day one

it was such a shiny day in Narita Kuukou. my swatch still showing a sirene 6 am, but then the sky was so bright. hhmm...i realized that 2 hours difference indeed is a big difference, but i deliberately did not want to adjust it to the local time. let's stick with WIB for a little while more, to prevent jet lag....

neat and clean, that was the first impression. hiragana, katakana, and kanji were all over the walls and signboard. sumimasen, kuroneko kaunta wa doko desu ka? then a complete reply i got from the old lady, which i hardly understood. in such situation, body language is the best bet. she pointed to a direction over the arrival gate. another sumimasen to the luggage carrier officer, he then gave me the form, i filled it in and pay around ¥ 1300 for the heavy luggage. "1 day" said the officer. "ok, arigatou gozaimasu", and i know i can rely on their service.

next step is to buy a telephone card. a machine which accept coins and paper money is just beside the phonebooths. inserted a ¥ 1000, then the card got ejected. i follow the instruction on how to call overseas using the public phone with docomo as the provider. i called home and of course my sweatheart *yg keknya masih lom bangun... :D. then i call rudy to make sure that he will pick me up @shinagawa eki on time.

then i bought the narita express bound to shinagawa eki. damn, my hand carry and another luggage were making me sweating. stepped down from the train, and follow the signboard to takanawa exit. found no trouble, and waited there for rudy. then i saw a guy, doesnt looked like japanese and doesnt looked like indonesian, with a punk hair cut. it must be him... :D

"lengcay, nyampe juga loe di tokyo...." was all his first words. i knew it... :p
then we went off the eki, and have a lunch nearby his neighborhood. after that, he proudly present his new apartment to me. considered roomy for a single adult living in tokyo, with a big non-plasma tv which will get expired in 2011 located in the living room. well done pal, u made it.

shinjuku and shibuya were awesome. shops, street lights, and fancy signboard really make the city so alive. the crowd is amazing that a couple will get separated if they dont walk hand in hand. youngsters are dressed with fancy-cool-weird-modern clothes. hhmm.... isnt tokyo is the paris of asia? ppsstt...never been to paris before.

then i took a couple of picture and had a fancy-nancy-expency dinner. have u heard of a restaurant that charge u for sitting? yuppe, it was ¥ 300/person. this is why tokyo is the most expensive city in da world. and when the bill came, it was more than ¥ 5000 for 4 "small" portion of foods. anyway, thanks lengcay, i am sure ur gold card can cover more than that... :D

that was all of day one. my legs like crippled. couldnt stand anymore walk. but with all the excitement, it is paid off.