Need to ask something, I'm keen to go to a concert in Tokyo during my upcoming trip there. (Should be end Oct/early Nov window) Is there anywhere I could scan for some dates/concert schedule somewhere ?

BTW ... what is exactly the "Tamashii Nation 2009" is all about ?

Selamat Hari Raya to all the folks here!

Hey, hey. Haven't logged in for quite awhile. I'm still Tokyo though.

I was there at the embassy and went to the ambassador's place for a quick makan raya.

Quick question...I bought a maid costume and I want to wear it around Tokyo, perhaps Akiba or Disneyland...but I haven't seen ppl wearing costume inside the train. I don't want to look weird. Should I pack in the bag and wear it when I wanna take picture...or just wear it?

LOL! Yeah..I guess thats kinda make sense...too bad I've to carry extra stuff apart from my faithful travel book and my heavy dslr..

Having second thoughts visiting Disneyland tomorrow. Which one is okay..Disneyland, Tokyo Dome or Fuji-Q. I'm such a wuss when it comes to thrill rides, so hmm....thats why I think I might be ok for DisneyL. Share2 guyss

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Added on September 23, 2009, 9:28 pm

Until 28th

1. Tomorrow (Thu) is Theme Park's day
2. Fri: Ghibli Museum (got tix), TGS (tokyo game show) business day and Sense of Wonder Night (TGS)
3. Sat: TGS visitor day...got tix
4. Sun: Last day...cam whoring in Akiba? Hara? Shibuya?
5. Mon: Back to Malaysia!

Bro, don't wait till 4-7pm baru pergi Yoyogi. By that time, most performers already starting to pack and go back 

Me and e-jump experienced that; went there at around 4-5, can see throngs of (drunk+crazy) ppl walking OUT from Yoyogi park 

spidergal.. how can you get it to TGS for business day? I thought normal ppl can go on saturday and sunday only..

Heading out to KLIA, Japan here I come

Tak special la..tunjuk name card buruk je. Hahahaha You guys bleh buat sendiri..

Cool. Byk nye Msian coming tomorrow. Cool..kalau jumpe muke mcm budak Melayu, bg salam ek..hahha

mana picture gathering yang terbaru?

Day 1 : 12 Hours walk around Mitaka, Akabanebashi and Roppongi. Awesome!

Day 2 : Nakano & Akihabara. Preliminary round : price survey.

Just got back from TGS... Managed to try out a few games this time. 

heterosapiens: I called your friend's number but no one pick up... I'm guessing you guys are busy queuing or something. Anyway, if you guys wanna meet up on weekdays, I'll be free after normal work hours.

Selamat Hari Raya, Club LYN Japan!

How was TGS?
And how come I found this thread went all the way to page 5 in Travel & Living?

Haha... ok ok ... hmmm... Wanna go for some hainanese chicken rice in Ebisu then?
http://bento.com/rev/2414.html

Anyone else in Tokyo wanna join?
(Sorry... not sure if the restaurant is Halal or not as I've not been there before... just found it on bento.com).

My flight is tumolo
and my hotels are unbooked, itenarary not done

chamness

emak aku nak gi tama city siot- Sanrio Puroland
Any interesting places near there?
I need to plan a day for that area

plus few thou ringgits is a lot lah. 2k ringgits is more than enough if you stick to a no-shopping-list plan.

wizzz..

i once studied at kyoto but now working at malaysia. yoroshiku...

i think most of the forumers here are at kanto area.. so you can ask them regarding tokyo.

if you want to ask regarding the kansai area (Kyoto , Osaka) you are welcome to ask me anything.

i really missed life at japan lol.  The internet speed , tv shows , warai bangumi...  hope my company will send me to japan this year...

Thanks for your excellent first post!

Words of wisdom from Dr. asuk 

Wat happened earlier when i try japanese software,,,,
overwritten my original file 

Not at all. My PhD was quite relaxed, though I'm in a top ten Uni (not Oxbridge, Imperial, and London) and RAE 5 out of 5 (research assessment) research department in UK. Since I was fully funded, I concentrated on my research, basically, 9-5 weekdays and a few hours during the weekend.

Most students, including those from overseas, are self-sponsored to do their PhD, so most take up part-time job working in restaurant or hypermarket. In most cases, a PhD is completed within 3-4 years (compared to 5 year and fully funded PhD in US). So, expectation on students from supervisor is general not high in UK.

Working up to 15 hours or more is not expected. Supervisors do not expect that and would advise students to do 40 hours per week.   

For researcher, publishing paper is our job, and of course it's not difficult, unless if the requirement is top-tier conference and journal, then, that would be an uphill task even a single publication.

In UK, as long as you have 3-5 papers and one journal, you'll graduate! Doesn't matter the quality of the conference and journal, as long as the publication is available in a professional digital library, which is very easy!

That's why I said, when it comes to Tech, UK is lagging behind. In UK, working up to 15 or more hours is preposterous, sad to say, this is expected in japan.

Congratulations! 

Anyway, I would advice you to change your money in Malaysia and bring Yen instead because
1. RM is not really a widely acceptable cash.
2. There's not much money changer around and imagine the hassle if you run out of cash and need to find a money changer.
3. The rates will almost certainly be lower than what you'll get in Malaysia so it's not worth it (and worse still as now yen is strong).

So, bring along your credit card (as it's widely accepted here in almost all stores) and have Japanese Yen with you. I wouldn't really bother about bringing a lot of RM with me cause of the reason I mentioned above.