now with two thirds of the clan back home thousands of miles south-east of here, life is back to the usual humdrum of the commute and the grind. the remaining clansman will be around for a bit, but the homestead will be real quiet in a few weeks’ time. hey ho, life goes on. come july, another clansman will be on the return flight with me from kuala lumpur. let’s hope the floods of 2007 do not make a sudden reappearance.
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the clansman was watching lost in translation following my introduction to the famous lip my stocking bit of the film. i was reminded of my delayed japan trip (spring 2009? 2010?) and realised i never really thought of where to stay in tokyo. just for the fun of it, i went to check out how much it costs to do the park hyatt (where mr. harris stayed). three days wages for one night. i don’t care if my room overlooks yoyogi park.
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talking of japan, watch this and decide for yourself. a male guitarist’s wet dream, or nightmare?
UPDATE: perempuan daaa! subarashi! see here.
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on a final note for today – after 20 years, i finally get to do this.
I was in Tokyo last month. I stayed at the Park Garden Hotel. It was pretty snazzy & had this lounge which was very Lost in Translation. 5 minutes away from Ginza. I recommend the Mitsui Gardens though. Those were amazing rooms.
all paid for, right (i know who you work for!)? those hotels (esp NEAR ginza) must be two days (instead) wages per night…
alah kudo. backpack it lah. dah jumpa awek cun baru book hotel room.
All paid for la wei. Takkan nak bayar. It was about 40,000yen a night plus breakfast. Good scrambled eggs in the breakfast buffet.
And the room size is something you have to see to believe.
But watashiwa suka mucho Tokyo. Too bad I missed the cherry blossoms.
dah agak dah, 2 days wages (as per http://www.xe.com). nak rekomen pun realistic la sikit. 😀
idlan: if only life imitates a murakami tome.
Tokyo is mahal gila wei (even with the company paying for the hotel & gave allowance). I had this image of a tap and it was turned all the way up. But instead of water, cash was gushing out. 2 weeks there and I was kering kontang.
and Art imitating Life is not an impossibility wat. Look at Idlan. 😛
what ABOUT me?!?!
hehe…kidding je.
… on the other hand, my Jap acipek fren has been in KL for the past 6 months and luv it; even considering buying a 2nd home there. a couple of wks ago he rang me… “why r not here?” he asked. “it’s great here!”, he said. mmm…
… i’m no guitarist, but nippon wet dream, anytime, hahaha.
It is great.
i’m not convinced, bro. those hands are very the manly.
but then ‘body’ language is so the ayu. 🙂
great player, though.