Now everyone can visit Japan

Malaysians to be exempt from Japan visas from July 1

June 26, 2013        

Malaysian short-term tourists to Japan need not apply for visas from July 1, the Japanese government said yesterday.

The new visa exemption also applied to travellers from Thailand while those from the Philippines and Vietnam will be issued with multiple-entry visas good for three years, stated abs_cbnnews.com quoting Kyodo News.

The visa exemptions will in principle apply to those who hold chip-embedded passports.

For short-term visitors from Indonesia, the duration of stay on a multiple-entry visa will be extended to 30 days from the current 15 days, effective Monday, according to the Foreign Ministry.

"I hope these measures will further develop exchanges between Japan and the countries concerned, such as through an increase in the number of tourists to Japan from those countries and greater convenience in business," Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told a news conference in Tokyo. - June 26, 2013.


Source : http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysians-to-be-exempt-from-japan-visas-from-july-1/

Jerebu oh Jerebu....

Pagi tadik bangun2 tengok kelam je kat luar ... pastu kluar rumah sebab nak gi merendek kat One Utama, skali tengok teruknye jerebu ... semalam mcm ok... today is really bad ... aku rase last year it wasn't this bad ...

Dari sri gombak menuju ke batu caves

Heading towards kepong

Depan One Utama mase nak balik ... lagi teruk dari pagi tadik 

Btw, sape2 yg lom tengok Monster's University, aku suggest pegi la tengok ... mmg best and klakar ...

Visa no longer required to enter Japan??!!

Okeh if this is true, i am one happy camper ...

Gov't to exempt Thai, Malaysian tourists from visa requirement

The government plans to exempt short-term tourists from Thailand and Malaysia from having to obtain a visa and incorporate the measure into an envisaged action program to help spur the nation's tourism industry, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.

The exemption is in line with the government's goal of more than tripling the overall annual number of Japan-bound travelers to over 30 million by 2030, the sources said. The action program will be adopted on Tuesday by ministers in charge.

Japan-bound travelers from the two countries are currently issued multiple-entry visas enabling holders to enter Japan as often as they want during the validity period.

The government is considering the start of multiple-entry visas for travelers from other Southeast Asian countries as well, they said.

In 2012, a total of 8.37 million foreigners traveled to Japan, with Thailand and Malaysia accounting for 390,000 of them.

==Kyodo

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130610/govt-exempt-thai-malaysian-tourists-visa-requirement

3D2N Singapore - Day 1 #Part 2

Lepas dapat tido sejam dua, baru rase segar balik .... dah freshen up and tunaikan segala kewajipan yg patut, aku pun kluar untuk activity seterusnye, menerjah Gardens by the Bay... nak pegi sini , amik MRT to Bayfront station .. dari situ just follow the signboard ...

Keluar2 dari station ni, bleh nampak MBS on your left ...

Dari situ, kene menapak sket ... aku follow the crowd jer ... dah sampai kat tepi tasik ape name ntah tu, terus la bleh nampak Supertree tu.... they are really huge!!!

Sebenarnye aku tak brape sure what to expect / what to see here... motip utama, nak amik gambar time malam.. so kirenye nak melepak2 je la kat area2 situ...sesambil snap2 gambo ape2 yg patut kan... so aku pun pusing2 la kat area lake tu... jalan punye jalan last2 sampai mcm area center stage gitu, tempat org dok queue beli tiket segala... then baru aku ternampak notice pasal light show Garden Rhapsody kul 7.45pm ... okeh so aku target nak tunggu light show tu la ... tapi lamenye lagik nak tunggu... jenuh pusing sane sini... sebenarnye kalau berduit lebey, boleh la masuk Flower Dome segala, tapi memandang trip bajet, mane2 tempat yg ade entrance fees tak termasuk dalam plan aku...

Dari tempat beli2 tiket tu, aku menapak pegi ke Supertree Grove...

Bila dok pusing2 bawah these gigantic tree structure, nampak the skyway kat pokok tu sangat2 tempting ... hahaha tetiba je datang idea gile nak naik atas ... padahal tak sedar diri tu gayat yg hamat ... tengok2, tiket nak naik atas tu just 5 dollars... wah wah still cheap nih... so aku dengan berani nye terus beli tiket tanpa pk panjang ...

Time ni seb baik queue tak panjang sangat ... dalam 15 minutes gitu jer ... lame sebabnye lift nak naik atas tu bleh muat dalam 8 org gitu jer.. .pastu mase utk dok kat atas adelah 15 minutes saje for each person ... cehh.... gilos kejap ( konon la kejap kan) ...

Skyway ni naik from one end, and turun from the other end ... okeh bile dah sampai turn aku, mmg teruja gilos nih.... tapi bile dah masuk lift tu, shit, berdebar2 nak mampos la plak... dah seram sejuk satu badan...hahahhaa padan muka... dah tau gayat, sape suh gatal2 kaki tangan nak naik gak kan... then again dalam kegayatan yg amat tu, dapat jugak la aku snap gambo sekeping dua ...

Tak lame aku kat atas tu.. dalam 10 minit je kot .... ke less than that... gayat weh gayat ... sesambil nak tunggu kul 7.45pm, aku ronda2 area tu konon2 nak carik makan, tapi semua tempat full... hampa sungguh...

Dah agak penat pusing2, aku pun amik port dekat bawah2 pokok tu sesambil nak tunggu light show tu .. dah tak larat nak jalan... dok je la situ cuci mate and snap2 ape2 yg patut ...

Kul 7.45pm, the Garden Rhapsody starts ... mmg best la tengok light show kat supertree tu ...

Puas hati dapat tengok show nih walaupun kejap je.. aku rase dalam 15 mins je kot ... dah abis show, aku pun menapak semula ke Bayfront MRT ... tapi this time aku lalu ikut depan MBS .. sebab nak amik gambo skyscrappers time mlm ...

Ternyata aku gagal nak amik gambo bangunan yg lawa2 tu... walaupun dah angkut tripod yg boleh tahan beratnye tu... skill tak cukup lagik....haisshhh... kecewa ... time ni badan pun dah penat, kaki pun dah rase mcm nak seret je ni, so i called it a day ... amik mrt balik ke bugis ... pastu singgah Zamzam jap tapau nasik beriyani kambing... nyum nyum .... balik hostel, blasah dulu nasik beriyani, mandi manda pastu zzzzz ....

3D2N Singapore - Day 1 #Part 1

Trip taken mase cuti Wesak Day haritu... tujuan utama sebab nak gi S.E.A Aquarium of which tiket aku dah beli mase matta fair bulan 3 .... mcm biase, trip bajet semput, so hanya mampu naik train amik class paling murah and duduk backpackers hostel jer la kan ..

Dari KL, aku amik train to Woodlands .. kali ni amik seating coach saje, rega tiket RM34 one way ( RM68 return ) ...

Nak dijadikan citer, ntah cemane, lepas park Ms JZ kat Putrajaya Sentral, aku boleh tak terambik henpon aku yg aku letak kat seat sebelah... henpon tu sebenarnye mcm terselit sket in between seat tu, so agaknye tu pasal la aku tak prasan... dah tu, dari mase beli tiket erl sampai la aku kat surau kat kl sentral, boleh plak aku tak check2 langsung henpon ( nampak sangat takde sape rajin nak kontek aku within that 1.5 hour period kan... hahaha ) ... alih2 lepas solat isyak, aku nak sms family aku cakap aku dah sampai kl sentral, sat lagik nak naik train ... skali carik punye carik then baru prasan henpon ku tarak.. time ni mmg cuak abis ... ni first time aku nak jenjalan tapi tak bawak henpon.... gelabah giler... pastu aku plak time tu mmg tak tau whether tertinggal dalam kete ke, ke tercicir kat mane2 ker... last2 pusing satu kl sentral carik public tepon ( after not using for so many years ) , calling2 akak aku suh abg ipar aku barkan the line .. sebabnye line tu name abg ipar aku.... aku tukang pakai jer... seb baik la berjaya barkan cecepat.. takut gak kalau betul2 ilang ke , kene copet ngan sesape ke... tak pepasal kene bayar bill ratus2 kan...

Okeh dah settle pasal henpon ilang tu, terus la aku naik atas kat Gate B .... penuh je org nunggu train.... rasenye full house la kot ... cuti skolah dah start kan...

Lepas train gerak , aku pun memulakan activity pegi mencari makanan kat kantin dalam train tu.... seb baik kantin tu kan dalam coach sebelah coach aku ni jer.. so takde la kene jalan jejauh kan ... dapat la aku beli nasik goreng satu... rega masih lagik RM5.50 satu bekas ... lepas kenyang, baru la mate start nak lelap...

Honestly speaking, my body skang dah tak brape boleh nak tahan being in a seating position for 7 hours ++ ... satu badan sakit ... dah tak tau nak adjust seating position cemane dah ... kejap pusing belah kiri, kejap belah kanan, kejap bersila, kejap kaki ke bawah, kejap satu kaki atas seat.... tensen tensen... pastu lagik tensen bile sorang pacik chinese yg duduk belah aku ni plak sedap2 nak concur seat ...tau la bontot aku kecik and tak dapat cover satu seat tu, tapi jgn la ko sedap2 nak amik space seat aku... hangin hangin ... tak dapat nak tido lena dalam train ...

Seb baik train tak brape nak delay ... sampai kat Woodlands dalam 6.40am ... isi borang and bratur kat immigration, by 7.15am dah settle .... serius ramai gilos org naik train kali nih ... queue kat immigration tu mmg kaw2 nye panjang ... kluar dari checkpoint, menapak pegi tempat amik bas ..... tunggu kejap, nampak ade bus no 178 brenti... terus aku naik bas ni pegi Woodlands MRT ... tambang $1.10  ...

Kali ni aku decide nak beli EZLink card plak.. sebab lepas aku wat kire2 , aku rase lagi jimat kalau aku gune card ni.... so bile dah sampai kat Woodlands MRT tu, aku pegi kat kaunter Passenger Services utk beli card ni... rega card $12 , of which $5 rega card and $7 adelah value yg kite bleh gune ... pastu card tu bleh pakai for the next 5 years ( every year nak repeat singapore ker?? hahaha) ....

Now EZLink card dah ade, boleh la kite mulakan perjalanan pegi ke hostel ... hostel yg aku nak duduk ni adelah hostel yg same jugak dengan hostel yg aku duduk mase jan aritu ( ehhh tak serik2 lagik??)  ... Okeh mase tengah jalan kaki dari Bugis MRT pi arab street tu kan, tetiba je ade sorang mamat ( rupe sangat tak memberangsangkan ) bagi salam ... woohooo terkejut badak ko... sebabnye aku dah la ala2 half dead gitu... dengan tak cukup tido, dengan badan melekit mcm tak mandi seminggu ... tetiba je org bagi salam plak ... sesungguhnye aku sangat takde mood nak melayan okeh... pastu mamat tu mulakan ayat2 yg aku rase mcm nak cakap, 'Ur pickup line is so lame, please go away!' ... disebabkan aku buat layan tak layan je, last2 mamat tu cakap takpe la die nak pegi masjid sultan ... aku pun tak cakap ape2 dah .. terus la cross jalan pegi ke hostel ... tapi dalam hati cuak2 gak takut nanti bile kluar dari hostel, tengok2 mamat yg ntah ape2 tu dok tunggu depan traffic lite depas masjid sultan tu ke, tak ke naya.. mane aku nak larik....

Plan aku sebenarnye mmg nak letak beg je dulu kat hostel, then datang balik utk check in kul 2pm nanti ... skali mamat yg jaga reception tu kate ade satu katil lower bunk ( as per my request mase booking aritu) yg available.. tapi diorang tak pasang cadar lagik, so aku kene tunggu kejap ... aku kate takpe, biar aku check-in , then sesambil aku mandi manda tu, pandai2 korang la nak siapkan ape2 yg patut... so aku berjaya check-in at 9am ... rase lega sangat sebab dapat mandi manda, baring seround dua ... pas siap2, sempat la pi breakfast roti bakar kat pantry hostel tu... tengah2 makan2 tu, tetiba ujan plak... so aku pun bermalas-malasan kat pantry tu sesambil layan citer Battleship kat tv.... ni dah takde gaya org pi jalan2 nih.... ala2 lepak sakan mcm kat umah jer nih .... boleh tahan jugak lebat ujan time tu.... by 11.30am kot baru la aku kluar bilik ... plannye nak gi Mustafa sebab nak pi shopping jam.... tapi serius mcm malas nak berjalan nak2 lepas hujan kan, so aku end up pusing kat kg glam dulu ...

Tengah pusing2 tu, perut bunyik2 plak.. so singgah kat Kg Glam Cafe for heavy lunch ...

Lunch rega 3.50 dollars 

Dah makan kenyang, mate pun dah start ngantuk ... tapi aku gagahkan kaki pegi Bugis junction dulu.. nak survey2 jam kat situ dulu.. kot2 ade yg berkenan dihati ...

Lepas pusing lebey kurang, takde pun jam yg menarik minat and within my budget, so aku balik semula ke hostel and layan mate sebab dah ngantuk tahap gaban ..... terus la zzzz , sedar2 dah kul 4pm ....