Where dreams come true..

our train..7.47 am

Thank you abah and mama! No words to describe how happy and thankful i am. Abah and mama wanted to experience Disney...my love and i find a free time, of course it would be during weekend. Sometime weekend pun kena masuk lab but both of us informed our sensei about this trip..cari package n kira2 duit ni nak buat belanjawan, but we are glad this trip is on Abah's treat, alhamdulillah itulah rezeki namanya he... maybe i should assume its a honeymoon present from abah for our first anniversary. What a hectic weekend we have had. Going to this place is also one of my dream since little girl. Hehe..banyak sungguh my dream ni kan..at first, it is very hard to decide since there are Disneyland and DisneySea..really wanna go both but we dont have much time and it cost mone too...so we really need to choose a really worthdy one. Coincidentally there are Spring Canival Show and also BraviSeamo (apo ko bondo a ni). So we choose Disneysea. Kalau ada rezeki next time Disneyland plak..ka love kan. My love tak pernah ada perasaan nak pergi tempat2 maca ni..and i am glad he did enjoy himself there. My love is a person who are not used with disney cartoons..he just know mickey and minnie..and the rest..he doenst know..huhu while his wife is totally opposite..from cindarella, little mermaid to monster inc..almost every single disney cartoon i knew and love every bit of it..ada la sket tak suka..but really2 few of it..we took this package 2 days 1 night and it is really worth it. But 1 day is surely not enough and we didn't have time to explore all area of the park. Maybe we went to only half of it. But it's ok..we are satisfied.

The package is via shinkansen a.k.a bullet train. Depart at 7.47 am. Our train is Max Yamabiko 104. But this one is not direct shinkansen coz it stops at 2 stations. We didnt know which one is the fastest..main pilih jer..janji departure time sesuai..not too early and not too late. Arrived at Tokyo station around 9.45 am. Headed to Keio Line which is a local train to reach DisneyLand or DisneySea. The place is called Maihama but our hotel was at Shinuyarasu..tak mampu nak stay near to Disney park..too expensive..but the hotel we stayed was really comfortable. Hotels which are near to disney park are called Disney Ambassador, while other hotels which are a bit far (including our hotel) are called Disney partner..yang jauh lagi..dah tak ada nama dah..he..we stayed at Urayasu Brighton Hotel. Our package is excluding meal, so mamam made nasi lemak and sandwiches..yummy!..during our ride to the hotel we met a japanese family with their 2 daughters.. the father greet abah and said "Muslim?" (while his finger pointing at the head-coz mama and i are wearing tudung) and all of us nodded. He can speak english fluently, dia banyak borak2 with abah and when we arrived at the station their kids waved at us. Hmm..people in Tokyo is much more open compared to sendai..i guess they are used to tourist and so on, that's why they are not afraid and look at us oddly like people in sendai. Keluar jer from train..we looked at the opposite road..what? our hotel was so near..just cross the bridge. We didnt expect it to be that near and of course we were really glad. Takyah jalan jauh2..went to check in, but the time that we can enter the room is at 3 pm. We leave our bags to the bell boy and headed to the free shuttle bus provided. At that time sempat lagi untuk bertukar fikiran coz our ticket can enter either one park and, we were still confuse either DisneyLand or DisneySea. Hmm fikir punya fkir..DisneySea here we come...

inside Max Yamabiko, duduk first floor huhu tak dapt tgk view..sama paras dengan lantai station, seat atas penuh..
arrive at Shinurayasu, hotel depan jalan je..i like..
in front of our hotel while waiting for shuttle bus
after check in, arrived at DisneySea and with the bus driver, nice costume
entrance...big globe..Aqua Sphere..sempat amek gambar dgn squirrel ke chipmunk tu..hehe i forgot Minnie and the rest full house kena beratur panjang huhu next time la kalau ada rezeki
entering the park..Mediterranean Harbor, really nice..suddenly feels like somewhere outside Japan..hehe
pre-parade, they announced that the parade might be cancelled if raining..huhu..masa tu da sedey..but move on to ride transit steamer line
pictures while on steamer line, stranded plane..he..tower of terror, american waterfront, help! empangan nak pecah..berlakun jap..and that bridge.tatau nama apa..
arrived at lost river delta, trying to take picture with fairy tapi too many people huu last2 posing dekat board tu jer..and mimicking gaya fairy tu..tangga tinggi tu indiana jones
still at lost river delta..waiting to ride indiana jones tapi tak jadi lama sangat for next trip
pergi port discovery..ride aquatopia..pening2..pusing2 laju2 non stop huhu..
next is..mysterious island, went to 20,000 leagues under the sea and journey to the center of the earth..20000 leagues tu pening jugak..the other one..tersangat extreme rasa seperti dicampak from helicopter fuhh scaryyyy...
back to Mediterranean harbor via electric railway, sempat snap at American waterfront, and suddenly we heard a loud music and people are clapping their hands, gosh! carnival dah start cepat2 lari..penuh..so we just look from far and enjoy the music
some pictures yg my love sempat snap...it was total fun, really a lifetime experience tapi tak dapat nak capture lots of other nice performance during the spring carnival
penat yang amat, headed back to hotel to rest n eat..yg tu bas hotel mahal our bus biasa2 jer but stil cute..
our marvelous room..package tu book bilik biasa2 jer..but when we checked in ada larger rooms which are available and they gave the same rate..wahh syukur..rezeki..
second entrance, tak sempat naik gondola..huu they were closed coz braviSEAmo will start in hour, kalau tak leh merasa cm di paris/spain itew..huu..
American waterfront at night, mermaid lagoon..sempat jenguk jer tak sempat main pun huu, sib baik sempat naik indiana jones..the best one among others that we took siang tadi.

we went back to the hotel dalam kepenatan and kelaparan nasib baik ada Saizeriya..pizza n pasta that we can eat..Arabian Coast langsung tak sempat jenguk..huu..pastu banyak lagi attraction yang tak sempat main..but we are done for that day..since braviseamo at night time ditambah dengan orang ramai dan kamera mahal kami..amek gambar pun sangat jelas hehe but we manage to snap fireworks..siap ada fireworks keluar thru gunung berapi tu..we had so much fun and we enjoyed this trip very much..

hanabi

checkout at 12 noon..wearing new shirts..omiyage from DisneySea..terus pakai the next day (checkout day) wanted to jalan2 at tokyo city..with the limited time we just went to Ikebukuro and manage to go only one place...hu. This time love bought me present, anniversary present, i love it..tq love...but the rain falls heavily and we went back to Tokyo station and waited for our shinkansen...

after checkout..
last picture of the day in front of shinkansen

Finally...

Both of us are really busy today. My love is busy for his presentation while me..as usual labwork. STM meeting is postponed to Friday..yey..but still have to continue my labwork as usual. And hopefully STM meeting will end early tomorrow. I really need a break and wanted to go back early. Well back to the topic please...My love emailed me and wrote me the most wonderful and meaningful wishes. Nak tahu ker..eee no way rahsia..hehe..The wishes from the one that i waited since last night. All these while in Japan, he's negotiate much with me, help me with the house chores as he understands that both of us are busy studying so we have to face it together. I'm glad he's by my side. I'm waiting for my sample..so in the mean time just dropping by to write a short post. Back to work. Pray for our happiness for ever and ever...amin...

Still waiting...

As i started writing this post, i wish to myself, Happy first anniversary...I've been married for a year!!! How fast time flies..many wishes came since yesterday...and today it gets more and more.. yes i love it all, thank you for the warm wishes..Today is suppose to be a special day yet, it feels like normal day...i did whisper to him last night, but at that time he was fast asleep..just wait for tomorrow morning really eager to hear him wishes it first..but..no wishes from him..does he forget? but i wrote it very clearly on the house calendar...doesnt he feels like celebrating this wonderful moment? or is there any surprise that he planned? i wonder...nahh, he is definitely not a surprise maker..but i do love surprises...maybe i should stop thinking about it and maybe it is not that important to him..erm..so i should learn to think like him. Maybe I think too much. What is the reason, what is the consequences..what?why?please..stop thinking about this.

I should continue my work...best of luck for me..the day is still long..i'll wait until midnight. If there's no wish...hm...i wonder..

Feels like 7 again...

Seriously i felt like in primary school again. Darjah 1.hehe..feels like kindergarten tak pergi la plak tadika tu huhu..last Saturday ada kelas ganti..my japs class..ramai org tak dtg, if i knew i would skipt it too and i can do my labwork..or outing with my love and parents. erm..just joking my love and i berjurus..mana ada ponteng kelas..that day we learn about the position, here are some of it:

ue - above
shita - under
aida - middle/between
mae - front
kana - inside

hehe sounds chumels right. After that Abe sensei gave each student a paper, she will say few sentences describing the positions of things and we have to draw it. Bermulalah proses lukis melukis, i tried to draw as nice as possible. She collected it and fold at top of the paper (to hide our name) and paste it on the blackboard. She asked us to stand up and start voting whose drawing is the best. Macam2 pesen ada, she asked to draw a beautiful lady inside a room so i drew her..and wrote next to it (Kireina Abe sensei) some of them draw a lady but doesnt look like one nampak mcm ghost hehe..antu rambut panjang and menggerbang..of course i will vote for my love's drawing and i also asked him to vote for me..surprisingly..tada..my drawing won.. funny yet sweet..and the best part dapat hadiah cookie from Abe sensei..at that time i really felt like...i'm back in the old days..little girl..wearing dark blue pinafore kemeja button sampai atas..he and tersenyum malu2 receiving the present.
Sadly inside the cookies it contain shortening and i'm not sure which source, animal or plant so i gave it to Soutome-san. Terus buka n makan siap cakap oishii lg..saje je Soutome-san ni hehe, gosh so tired of lab work..loads of work to come and to settle..but i cant wait for our 1st anniversary tomorrow...hopefully we will have time to celebrate it...

What a wonderful weekend...(2nd date)

in front of Sendai eki

I am totally busy today until Kajimoto-san canceled the training so i will have some time before i start preparing my slide for Dr Brian's class. What should i do with the limited time..of course updating my blog. My handsome brother called last night asking me about our outing last weekend. Really wanted to update as soon as possible but as usual isogashii desu ne. My love and I really had a marvelous time and i guess mama n abah too.

Aoba Matsuri and lifetime experience (Saturday 16-May-2009)

We planned to go out after Zuhur around 1 pm. I dont have enough time to prepare my sample this week so on Saturday morning, went to the lab for a while about 3 hours to do experiment, went back..lunch and off to Sendai City. My love dropped us near Daiei and we walked to our first destinantion Sendai Eki. I have a task over there. I want to take pamphlet on trip to Tokyo Disney. Abah n mama plans to go there and of course their daughter and son in law..will follow hehe, semoga ada rezeki kami untuk ke sana. On our way out we heard some music outside sendai building. "Ting" tiba-tiba teringat my nihonggo sensei mentioned about Aoba Matsuri a.k.a Aoba Festival. Anything which is associated to matsuri is sort of festival. This weekend is the annual festival of Sendai. Trademark for sendai are Samurai mata satu (betul, tak tipu) and..tada..kipas..(doorgift during our wedding). As far as i know according to my tomodachi and nihonggo sensei, every prefecture have their own festival so boleh dikatakan every month akan ada festival depends on prefecture, so i told mama n abah there is sort of maybe dance outside maybe we should have a look. Tengok kat luar dah ramai orang so we find some space and try to watch the dance..there were a lot of performers, tak kira tua muda, same music and instruments just the clothes, the steps of the dance and how they decorate the fan would be slightly different according to their own creativity..maybe..(i'm just guessing). I tried to snap some pictures, ramai orang and i have to jump a bit to snap it..but still i couldnt get the full figure of it. Ditambah dengan kamera yang sungguh canggih ini..end up lots of blurry pictures..huu tapi takpela..ada jugak gambar yang ok.

Aoba Matsuri at Sendai Eki, i tried to approach the kids (they are busy practising their dance), walking at Clis road
i was snapping pictures, suddenly she came and pose beside my mum, kawaii, genki lagi aunty ni
before going down to Clis road

There were severals groups but we just watched about 3 since we have dinner date later on at 5 pm. Our next destination is shopping dori near sendai eki. There are 3 main shopping dori (street) here which are Clis Road, Sun Mall Road, Ichibancho Road, (setahu saya la) sorry kalau silap hehe..these shopping complex berbentuk T. Kebetulan my sis, Kak Yu wanted to repair her pearl, her husband bought it for her during his trip to Yokohama. Nasib baik ada Tsutsumi kat sini so senang la sket nak repair..bukan rosak tapi nak panjangkan lagi pearl necklace tu. After surveying the price and went to look around at several shop, we headed to Katahira campus for our appointment. On the way..there were this Aoba Matsuri parade along Ichibancho and Clis road. We were shocked, a lot of people and i'm getting to like the music..sort of catchy, nice..hehe. As usual we took some pictures tapi banyak tak jadi..huhu..

ramainya orang..
abah beside the dancers
shinsetsu hito took our picture, u guys rock...sporting..
love birds...(kuikui kerenat mama n abah)
tatau la apa nama..gondola agaknya hehe, the dancers, the musicians and the parade ends here

We were walking towards our car park at katahira campus. I glance to my watch, oh no it's 5 o'clock, mesti Fukumura sensei dah sampai, while my love said, there is another 5 seconds to 5 pm, as we mentioned his name...dgn penuh gaya keunggulan..he made a turn towards the parking and love said "wah exactly 5 pm, hmm jangan main2 kalau ada appointment dengan Fukumura sensei, so punctual.." he's definitely right. He greeted us and told us that he booked the restaurant from 6 pm, at the mean time he wanted to do a short tour around Katahira campus. We just knew that, Tohoku university started at this campus and then expand to Aobayama (our campus) and the rest. Katahita is near the city, during that time a lot of student likes to do street protess and so on...so pindah la ke kawasan bukit bukau itew..(Aobayama), and then there was also a museum inside there..he..tatau pun..nanti la ada masa jenguk situ (masa tu tutup). Albert Einstein pernah visit Tohoku University on 1922..glamer jugak rupanya sejak zaman dolu kala lagi...wah2..

Listening to Fukumura sensei's history about Tohoku Univ, nasib baik love manage to snap some pictures
the museum, bukan nak dengar duk sibuk posing hehe

After that we went to the restaurant. It is very near to Katahira campus. We passed by this road several time and saw this road, we never thought there would be a restaurant behind all those houses. Rupa-rupanya a very traditional yet an exclusive restaurant. The restaurant is 100 years old, yet they modified it a bit but still preserve the traditional element. All of us were amazed..ternganga uu..terkijat..tak sangka la nak pergi makan to this kind of places. It is truly a lifetime experience. The waitresses were dressed in a complete kimono. We have to open our shoes, nasib baik tak dukduk bersila/bersimpuh gaya jepun, or else lenguh nanti especially my parents la..Fukumura sensei request seat and table. We were escorted to our room, so big..siap ada pemandangan taman lagi..wow wi bestnya..i jst cant express how happy i am...this is too much..u are truly very kind to me and also my family. Kena la keje rajin2 lepas ni uhuhuhu..

feels like perkampungan jepun di zaman dulu hehe..
entrance to our dining room
our dinner setup
view of the garden and a part of Sendai city since it is situated on the hill, totemo kireina
Fukumura sensei explained why the "door knob" (i dont know the exact name) was low, b'coz people open it while seating like the position in the picture

Gosshhh truly, madly, deeply traditional. We had 9 courses but we didnt manage to snap all the pictures, duk ralit makan and sometime we are sort of shy, each time amek gambar mesti Fukumura sensei pandang, jakun sungguh budak ni katanya hehe..memang pun huu...lepas ni we cant afford to eat at this posh restaurant so we wanna have as many memories as possible.

our menu..9 course, 1 pun tak faham huu
appetizer
sashimi..lupa course no brapa..hu
a dinner to remember...
i forgot the name of this...
and this too..(tapi ikan sungai)
2nd last dish, my love had udon
i had cha soba
dessert

All of us were so full..kekenyangan yang amat. The noodles are delicious, mama had rice ans soup (kalau kat our place ala2 nasi air) tapi tak sempat plak amek gambar...totally awesome. We also receive an envelope which contain their bussiness card and also free postcards which are the paintings of the view near the restaurant.

abah n love n also miyagi kokeshi doll..masa tu tgh tunggu Fukumura sensei paid the bill, i tried to sneak but he said, pelase wait over there..hehe..kalau tak nanti leh tahu amount that he spent that night
last picture before nite2 to Fukumura sensei
nice postcards

So that was the end for our first outing...it was really an unforgettable day (suddenly i'm humming Nat king Cole's song unforgettable..hehe)


Dream come true (Sunday 17-May-2009)

Wakey2 quite late hehe..we were exhasuted, around 9 am, woke up bath, bekfes. It was raining since last night, ingt nak g jenjalan at park, to see some flowers..so we cancelled and since tak habis tawaf lagi the T mall at sendai city we decided to go to the other side, and also Tsutsumi, last night dah balik fikir and decided untuk buat at Tsutsumi, but have to wait 3 weeks and a bit expensive, got green light from Kak yu, she wanted it no matter how much it cost. Today my love and i decided to strat from Mitsukoshi..masuk siru sekejap jer..so posh, and expensive, not affordable for me especially..when walking towards Tsutsumi suddenly i saw this kimono..sebelum ni kalau tengok price dia..tak sah kalau tak cecah 100,000 yen. But this time i saw 10,000 yen. Agaknya belt dia je kut...we were about to leave suddenly i saw one of he staff my instinct kept telling me to ask what can i buy with that 10,000 yen. She said the kimono and the belt. This is spring time kimono..during summer-yukata (very thin cotton) and winter is different kind of material, wahh biar betul excited dah ni rasa macam nak beli terus. Belek2 material mmg la sort of low quality, tak selembut sutera, padan la dengan harganya, it's been since little girl that i wanted to wear and also buy a kimono..lepas tu masuk plak kedai..suddenly she asked something but i didnt understand and she guided me to the front of the mirror and asked me to open my shoes and step onto the small stage. She opened the kimono and start putting it on me. My heart beat fast..is this true..i'm actually wearing a kimono..but it's not a perfect set just the outer side and belt without the other accesories to complete the kimono set. These 2 things cost 10,000 yen. The best part of shopping in Sendai or should i say Japan, if we didn't buy, it is ok...they would still say thank you instead of ugly face impression and also bad words (it's from my home country of course..). Takper nanti dengan aksesori2 dia seme i beli (sandal, rope, etc..) hehe..

kirei na kimono
watashi wa daisuki desu
totemo takai desu ne

Move on to Tsutsumi..banyak betul insiden tiba2..coz we saw some student started to do sort of acting, rasanya it is about the history of Sendai, sebab ada samurai mata satu..hehe kan betul what mentioned before...we dont understand what they said, tapi sort of kidnapping the princess and samurai ms (mata satu) tu berjaya save the princess..i didnt see the end coz i went to the shop to buy drinks for mama. Love told me the ending..went to Tsutsumi, settle pearl Kak yu, and all of us were very tired and very2 cold..we went home and had dinner at Marumatsu, our favorite spot. Mama n abah also likes the food. Oishii...soshite yasui..desu. baru belajar at class this morning..kan love kan..

street performance (Aoba Matsuri)
Samurai MS...
dah lama nak capture this, we always saw this walking doll, sort of fashion here but this time tak cukup aksesori la huu..usually they will wear wig n very huge ribbon on top..funny yet cute very daring to dress up like this..
dinner at our fav spot..munch2 shop grocery at jusco and went back home...