Osaka Street: From the Window

Took a window seat on a bus, confused by strange time of bus departure i.e. 08:27AM, 7:44 AM, I saw people I could not reach, could not communicate

I saw people alone, as I was

Osaka Street

Wandering aimlessly in the streets of Osaka, a stranger sight seeing in the middle of nowhere

Train To Kyoto

Running for train to Kyoto in the sunny and bright morning, a hectic morning as usual.

Osaka Castle

One of a Landmark in Osaka, this castle was Taiko castle before.





















I remember read Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa long time ago and now in front of me there were the story of ups and downs of Taiko in every story of castle.

The story of Nobunaga, Taiko, Tokugawa, all now are clear to me, the intricacies behind it, politics and development of ancient Japan. All are displayed in nice dioramas
























Link
- Osaka Castle Wikipedia
- Osaka Castle Info

Osaka Harbour

Walk around aimlessly and watching people on Osaka harbour.

See people waiting, people mingling, people watching street performer.

Old Boys Inside The Ferris Wheel

So we got nothing to do, walk around in the city of Osaka.

And old boys still wanted to have fun in day time, so we climb Osaka Ferris Wheel and tried to see Osaka from above.

We made a joke, watching here and there, for minutes it was an amusement for sky is clear and Osaka is

Red Parrot Bar - Vungtao

Welcome my friends to Red Parrot Bar

the most friendly place in Vungtao in night time. this is the place where expatriate meet and relax after hours.

Heineken beer is only 16,ooo dong, or only one Singapore dollar (depend when you exchange your money)

Oh, did I mention about they are 22 or 26 years old? well at least that's what they said

From Above, Watching The Rain Came Down

Rainy days, and I saw double decker in bus station, It's been a long time I never ride double decker.

I can not remember when was double decker operated in Jakarta.

So I jumped in, climb the ladder and sat on front, watching the rain, watching everything from above and happy as a baby boy in his birthday.

And when I looked around, it seemed that I was the only one who'd been covered with happiness

Erskine Road

Erskine Road is near Chinatown, i like to stand there from dawn until dark and back to the hotel. A time killing before sleeping, watching people and empty street

Armenian Church Singapore

I went to Armenian Church in Singapore, it was empty and only two ladies were there, one was sitting in peace inside and other was from overseas and she wrote for her loving father in guest book.

This complex has two buildings, one is the church and other is two storey bungalow. while on the backyard there is a memorial garden for Armenians in Singapore. Not many Armenians in Singapore and Armenian street is just a short street.

I suddenly find name of Sarkies brothers are here, I remember Sarkies Hotel in Surabaya, and found out that he was the owner. Question is, why Armenian did business in Surabaya and not in Jakarta?

























External Links:
Armenian Church Singapore
Armenians in Singapore
Sarkies Brothers and their hotels in South Asia

Changi: My Favorite Place

These are my favorite places in Changi, Terminal 2 to be exact. A smoking room behind harry's bar in departure section, harry's sometimes playing good jazz and blues music.

There is also a smoking room for raffles class, business class, first class, you name it on second floor. But my chance for smoking in those classes is slim unless I take a trip more than 5 hours or travel department wrongly book me a ticket, which later I have to explain in writing for audit purpose why this happened.

Another place is in front of departure gate, before enter the airport, take one cigarette and later on take a trolley, check in and waiting for calling.