Hamamatsu to Tokyo to Hamamatsu!!!

sakura Hamamatsu (24 March 2006)

sakura tokyo (25 March 2006)

i woke up at 6.30am, got ready and found my self at the international student house at 6.50am. two of my freinds Mr. Suhaidi and Mr. Yun were waiting for me... heheh... we took the bus and headed for Hamamatsu station...

breakfast at Hamamatsu station...

distorted images from shinkansen due to HIKARI speed

in our HIKARI cabin...

used panning to get undistorted image here...

after breakfast at 7.45am in a coffee shop in the station, we rushed into the closing doors of the HIKARI bullet train (shinkansen), which is the middle speed version of the three types of bullet trains that dart across the landscape of Japan every day. it lest precisely on time at 7.47am if i remember it correctly. The fastest is the NOZOMI and the slowest travelling at a slow speed of 150kmh is the KODAMA. The bullet trains timetable is right on the dot... All of these trains have an average error time estimate per anum of only 30seconds... We arrived at Shinagawa station exactly at 8.16am as promised... Shinagawa station is wow, compared to the laid back Hamamatsu station... From there we took a normal train to the conference venue which was to my surprise beside Tokyo Tower... Alhamdulillah...

these people walk like the shinkansen...

The conference was held in a small room that had a capacity of i'd say 50people... The number that turned out was nearly 200. melimpah2 orang terkeluar dari bilik kecil kami... unexpected... hahaha... for the 2nd session after lunch, we were moved to a bigger hall... my team member Mr. Sawada presented our chip, and the response was great. Sakura in tokyo is nearly full blossom...

penghuni kota... orang2 tokyo...

tokyo tower...

OK, ni kena guna BM pasal takut orang faham... Tinggal lagi dua presentation yang tak syok, saya dan En. Suhaidi cabut... Kami pergi ke Roponggi kot lepas tu ke Shinjuku kot (tapi memang pergi le kat beberapa tempat, nama Jepun ni belit bagi saya...) sebab ada satu surau orang myanmar kat sana... lepas tu kami pi makan dekat satu kedai bollywood... dia masak kari depan kita... saya pekena garlic nan and beef curry with mushrooms dengan air teh apa entah sedap je... En. Suhaidi pekena fish curry and nasi pulut kuning... burp, Alhamdulillah...

bilik konferens kecik... bilik besar, atas pentas EN. Sawada tengah problem set up pc...
biasa la our group buat hal sebelum present... sampai terpaksa rehat 30minit...

en. sawada close up, pandai dia ni jawab soalan...

pintu masuk surau myanmar...

surau myanmar dan nama orang2 ala man bai...

heheh...


kedai bollywood... ada plasma tv besar tunjuk cerita bollywood...

Lepas itu kami nak cari kedai buku Kinokuniya kat mana entah... Koran pon ada jual... Saya follow saja En. Suhaidi, sebab dia ni dulu dok tokyo... Pakar tokyo/Yakuza tokyo dia ni... heheh...

densha di shinjuku ke mana entah... jalan kueh lapis...

kinokuniya book store...

kinokuniya ni di tingkat 7 satu bangunan. naik lift pon bersesak macam naik train... Alhamdulillah saya ni duduk di Hamamatsu, bukan kat tokyo sewel ni... sempat jugaklah nampak kapsul hotel iaitu penginapan termurah di tokyo. sewa katil saja dalam hotl jenis ni. lepas tu ada love hotel, tempat nak buat ehem ehem... layout bilik dia macam futuristic... ni semua ada kat red light district tokyo yang namanya saya tak ingat...

pachinko and memoirs of geisha tokyo...

capsule hotel dan love hotel...

red light district...

shinjuku...

mari jalan laju2... kalahkan orang Hamamastu...

Masa ni kami berdua dah letih, tapi alang2 dah sampai kami pi la tengok2 sikit barang2 elektrik. Tapi tak pi Akihabara pasal jauh, main dekat2 Shinjuku station saja... Ada kedai handphone, kedai kamera, kedai video kamera, kedai baju, kedai makanan halal dan sebagainya...

handphone(MUPA) dan HDTV video camera...
handphone murah tak ingat, benda lain mahal beringat...

mahal, baik design dari beli... heheh...



jangan ditanya kenapa tak beli kalau duit tidak diberi...

Banyak2 barang hebat ni, tau apa saya beli sepanjang dok tokyo??? Ondomie 5 bungkus dan 1 peket rokok orang daun Myanmar... Habislah dalam 700 yen kot...

psychedellic suhaidi-san

Lepas tu kami ambil train biasa balik ke Shinagawa. Dari situ kami ambil HIKARI sekali lagi dan berdiri sampai 45 minit ke Shizuoka. Time tu kami rasa macam mana ibu2 mengandung rasa sebab berdiri dan berjalan sudah hampir 3 jam. Sampai Shizuoka dapat duduk, tapi kejap saja, pasal 20 minit lepas tu kami tiba balik ke Hamamatsu!!! Yattaaaa!!! Jumpa pula En. Sawada dan EN. Isobe... Depa pon ambil kesempatan rewang2 kat tokyo la ni... hahaha...

ekor hikari yang menghantar kami pulang ke Hamamatsu... (shot panning penat)

Hamamatsu caught by very tired person...

Bye-bye tokyo, hello again my beloved Hamamastu!!! Tapi tak lama lagi nak kena pi tokyo ngan Puan Fara, Izz Farish dan Faiq... Nak buat passport dan surat beranak Izz Farish, the baby made in Hamamatsu... That will be a different story... For now, penat tak habis2 lagi tapi Alhamdulillah boleh sampai lagi tempat2 ngarut camni...

shawn, otoi dan... pen

Ikwan-san dan Pyan-san... Faiq-chan dan Nik-san...

salzy-san, effendi-san dan... afiq-san

faiq-chan again...

Sampai rumah dalam pukul 10 malam... ramai orang dalam rumah sebab semua nak tengok En. Sufian sebelum beliau pulang ke tanah air esok... Kami semua keluar makan... Oh ahli baru Hamamatsu Now, 3 orang indergraduate baru sampai, Shawn, Pen dan Otoi (disyaki bukan nama sebenar)... Semuanya mengkhusus dalam bidang kejuruteraan mekanikal...

-Bye-bye Tokyo, Hamamatsu Now!!!-