Woke up at 5:30 am this morning so I thought, what the heck, let’s go out and cycle around!

Here’s the latest update about my work: Due to some visa application delays, Square Enix has decided to push my working contract to the following month, meaning that I’ll start work on July 1st. I might go back to Malaysia after I receive my work permit. Will let you guys know.

I finally got my lazy ass to cycle my bike from the old home in Yoyogi to the current one last week. Had to clean it and remove some of the rust, haven’t cycled in a while! Now that the rainy days are over, it’s time to take it for a spin today.

My new home is now in West Shinjuku. It’s a really mysterious place, coz it’s so quiet and peaceful albeit being smacked right in the middle of the city. A city boy such as myself approves of this new enriching habitat ^^

To show you how close it is to the city, that’s the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku, only a 10-minute walk away from my apartment. Feels like living near the Petronas Twin Towers back home!

This is the usual road I take to the nearest train station. I seriously love Japan for its cleanliness and utmost safety, two major reasons why it’s hard for me to stay anywhere else.

Not many are awake yet at this time of the day. The sun is out very early though, this was taken at around 6 am.

There’s a decent amount of greenery in the surroundings, thanks to the people living here.

Some even grow beneath the vending machines!

Tokyoites have to follow a schedule on when to throw out what kind of garbage, you know, being eco-friendly and all. Thursdays are for recyclable stuff (newspapers, cardboards, etc.), Wednesdays and Saturdays are for burnable garbage, and the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month are for non-burnable garbage like glass items.

The nearest postbox from my apartment.

One thing I like about my neighbourhood is that there are a WHOLE LOT of cats around. I so LOVE cats!

Now that’s a lot of potted plants. Nice!

This place is so family-friendly that there are a total of six schools within a 10-minute walk radius from my apartment.

Here’s one of them, the Kanto International High School. The sight of that gate and the tree has already triggered a few anime scenes in my head.

A 2-in-1 special, Nishi-Shinjuku Elementary School and Kindergarten. I’m probably gonna walk my kid here one day hahahaha /delusion

The elementary school might look cramped earlier but its school ground is bigger than most of its Tokyo city counterparts.

Where there are kids, there will be playgrounds. Ooooh, that slide looks fun!

And a little garden for grownups who look after their children.

Ok time for a (canned) coffee break.

The mystery starts here. Leave this peaceful neighbourhood on this path…

…and the road widens a bit…

…and a minute later we arrive at a noisy and super busy highway! Whoa did they install an invisible sound filter or something?

Remember to always follow road rules even while riding a bicycle!

On the other side of the highway is a loooong line of relatively tall apartments.

To save space, some car parks are built vertically.

You can’t cycle for two minutes straight without the sight of another vending machine!

This is the usual street I walk through to do some shopping, eat and take the train.

A nice cute building smacked right into the corner.

Nearest station to my place. Just two stations away from Guinness Book of Record’s busiest train station in the WORLD, Shinjuku station.

Others prefer to take the Keio bus.

All the major konbinis (i.e. convenience stores in Japanese) are here in a row! Lawson is somewhere around the corner :) Talk about convenient!

It’s time to end the trip with some breakfast in one of my favourite eating spots, Matsuya.

Not in the mood for the breakfast set, so I settled with the usual Gyuumeshi (Beef Rice bowl)… and some raw egg, just like Rocky.

If you haven’t noticed yet, this is just an excuse to not post my room pics, since it’s not 100% ready yet :P Stay tuned for that!

Woo, been a while since I had a picture event post, hasn’t it?