Published on September 2, 2009
in Rant.
My final paper for the semester ended yesterday, and I’ll be flying off soon to Fukuoka like I did last year, in a couple of hours. My flight’s at 1am, so I’ll be arriving at the airport at around 8am.
No, the guitar’s not coming along
What you see above is my baggage for 17 days. That’s right, more than 2 weeks. Half of the roller luggage is filled with stuff that I’ll be giving to some of the people I’ll meet, so I really don’t have much with me. I would bring more since the luggage weight restriction for Business Class is much more lenient, but travelling alone with too much to carry is a killer.
My objectives of this trip are:
- Meet up with friends
Most of my friends reside in Kyuushuu, so I’ll be doing most of the meeting up during my first week. I’ll be staying over at a friend’s house in Kumamoto, so I’m not sure if I’ll be updating logs of my trip on a regular basis until 12th September, when I’ll be in Tokyo.
Continue reading ‘Off To Japan, Again’
Published on August 20, 2009
in Music.
Finally, nearly a month of waiting, I finally got my hands on a ticket for Tacica’s live.
Previously, it was sold out on the first day of the ticket sales. Even on auction sites such as Yahoo Japan Auction, the tickets for the Shibuya-AX live were rare, and the bidding often rose to double of the original price. That would have been alright if I didn’t have to include the other costs such as domestic and international shipping and other fees. I still burnt my wallet a little and got it anyway. After all, if I miss out on this, there’s no telling when I can attend another live performance in Japan.
Continue reading ‘Soon, My First Live Band Performance Experience In Japan’
Published on July 18, 2009
in Music.
I was planning to attend Tacica’s live at Shibuya AX on 12 September. The ticket sales would only begin today, and as I have a friend who’s currently in Japan on a holiday, I asked her to help me purchase a ticket from Lawson. I was really hopeful that I could finally catch a favourite band in Japan this time.
Just moments ago, I received some bad news from my friend. I checked the Live section on Tacica’s site, and was greeted with a “THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!!”. Damn
Continue reading ‘I Just Missed My Chance To Attend A Live Performance In Japan!’
Published on December 20, 2008
in Geek and Rant.
A secondary school friend of mine (we shall name him J) whom I’ve been keeping some contact with is currently in Japan together with 2 other friends, and I’m so envious of them. Now before anyone goes “But you went to Japan just 2 months ago”, the weather then was similar to Singapore. I didn’t get to enjoy the chilling cold and snow, nor did I go skiing. While those guys are currently in Tokyo and are going to have a ball of a time skiing when they go over to Hokkaido next week, I’m stuck in tropical Singapore with my assignments. I’m sure many of you know the feeling.
Since I can’t be in Japan now, I can only post pictures of Japan
Continue reading ‘A Friend Heads To Japan For The First Time’
Published on October 15, 2008
in Non-Geek.
This was my final Purikura I took during my trip to Japan.
During my stay in Tokyo, I met up with Sakari and some of his friends for a day of fun around Shibuya and Harujuku. Along with him came 3 of his friends, 2 of which were exchange students like him, and the last one, a Japanese student whom he met at some school festival. I really envy them being exchange students as I would probably never get to the opportunity immerse myself in Japan for an extended period of time like what they are doing. At least not while I’m a student.
Continue reading ‘Purikura 3 - International Version’
