Saturday, May 19, 2018
I Have Everything I Need hr606
The next morning, I hurried to the restaurant in the hotel to be in time
for its breakfast serving time. I like to have breakfast especially at
this restaurant. I can get a slight taste of an overseas travel here and
a feeling that I were outside of Japan as most guests are from foreign
countries. I glutted myself with the breakfast buffet, got back to the
room, packed, and checked out. I transferred the hotel’s free bus at the
airport to the express bus to Tokyo Disney Resort this time. I often
visit there but don’t enter the parks that are too crowded all the time.
Instead, I usually hang around the surrounding hotels and the shopping
district. This visit was no exception and I went directly into the movie
theater. The object was to see ‘Star Wars The Last Jedi’. It was the
third time to see it in the theater and the film won glory as one of my
best three movies in my lifetime so far. I had never been sold on any
Star Wars movies until I saw this particular one. They were mere
melodramas in the galaxy to me. But the one before ‘The Last Jedi’
turned the tide and this one blew me away completely. It has deepened my
emotions every time I see it. It was too touching for me to stop crying
at the very last scene, again. The story is very much like a film
‘Tomorrowland’ that is the best movie of my life. Both films tell about
hope and if ‘Tomorrowland’ was made in a Star Wars setting, it would be
‘The Last Jedi’. I’m constantly afraid of not being recognized as a
musician forever because my likings rarely agree with others. For the
person like me, it’s a big relief when a favorite movie becomes a
blockbuster. It literally gives me hope. Later on, I bought gadgets of
R2-D2 and BB-8 that respond to my voice and talk back. I’ve enjoyed
talking with them everyday. After the movie, I had a snack at a Mexican
fast-food restaurant because it had happy hour that made margarita half
price. A clerk there made a mistake for my order in a good way and gave
me one more guacamole for free. Then I had a cafe latte at a bakery cafe
in one of Disney hotels. Although the place was near empty, a cue of
customers began to form outside. It was getting longer in a matter of
minutes. It turned out that the sale time for freshly-baked croquette
sandwiches was approaching and people were waiting to get them. Japanese
people really love to stand in line for fresh food even though it’s
expensive. Their strong zest for something hot from the oven is amazing,
which I never understand. I saw the fireworks of the park from the same
shopping district for free and headed for Tokyo Station by train to
catch the bullet train home I’d booked at 35 percent off. At the
station, I got croissants and a pork bowl both at half price by a
closeout sale that were left unsold and old, and had dinner with them on
the bullet train instead of at a restaurant. All in all, my trip cost
so little for a luxury savor I could felt. Only, I was kind of blue as
the exciting trip was coming to an end now while the train was sending
me back to a sober, indifferent small town where my plain daily life
exists...
Labels:
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BB-8,
BULLETTRAIN,
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Star Wars,
THE LAST JEDI,
Tokyo Disney Resort,
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