11 November: Departing Osaka... and Home Sweet Home

The only item in the itinerary was "Home Sweet Home". In fact, this was the morning that we didn't take our own sweet time 'cos we knew there's a flight to catch, especially it had been raining since the night before... better be early than be sorry.

At 9.15 am, we checked out from the hotel and scroll over to the bus stop to wait for the limonusine bus.

Something I admire the Japanese is really their efficiency and punctuality. Just a couple of minutes before the bus arrived, one of the ground crew started tagging of the luggage, etc. And at exactly 9.40 am, the bus departed the station!

Here's my 18kg luggage (just 4 kg more...)

Because of the rain, it took almost one hour to arrive at the airport. Anway we were still early! Ah! Amongst the first to checkin to get the boarding pass!

After clearing the immigration point, we still had almost 2 hours. Well, well... what other better pastimes than shopping!!! Hahaha... getting the best bargains is definitely not my forte. To me, shopping is very straightforward. Have a target, look for the item and pay!

Anyway, over the years, I've sharpened my strategy of buying things! Anything that's available in the airport - Buy last! Buy at the airport... then it will not add on to the 20kg limit. Of course, have to strike a balance too! Else will be too bulky and troublesome to hand carry! Well, well... managed to squeeze the 7 boxes of stuff into the haversack.

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In-flight...

The flight departed slightly late (around 1.15 pm Japan hours)... but we were informed that we'll arrive at 6.35 pm (Singapore time), about 25 minutes ahead of time!

Here's our special meal - the low fat meal! Heng-ah! no more rabbit food. Presented to us was a piece of beef! Don't care - just whack!!! hahaha... Still could not get over the 'rabbit food' we got in the inbound flight... felt so deprived...

Well, guess what we had for dessert? It's a banana! So nicely wrapped... while others enjoyed a cup of ice-cream :( So, it's not just rabbit food, but also monkey food???? (to conclude this trip?)

Watched 3 in-flight movies:

• Julie & Julia
• Time Traveler's Wife
• 游龙戏凤