Finally an end to my prefect vacation. I don't think I will have another vacation like this in my lifetime. Maybe one day who knows Inya Allah. Allah is always giving me up surprises when I least expected. Other than that getting back into the groove of classes is going to take a while.
Oct 11
• Did some classes in the morning and then we decided to take the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) to the neighbouring town
• We took the subway to the central station and bought a return ticket to the next town which cost us around 8700 yen. I manage to eat a family mart sandwhich before going. They gave us two tickets and we assume that the tickets was one to keep and one to give. But it turns out you need to put two tickets in the machine when you are using it.
• The Shinkansen was very fast. It was going 300 km/h and we reached Kitakyushu in 19 minutes. From there we walked around the area until we reach Kokura castle. It is a standard Japanese castle but we go inside
• After that we walked near the riverbank and saw a lot of people doing a flea market on things. We decided to staop at a 7 11 for lunch again. Fish, rice and veggies. This time mom got a spoon. We sit beside the riverbank. Eating with my mom realised that this is going to be one of the last memories I am going to have travelling with her. I don't know if she is ever going to bring me again and I really am going to cherish this. She is 72 so she is not as active as she was before. I can see she is struggling when she walk. The heavy breathing and the weak joints. Hopefully she won't push herself
• We rode the Shinkansen back and then we went to art musuem near our house. It was free and there aren't a lot of art shown. After that we went to the hotel and mom was tired so she took a nap. I did some classes until 6pm
• After class was finish mom ask me to buy dinner at 7 11 again. This time I got some salad dressing as well as a miso mackeral which is good. After dinner took a shower and went to bed early. Quite tiring day.
Oct 12
• Today is the last full day in Japan so lets get started
• Did my monring classes as usual and then me and my mom went to the Hakata central station. First to get a refund on the bus tickets and second is mom wanted to buy some gifts for my brother and his kids. She ended up buy stuff from the Nintendo store.
• After that we made our way to a Japanese curry place. That plce is so pack with only 8 seats and we were the first ones there. We order a chicken katsu and fried chicken curry. I took level 3 spice which is not that spicy in my opinion but my mom was sweating with the level 2 spice.
• Then we went home, I took a short pit stop to pray after that I left mom at home while I went out again. This time my wife wanted me to find something unique from Pandora.
• While I was walking there I got a text and call from Nd. First of all she is not okay. From the sounds of it, she sounds like she got kidnapped by her stalker and that person demand some money to release her. That isjust borderline a crime but she refuse to go to the authorities for it. Oh and her friend block me because I was pestering too much. She needed 1500 to settle the debt and I paid it. Hoping that this will all be over but no idea what will happen next
• Bought the Pandora for wife. Japanese girl with Kimono and got a 1000 yen tax rebate. Came back to the hotel and did some classes before sending mom to the her hotel for her function
• I on the other hand had a date with ramen. This ramen is made entirely out of veggies. The way to restaurant is far and sometimes when I was walking there were no light. I wonder weather it was the right place that we went to. Eventually after taking 2 trains and walking I finally arrive only to find out that I need to wait in line behind 8 people. The wait took around 25 minutes and finally I got seated down. I got seated down at the bar and I can see the chef cooking the meal. I ordered the set meal which comes with sushi, ramen and a dessert as well as tea
• The sushi was made with vegetables. There is two tofu, one eggplant, one zuchinni, one mushroom (this one is delicious) and one carrot with mentaiko sauce. Everything was the chef grandmother's recipe. After that my veggie ramen arrive . Itwas granished with mushrooms and ginger and a very unique broth. It was delicious and ended the meal with a tofu matcha tiramisu. The whole meal cost 4800 yen. I was so full that I decided to walk 35 minutes + 7 minutes to my mom
• Reach my mom at 925 and then we came back. Took a shower and pack my clothes for tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be another busy day
Oct 13
• Started the day off with some classes and during a 30 min break I went to get my last sandwich from Family Mart and eat it at the park
• We left the hotel at 830 and we checked in around 930am. There is nothing much we can do but just wait
• Nd called me this morning and I was so happy to get a call from her. We talked for a while and it was great. Miss her so much
• The flight was a bit delayed so that means we arrived in Tokyo later than expected. I did manage to catch a movie (I fast forward the talky bits)
• Tokyo was a madhouse. We didn’t know where to go and what to do. But due to my quick thinking of using Google translate I manage to ask the train staff to get us a direct train ticket
• In the train we met another Malaysia girl who in fact was working here in Tokyo. Her Japanese friend help us navigate the train and told us just stay at this line and you’ll end up at the airport
• He was right but the train took close to 2 hours 5 minutes to get to the airport. Mom was really anxious. We were also packed like sardine because it was rush hour. She did told me that she was happy I came. At We finally arrive at the airport at 642pm
• My student Chisaki was waiting for us. We ended up talking for a good 20 minutes and took some pictures before we had to go inside. She did give us some Japanese sweet and tea before leaving
• We manage to solat and go to the Japanese Lounge. I ate a lot of rice and fish with egg and veggies. Miso soup and mushroom soup with bread. I wish I could eat the curry but that is not halal
• We made it our way to the gate and we had time to spare . Now we are just waiting to board
Oct 14
• Ther fight was ok. Very uneventful. The food was okay not as nice when we came to Japan. Probably it is because it was made by the Japanese
• The plane arrived super early back home. We were at the airport at 4am in the morning and we are the only one there. We needed to walk around 10-15 minutes to the main terminal. To make matters worse the train was not functional so we have to take the bus
• We got our bag and left the terminal around 440am. Mom had to catch her connecting flight back home in the afternoon so I will have to go back home alone. We hugged and kiss and said goodbye. Mom was really happy I was here with her and the trip was great. Alhamdulilah.
• I took a Grab back home and arrive at home close to 545am. H1 opened the door ad went back to sleep. I took a shower and then at 630 I was ready for class. Did around 4 classes.
• After that I got ready for my online class. My student was late 30 minutes so I only could teach him around 45 minutes before ending the class
• Nd call me twice this morning and it was great catch up. She told me she needs another 1500 because the guy that is blackmailing her needs more money. This is all in a means of controlling her.
• After class I went to the bank to get 3k. half for her and half the living account since I took that money that day.
• I cooked some butter chicken for the girls. After cleaning the kitchen and doing my laundry I gave the girls my gifts that I bought them. They were so excited especially at the Pokemon cards. They straight away open the packs and each of them 4 rare cards each
• I took a 2 hour sleep finally and then continue doing classes until the late evening. Played some Forza and then went to bed around midnight.
Oct 15
• Wake up this morning and back to my normal routine. Did classes and after that cook some leftovers into fried rice
• Went to Itik Salai and ate there while got a some food for the kids
• Came home took a shower and then did my online lecture. Students were always happy to see me
• The haze is really bad right now that we can't see anything outside
• In the evening did a couple more classes before finishing up forza. Callie was stuck in my room so she pooped on the bed. So I had to wash the bed sheets at night.
• Slept close to 12.
Oct 16
• Woke up this morning feeling excited because today I am going to meet Nd for the first time. So after classes I cooked her favourite meal which was ayam kicap
• Nd called me that she was going to be stuck at court till 3-4 and I say its okay just come when you can. But later she called me that she will finish at 7 and said that the person that we supposed to meet will meet her at the city instead. So what turned to be a something excited died down and I can't meet her again
• Just did classes, took naps, went friday prayers and today I slept super early. I did manage to finish some Forza but I didn't had the mood to play games.
• Wife was not having a good vacation. Nobody is listening to her on what she want. To make matters worse everyone is complaining that her wheelchair is heavy. She was crying a lot during this trip since she wasn'tt enjoying herself. They were supposed to fly out tomorrow at 6am but I got a message at midnight saying that the flight was delayed at 3pm the next day and they won't arrive untill 10pm. They decided to go to a hotel but they couldn't check in to rest.
Oct 17
• This morning I did my morning classes. Met a few of my students and they were asking on how my trip to Japan was.
• After class the cleaner came to do her job
• H1 invitred her boyfriend over to cook lunch with her. She was making something for lunch. I didn't want to join them so I had some Japanese food for lunch at the mall as well as getting mask for wife
• I wanted to see Nd today but she was not feeling well.
• In the evening I did my classes and wife plane left the airpot close to 4pm
• I send the cleaner home close to 730pm and then went to pick up my friend because her wife was with the same trip as my wife
• We arrived at the airport at 930pm and went to eat some McDonanld while waiting for wife to come out of the terminal
• There was a story where wife cousin who was in the trip as well lost her bag. Someone accidently took her bag and left the airport and we had to wait to call hem to send the bag over
• We left the airpotr and I send them back to their house it was close to 11:50pm. We arrived at hour house at 1230am.
• Nd called me at mnidnight saying that she needs to be warded because her blood pressure and her blood was not well. But her office GL won't approve her claim. So she needs to pay a deposit of 3K in order to get a room. I had to courier my credit card to her. I trust her enough knowing that she won't screw me over.
• Finally I got to sleep at 1:30 only to wake up 3 hours later. This is going to be along day
Next week is back ot normal for me. I have a lot of errands to run this week. Hopefully I can check up on Nd at the hospital but we will see how it goes.
