Big announcement was today~!
WTF, who cares! Coming trip of more personal interest!
Japan june trip plan goes something like this...
1 June - Reach Tokyo in the afternoon. Qiu hasn't been to Roppongi Hills so might go there and have dinner at Pintokona. I also wanna do some CD-shop hopping, cos as it turns out this whole trip I won't be seeing much of Tokyo, so hope to pop into either Ikebukuro or Shinjuku. Late-night, might pop into Shibuya for a drink at some Izakaya...and browse Towers. That's a lot for the 1st day!!! O_o;
2 June - Set off for Nagoya~~~No real plans for me, except to catch TBH's live at Club Diamond Hall... and eat some miso nikomi udon or eel rice... yum.
3 June - Set off for Takayama~~~We'll be leaving quite early, cos we want to catch the morning market there... roam Takayama until near evening where we will move on to Gero Onsen to soak in the onsens & stay for the night.
4 June - Set off for Osaka~~~Not much time here, so I'll probably go shopping/CD-shop searching a little, then go meet yuj for TBH's live at Namba Hatch. After the live, I'm seriously thinking of relaxing in Spaworld again :D
5 June - Set off for Tokyo~~~Meeting up with WK & Co for shabu-shabu dinner. Must remember to get all my overdue mucc stuff from Pat.
6 June - 666!
7 June - Leave for Kamikochi~~~Group of 5 (including one in charge of carrying all our luggage XD)
8 June - Will be at Kamikochi in the day and return to Tokyo only in the evening, I suppose.
9 June - 69 day. What will happen?
10 June - Last-minute shopping. Lunch, then it's back to Singapore...
Not much time! I've got this whole list of eating places I wanna either try or re-visit in Tokyo... don't think there are enough meals to cater to all of them! XD
& back in Singapore, ->
11 June - Street Festival with BH!
12 June - Starting work at new workplace.
Now for the rant.
Of all places, I would expect the people at my current workplace to be more open when it comes to travelling, right? But no! Everyone still looks so shocked when I say I am visiting Japan again. See, when your Purpose of Visit (POV - industry term we use to describe the main purpose for a tourist's visit) is events-based, then it's certainly very understandable that you'll return to a particular country if those events are held there, right? But everyone somehow assumes that your POV is always sightseeing, so it makes zero sense to them when I say I like to visit Japan every year if it's within my financial ability. They get even more wide-eyed when I say I visit Japan to watch lives. They think I go chase after bands, duh!!?!! Why is it so difficult for them to understand that I like to watch lives, period??!
That's why I'm really very grateful I know friends (that's most likely whoever's reading this now ^^) who can understand how I feel.
WTF, who cares! Coming trip of more personal interest!
Japan june trip plan goes something like this...
1 June - Reach Tokyo in the afternoon. Qiu hasn't been to Roppongi Hills so might go there and have dinner at Pintokona. I also wanna do some CD-shop hopping, cos as it turns out this whole trip I won't be seeing much of Tokyo, so hope to pop into either Ikebukuro or Shinjuku. Late-night, might pop into Shibuya for a drink at some Izakaya...and browse Towers. That's a lot for the 1st day!!! O_o;
2 June - Set off for Nagoya~~~No real plans for me, except to catch TBH's live at Club Diamond Hall... and eat some miso nikomi udon or eel rice... yum.
3 June - Set off for Takayama~~~We'll be leaving quite early, cos we want to catch the morning market there... roam Takayama until near evening where we will move on to Gero Onsen to soak in the onsens & stay for the night.
4 June - Set off for Osaka~~~Not much time here, so I'll probably go shopping/CD-shop searching a little, then go meet yuj for TBH's live at Namba Hatch. After the live, I'm seriously thinking of relaxing in Spaworld again :D
5 June - Set off for Tokyo~~~Meeting up with WK & Co for shabu-shabu dinner. Must remember to get all my overdue mucc stuff from Pat.
6 June - 666!
7 June - Leave for Kamikochi~~~Group of 5 (including one in charge of carrying all our luggage XD)
8 June - Will be at Kamikochi in the day and return to Tokyo only in the evening, I suppose.
9 June - 69 day. What will happen?
10 June - Last-minute shopping. Lunch, then it's back to Singapore...
Not much time! I've got this whole list of eating places I wanna either try or re-visit in Tokyo... don't think there are enough meals to cater to all of them! XD
& back in Singapore, ->
11 June - Street Festival with BH!
12 June - Starting work at new workplace.
Now for the rant.
Of all places, I would expect the people at my current workplace to be more open when it comes to travelling, right? But no! Everyone still looks so shocked when I say I am visiting Japan again. See, when your Purpose of Visit (POV - industry term we use to describe the main purpose for a tourist's visit) is events-based, then it's certainly very understandable that you'll return to a particular country if those events are held there, right? But everyone somehow assumes that your POV is always sightseeing, so it makes zero sense to them when I say I like to visit Japan every year if it's within my financial ability. They get even more wide-eyed when I say I visit Japan to watch lives. They think I go chase after bands, duh!!?!! Why is it so difficult for them to understand that I like to watch lives, period??!
That's why I'm really very grateful I know friends (that's most likely whoever's reading this now ^^) who can understand how I feel.
posted by scenic at 4:17 PM
