ASAKUSA > AKIHABARA > OCHANOMIZU > SHINJUKU

The morning started with the usual routine of “I-don’t-wanna-get-up”. I can’t believe myself. I’m in Japan and YET it takes forever to kick me out of bed >_> ( Sorry Sam! ) I was really too tired ( from the long hours on the plane ) and broken ( from lugging the luggage around SO much. Hello NON-ELEVATOR exit of Asakusa station, I shall remember you with much hatred )

We I finally got up around 8-ish and got ready for the first stop ever in Japan! Kaminari-mon! The area I’m staying in is a famous tourist spot in Asakusa [ 浅草 ] for it’s giant red lantern and temples so it’s definitely a good place for us to start exploring Tokyo!

View from Komagata Bridge.

It’s one of the three bridges ( and the one we used often ) that cuts through the Sumida River. The red bridge you can see in the second picture will be the Azuma Bridge, there’s Umaya Bridge further down but we never really bothered with that side of the town? O_o; Komagata Bridge is blue and in between of Azuma and Umaya, by the way. We used this often because it’s the shortest route from Asakusa Station to the hostel. Plus, since we’re kinda hopeless with directions, it’s really kinda good that there’s a little temple-like building at the side of the road here to indicate that we WERE INDEED on the correct bridge XD

And oh, being the stupid fangirl that I am …

Bandai building XDDD ( If you don’t understand the significance of this place, uhmm .. don’t ask. It’s better that way ^^; ) And like what Keroro would do, I pay my tribute to the building every morning as I crossed the bridge the whole time I’m in Japan XDD

By the way, tonnes of picture under the cut. Considered yourself warned? XD (more…)

MOSTLY AIRPORT TERMINALS AND LACK OF SLEEP

Woke up around 5:30 a.m. with the alarm blaring. I specifically chose a tone I hated most to wake me up on the go. Was in the usual grumpy morning mood. Thankfully my luggage was hitting only a little more than 15kg ( thanks Jive for his bathroom scale. I was worried sick the entire night that I might just exceed the 20kg limit with the crap I stuffed inside the bag )

It hit me in the car that I didn’t have the Khaosan Smile ( the el cheapo backpackers place we’re staying at! ) map! Detoured over to Jeff’s place before hitting McD for some breakfast on the go; even though KLIA has a perfectly functional McD — I can get pretty cheap about paying twice the price of a regular meal there XDD ) ANYWAY .. moving on…

Jeff was playing Siam Shade music all the way we were headed to the airport, making the usually long journey to the airport off the city an enjoyable one. I think I finally felt the first pang of excitement then, driving to KLIA with Siam Shade music out loud drowning out the usual hubdrum of the traffic.

Mum gave me a hilarious call halfway through. She specifically told me not to indulge too much in stalking cute Japanese guys XD In front of her yoga classmates. All of them.

… snap.

ALL I SAW OF HONG KONG

… is the airport ( or specifically, the terminals that we were supposed to head to ). We really didn’t have time at all to even look-see the area around. Had a toilet break once we touched down and joined the que of thousands of others to transit.

We called Khaosan Smile from a public phone charging it to my credit card because we don’t have any HKD. Celcom ( my local telco ) was bitching and bitching once I switched it on roaming in HK. I dread to see my bill end of this month T__T

FROM HONG KONG TO NARITA

 
AND FINALLY…
Hey! Proof that we reached Japan already that evening! Pocari Sweat Ion Water XDDD Because we were horribly thirsty from the travel ( It tastes absolutely disgusting tbh T__T )

Dear Hideki, Daita,Natchin,Kazuma and Jun-ji

Thank you for the amazing concert. It hit me when I was outside Budohkan queing up with thousands other fans for the concert goods to realise a dream is soon to come true.

It took hearing Hideki`s voice from inside the Budohkan hall to make me understand that one of a dream I thought will never be is coming true. And it took me hearing Dreams live to cry my eyes out for the one Ａｎｄ　only Siam Shade; with all five members on a stage together.

Thank you Heart of Rock; it was BEAUTIFUL. Thank you Siam Shade

Im blogging whole munching on a MR. Donut double chocolate donut :3

Japan is OMGWTF tiring though. I never thought I’ll walk this much after Thailand anymore T___T
It`s nearly 1 here and I`m supposed to wake up early (once more) tomorrow later today. Any weird typo here are all the Japanese keyboard`s fault :P

I have half an hour to get ready and slap myself awake before I face Jeff who’s picking me up to go to the airport.

ZOMG Japan.

Will reach there tonight after a transit in HongKong.

… ZOMG

Not sure if I’ll be able to get online much from there. If not; see you inna week people ~~~ ♥