at Ueno Park this afternoon
me: sumimasen. AED wo sasshin torimasu wa ii desu ka?
police: he? kore? ii yo.
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i reached KLIA2 at about 9pm, waited for my 2 other friends and we checked in at about 9.45pm. we wait & wait & wait and we finally took off at 00:45am Jan 13, 2015.
we touched down at about 7.30am at Narita International Airport and found our way to Taito Ryokan. it was not hard trying to locate this place, even if S-san from the ryokan offered to pick us up at Tawaramachi Station once we reached.
well i would have called him to pick us up; but we do not have any phone or internet connection.
but lucky for us, there was a map right at the exit of Tawaramachi Station (Ginza Line) and there was a very helpful lady asked,"daijoubu?"
so i said "hai. koko kara, Taito Ryokan, dou?"
well yes, i am not very good at Japanese but at least i can communicate.
Taito Ryokan
the view from our 6-tatami room; except for the money
a little bit about Taito Ryokan (this might be a special offer for me, but if you need real info please visit the websute). 2700JPY / person / night, regardless any room. have at least 2 showers & 2 toilets; but they are not attached to the private rooms. well, the style is kinda like a typical Japanese home; which i only see in J-Do's and animes.
our first 3 nights is a 6 tatami room - i will tell you the rest later - with a heater and it faces the street.
payment is by JPY cash upon check in; however you will need to give S-san some of your credit card detail to secure the booking and charges will be applied if you were to cancel in the last minute or if you didnt show up on the day you were supposed to check in.
there are free coffee, tea & green tea (self service). hair dryer is in one of the shower and you will need to take them to your room and put them back in the shower after you are done. clothes iron is available upon request. no curfew. check in time is between 3 - 10pm.
so we went to put our bag and started our little journey to Haneda Airport, to rent a wifi thingy; and later we went to Ueno Park because it is said that there are a lot of museum there; however... most of them are closed and we just get to see some street performance; and... wait... i smell something familiar... what is that?
STARBUCKS!
but no... we havent had rice (we're Asians, whataya expect?) since like 4am this morning which we ate Nasi Lemak Pak Nasser by Air Asia X so we went to the local 7E-like store and bought onigiri and we ate and now both of my friends are snoring and i am here writing this using my laptop.
and it is going to be another sleepless night... tonight... i guess... after a sleepless night last night, in the airplane.
why was i sleepless?
there are monkeys on their first flight sitting behind me.
and the monkeys arent young. the one sitting exactly behind me have grey hair. he kept on kicking my seat and the monkeys mouth are so f-ingggarrh!
"oh my we booked this 6 months earlier and finally we are here"
"i am so afraid. this is my first flight."
"its taking off! its taking off! its taking off!"
"we sit near the black box.so if anything were to happen... (take note on MH370, MH17 & QZ8501"
ma, yurushite ageru yo. first timers. melei. monkeys. lol.
oh, they are awake! off to Ameya Yokochou! shuppatsu!
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