Day 2
I met up with Jane for lunch @ Freshness Burger, very nice. Their cheeseburger contains beef patty and a fat slice of tomato.
After lunch, we ended up at Tokyo Post Office. This post office is special. They have a counter for stamp collectors! I bought 2 Hello Kitty stamps, a Astro boy stamp and another manga related stamp. It cost me a bomb (about 2000 YEN!)! I was dying for Doreamon stamps. Unfortunately, they ran out of Doreamon stamps.
We then walked to the Emperor’s palace. The palace was so huge that, right after our trip, our legs were literally falling off. However, we could only enter the palace gardens. Entrance to other buildings was strictly prohibited.
Water and tall walls surround the palace compound. Imagine during the old days when soldiers have to swim across the river, dodge arrows, track through the garden, fight and climb walls!
We headed straight to Shinjuku after that. We took a lift up to observation deck of the Tokyo Metro. There we could catch a bird eye’s view of Tokyo City!
Jane and I separated for a while. She had to attend a 2 hours class. I wandered around the streets of Shinjuku on my own.
Things were going fine time until my camera broke down! What could be disastrous on your Japan trip other than having your only camera breaking down at the scenic view of Shinjuku??
I meddled with it for half an hour. I thought this would be the end of my photography spree in Japan. Fortunately, after ripping out the film from the camera, It worked again! I was almost tripping when I found out that my camera was working fine! Phew!
Pachinko King??
Jane and I were supposed to meet up at 8:15PM. However, due to miscommunication, we waited at the wrong place and hence met up an hour later.
Engrish – A man waiting on a girl? Does that mean that he is on top of a girl? mm..in that case, A man waiting in a girl would be better 😀
One thing you’ll notice in Shinjuku is the homeless people. Some of them sleep in cardboxes but some would sleep on concrete floor.
I saw one living under a bridge. I approached him and pointed my camera to him. I then said,
“ii desu ka?”
He looked at me and smiled.
We dragged our aching body around Shinjuku, looking for a place to eat. Jane was very indecisive. We went places to places to compare prices.
Me: This one?
Jane: Nooooo..
Me: How about thiss One????
Jane: NOOO!!
Me: thiis onee???
Jane: chotto chotoo..NO!!
We ended up in a shabby looking restaurant! But oh well, the food was excellent!
Xes trying to pok mong…:P 😛 😛
wolfx: eh dont so loud la mahai haehea
That old man looks happy!He’s place is so neat…
ur Japan trip makes me so envious sia… eh that old man looks damn cham. What is “Li Desu Ka?”???
wah japan damn colourful man
Nice images you have there. I love the pictures of nightlife in the city. Like the eye-popping billboards in Times Square. So New York! With your permission, I will link you up. 🙂
So did u practice your japanese much other than talking to homeless man?
wolfx.. haha sure la ah boy trying to pok mong.. lol.. u see her face? like someone grabbing her indecently!!!
im gonna repeatedly shout the same thing at u over and over again when u posted new things on ur japan trip.”DARN U U LUCKY BASTARD~~~!!!!” :P(ps: jane induced the japan’s hotness over her time spent there?)
Awesome photos…I thought u should have took more of the Palace…would have had nice sceneries there…shin…i agree with u…japanese weather…tends to make girls prettier don’t they? ;P
galferari: old man cause im taking a picture of him. hehe ivan: its ii desu ka – that means is it okay? is it good?di0n: wait till u see the chicks in japan, even more colourful man. eh mahai send me MT wei! but i donno how to convert la. damn technical!! saphiryn: pls pls link me! 😀 gguni: of course. used it to kao lui as wellshin: aiyoh don jealous la. ahahahah karheng: mmm we couldnt really see the palace from outside. maybe we were @ the wrong entrance i guess!! 😀
nice pictures hehe.. roughly how much u spend in japan ? it is very costly when taking the train and cab i heard
xes, that pose makes you look hawt. The shirt with the rolled up sleeves and the tie blowing in the wind are perfect. But i’m not so sure about the colour of that shirt..
fann: for 4 days 3 nights..excluding air fare, i spent about 5k! however, that doesn include phone calls back to my office, if i minus my phone calls back to my office and other work related expenses, prolly about 4k?wanda: mmm i’ll take that as a compliment 😀
xes: so how much did your company sponsor you out of all those expenses?
japan’s so beatiful!! *jealous* the 2nd pic’s my fav =D
galferari: allowance about rm500 per day. puiee: hehe you’re still young! u’ll get to go there oen day! 😀
agree with everyone.. everything looks great (including the homeless dude), somehow… dunno why.. Japan.. *drool*watashi mo ikitai ne~
I envy you Xes. OOBy the way, you look good in a suit *heh*
tracy: hehe maybe next time u should go there for your honeymoon!! 😀 😀 😀 Melethril: thankk uuuuuu 😀
So other than Jane, which lui did you kao ??? The Jap ah lians????Yamateeeeeeeeeeeeeee