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Monday, December 05, 2005
` Monday, December 05, 2005
What a drastic change in weather yet again. Back in sunny July, I was having a ball of a time trying to minimize as much luggage space as possible with my sleeveless/short-sleeved summer clothes. This time round, I had trouble shutting up dear ol’ Sammyboy, pre-flight journey to Tokyo. It’s the much-dreaded winter season and I’m not taking any chances with exposure to the cold for which I’m notoriously vulnerable to. Result? A slightly raised eyebrow from the check-in counter gentleman when the luggage was plunged onto the weighing travellator. I felt like telling him that it could be a potential lifesaver for my already burgeoning credit card bill (ie. less space to stuff the shopping, geddit?). Of course, one can only hope it’ll work.
Landing at the Narita airport at 5pm, it was surreal to see that the skies were already dark. How depressing. This was further exacerbated by the fact that it took nearly an hour clearing the immigration lines, due to three separate flights arriving at the same time and the counters chronically short of manpower on a Sunday evening. Add this to yet another hour-long sojourn into the city via the TCAT bus and you have one very cranky business-cum-leisure traveller who still had to endure an overly costly dinner at the resident café because of the late arrival.
I was awaken this morning by a burst of sunshine through the unfiltered windows in the hotel room, somewhat encouraging on a Monday morning, although the skies are once again pitch-black at 4.30pm when I’m typing this out.
By the way, all the effort from Japanese language classes I’ve attended at the beginning of the year have officially gone to waste. However, I’m convinced that the almost universal “thank you” works the same wonders.
Yet another day in paradise.