Mind Boggling Stuffs I Bought From Japan

Well, it's normal to buy stuffs during travel. I would buy things that I normally wouldn't buy when I was in a foreign land and I bought a lot of things that don't even make sense of myself. I bought a lot of accessories in Japan, the problem is I don't wear accessories, I don't even use key chain, I only use a ring to hold all my keys. Now, all of these accessories are wrapped in a plastic bag and kept under my bed, I will occasionally take it  out to admire before putting it back. Hahaha!

I got the below accessories, brooches and key chains in a shop in Kobe, it was having sales! I think every simple piece cost 500 yen, since it looks cute and not so expensive (I was earning in Japanese yen then), I bought all that! 

accessories

Travel

I like to read on the backpackers on-line forum and one of the discussions is about travel companions. A lot of people agreed that there's no bad travel companions, just incompatible travel companions. Well, that is so true.

There are all kinds of travellers out there, some are into relax mode, some just want to go shopping, some are budget travellers, some of them need rice for every meals, some don't eat beef (like me!), some are vegetarian, some want to go to all the tourist attractions in a very short span of time, etc.

Well, I have never travel alone. For all of my trips, the minimum headcount was two, the maximum was ten. I had only separated with my travel companions for maybe half a day when we had different targets during a long trip. And I had been the planner for a few of the trips. I wouldn't say that all the trips went without a glitch, but it all ended well. 

Postcard

I was not the kind of person who would send out postcard during travel, however, my travel mates love to send postcards. So, I sent out a few postcards too, mainly to myself and my parents. Nowadays, when looking back at these postcards, reminiscence back the journeys, I feel calm.

In Japan, to send a postcard to a domestic address, one just need to buy a 50 yen stamp. To send out a normal postcard to another country, the stamp needed is a 70 yen stamp. Stamp is very easy to get in Japan, just go into any post-office (some even open on Sunday) or convenience store and ask for 'kitte' or 'sutanpu'. The funny thing is I always said the wrong word, instead of 'kitte', I would ask for 50yen or 70yen 'kippu', then the convenience store staff would look confuse and he or she would ask around, somehow, someone would be able to guess what I want, hahaha! 

*kitte = 切手 (stamp in Japanese)

*sutampu = the way stamp is pronounced in Japan

*kippu = 切符 (ticket in Japanese)

KTM (Mid Valley → Kepong ; Kepong → Klang)

A friend in Kepong was getting married and he invited me for his wedding dinner. Well, I hate driving and I had plenty of annual leaves. So, I decided to take public transport to Kepong and stayed for the night in another friend's house. I took annual leave the next day. 

This time around, I took KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) and bus. Well, this was the second time I took train in Malaysia, I didn't have much memory on my first train ride though. First, I took bus to Mid Valley Station because the bus I boarded didn't pass by KL Sentral. Well, Mid Valley Station was quite busy that day, most of the commuters had to stand. However, the situation was not as crowded as the one in Tokyo (of course!).

I entered the ladies coach, however, a lot of men were inside that 'Ladies Coach' too! Well, if there's only one man inside the coach, maybe he would feel uncomfortable, but when there's a crowd, it looks like normal! Anyway, I got a seat very fast after the train stopped at KL Sentral, a lot of commuters departed there, there's only 5 people left on the coach,  the coach looked so empty. I reached Kepong Station very soon and called my friend to fetch me up. We went to a salon to prepare ourselves for the dinner that night.

Ladies Coach (KTM)