I know this is long over due but give me a sec.
I remember planning to have 1000 posts by 6th December
and I'm telling you now that it's not gonna happen.
Because, my life is so hectic and weekends are always tiring, i don't know anymore.
So, I'm just gona continue posting stuff up until the end of the year whether or not it'd reached 1000 posts.
Besides, the point of celebrating an anniversary is to celebrate the existent of something, right?
So, chin up.
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Japan Trp Day 2.1
Still my birthday, 10th Sep and our next tour was at Osaka Castle.
Before kami ke sana, we rehat first di hostel and eat.
I bought sushi again and that milk drink. keke
By the time we made our way to Osaka Castle, night fell.
We (as you all know) were still very tired from USJ wandering during the day, kaki almost pulak already but we pushed through jua because, bila jua lagi kan?
It took maybe around 5-10 mins walk from the station to Osaka Castle.
Since it was dark already and it was a little quiet a long the way we bumped into a number of people doing their exercising; running, jogging, cycling, etc.
In my head, this scenery wasn't shocking but it was still interesting to know and see that Japanese healthy life style isn't that much different from Bruneians.
Anyway,
the view up the place is astonishing.
the bridge was dreamy.
(my phone doesn't do justice! but later on, Buzz found out what her phone could do and we took awesome pictures for the rest of the tour)
Once we arrived at the station, we found out that the tour of the castle was only during the day - 9am to 5pm. So, we were a little disappointed but time is limited for us at that time so kami carry on saja.
I finally understand just how big the wall stone walls were.
I saw people taking pictures of the size of the brick/stone before, so I took one for myself too. :p
Seeing as kami inda dpt naik and had a closer look at the place, we sat down at a bench, relaxing our feet.
Buzz was coming down with a fever too at that time! salute to her for really pushing thru that trip! I am glad that she did coz we both agreed, "bila tah lagi?"
I know I was tired too but I just had so much energy to jump around and take as many pictures I can.
We stayed there for a while.
Even joked about how the Japanese also start 'bejalan2' after Isya prayer. (Becoz in Brunei thats what usually happens too, people starts swarming the mall at around or after Isya prayer). When we first arrived at the place, inda berapa ramai urg but after a while, people keep coming; either jogging, cycling, or just jalan2, at around the time of Isya prayer. *ketawa with tears*
Kami finally made our way back at around 7pm+ almost 8pm
to end this post, I share with you some more photos:
We took pictures at our bunkers
and lupa ku yg i have this picture,
where I bought my sushi supply. twice! while I was in Osaka.
it's the kadai at the Universal City station/place.
Looking back,
I kept dwelling about all the things that I did wrong during this trip
makes me wana go back to Japan again and do it right that next time around.
#alreadyplannigformynexttriptoJapan
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We will sub-title this post as 'Jalan saja. Bila tah lagi' part A
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So, we left our hostel to go look for USJ, Food, and Data Line.
Buzz asked the Drop Inn receptionist earlier where we can buy a data line and the lady told her that for sure to find them at Osaka Station. because it's a main stop place where every convenient needs at.
So, to Osaka Station we went.
Once there,
pasal kami masih trying to get our bearing, we couldn't get anything right.
endingnya, kami ke Information coutner tah saja, betanya.
Lesson Learn no. 2: Jangan Malu Betanya. When in doubt, ASK.
mula2, the Information lady told us we could buy the data line at their counter but they said they only accept payment via credit card. We only have cash! so we asked her where we can buy the data line and she very kindly show us the direction to the place where we could buy the data line.
Lesson Learn no. 3: READ! and don't assume labels and signs. Most labels in Japan has English.
EXIT signs there are in Yellow color. So, when the lady told us the name of the place we should go (Umeda something), I was looking for a purple label. I don't remember if she showed us a map with purple logo or something but I was looking for a purple colored label.
BUT luckily for us, I read the label the second I could not find the purple colored ones.
and true enough, the Umeda was mentioned on the Yellow colored label.
Remember I mentioned EXIT signs being Yellow? I guess thats why we both skipped the Yellow Labels.
hahaha macam, udah ku pikir kan balik, memang pun ke Umeda atu EXITing the Osaka Station, so that is why the label is in Yellow.
So, follow the labels direction lah kami after that.
We bought our data line and our next destination was Universal City Station, where the Universal Studio Japan is at!!
I suggested to go there was because I don't want to get lost the next day, our actually day going there.
and also, I just couldn't wait for the next day!
first glimpse of my home.
bought dinner
got lost on the train back to our hostel. we decided to eat dinner first before we both pengsan, deprive of food.
seriously, it is not like Singapore. Japan is seriously a bigger country and Osaka is like, sub-big size city.
eating my bento sushi.
I bought two coz aku tamak.
MUAHAHAHAH!
I finished both, don't worry. not wasting food.
these two cost around JPY500 and JPY600 each. consider expensive lah since aku bali atu around Universal (outside the theme park) area.
this drink is delicious! actually bought at the 7eleven near our hostel.
Lipton Peach Tea
ada Milk Tea flavor which aku nada took picture of! like what?!
menikmati banar rah ku tu sampi lupa kan menggambar.
After dinner, we went to this Tenjimbashisuji Shopping Street.
supposed to be famous.
but when we got there, most of the shops were closed.
and I remember reading somewhere about Friday nights is the night out for the men in Japan, like after work thingy. I couldn't remember the detail well and I malas to search the article now. I'm guessing, that was why most shops were close early, since kami pigi atu at around 9pm++ almost 10pm.
Sekali round saja kami dsana ah...after that balik tah kami, we were so tireddddd and kaki almost fell off already at that point.
we needed to rest well for the next day's adventures.
although I remember we didn't left the lounge area until it was pass midnight. hahaha
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Lets sub-title this post as 'Lost'
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As soon as we landed, we both looked for toilet first.
coz our body wasn't cooperating well with us.
hahahah
Once that settled, we both were tired and all our plans actually thrown out of the window.
seriously.
we were looking for the Japan Railway office/counter to exchange our passes when we were approached by the airport police officer.
kami dua tarus nebes
coz we both pakai tudung
maybe ia pikir kami terrorist!
but he said it was just a random security check and we tried to be calm. we ended up asking him where the JR counter was and he helped us.
We did the exchange, and since we were sorta given a free hotspot wifi password thingy, we forgot our intention to buy the data line at the airport.
so basically, we left the airport, board a JR train that would bring us to our hotel, 'blindly'.
(sorry buzz, but I don't have train picture on the first day. ^_^v)
I said 'blindly' because, once we were on the train, the internet was not at all stable (coz, durh! its a moving train) and we couldn't get proper map to our hotel.
and of course, once we arrived at our next station (supposedly 5 mins walk from that station to our hotel) and we were extremely lost.
both tired. both hangry (hungry and angry HAHAHAH).
We first asked help from 7eleven employee. he showed a map, but that was not much help coz we don't know Japan, let alone their local map.
sekali, one last resort, literally dragging our tired feet, cBuzz decided to tanya hawker Machi selling cold drinks. I waited for her in front of a parking area where it was limbu (sheltered from direct sunlight) coz Japan weather was still hot when we got there. like, if Brunei is hot, Japan is hotter. I got sunburn.
anyway, while I waited, this paci, the parking carer (i think), approached me and tried to help. we both don't speak each other's languages, but what touches me at that moment was how nice he was trying to help eventhough we couldn't really communicate.
a few minutes into it, then came a passersby, we called him 'Uncle' (coz he was a lot younger looking than the paci), and the paci asked him for help too. Lucky for us this uncle know English!
thus, the uncle helped next. he followed the map the 7eleven gave us at first, but after we got lost again, cBuzz suggested he called the hotel and asked for direction. He called, and found out the map was wrongly given to us and very kindly, he helped us walked to our hotel!
We were just thankful! and said thank you to him a lots of time! nasib kami tau cana cakap 'thank you' in Japanese. LOL
At this point, we already regretting our neglect of buying the data line at the airport.
INTERNET IS IMPORTANT PEOPLE!
especially tempat baru.
Lesson Learn no. 1; bali data line before anything else!
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