(2/4/2014)
The day we met Gundam. a
life. size. Gundam.
It was another day to be independent. Sister had class on that day so we were on our own.
Going to
Odaiba お台場 , a man made island in Tokyo.
By just looking at the subway map, we know it's so farrrrr away so we left the house early.
our ootd at the Chofu station while my mom is in the washroom. Everyone's wrapped up nicely because weather forecast proposed that it will be cold that day, at 0-2 degree, and there'll be rain around 10am and snow in the afternoon.
#1 rule to survive in Japan : Weather forecast proposed snow, you prepare for the snow.
so we needed to travel to the
'Tokyo Teleport' station, which the
Rinkai Line was kind of messed up and no proper info at the exchange station.
WE WERE LOST.
then i went to the station officer and asked, he is so cute and
handsome (awww really, like the boys in anime). But his English is bad. he doesn't even know how to say
'5'. he said
'platform GOH' showing his 5 fingers. i was like, you know the word
platform but you don't know what is
five? LOL
why do i keep on commenting on other's English while me myself don't actually speak a proper one. hahahahha! i shall keep it to myself :)
Anddd we finally arrived at the teleport station. there's not many people riding the Rinkai Line tho, so there's even fewer people at the station. We were looking for which exit we should take without knowing what was waiting for us out there. . . .
decided to go
Palette Town first. it's where the colorful
Ferris wheel (Daikanransha) is.
so we moved up from the underground station and
BAMM!
strong wind and
heavy rain out there just hit right at our face once we surfaced.
(lol) i started to shiver liao. The wind was so strong that our umbrellas gone out of shape. We just ran all the way to the opposite side to the Palette Town. and we had trouble looking for the entrance -_- so we simply went through one door.
We just needed to go indoor.
That we accidentally went into the
Toyota Mega Web. Dad got so excited lol seeing all the latest model for Toyota cars. He kept on saying
'See this new Harrier so nice.' spent some time to look around and spot this very nice car.
(because it's blue) and it's nice also mah :3 righttt..
Crown Majesta.
alot of Crown cars on the road in japan but i've never seen one here. This one 2.4 and it costs only around rm100k after conversion. before tax, obviously. hahahha! Other Crown cars are very nice also. but i super love this. so classy and spacious inside.
this is a rather affordable dream car for me, compared to Z4/R8/Lexus 350GS hahaha
After that we realized we couldn't just stay here for one whole day. so we
braced ourselves because we are going out again!!! ---- To the Palette Town just next door.
Palettle Town is basically a shopping place. not a very big mall but their interior is interesting =)
Dad told us that this is the same thing like XXX mall in Las Vegas (or LA i forgot). he said the one in USA was way bigger and nicer. but for me, this is enough to get me excited.
such blue sky.
In their Lego store. so cooooooool why i can't do this? :(
ah! Ultraman! =D
at the concourse. (where my dad actually took some selfies again here)
well i admit im getting a little bit lazy to continue writing. but i promised myself i will, even if people think this is boring. hahahha.
We went outdoor again since we were not there to shop.
trying to look for the Gundam, cause they said it's huge, so i thought i'll be able to see it across the roads from Palette Town. but well, we couldn't see it. (eventually it's at the blocked by the Diver City from our view)
Again, it was still raining, we rocket-mode to
Diver city and entered through it's backdoor
or sidedoor lol
brother got excited seeing his initials
nehhhh
I was trying to find where is the Gundam, but daddy started to complain that he hungry liao -.-
So we had our lunch at their food court.
went to japan eat bibimbap =P
we also ordered some gyoza. when i went to pick up the guy asked me whether i would like some spices, i said yes. Then he gave me this big plate of spice.
i
TOTALLY BOOM
even smaller than the nails. hahahah dad said macam 'bei xi' XDXD
**there's wifi connection at the food court :D
so the main entrance of Diver City is just beside the food court. and that's where the gundam standing.
i never expected it to be this huge. lol
Any Gundam fans here?
Was surfing online and realized there's a
<Gundam Comes to Life> show at 12pm, 3pm and 5pm everyday.
it was almost 3pm so we stayed and waited to see how it comes to life.
it's a disappointing one. some
flashing LED lights on the Gundam, and it moves the head left-right-left-right. i was thinking at least move your fist or arm? well it didn't happen hahahah
However i read reviews saying that the show is more interesting at night
(5pm in winter is dark enough already)
DAMN SO DISAPPOINTING RIGHT :(
dai dai wanna take alot of pictures. my poor brother had to take off his gloves to take picture for me because the phone screen tak boleh sensor ohh XDXD
and btw, it started to snow already.
this is how my brother looks like throughout the day. so damn cold......
my brother is annoying. he likes to hold the dslr but when it's cold, he doesn't want to use it. what's your problem? then didn't charge the camera's battery. hate him for always acting like a pro but take 1000 out-focused photos. yes, most of the photos that day were taken using phones. pfft.
okay. after Gundam went back to stone, it's time for us to run again.
Our main purpose to Odaiba today was to visit the Trick Art Museum. but we've spent so much time staying indoor doing nothing :)
The Trick Art museum is in the shopping mall called Decks, but haha, we went to the wrong place as we didn't know where. In the heavy snow We went into Aquacity instead and asked the receptionist. Once we stepped into Aquacity, dad was attracted to cafe. he said, 'Come let's have a cup of hot coffee first.' LOL, so, we spent some time in Starbucks.
Wah, i want to talk about this stupid Starbucks.
I ordered 3 drinks at the counter, then i asked for receipt from the cashier, she said no need. so i proceeded to the pick up counter. At the pick up counter the barista was calling my drinks so i went forward. she then spoke to me in Japanese. i shook my head. Then she said "Receipt."
okay. so i told her i have no receipt with me. Again she said, "Receipt."
i said, "No receipt, the cashier didn't give me."
"Receipt."
What the fuck. i really got pissed with her "Receipt." man. i pointed to the cashier and i walked to the cashier, asked her for my receipt. Then the cashier confirmed with the stupid receipt barista.
whaddafaq you're working at a tourist attraction and all you know is "Receipt". don't know how to solve problem also wth. not even a 'please.'
After a few moments in starbucks i told my dad the Statue of liberty is here!
it was so cold that my dad couldn't close his mouth and breath properly hahahha
i did that first. copy cat brother
i have umbrella!
selfie with dad :
(i) he blocked the statue with his umbrella HAHAHA but so handsome
(ii) he's looking blur hor
haven't seen a picture of my mom in this post? hahaha
because most of the time she's struggling with the cold weather and she tried to stay indoor whenever its possible.
but here's one picture of us la while we were heading to the decks.
didn't realize the bears were tearing. it is a message about global warming. but we were smiling like !@#$^^* at the side. HAHA LOL
Trick Art Museum Odaiba, 3D effects on a 2D illusions
My dad is super excited once he get into the museum man. he was so sporting and had taken picture with each and every illusion there. he posed very nicely even if its difficult, just to make the photos make sense. shall we give him an award? hahahha!
bf got me some koala bears from Australia.
the lightning here made it unreal. ngiek
save me!
haha this is a difficult one. don't know how should we pose to make it make sense. lol
no one can hurt me. my kung-fu level is 9846792
my mom was supposed to look gigantic but erm...my dad is not small too....
ini jugak. what happened? the museum failed? hahahaha
im the giantttttt im so gonna win
the reflection
look at his tummy. hahahah
last but not least.....RUN!!
alot more. spent an hour+ inside. At the exit counter where my dad was getting back his deposited bag, there's a fake 10000 yen on the floor and my dad bent down trying to pick it up. HAHAHA!! it was so real.
it's interesting, after all. yeahh
hmm, around 6pm as we left the museum. hahaha
plan failed man. we planned to leave at 4pm and then go shopping at
Harajuku geh...but we're so late..i was afraid that by the time we reach Harajuku all the shops closed liao loooo
but still we went. HAHA! because we needed to have our dinner anyways and Harajuku has plenty of choices :)
Reached
Harajuku around 7.45pm and we walked walked around. Saw a Burberry store and the board out there stated that it closes at 8pm. but we don't care we still walk in although it's 7.55pm already. LOL
Dad and brother quickly went upstairs to check out their clothes while my mum and i stayed downstairs looking at the handbag i have been wanting for so long.
(Burberry is cheap in Japan) In just 10mins we paid for the bag and we ciao. the sales assistant was trying to promote the purse and perfume but in a way that you wouldn't get annoyed. They will just show you, explain a little, and then leave you alone with your family. hahahah
Not like those aggressive one makes me just wanna run away. lol
We also went into Zara . spotted a few nice pieces but i bought only a jumpsuit costs 1690 yen. my dad got himself a t-shirt costs only
690 yen. and he was like,
"wah, 6.90 only. so cheap. haha!" he was joking as he thinks that we shouldn't keep on converting to see how much we're paying for something when we're overseas, especially in Japan. everything is expensive. but this is one exception.
his tshirt is only rm25 hhahah
Everyone's hungry. Had dinner at McDonald's. Brother was urging to eat a pork burger, McPork or something. but in Japan, there's NO pork burgers in McD. they tried to sell it once, but perhaps the sales wasn't good so they retracted? Sad brother.
instead of McChicken, they have this Chicken Filet-O.
omgard so good. a bit thicker than usual McChicken
***There's no chilli sauce available. any mcd in japan. lol
It was a really tiring, cold, lazy but fun day! adventurous too as it sounds.
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