"Don't cry lah.
Sure will meet again one"
what I told the girls,
who were hugging at the train station before returning
After almost three days of craziness we had, it was the parting time when everyone had to return to our respective places. Some had to take flights all the way back to Hokkaido up north, some went for the conventional train, some preferred taking buses while some just walked back to their places. The jokes we shared, the gossips we spread among all of us during the couple of days had to come to an end and it was the time for everyone to get back to our work and studies. Despite so, we still wanted to use up the remaining times together on the last day doing crazy things and what else is there better to do than karaoke. As for the other half, they decided to go to Odaima, a man-made island with the new kohai's batch. Before we started going insane at the karaoke, we had our buffet lunch at an Italian restaurant. I have lost my count on the number of times I went for buffet meals in Tokyo in the last two months and I guess I just have to stop myself from going to these buffet meals when I pay a visit to Tokyo again the next time. Otherwise, I guess I will become one of the most suitable candidate to sign up to be the mascot wearing a Doraemon suit distributing free tissues very soon.
There were nine of us there and we split into two rooms but the thing I found it uncomfortable is the size of the rooms. It looked like it is more likely to fit a couple inside the tiny little rooms. Ignoring that, we just squeezed ourselves inside the rooms and started singing and shouting away for hours. As the final song of the karaoke session, we sang Crawling by Linkin Park and we were merely shouting away, instead of singing. Even if there happened to be an earthquake at that moment, we would not know it either. Unsurprisingly, every single of us got a sore throat at the end of that song. I was just amazed how one song could take away my voice.
By the way, I bet most of the people didn't know about this: the word karaoke originally came from a Japanese word kara (empty) and it is combined with oke (orchestra). Now you know you are performing an empty orchestra all this while.
Similar with the picture above, but with Sii Lee exchanging place with Bao Cong.
It started to drizzle later that evening and there were not many choices of places to go under such circumstances. I bid farewell to that karaoke group because I was joining a dinner organised by the senpais who originated from Nagaoka Kosen. I missed the similar dinner last year and of course I would not want to make it two in a row. There were twelve people in total who came that evening and we went to a Pakistani restaurant for our dinner.
From left: Qian Yi, Ebby, Fong Zyin, Joann, me, Sean, Seng Chye, JPA, Kit How, Hasan, Lee Wei.
There were some fuss occurred on our orders after some miscommunication with the waiter but it was settled eventually. Putting that incident on one side, we began sharing stories and experience and it was an enjoyable dinner together. Kudos to the senpais who kept the tradition of having a dinner during the Golden Week break every year going after all these years.
Taken from a different corner, with Liew Ching (fourth from the left) inside the picture this time.
It was almost the time for the departure of our train and we just assemble around Shinjuku station with the rest. Just like the case of the first day when we played the waiting game before everyone arrived, it was the opposite this time. Everyone has different time of leaving and the huge group slowly got lesser, smaller and more silent as the clock ticked away. To fill our time waiting there, we talk, we crap, we look at people rushing and running around the station and we camwhore for the last few times.
Mior was there and I got to meet up with him after more than a year. 
Cedric got that black Spongebob from a kiap kiap game. 
I am not that tall, right? This is just a picture illusion. 
Joyce, who was holding some silica gel inside a packet of cookies was smarter here as she asked the two of us to take our pictures on a staircase.
I don't have to mention here who stood on the higher step. I did post up a picture of a pair of twins
previously, but if there is an award for the most identical twins in PPKTJ, I am quite sure the accolade will most probably be going to this pair, hands-down.
Chee Wei and Joyce are not related whatsoever.
Any pairs who think they can beat this twins?
P/S: This is the last part of the Golden Week entries this year and thanks for reading. Here are the rest of the earlier entries.
