Tokyo Day 2/3/4 (27/12/09 - 29/12/09)

Day 4.

Today was a rest day for us. Today we received joshuaboy's stroller...Thanks be to God! (read Day 2 to find out more)

Had a late breakfast, leisurely. Joshuaboy had macdonald's happy meal breakfast, whereas pappy & mahmmyboy had udon soup & don. I finally found the 100yen shop, and we did some grocery shopping. Pappy loves to see the fridge being stock up with food stuff, so that we can whip up a meal anytime we like or whenever we are hungry. This is one of the reasons for staying at a serviced apartment.

Lunch & dinner were prepared by mahmmyboy. Lunch was a simple pumpkin porridge meal, with bee cheng hiang pork floss (brought from S'pore). Dinner was minced meat & carrot porridge for joshuaboy, and noodle soup with tofu, needle mushroom, carrot, minced meat for pappy & mahmmyboy. Yummy, & healthy.

Day 3.

Rented a car. Went to Thomas Land, which is situated at Otsuki (Fujiyoshida) very near to Mt Fuji. YES... Mt Fuji... we finally saw her right in front of us, as we were driving, looking for the right direction to Fuji Q Highland amusement park, which is home to Thomas Land. YES...Mt Fuji... AWESOME! really really AWESOME! The first time i saw her was travelling in the shinkansen, during our last trip. Today was the second time. The view, and the feeling of seeing her is indescribable (is there such a word?...call myself a teacher...) I tried to take a last glance at her on our way back to Tokyo. The sight of her is still vividly etched in my mind.

Back to Thomas Land. Joshuaboy of course was very excited when he saw his favourite 'ah tak'. That's the way he addresses 'Thomas the Tank Engine'. The admission to the amusement does not include the rides at Thomas Land. Each ride cost about 200 yen (S$3) for each adult. Luckily, joshuaboy does not need to pay any fare. We took Harold the helicopter ride, the truck ride, and Thomas the train ride. I managed to take a pic with joshuaboy with Mt Fuji at the background. The sun set rather early at this time of the year, at around 4 to 5 o'clock. The park was quite deserted when we left at 530pm. Dinner was sumptuous, to compensate for the-origini-lunch-in-the-car.

Day 2.

We ended the day by attending mass at Franciscian Chapel Centre at Roppongi. Wanted to start the day by going to the church first. But had to go back to get some paperwork done. I forgot to mention that we had left joshuaboy's stroller at the airport. I guess we were too eagerly to get out of the airport that day, or we are getting old...whatever lah...
Pappy seek the help of the hotel's staff to locate the stroller. Luckily, the stroller was still around, at the custom, at the airport. We had to pay a sum (1500yen)to get it sent to us. Hope we would get it asap. Joshuaboy is growing up, and his weight grows too. It will take a strong & tough guy to carry him. Poor pappy! He had to suffer...
As a result of those papperwork, we were late for the noon mass.