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4:47 p.m. @ 07 July 2008

1042nd Entry
You know, it's so easy to lose trust and respect. Both of us are utterly disappointed in you. You see, it's not just me alone so don't you dare to point fingers in my direction only. I am speaking up for others who have not. Why don't you learn to curb and restrain yourself from making others grow resentment? We'll definitely like you if you change for the better. We have done our part by respecting you from the start. But now, you deserve nothing more than just a mere acquaintance. If complaining about my written words will make you happy, go ahead. But, will you be really happy?

I am not afraid in whatever I had written, for this is, I repeat, my blog. Besides, I did not mention names, so if you go ahead and make a ruckus out of it and I get to know about it.... *grin*

Then you know that you are that guilty one.

All I can say is, the Japanese are great people!

They are ever so warm and friendly and approachable! Even when we have difficulty trying to understand each other, they never give up in trying to explain!

They would always smile back when I smiled at them, whether is it at the airport, shopping malls, shrines, temples, restaurants, ticket counters or on the streets! I always get black faces and cold stern stares at the Malaysian/Indonesian customs when I was there. Only a few at our local customs would return with a smile.

Their service is thumbs ups!

They do not look away or walk away faster when you hold a camera aiming in their direction. They would just giggle and some would put on shy expressions. Try holding a camera and aim at one of our Singaporeans and you would get a black hard stare most of the time.

Now I know why Tokyo is one of the top 20 countries to live in.

They know when to work hard and play hard. Right here, everything is about work work work.

They play hard and yet are still efficient in their delivery of service! And what I admire most is their punctuality. If a train is to arrive at 1238pm, it will definitely arrive at that minute.

They normally do not get angry easily but they will be mad if you are late. Our bus driver was upset with some hotel guests for not arriving promptly and just drove away. (They were supposed to be at the lobby at a certain timing but only their luggage was there)

Need help for directions? Just ask any security officer on the streets and they will be more than happy to help! Even shopkeepers are willing to help you as long as it's not one of their busy hours.

Police officers are always there. They do not sit in their air-con office all day like our local ones. I always see at least 2 officers stationed outside keeping an eye on the town's security.

Every train station has attendants who will help you in all sorts of inquiries. Each of the station has their own locality map! That really helped us a lot in navigation!

And I even get complimented on speaking simple good Japanese greetings! I was so so so happy! One would definitely be delirious knowing that you spoke their language in a fluent manner. :)

Standing on the left on the escalators is a good habit of the Japanese. Those who are in a rush will walk on the right. In Singapore, any minute of the day you see hoards of people hogging the left and right of the escalators. It doesn't help when one is in a hurry.

They do not use their cell phones to talk on the trains too. All phones must be silent. That's a very good practice too. Here, we can hear a lot of ring tones going off almost every other minute. And then you hear high pitched or ah beng voices talking and yakking loudly on their mobiles. Finally, peace at last!

They will apologise if they accidentally bumped onto you, except for this one bugger who purposely kicked our big paper bag and walked off. Dan was on the verge of beating him up. LOL. Cos the bag that he kicked, crashed onto the back of my knee which almost made me fell to the floor.

Smokers are everywhere and the smoke is not pleasant for others. Japan does not ban smokers, but they installed smoking bins in areas away from the walking traffic. How ingenious! And it's interesting to see smokers congregate puffing away near a bin. I should have taken a picture of that! And the way they hold their cigs are so so so different than what we see here. Dan managed to spot that difference. It's very rare to see a Japanese smoking while walking on the streets. They have a habit of not to drink or eat while walking too. =)

The melody of their trains arriving is very pleasant to the ears. You can hear that in one of the vids later.

I was peeping through Jo's present for me! LOL.

Pretty necklace! And rabbit badges which I pinned one onto Dan's camera bag. Haha.

A proof of T3.

Jo with her Godma. LOL!!! Joke of the night!

Thanks to the ones who came to see us off. We really appreciate it lots! =D

Digital lifestyle is not as good as it seems. We can't even find screen protectors there! It's only in Japan's 100 Yen shop that we managed to find a screen protector for Dan's 450D ! So ridiculous right?

Then it was time to board the plane. An airbus 380! It's not as spacious as I thought it was... though it's slightly much bigger than the other normal 747, 777 planes.

Airbus leh!!! Biggest ass plane in the world for now!

I will follow you!

Watched Horton and I fell asleep 'cos of the motion sickness I had. There were quite a number of air turbulences.

Wah, can slide credit card somemore.

Still at Horton.

Filling up the immigration card.

Supper. Black pepper chicken. It's super hot lor!!! Too much of the pepper taste!!! :(

And then I slept on Dan's lap. Yes, it's spacious enough for me to sleep on my side, curled up.

Breakfast at 5am plus!!!

Woke up to see this blue screen.

I like this pic.

Can you see the tiny snowflakes?

Showing you the interior.

Hello blue sky!

Yay! We've arrived in Japan!

Bye bye airbus!

We walked on more than 6 of these.

Friendly custom officers ahead!

Interesting notices with English translation.

Taking the airport limousine bus to Shinjuku Station.

How safe! Every seat has a seat belt!

Reached our hotel at 11am plus and checked in. Bathed, refreshed ourselves, hooked my laptop to the Internet and it works! =D

Next post will be on where we went to on Day 1.

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