Sometimes, when people ask you how you're doing,
It might be a big hassle to say you're not okay.
Because then you would have to explain why, when even explaining might become a downbooster mood itself.
So it's easier to say that everything's an OK.
But maybe the person who asks you ask not just for a small talk, but they just wanted to understand you much better.
That they believe the world is as simple as asking and answering question.
But i guess the world is not that simple.
And i need to understand you much better.
I want to understand you much better.
Guess i'm a selfish arrogant egosentric person afterall.
And i need to learn how the world works. Or i might lose you.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Gagal MoveOn - Clothes
Label:
1st Time in Japan
Jadi ceritanya belum pernah ngerasain winter.
rada parno sih jatuhnya. haha..
pengen beli winter coat, winter boots, winter gloves, winter itu dan winter ini.
sempat mau beli scarf, tapi alhamdulillah gak jadi, karena sepertinya terlalu lebay.
yep, suhu paling rendah yang saya rasakan disana adalah 3,9 C, tapi semakin lama disana, rasa-rasanya mulai sedikit beradaptasi. atau mungkin karena wilayah yang kami datangi adalah Tokyo - Kyoto - Osaka, yang tentunya gak sedingin Hokkaido. atau mungkin karena kami terus bergerak? bisa jadi. tapi dingin sih. hahaha
paling gak tahan kalau tangannya yang dingin, jadi heatech gloves-nya Uniqlo sangat membantu. tapi inget, beli saat diskon saja. lumayan ngirit 50k. :D
tapi balik lagi ke budget yang disiapkan sih,, kalau budgetnya unlimited, ya silakan aja beli heatech gloves yang kulit. sepertinya lebih hangat.
tapi, daripada beli di toko-toko winter di Ambassador atau mungkin Sarinah, heatech uniqlo sangat worth the price. gloves yang saya beli harganya 99k (harga diskon, tentunya), rajutan (kalau yang kulit sekitar 200k), dan jari telunjuk serta jempolnya sudah bisa digunakan untuk touchscreen smartphone. not bad, eh?
kalau di ambassador saya pernah nemu yang harganya 150k, dan gak mau kurang.
sedangkan untuk boots dan coat, sempat nyari-nyari juga di sarinah terus pusing, iya, soalnya harganya kebanyakan angka. dan titik. saya ga butuh yang titiknya dua, saya maunya yang titiknya satu dan angka kecil-kecil mendekati nol gitu.
sebenarnya beli online ada resikonya juga. pertama, nyampe atau tidak, kedua, masalah ukuran, ketiga, kualitas.
masalah pertama, nyampe atau tidak.
untuk boots alhamdulillah percobaan pertama langsung nyampe.
tapi coat? nope. empat kali. dua kali di penjual yang sama, karena katanya salah nulis alamat, satu kali untuk jenis coat yang sama tapi di penjual yang berbeda, tapi sama sellernya ternyata dicancel dan uang saya dikembalikan, alhamdulillahnya pas dibalikin kursnya lagi naik. yaay!
dan akhirnya di percobaan ke empat berhasil.
oh ya, untungnya ebay dan paypal sangat helping untuk mengatasi seller yang aneh-aneh. tapi, pay attention to the rules!
masalah kedua, ukuran
alhamdulillah seller yang produknya saya beli memberikan detail ukuran di list productnya, sehingga lumayan bisa ngira-ngira lah.
jadi,, begitu sampai pun Alhamdulillah pas. yaaay!
masalah ketiga, kualitas.
alhamdulillah lagi, barang-barang yang saya beli benar adanya seperti gambar dan deskripsi seller. jadi so far so good.
yang perlu dicatat saat membeli barang online adalah baca baik-baik deskripsi produknya.
kawan seperjalanan saya terpaksa membeli sepatu baru di Shinjuku karena ternyata boots yang dia beli adalah sepatu wedges yang cukup tinggi. padahal saya ajakin naik 6 lantai di Akihabara, iya, naik tangga, dan muter-muter berjam-jam.
setelah menerima bootsnya, baru kami cek ulang deskripsinya, dan ternyata sudah ada informasi bahwa boots tersebut sebenarnya wedges.
jadi ini tampilan produk yang saya beli di ebay dan tampilan saat digunakan. sekalian nampang.:
yaah.. gitu deh. hihihihi
yaaay!
Alhamdulillah!
rada parno sih jatuhnya. haha..
pengen beli winter coat, winter boots, winter gloves, winter itu dan winter ini.
sempat mau beli scarf, tapi alhamdulillah gak jadi, karena sepertinya terlalu lebay.
yep, suhu paling rendah yang saya rasakan disana adalah 3,9 C, tapi semakin lama disana, rasa-rasanya mulai sedikit beradaptasi. atau mungkin karena wilayah yang kami datangi adalah Tokyo - Kyoto - Osaka, yang tentunya gak sedingin Hokkaido. atau mungkin karena kami terus bergerak? bisa jadi. tapi dingin sih. hahaha
paling gak tahan kalau tangannya yang dingin, jadi heatech gloves-nya Uniqlo sangat membantu. tapi inget, beli saat diskon saja. lumayan ngirit 50k. :D
tapi balik lagi ke budget yang disiapkan sih,, kalau budgetnya unlimited, ya silakan aja beli heatech gloves yang kulit. sepertinya lebih hangat.
tapi, daripada beli di toko-toko winter di Ambassador atau mungkin Sarinah, heatech uniqlo sangat worth the price. gloves yang saya beli harganya 99k (harga diskon, tentunya), rajutan (kalau yang kulit sekitar 200k), dan jari telunjuk serta jempolnya sudah bisa digunakan untuk touchscreen smartphone. not bad, eh?
kalau di ambassador saya pernah nemu yang harganya 150k, dan gak mau kurang.
sedangkan untuk boots dan coat, sempat nyari-nyari juga di sarinah terus pusing, iya, soalnya harganya kebanyakan angka. dan titik. saya ga butuh yang titiknya dua, saya maunya yang titiknya satu dan angka kecil-kecil mendekati nol gitu.
sebenarnya beli online ada resikonya juga. pertama, nyampe atau tidak, kedua, masalah ukuran, ketiga, kualitas.
masalah pertama, nyampe atau tidak.
untuk boots alhamdulillah percobaan pertama langsung nyampe.
tapi coat? nope. empat kali. dua kali di penjual yang sama, karena katanya salah nulis alamat, satu kali untuk jenis coat yang sama tapi di penjual yang berbeda, tapi sama sellernya ternyata dicancel dan uang saya dikembalikan, alhamdulillahnya pas dibalikin kursnya lagi naik. yaay!
dan akhirnya di percobaan ke empat berhasil.
oh ya, untungnya ebay dan paypal sangat helping untuk mengatasi seller yang aneh-aneh. tapi, pay attention to the rules!
masalah kedua, ukuran
alhamdulillah seller yang produknya saya beli memberikan detail ukuran di list productnya, sehingga lumayan bisa ngira-ngira lah.
jadi,, begitu sampai pun Alhamdulillah pas. yaaay!
masalah ketiga, kualitas.
alhamdulillah lagi, barang-barang yang saya beli benar adanya seperti gambar dan deskripsi seller. jadi so far so good.
yang perlu dicatat saat membeli barang online adalah baca baik-baik deskripsi produknya.
kawan seperjalanan saya terpaksa membeli sepatu baru di Shinjuku karena ternyata boots yang dia beli adalah sepatu wedges yang cukup tinggi. padahal saya ajakin naik 6 lantai di Akihabara, iya, naik tangga, dan muter-muter berjam-jam.
setelah menerima bootsnya, baru kami cek ulang deskripsinya, dan ternyata sudah ada informasi bahwa boots tersebut sebenarnya wedges.
jadi ini tampilan produk yang saya beli di ebay dan tampilan saat digunakan. sekalian nampang.:
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| Women's Flat Lace Up Fur Lined Winter Martin Boots Snow Ankle Boots Casual Shoes for IDR 246.814 |
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| Women's Winter Fashion Long Slim Down Cotton Hooded Parka Coats Jacket Outwear IDR 329.285 |
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| suka foto ini!! saya kelihatan langsing. *eh cool coat, eh? sakunya dalem dan ada retsletingnya. |
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| coat dan boots. |
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| lucuu.. bisa diginiin ternyata :D |
yaah.. gitu deh. hihihihi
yaaay!
Alhamdulillah!
1st Segment. Preparation
Label:
1st Time in Japan
Yep.
you should be prepared.
Whenever you wanted to go on a trip, you should be well prepared. say, clothes, money, planning,and physical strength.
my 1st time in Japan was for 5 days 4 nights. but the trip itself took 7 days and 6 nights.
the first night we spent in Haneda Airport, and the last night on the flight back to KL.
the first night was okay, but the last night was not so much. i mean, you have to sleep on a chair in a cheap flight which is no where near comfortable. i even got the window seat but i still can't sleep well. what do you expect? yeah, low price never go with high quality, of course. haha.
so, be prepared.
clothes.
we went there in winter season, because it's the cheapest price we found.
we spent quite some money on clothing, because as south-east asian-er, we never have winter. we live where 30 C is common, so we don't have any clothes that might work for less than 10 C.
so we bought winter jacket (a thick one), heatech legging, shirt, and gloves, and winter boots. bought my jacket and boots from ebay, and, i can say, i'm not disappointed. yay!
it's cool taking picture with those cool-looking jacket and boots, but, if you're planning on having a lot of walks, i mean like a looot of walks, maybe you should consider how comfortable your shoes is. unless you wanted to have a sore feet.
and, it turns out, you don't have to wear winter boots. yes, it's true that it's cold, but you can warm your feet with a lot of socks, without spending more money on a winter boots. i even took my legging off because my feet were sweaty.
i don't really know whether my heatech shirt do the magic, because i have a thick jacket. but the gloves quite helping although i can still feel the cold.
i didn't bring a lot of clothes, just two pieces in fact. i change clothes every two days. besides, it's winter. no matter how long you walks, you'd never get sweaty. unless you're climbing the stairs to Chureito Pagoda. that was my first drop of sweat.
Money.
bring money. if its more than 10.000 yen, you'll be asked to fill some document.
i brought 5.000, but because an unexpected expenses, i had to go to the post office to take money from ATM. I used Mandiri by the way. it charges about 20k IDR. the post office attendant was very helpful. :)
Planning.
it goes with a looot of researching. you'd never know what you'll have when you get there. you might have plan A, but you got to have another plan, in case it doesn't work. and if you don't, then you have to make it quick. you can't stay too long in one place or else, you'll just wasting your time which for the sake of your experience, is very valuable.
and you can't make a quick decision if you didn't do research. at least you have to know where to go, what to do, and so on.
in Japan yes there are a lot of free wifi area, such as, hotel, manga cafe, train station, and airport.
but some free wifi in train station can only be accessed through registering and opening your email, which if we didn't have wifi access, then how would we check the email??
if you wanted a safer trip, you had to have wifi where you want it when you need it. and if roaming is out of the question, then go rent some pocket wifi. which i did. and it helps. a lot. and it charges. a lot. T__T
but it's better than roaming your phone.
Electronic Device
Power bank and Universal adaptor. yep. you need it. and make sure it's working perfectly. because mine doesn't. hiks.
but luckily i have another charger from the pocket wifi i rent, so when the pocket wifi is full, i can re-charge my power bank. i always chose to re-charge my power bank at night instead of my cellphone, because i can always re-charge my cell using powerbank on the day without having to stuck in one place.
JR Pass.
calculate it thoroughly. and unless you wanted to spent more than 29.110 yen on your trip for train expenses, don't buy JR Pass.
yes, it's true it's easier, but Shinkansen for Tokyo - Osaka only about 8-9k yen one way. a round trip would spend say, 18k. Shinkansen Kyoto - Osaka was only 500-700 yen, and the local/Metro/JR train was about 200-300 yen.
we bought JR Pass thinking that we can spent one of our night in Night Train, or the NobiNobi Seat which cost about 15k yen, so it should be okay. but unfortunately, the NobiNobi Seats on Sunrise Izumo was full booked. so instead of saving money, we ended up on spending money to find a place to sleep. yes, it was quite a disappointment.
so, plan and calculate carefully and thoroughly.
Physical Strength.
since time is valuable, you need to move your cute ass from one place to another, and if you got sick or tired in the middle of it, then it wouldn't be fun anymore.
so make it enjoyable! you have to be healthy!
especially if you want to climb nearly 400 stairs to go to Chureito Pagoda. (oh my feeeet!!!)
Food.
if you're a moslem, then it'll be quite difficult to find a place that's safe to eat. at least you need to find fish-based dishes or vegetarian dishes. and even if you find one, it'll be quite expensive.
me?
i spent three days eating bread and sausage which i brought from home, and another three days eating Seaweed Onigiri (110 yen) from Lawson. yep, i think i lose some weight. hahaha
oh yeah. don't forget. no liquid going through the immigration entrance. you have to drink it all or throw it away. your call.
Bags.
since i was using a non baggage-seat on a low-fare flight, so it means i have to be thoughtful on how i'm using my bag. i can only carry one backpack, along with one totebag or handbag. but i actually brought a small shoulder bag, really small that it wasn't count as one. lol.
but it helps, because i put my wallet, passport and JR Pass there.
i really wanted to say that i was backpacking in Japan, but i don't think that's the case. i mean, yeah, i only bring backpack, but i still find the safety in the hands of rented pocket wifi and JR Pass. if i were really backpacking, i wouldn't have those.
back to backpack, you still need to calculate how much gifts and souvenir you'll bring. because once you bring more than one backpack and one handbag, you'll be subject to baggage fees. and it's expensive. :D
so that's all for preparation that i remember on doing.
see you on next detailed segment!
you should be prepared.
Whenever you wanted to go on a trip, you should be well prepared. say, clothes, money, planning,and physical strength.
my 1st time in Japan was for 5 days 4 nights. but the trip itself took 7 days and 6 nights.
the first night we spent in Haneda Airport, and the last night on the flight back to KL.
the first night was okay, but the last night was not so much. i mean, you have to sleep on a chair in a cheap flight which is no where near comfortable. i even got the window seat but i still can't sleep well. what do you expect? yeah, low price never go with high quality, of course. haha.
so, be prepared.
clothes.
we went there in winter season, because it's the cheapest price we found.
we spent quite some money on clothing, because as south-east asian-er, we never have winter. we live where 30 C is common, so we don't have any clothes that might work for less than 10 C.
so we bought winter jacket (a thick one), heatech legging, shirt, and gloves, and winter boots. bought my jacket and boots from ebay, and, i can say, i'm not disappointed. yay!
it's cool taking picture with those cool-looking jacket and boots, but, if you're planning on having a lot of walks, i mean like a looot of walks, maybe you should consider how comfortable your shoes is. unless you wanted to have a sore feet.
and, it turns out, you don't have to wear winter boots. yes, it's true that it's cold, but you can warm your feet with a lot of socks, without spending more money on a winter boots. i even took my legging off because my feet were sweaty.
i don't really know whether my heatech shirt do the magic, because i have a thick jacket. but the gloves quite helping although i can still feel the cold.
i didn't bring a lot of clothes, just two pieces in fact. i change clothes every two days. besides, it's winter. no matter how long you walks, you'd never get sweaty. unless you're climbing the stairs to Chureito Pagoda. that was my first drop of sweat.
Money.
bring money. if its more than 10.000 yen, you'll be asked to fill some document.
i brought 5.000, but because an unexpected expenses, i had to go to the post office to take money from ATM. I used Mandiri by the way. it charges about 20k IDR. the post office attendant was very helpful. :)
Planning.
it goes with a looot of researching. you'd never know what you'll have when you get there. you might have plan A, but you got to have another plan, in case it doesn't work. and if you don't, then you have to make it quick. you can't stay too long in one place or else, you'll just wasting your time which for the sake of your experience, is very valuable.
and you can't make a quick decision if you didn't do research. at least you have to know where to go, what to do, and so on.
in Japan yes there are a lot of free wifi area, such as, hotel, manga cafe, train station, and airport.
but some free wifi in train station can only be accessed through registering and opening your email, which if we didn't have wifi access, then how would we check the email??
if you wanted a safer trip, you had to have wifi where you want it when you need it. and if roaming is out of the question, then go rent some pocket wifi. which i did. and it helps. a lot. and it charges. a lot. T__T
but it's better than roaming your phone.
Electronic Device
Power bank and Universal adaptor. yep. you need it. and make sure it's working perfectly. because mine doesn't. hiks.
but luckily i have another charger from the pocket wifi i rent, so when the pocket wifi is full, i can re-charge my power bank. i always chose to re-charge my power bank at night instead of my cellphone, because i can always re-charge my cell using powerbank on the day without having to stuck in one place.
JR Pass.
calculate it thoroughly. and unless you wanted to spent more than 29.110 yen on your trip for train expenses, don't buy JR Pass.
yes, it's true it's easier, but Shinkansen for Tokyo - Osaka only about 8-9k yen one way. a round trip would spend say, 18k. Shinkansen Kyoto - Osaka was only 500-700 yen, and the local/Metro/JR train was about 200-300 yen.
we bought JR Pass thinking that we can spent one of our night in Night Train, or the NobiNobi Seat which cost about 15k yen, so it should be okay. but unfortunately, the NobiNobi Seats on Sunrise Izumo was full booked. so instead of saving money, we ended up on spending money to find a place to sleep. yes, it was quite a disappointment.
so, plan and calculate carefully and thoroughly.
Physical Strength.
since time is valuable, you need to move your cute ass from one place to another, and if you got sick or tired in the middle of it, then it wouldn't be fun anymore.
so make it enjoyable! you have to be healthy!
especially if you want to climb nearly 400 stairs to go to Chureito Pagoda. (oh my feeeet!!!)
Food.
if you're a moslem, then it'll be quite difficult to find a place that's safe to eat. at least you need to find fish-based dishes or vegetarian dishes. and even if you find one, it'll be quite expensive.
me?
i spent three days eating bread and sausage which i brought from home, and another three days eating Seaweed Onigiri (110 yen) from Lawson. yep, i think i lose some weight. hahaha
oh yeah. don't forget. no liquid going through the immigration entrance. you have to drink it all or throw it away. your call.
Bags.
since i was using a non baggage-seat on a low-fare flight, so it means i have to be thoughtful on how i'm using my bag. i can only carry one backpack, along with one totebag or handbag. but i actually brought a small shoulder bag, really small that it wasn't count as one. lol.
but it helps, because i put my wallet, passport and JR Pass there.
i really wanted to say that i was backpacking in Japan, but i don't think that's the case. i mean, yeah, i only bring backpack, but i still find the safety in the hands of rented pocket wifi and JR Pass. if i were really backpacking, i wouldn't have those.
back to backpack, you still need to calculate how much gifts and souvenir you'll bring. because once you bring more than one backpack and one handbag, you'll be subject to baggage fees. and it's expensive. :D
so that's all for preparation that i remember on doing.
see you on next detailed segment!
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