Sourcing for Travelling Bags + Equipments

5th June 2010: It was a public holiday in Malaysia. So a lot of shopping complexes started their sales on last Friday (4th June 2010). As I needed to work over the weekend, so I thought I would miss out those sales. But who knows, after a day of hard work, hubby called me and told me that he wanted to fetch me after work. He wanted to go shop for bags for our travelling. What we have all along is a bigger suitcase and it cannot fit into the station lockers in Japan. Do take note that most lockers in Japanese train stations are only about a foot square and 2 feet deep.


(Note: This image is captured from the website: http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/Resources/International/Japan/whattotake.php. This website is meant for students who wish to do Summer Programme in Japan. But we find that the information in this website is very useful for anyone who wishes to travel to Japan so I share the link here.)

All along, we thought wanted to get a travel backpack. But after we tried on it, I realized it was a bit too big to carry around. And just imagine when the bag is full of things and yet still need to carry it on our back and walk around with it. I told hubby, I am not going to carry it since it will be heavy. Hubby also find it not so convenient to carry it around. So we ended up, after some searching, we decided to buy a 22” suitcase which can fit into the station’s locker.

On Sunday, we went shopping again after my work. This round is to go to Low Yat Plaza to buy an extra memory card for our camera. Besides is also to search for a ‘Day Pack’. We have been searching for quite some time to find a suitable one. This ‘Day Pack’ is our second bag to carry the camera, travelling maps, pen, dictionary, water bottle and others. Finally we found a design which both of us like and the size is not too big at the Camel Active counter in one of the departmental stores. Hehe, hubby and I were so excited about it!!

The things we have bought over the weekend to equip ourselves for the trip... A suitcase, a ‘Day Pack’ and a memory card for camera ~


Suitcase: This is an old model so it has 70% discounts during the sales. After discount, price at RM 207.00.

Day Pack: We had been looking for quite some time to buy a ‘Day Pack’ similar to this. But all we saw was only 10% discount and the designs looked quite old. Finally saw this design which both of us like it very much. And best of all is, this bag has 20% discounts during the sales at ‘Tangs’ in Pavilion. After discount, price at RM128.00.

Memory Stick for Camera: We went to Low Yat Plaza thinking of repairing a handphone cover. But ended up bought the memory card when we passed by the Sony Centre. No discount for this. Price at RM99.00 for 4GB memory.

Phew.... we settled another thing which we need to prepare for our trip. The next one, I suppose should be the visa application when the date is nearer ^_^