March 2007-
First overseas trip with my primary school friend, Ting. We have known each other since Primary 3, i think? So its a long time already.
Finally got the chance to see Cherry Blossoms.. so pretty and in full bloom. Esp nice along the streets. And alot of japanese enjoy their picnic under the trees and in cool weather (abt 10-15 c). Even saw a group of office executives enjoying "picnic" in their shirts and ties. Interesting.
Bad thing i fell sick. First was lau sai. Then sore throat followed by cough. Become very weak on the 5th day. But still insist going for "Onsen". Nearly fainted after 15 mins inside hot spring.
Also had a "memorable" experience this trip. What happened was we were at Nakasaki (atomic bomb site) which is abt 2 hours away from Fukuoka. On our way to a famous shrine, this middle aged man wearing a grey suit came from behind us and asked for our passport, saying that he is a policeman. Of course we didnt believe and refused to show him our passports. We said we dont have it with us and we are rushing to take a train back to Fukuoka. Then he kept following us and worst of all he cant speak english well. So after 15 mins of chicken and duck talk, we said we will go to the police station. So if he is a fake, then he wont go.
He said he will call a police car to pick us up. We tell him NO, we will walk there. Safer so when anything happen, we can still run away. So we started walking and he led us to a small lane, away from the main road. As we walked, i was feeling uneasy. And he kept looking back. Halfway down the lane, a MPV stopped beside the road and 4 other men, also wearing suits came down. The guy with us acknowledged them and then the five of them wanted to get us into the car. At this point, my legs really went weak, believing they are some mafia group trying to kidnapped us. And the most senior guy really had a bad guy look with a terrible cheeky face.
We started to run and managed to stop a car, inside a female driver. Unfortunately she cant speak english too. And we kept asking for help, asked her to drive us to the police station. She refused, maybe didnt understand us. But she should have seen the fear in our faces.
Stuck with the situation, one of the man said we cant leave and that we are "under arrest".
Then I saw an empty cab behind the lady's car. So i said we will take a cab to the Police station, thinking no matter what, it is better than taking their car. The first guy wanted to take the same cab as us. And before he gets into the cab, we tell him NO, we are not going to take the cab with him inside. In the end, he left with no choice but to leave the two of us to take the cab.
Inside the cab, we kept telling the driver to take us to the police. Obviously he cant understand what we are saying as he keep refering to other things. Anyway he finally stopped infront of a 4 sty building with a chinese sign that says "Police". I was still skeptical. And the five men did not follow us. So we thought should we run away now?
Almost immediately another man came out of the building and asked us to go inside. Thereafter the five guys arrived. I was trying to look out for any person in police uniform or at least a lady but did not see any during the first five mins there.
They asked us to take a lift up to the 4th sty, to "their" office. We again refused, dunno what they will do to us. We tell them to talk at the lobby. And asked them what exactly they want. We asked if we show them our passports, will we be allowed to leave? They were extremely surprised to know that we are actually have passports. They must have thought we are illegal immigrants all along (Fukuoka is very near China and Korea).
Abt this time, i finally saw an uniformed policeman and began to accept that this is a REAL police station. They tell us that the police in Japan has a right to ask for any form of identification. But we argued that the police usually dont do that in our country. And no matter what, they should get a female police to come along.
The whole ordeal lasted abt an hour. Never ever experienced this type of situation before. And when i came back and relate the story to my family, my granny said that me falling sick must be caused by the fright. Then i realised that i started to lau sai that immediate night. So it must be that.
You might think this is really Drama but it is TRUE. Truer than true. But i was thinking, if we gave him the passport in the first place, all these wouldnt happened. What can he do? At most he run away with the passports. But at least we are safe.
If only.....
First overseas trip with my primary school friend, Ting. We have known each other since Primary 3, i think? So its a long time already.
Finally got the chance to see Cherry Blossoms.. so pretty and in full bloom. Esp nice along the streets. And alot of japanese enjoy their picnic under the trees and in cool weather (abt 10-15 c). Even saw a group of office executives enjoying "picnic" in their shirts and ties. Interesting.
Bad thing i fell sick. First was lau sai. Then sore throat followed by cough. Become very weak on the 5th day. But still insist going for "Onsen". Nearly fainted after 15 mins inside hot spring.
Also had a "memorable" experience this trip. What happened was we were at Nakasaki (atomic bomb site) which is abt 2 hours away from Fukuoka. On our way to a famous shrine, this middle aged man wearing a grey suit came from behind us and asked for our passport, saying that he is a policeman. Of course we didnt believe and refused to show him our passports. We said we dont have it with us and we are rushing to take a train back to Fukuoka. Then he kept following us and worst of all he cant speak english well. So after 15 mins of chicken and duck talk, we said we will go to the police station. So if he is a fake, then he wont go.
He said he will call a police car to pick us up. We tell him NO, we will walk there. Safer so when anything happen, we can still run away. So we started walking and he led us to a small lane, away from the main road. As we walked, i was feeling uneasy. And he kept looking back. Halfway down the lane, a MPV stopped beside the road and 4 other men, also wearing suits came down. The guy with us acknowledged them and then the five of them wanted to get us into the car. At this point, my legs really went weak, believing they are some mafia group trying to kidnapped us. And the most senior guy really had a bad guy look with a terrible cheeky face.
We started to run and managed to stop a car, inside a female driver. Unfortunately she cant speak english too. And we kept asking for help, asked her to drive us to the police station. She refused, maybe didnt understand us. But she should have seen the fear in our faces.
Stuck with the situation, one of the man said we cant leave and that we are "under arrest".
Then I saw an empty cab behind the lady's car. So i said we will take a cab to the Police station, thinking no matter what, it is better than taking their car. The first guy wanted to take the same cab as us. And before he gets into the cab, we tell him NO, we are not going to take the cab with him inside. In the end, he left with no choice but to leave the two of us to take the cab.
Inside the cab, we kept telling the driver to take us to the police. Obviously he cant understand what we are saying as he keep refering to other things. Anyway he finally stopped infront of a 4 sty building with a chinese sign that says "Police". I was still skeptical. And the five men did not follow us. So we thought should we run away now?
Almost immediately another man came out of the building and asked us to go inside. Thereafter the five guys arrived. I was trying to look out for any person in police uniform or at least a lady but did not see any during the first five mins there.
They asked us to take a lift up to the 4th sty, to "their" office. We again refused, dunno what they will do to us. We tell them to talk at the lobby. And asked them what exactly they want. We asked if we show them our passports, will we be allowed to leave? They were extremely surprised to know that we are actually have passports. They must have thought we are illegal immigrants all along (Fukuoka is very near China and Korea).
Abt this time, i finally saw an uniformed policeman and began to accept that this is a REAL police station. They tell us that the police in Japan has a right to ask for any form of identification. But we argued that the police usually dont do that in our country. And no matter what, they should get a female police to come along.
The whole ordeal lasted abt an hour. Never ever experienced this type of situation before. And when i came back and relate the story to my family, my granny said that me falling sick must be caused by the fright. Then i realised that i started to lau sai that immediate night. So it must be that.
You might think this is really Drama but it is TRUE. Truer than true. But i was thinking, if we gave him the passport in the first place, all these wouldnt happened. What can he do? At most he run away with the passports. But at least we are safe.
If only.....
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