day 1: depart from s'pore to bangkok then to japan. day 2: universal studios. everyone was really zonked cuz we took a night flight and reached the following day in japan in the morning at 5am and waited till 10am. and they expected us to play arnd from 11am to 4pm?! haha. almost took the big rollercoaster. but felt too sick. boo. had macs for breakfast. day 3: temples and shrines. not too boring surprisingly. thanks to leslie. our wonderful guide(: day 4: mt. fuji!! super fun day. super cold weather. thank God for the clear weather. cld see big mt fuji from our hotel windows which was considered to be really lucky for us cuz mt fuji can only be seen clearly once or twice a mth. slept in tatami rooms tt night. super funny. day 5: toyko! day 6: disneyland!! super fun. took many rides. saw fireworks. felt like a small kid. doubt i'll step into escape theme park. haha. lol day 7: home sweet home! (:
things tt japan has but s'pore doeesnt/wont have in the next few years. bullet trains. they dont actually feel tt fast when you're on it. but from the outside. it's real real fast. warm toilet seats tt helps wash your butt. haha. almost all japanese automaticallystanding on the left on escalators/travellators japanese actually enjoying queuing for rides at universal studios and disneyland. no complains. no nothing. almost no one wears specs the babies are super duper cute!!! phones with functions tt you can never imagine and possibly wont come to singapore anytime soon. polite people that makes you want to be polite too. haha cheap neoprints!!! in s'pore it's like $10. over there.. it's like about $5 for the same kinda quality.
things tt i got sick of. udon ramen japanese rice miso soup cooked salmon for breakfast, lunch, and sometimes dinner. mini toilets in hotels. this was one of the worst. haha. you sit on the toilet bowl and half an arm's length away in the door. tempuras people talking to me in alien language and continuing even though they know i dont understand (just heard some jap movie advert on tv in japanese. darn -.- ) watching tv for graphics only. knocking on wrong doors in hotels. haha.
things that i enjoyed the two rollercoaster rides at disneyland. even my grandmother enjoyed it. hahahha. mt fuji. we all looked like mad people in the snow. haha. tatami rooms. hahaha. the raw meat 'boat' thingie tt we had. salmon tuna blah blah. shabu shabu on day one. 100 yen shops the arcades in japan are really cool. yukatas. haha. think leon enjoyed this one the most. lol. not including charlene. hahaha.
i was told yoshinoya was 'invented' from poor people's meals unwanted meat soaked in sauce.. and they dont have fish/prawn rice bowls in japan. only beef bowls or sumtg like that. to think i ate yoshinoya two days before i left for japan. haha.
i watched even more movies. caught hairspray, no reservations and daddy day camp on the plane. time to add them to my list! (:
overall, i had a lot of fun and im thankful to be able to go on this trip(:
i want my prata soon! going for camp on thurs. picture some other time. gotta do slides for camp. LOVES
