plane, the arrival at Narita International Airport (not really boring.. had a nice DS with many many nice games)! Temperature is 14 degrees celcius! In June! wtfz! Global cooling ftl!
One of the million travelators in the airport. Notice the nub policeman on the left.
All the signs except the Japanese one says "Welcome to Japan". The Japanese one says "Welcome back". Apparently they assume the only people who understand Japanese is from Japan..
Thats the guy doing the quarantine job at the airport. He looks lonely, bored, sad. Who wouldn't, having a job that just requires you to stand in front of a table, looking like an idiot?
"No photos" O.o
Notice 'Use at your own risk". Then, notice picture 2. Finally, notice irony.
Many pplz
A stupid hotdog: "Eat me!"
Its basically a kid's meal. You know Macdonalds, where they have Happy Meals? In Japan, its called Happy Set. "One happy setto please!" =S (This isn't a pic of Mac's menu. I'll go find one in the next few days.)
The limousine bus from the airport to the hotel took 90 minutes. Mitsui Garden Hotel Premier Ginza. S$370 per night. Luckily my mum's company is paying for it.
Japanese people sleep anywhere. Buses, trains, streets, stations, home... its all the same.
Smile for the camera!
Zoom in...
Zuuuuuumm in........
The hotel, despite having room rates over the roof, is awfully small. But you can't really expect anything else, since its in Ginza after all. Anywhere else, you own the land. In Ginza, the land owns you. No pics of the room since I forgot to take some and now I can't be bothered to take more pics.. maybe tomorrow.
Ginzaaaaa
Going out for dinner, we somehow ended up in this place called Lion Beer.. uhh... cafe, I think. Cigarettes and beer owned the place. My mum ended up being the one having to interact with the JAPANESE waiters. I shall not describe the event.
Japanese salarymen having their daily dose of guy bonding and alcohol.
The first significant instance of Japanese English I found.
Thats all for today! Tomorrow's events will be flea market trips to Hanazono temple and Sensoji temple, followed by an onsen trip to the Asakusa Kannon Onsen, and finally, Harajuku!
