Will be away the next 11 days fulfilling a promise to my father to bring him to Tokyo Disneyland! (on why a 74-year-old old man wishes to visit Disneyland is a another story....). But it is a great trip to make on Wesak Week as we'll be visiting so many temples that just counting them is making my head spin!
So here is the start of my documentation of our trip, as a record for me, and also as a reference to others who wishes to make a similar trip. The first entry of a trip always starts with the itinerary. I will continue once I return or when the photos are ready. (Or sooner if WIFI permits).
8/May Friday
Leaving Sg via Northwest Airlines. Reaching Tokyo 2pm. Check in Sakura Hotel Hatagaya, and proceed to arrange all train tickets before exploring Shinjuku (新宿) area.
9/May Saturday
Visit Tsukiji Fish Market (築地市場) for breakfast, and proceed to Akihabara (秋葉原). Will stop by Shibuya (渋谷) if time permits.
10/May Sunday
Visit Meiji Shrine (明治神宮) and Harajuku (原宿). Will try to drop by Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden if time permits.
11/May Monday
Visit Kamakura (鎌倉市) using Enoshima-Kamakura Freepass. For a free guided tour, email to Kamakura Welcome Guides at least 3 days in advance to arrange a guide.
12/May Tuesday
Visit Hakone (箱根町) using Hakone Freepass. Staying at a traditional ryokan Kiritani Hakoneso. Booking via Rakuten Travel.
13/May Wednesday
Stil exploring Hakone, before heading back to Tokyo and staying at Oak Hotel Ueno (上野). Booking via HostelWorld.com
14/May Thursday
Another day trip, this time to Nikko(日光市) via World Heritage Pass.
15/May Friday
Disneysea! Woohoo!
16/May Saturday
If not going out with my primary school friends, will be headed to Ueno(上野) to visit all the museums and do some shopping. Will visit The National Museum of Western Art, while my dad will probably visit Tokyo National Museum. Note: Museum Admission is free for 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, and free for those age >65.
17/May Sunday
Visit Asakusa (浅草).
18/May Monday
Last minute shopping before heading home.
Other Ref:
Currency Exchange
Weather in Tokyo
Airport Transfer using Suica
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Photo Competition Information
Since it's the Labour Day Long Weekend here in Singapore, why not spending it doing something creative, and maybe win a prize at the end of it? If you love taking photograph, head out of your house now to take some great photos and submit them to the following photo competition that I would like to share with you!
SIA Free Vacation to Sydney Australia!
Win a trip for two to Sydney! Contest ends 10th May 2009.
Club Med Photo contest
Win a five-day stay at one of its Asia-Pacific resorts
plus a US$10,000 ($15,000) photography contract! Contest ends 8th May 2009
Good Luck!
SIA Free Vacation to Sydney Australia!
Win a trip for two to Sydney! Contest ends 10th May 2009.
Club Med Photo contest
Win a five-day stay at one of its Asia-Pacific resorts
plus a US$10,000 ($15,000) photography contract! Contest ends 8th May 2009
Good Luck!
Direct Budget Flight to Penang!
I've been waiting a long time for this news! Finally! It is coming true! Come June 1st 2009, AirAsia will start their Singapore-Penang direct flight, followed by Jetstar Asia on July 1st 2009. Promotion tickets are still on sale for AirAsia's ticket, but JetStar Asia's promotion ticket ends 29th April at 12midnight.
Anyway, this means I get to go back to Penang more often now and enjoy all the lovely food there! Needless to say, I've already gotten my tickets for August! Cost of a return ticket for one is around S$80, which is fine with me cause a one way bus ticket is already S$50, yet it cuts the travelling time down by 8 hours! And since now, everyone can have a short getaway to Penang, I though I need to do my part in promoting my little island :) So here are some scenes from Penang I took some time back, together with some of my favourite food there (Char Koay Teow and Ambra Juice, and David's Chicken Chop, the best chicken chop to me).
So go click on the links on the reference, and book your ticket soon! For people who prefer a quiet getaway, budget airlines now also fly direct from Singapore to Langkawi! Now is a great time to explore this duty free island!
Ref:
AirAsia promo site
Jetstar Asia promo site
Penang Island
Friday, April 24, 2009
Midlife Crisis
For some reason or other, I've done some dramatic changes to myself lately. First stop, I managed to get myself contact lenses after wearing glasses since age 10! I never thought I'll be one that is so vain to endure poking at my eyeballs to look good, but I am! But don't get too overly excited. I only wear them on weekends, and only when I feel like I can handle the horror of poking my eyeballs with my bare fingers.
I'm using Acuvue daily disposable contact lenses by Johnson and Johnsons, and well, it's not exactly as I've hoped it would be. You know how they always advertised on TV how free you'll feel when you switch to contact lenses? It's not exactly true (for me at least). So far I've only wore it 3 times, and I found that I:
1. Have trouble deciding which side is the correct side to wear those damn lenses.
2. Have trouble walking around in aircon places as it makes my eye feel dry.
3. Carry my glasses along with me when I am out, in case the lenses fell off or it gets too unconfortable to wear.
4. Worry about my eyes getting too dry, but not wanting to rely on eye drops.
5. Worry about getting sand in my eyes on a windy day, or getting my eyes blown dry by the wind.
6. Can buy a box of contact lenses at RM80 in Malaysia, vs S$55 in Singapore....
But still, it's fun to wear them! And wearing shades feels way cool!
Second dramatic change is getting my hair rebond. I've always wanted to try it, but was scared of getting my hair damaged. But what the heck, we only live once! So I did it, and it feels great! And now I am waiting for all my hair to drop off after reading some articles about how much damage it does to your hair when you rebond them :P I'll share some of the articles with you in the reference section in case you are interested :P The horror the horror!
So are all these indication of hitting the midlife crisis? If so, I still need to get a tattoo and start smoking before I hit 40 :P
Ref:
Midlife Crisis
The Truth about Hair Rebonding
The Truth About Contact Lenses
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
KL Weekend Trip - Day 3
Again, in the safe hands of my good friend Whaley.....
8:00am Pick up Cordy Cod & Koala for breakfast!
(More like 8:45am as we were all rather exhausted. And in case you wonder, yes we ate 1st breakfast at the hostel, and 2nd breakfast with Whaley. That's TWO breakfast a day!)
8:30am Breakfast - Sea Park (Yong Tao Fu & Laksa at Sea Park)
(There was a major phone calling operation going on and circling the neighbourhood before we managed to find the Yong Tao Fu store, but the fried dumplings there were really nice!)
10:30am Shopping (Mid-valley - Gardens)
(We ended up in The Curve instead as I've requested to go there. The journey from Sea Park to the Curve is actually a 10 minutes ride there, but it took us 1 hour to find our way there! Along the way, we drove up and down the highway for like 4 times, and got lost in SS2, SS6, SS4, and after a while, we kinda lost count :P Did some major shopping there thanks to Whaley!)
12:30pm Lunch (Japanese Buffet - Jogoya)
2:00pm Drop Cordy & Koala back to hotel to pick up stuffs
(none of the above took place, but instead we spend lots of time eating and shopping at The Curve till 4:30pm).
2:30pm Shopping or sightseeing (Putrajaya)
(Here's another adventure of getting lost while trying to locate Putrajaya! I requested to visit this place as I thought it would be great for photo taking. But at last, after winding up at a Police Station asking for direction, we found out we were way off our targetted direction! haha! So we decided to give up as we were running out of time).
4:30pm Depart to Kuali's apt / can drop by Bkt Jalil Sport Complex
5:00pm Depart for dinner (Kuali will recommend nice nice food)
(We managed to reach our old friend Kuali's apartment around dinner time, and she took us to a nice road side stall for steam fish head cooked in minced ginger and garlic. We also had bitter gout with duck eggs, fried potato leaves, and fried pig intestine with garlic! Interesting meal)
7:30pm Send Cordy & Koala to airport
(While leaving from Kuali's apartment, it was raining lightly and dark, and Cordy fell down AGAIN! But this time, with some bone-cracking sound effect which really shocked her! At first I thought I might have broken some of my bones! It hurt like crazy, but I managed to stay calm. It was a one hour ride to the airport, and raining heavily all the way. Bummer. I thought we'll never make it, judging from our record of getting lost in the past two days :) )
9:00pm Reach airport for Cordy & Koala to check in
( WE MADE IT! And I CAN STILL WALK! A-but super painful lah. Come back kenna 2 days MC from doctor. THANK YOU WHALEY FOR A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE! Will be back soon!)
Ref:
The Curve KL
Putrajaya
8:00am Pick up Cordy Cod & Koala for breakfast!
(More like 8:45am as we were all rather exhausted. And in case you wonder, yes we ate 1st breakfast at the hostel, and 2nd breakfast with Whaley. That's TWO breakfast a day!)
8:30am Breakfast - Sea Park (Yong Tao Fu & Laksa at Sea Park)
(There was a major phone calling operation going on and circling the neighbourhood before we managed to find the Yong Tao Fu store, but the fried dumplings there were really nice!)
10:30am Shopping (Mid-valley - Gardens)
(We ended up in The Curve instead as I've requested to go there. The journey from Sea Park to the Curve is actually a 10 minutes ride there, but it took us 1 hour to find our way there! Along the way, we drove up and down the highway for like 4 times, and got lost in SS2, SS6, SS4, and after a while, we kinda lost count :P Did some major shopping there thanks to Whaley!)
12:30pm Lunch (Japanese Buffet - Jogoya)
2:00pm Drop Cordy & Koala back to hotel to pick up stuffs
(none of the above took place, but instead we spend lots of time eating and shopping at The Curve till 4:30pm).
2:30pm Shopping or sightseeing (Putrajaya)
(Here's another adventure of getting lost while trying to locate Putrajaya! I requested to visit this place as I thought it would be great for photo taking. But at last, after winding up at a Police Station asking for direction, we found out we were way off our targetted direction! haha! So we decided to give up as we were running out of time).
4:30pm Depart to Kuali's apt / can drop by Bkt Jalil Sport Complex
5:00pm Depart for dinner (Kuali will recommend nice nice food)
(We managed to reach our old friend Kuali's apartment around dinner time, and she took us to a nice road side stall for steam fish head cooked in minced ginger and garlic. We also had bitter gout with duck eggs, fried potato leaves, and fried pig intestine with garlic! Interesting meal)
7:30pm Send Cordy & Koala to airport
(While leaving from Kuali's apartment, it was raining lightly and dark, and Cordy fell down AGAIN! But this time, with some bone-cracking sound effect which really shocked her! At first I thought I might have broken some of my bones! It hurt like crazy, but I managed to stay calm. It was a one hour ride to the airport, and raining heavily all the way. Bummer. I thought we'll never make it, judging from our record of getting lost in the past two days :) )
9:00pm Reach airport for Cordy & Koala to check in
( WE MADE IT! And I CAN STILL WALK! A-but super painful lah. Come back kenna 2 days MC from doctor. THANK YOU WHALEY FOR A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE! Will be back soon!)
Ref:
The Curve KL
Putrajaya
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