hmm, this is the last day in japan, we are leaving Japan at around 6pm singapore time. so will reach singapore at around 1am. today no agenda cuz time here quite short. we would be checking out at around 2pm, as the trip from the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka to Narita airport takes around 2 hrs, and it's better for us to reach the airport 2 hrs before the flight.
my mum and my aunt have gone to the nearby street to shop, and my father, uncle and their GM are having a meeting with their Japanese business partner. so leaving me here bored and writing this blog.
the last post i mentioned we were preparing to go to Akihabara, but instead we went to Takashimaya. spent a grueling 7 hrs there with my mum and aunt. Takishimaya there is much bigger than Singapore's, be it land area or height. 9 storeys and very big floor area too. walked until our legs couldn't take it. my mum and aunt bought quite a lot of things, despite the steep prices of the items. they spent around 800 singapore dollars each. but i didn't leave there empty handed, i bought a pair of Armani Jeans. damn ex, around 300 Singapore dollars. i dunno why i decided to buy it.
although it is the summer sale, the discounted prices up to 50% are still quite steep, compared to singapore. well, now then i 见识到 the so-called high cost of living. Singapore is damn cheap, compared to here. well, of course their salaries are very high. i think a normal salesman can earn 3000 sing dollars as a starting salary. also, there are very few foreign workers here. construction workers, and other "lowly" jobs are all done by Japanese. that should contribute a lot to the high prices of everything here.
yesterday, we went to Akihabara, the electronics town. a lot of pple there. it's like the games are very cheap, but from what i observed, it's around the same as Singapore's, if not more expensive. i wanted to buy a PSP there, thinking that it would be cheaper here, but no, it's still around 240 bucks here. so i dropped this idea. maybe i can buy it in Singapore. 再说吧. but i bought one childish toy, that is the Bumble Bee model from Transformers. think these toys from Transformers are still not imported to Singapore yet. so, this toy that i would be bringing back would be unique! haha.
ok lah, later maybe i would go shop for some japanese mangas to read, to 纪念 the trip to Japan this time.
