selling bmobile sim u300 visitor version, 300kbps 3G micro sim, activated on 26th, available cod 31th march, so only 9 days left out of 14 days. bought for rm133, selling for rm50, bought for rm133. if you happened to be able to buy from me please reserve by tomorrow 6pm. going to sell or simply give to other hotel guests if no one take. very useful for gps and station info on the go, althought sometimes loading maps can be real slow.

PS: sorry for not posting this earlier...first time going to Japan and quite busy with the schedules...

EDIT: didn't manage to sell the card. price reduce to rm40, and if i read correctly, count down start 2 days after shipment, means extend 2 more days before expiry.

This post has been edited by little ice: Mar 30 2013, 10:16 PM

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This post has been edited by little ice: Apr 5 2013, 04:18 PM

read somewhere that cheapest can go down to 5000yen~8000yen, maybe you want to google "affordable kaiseki kyoto".

i think RM10 or RM20 every transaction using the PLUS service, you have to go local ATM activate the PLUS service (using my maybank debit card for example). if want to swipe, can use right away, but depends on your default limit, maybank card purchase limit defaulted at RM500, max RM5000, also can change it at ATM.

i tried only normal portion, to me already can match normal portion nasi lemak already leh, i prefer half portion. can't imagine 4x lol.

i suspect it also depends on the branch, i went to kichijoji branch, only japanese menu provided, and seems only japanese go in to eat.

also i recommend slightly harder noodle than the normal cooked noodle (one level harder next to normal).

This post has been edited by little ice: Apr 4 2013, 11:17 AM

@milkytime

i was traveling around the tokyo city and i even drink inside subway train once lol, i think someone stare at me for a while, but another young japanese guy hop in with a dripping wet cup due to the iced coke inside, worse than my bottled drink with cap that i close after every single sip. being rude if drink water when walking? nobody cared every time i did that, but i made sure i close the cap when i stop drinking. now you mentioned it, i never see any japanese drink while walking, but doesn't mean you can't drink when you walk along the street! just stand aside and drink.

for asking direction, my friend doesn't even speak a single japanese word and yet people there are so willing to give him directions. i've even heard some bring you there in person even if it's opposite to where they're heading to. so far i planned my trip pretty well and i use GPS so it was pretty smooth to navigate around.

i don't think japanese are impatient, just that they're very fast paced and our speed is slow to them. also must consider that you have to speed things up when there's a long queue. japanese are very well mannered and they'll queue up even the queue is long and like an hour or more to wait, usually waiting for a nice meal. so people will not linger, eat, finish, leave. i like this culture very much as people are more considerate. in fact, all the hotspots i went to, people will not linger at one place for long time when it's crowded, it was very pleasant to take nice photos there as people act fast, and likewise, i act fast too to let other people take pictures etc. in malaysia? hehehe, very common to see people taking their own sweet time taking up some spots and simply don't want to leave even seeing people also want to use that spot to take pictures, or see the view, etc...

generally, i think tokyo center (chuo-ku) people are much more fast paced. i went to kichijoji which is 30mins from tokyo center, for their stunning sakura view at inokashira park, people there are slightly slower paced and more friendly and "colorful". love this place very much!

clothing i not expert, but in general there're shops that sell nice cloths along any of the shopping street for low price, typically going for 1000~2500yen, some even down to 500 yen. but i saw mostly ladies, didn't really see a store selling guys cloth.

but you cannot miss all the nice food there. you can basically say ANYTHING is nice. even the pineapple also 100X better than malaysia, freakin juicy sweet and fine textured without a single hint of sourness.

today MAS economy promo even better, RM1170 for 2 pax inclusive tax but before surcharges, which will end up RM27XX. hlb is RM2k for 2 but before both tax and surcharges.

cheaper than AA already...

yeah, easily add up RM2XX...my first time see MAS cheaper than AA (which is on promo as well!).

uh...hope you see the promo as of today, not sure tomorrow still going or not as it's crazy cheap...

then might as well go for direct booking with MAS. oh and if compared to osaka flight, no comparison at all, RM2000 before tax+surcharge vs RM19XX after tax+surcharge.

promotion for MAS still on, so as AA, think they're going to last until end of this week. grab cheap air ticket while you can.

my guess is MAS to kansai and AA from tokyo.

i think the FD also need to be certified by the bank.

easiest is to print out from your online banking website (of your account), and bring to bank, ask them verify, sign and chop (correct word is "stamp", oh my english! lol). i think FD just photocopy and do the same to verify.

oh yeah hoh AA to tokyo is cheaper than coming back. MAS same for both directions.

lol ppl are posting more and more amazing price for supposedly higher priced airline...is that for real? that price is like like free seat already...

i actually believe that! cause when i check promo on monday, my eyes popped when i saw the price is only RM585 round trip to tokyo, and no surcharge displayed. then i check again in the later afternoon, it went back to RM13XX with the surcharge...

i thought that was a system error, but seems that i've also missed some real crazy deal...

i witnessed the promo without the surcharge on monday (2nd May), it lasted until about 6pm i think, only half a day. just a day before (election day), it was still normal price.

it really puzzled me that why no surcharge, my hand gatal almost want to book another flight then only decide the itenary lol, but was so sudden so i didn't do it. then i check again around 6:30pm or so, surcharge applied... =.=

i think there should be surcharge, even if they'll give huge discount. no surcharge sounds like bug to me. but i do hope those who grabbed that deal will turn out real.

if never been to japan before, better just stay around 1 place first. tokyo or osaka/kyoto is a good start. RM4000 probably can only fly to and stay a one place for a week and cheap meals daily (or capsule hotel and better meals daily). if visit whole japan (or those famous spots), RM10,000 maybe?

100yen is almost equal to 1USD, which is RM3.12 as of today (money changer rate). if you're more familiar with USD, a meal typically go for USD$3~$5 for cheap bento from convenient store (though they're much better compare to what's selling in malaysia including isetan) or chain store noodle/rice; USD$5~10 for better meal like ramen or set meal or conveyor belt sushi (want something nice like sushi bar or pork cutlet or unagi rice? at least $10 upward to $30+, or more for higher end sushi meal or wagyu sukiyaki etc).

traveling about USD$6~10 daily within same city, and not included airport to hotel transport.

traveling to other prefectures about $40 for nice overnight bus ride, or $130~$200 for bullet train...

haven't include stuffs like entrance ticket, souvenirs etc...

This post has been edited by little ice: May 11 2013, 10:46 PM

reminds me back when only jap's original playstation are available in Malaysia, saw one at video game shop with white smoke coming out from the console after the clueless staff straight connect it to power socket and switch it on without a transformer. the console didn't explode, though.

This post has been edited by little ice: May 14 2013, 11:38 AM

MAS still offering rm1.4k all-in fare round trip to Tokyo currently, direct flight...rm1.8k? No comparison...

EDIT: AA round trip is rm900 per person, after baggage meal insurance is about rm1.2k. where got rm1.8k? that's more like 2 person before extra charges...

This post has been edited by little ice: May 15 2013, 04:38 PM

well, moral of story, always shell out whatever fees they asked to choose a seat, for the reason i experienced:

1. the typical split up seatings on my recent tokyo trip when i was checking in online. luckily they actually assigned the seats even if it's random, so i quickly pay the fees and chosen seats for 2 people together.

2. a *very* polite young japanese guy asking to have his seat as displayed on the boarding pass, well, in the end he got "kicked" around 2 times until he settle on a seat - one being me mistaken the seat rows so i was already sitting in the wrong seat (despite chosen a seat!), so i politely told him that he can have my seat. and when he asked the person (where my original seat was), he got kicked again to other seats. damn my heart felt guilty for those polite peoples! i didn't really feel so guilty UNTIL i arrive in tokyo and see how polite they are, and come back to compare to malaysians again. to avoid this happen again, unless i'm traveling solo, i'll pay for choosing a seat, and sit according to the assigned seats.

i tried jalan.net, and those listed hotels seems more expensive than what i got from booking.com...there're some hotels still charging only 5% tax instead of 15%.