mOuNt fUji – cOnquErEd!!! yAy~

July 22, 2008, a truly historical moment in my life, when I finally ascended the submit of Mt Fuji. Haha.. ok.. I know its abit 夸张, but at the point when I was at the top, its truly how I felt.

Started off with shopping in the early noon of 21st for supplies for the hike. This is where the 100yen shops in Japan get really useful. You can buy lots of things in the shop, all at 100yen only~ I got like 4 torches because each torch can supposedly last me 40mins only.. haha.. bought like 6Litres of water to bring up cuz, kanashii koto ni (sadly), I was suffering from sorethroat that day. Got some snickers bar and a few onigiris (riceballs) to 充饥 when I feel hungry during the hike. Oh oh, had to get black tape too.. haha.. cuz had to tape the torches to my backpack, army style.. keke..

After meeting sai, leona, minchu, and ian at Shinjuku west bus terminal, the bus reached the 5th station of Mount Fuji around 8pm in the eve. Usually, hikers began on the 5th station instead of starting from the very bottom. By the time we reached there, most of the shops were closed and we weren’t really able to get any proper dinner. After dilly-dallying at a shop for close to an hr.. we finally braced ourselves and started the long arduous journey.

b4 moving off~

The road was absolutely pitch-dark so I was relieved that I did indeed get torches in the end. Well, if u dun have one, make sure 75% of the grp u r going with each has one. But I still recommend a torch for each individual cuz many times, the route during the hike only permits one person at a time and tts y even then, ur friends will find it really tough to shine the way for u.

The journey from the 5th to the 6th station was relatively short and not so difficult. Of cuz, there were some parts of the slope that were steep, but the main problem was trying to stay within the path because as it was so dark, you cant really tell where the edge of the cliff is.

on the 6th station~

The next few stations were really tough. Some parts we encountered steep slopes with soft sand such that everytime we took a step forward, we fall half a step back. haha.. It was so exhausting and puts a real strain on ur calves. And there were some parts where we practically had to climb up the rocks that it somehow resembled rock-climbing by now. The only difference is this time, you aren’t suspended by a safety rope. =p Well. Ok lah.. the slope isn’t vertical like the rock climbing walls we hav in Singapore, it slants more so not too bad ba. I love these types more, because I find it so much more easier to climb with a solid foothold, and its so exciting at times. It’s actually not that dangerous you know, the only danger you have is knocking ur knees against high rocks (like minchu and me), or breaking ur pretty nails like sai~ =p

nearing 8th station~

The hike from stations to stations was littered with small huts, with area for people to catch their breath and take a rest. I find it very gd because it provides motivation to people as they form smaller goals for people climbing.. instead of saying, “4hrs to the top~”, they can break down the distance into smaller timings.. and say like “only 30mins to the next hut” and slowly slowly the goal of ascending the submit would be achieved subconsciously. Not only that, these huts provide stamping services! Most people who climb Mt fuji usually bring/buy a stick to use as a kind of a walking stick. So at the various huts, they will imprint a symbol that you have been pass there b4, of cuz not w/o a price of 200yen each. Although only sai and I din get the pole, only Leona was keen on collecting them and looking at her pole after the hike, I have to say that her stick looks really impressive with all the stamps on it. It just looked so pretty. =)

not leona's stick.. its just how the stamps look like..

What else was how beautiful the sky was.. it was beyond imagination. The clear dark blue sky was filled with plenty of stars.. plus the moon was so clear and near.. the night view was just so pretty. Also, along the way, because of the amt of people climbing mount fuji, and since almost all of them have torches of their own lighted up, when u look up the mountain, the long procession of lights was just amazing! I tried to capture it on my camera, but apparently, it doesn’t turn out as nice. guess there are some things u must experience first-hand to fully appreciate its beauty. =)

aww... poor thing~

But the long procession got really crowded and almost non-moving towards the summit of the mountain. We were scheduled to reach the summit in time for actual sunrise, but I was kind of panicking during the last stretch cuz we seemed so far away and dawn was breaking already.

dawn brEaking~

To the extent I was abit piss with ian lah.. haha.. abt halfway from the journey up, he keep complaining he cant take it lah.. need lots of rest and being negative abt the climb. I pushed him throughout the 2nd half of the climb, giving him encouragement lah.. but towards the end, when the summit was in view, he keep saying he wanna give up liao, at that time dawn breaking liao and I was kinda panicking, so my patience wasn’t really tt great anymore, but I just keep pushing him. I just dun understand, I mean, Leona and minchu hasn’t complain abit, although sai was like very tired liao, but she also pushed on w/o complaining. But I guess he isn’t really that into sports ba.. plus he got status for army .. maybe that’s why ba..

Although the climb was like tough and dirty, cold and rough, it was all worth it when dawn broke and when the sun rose. Lucky we made it just in time.. else I would have kicked ian down the mountain.. haha.. but the scene was really beyond description. Shall just let pics do the talking for me..

sun rising~
coming out~
just abit more~
sunrise!!!
faNtaStic viEw~
bEautifuL mouNtaiNs iN tHe cLouds~
prEtty sKy~
iaN n mE~
suNrisE tRio~
kuNgfu maStEr~
dueLLing dual~

But as always, once u enjoyed the most beautiful part, whatever comes after that is down. As we made our way down, I was cursing n swearing almost every min. The path down was, not the same as how we came up definitely.. go down by the way we come up, with so many close-to-vertical-climb-cliffs, I think we will just fall to our deaths. haha.. the way down was simple enough, but extremely tedious, no less. The slopes were relatively steep, but what’s worst abt the terrain was that it was very slippery. Every step out has a 50% chance of making u slip and fall on ur big fat bottom. Haha..

sittiNg oN tHe cLouds~

And it wasn’t helped with ian’s height phobia. When we just began our descent, he din even dare to move an inch because the route which we were taking has no barricades along the cliffs. I almost had to drag him along lah.. but im impressed with him because at least he dared face his fears.. I really admire such people cuz usually people will run away from their problems instead of facing and overcoming them. Ok.. although I think if I ask him to do such a height-challenging task again, he may still freak out.. wahaha.. but still.. I think its gd job!

oN tHe cLiff~

When we came down back to the fifth station, surprisingly my legs wasn’t tt suan lah but shoulders were!!! Think cuz I overpacked ba.. brought too many clothes.. that night it wasn’t tt cold, but probably only that nite happened to be that well ba. I think its always better to overpack tho, just in case meet a really cold nite.. =p

baCk dowN!!! wHat an aChievemEnt~

Even though I was quite tired when I reached home ard 3pm, I still pushed myself not to slp till eve, because if I slpt then, I don’t think I would be able to slp when I wake in the night close to 11pm. And I cant afford not to be able to slp cuz the next morn im going to nikko~ haha.. bz life~ enjoy enjoy life in Japan.. keke..~

But the first thing I did when I reached home was to take a long warm bath~ I felt so dirty lah.. it was so disgusting.. plus, my whole shoes was so sandy.. it was unbearable lah.. went abt doing some laundry lah.. had a good dinner then off to slp le~ next up.. nikko!!! =p

odaiBa~

odaiba~

headed down to odaiba last sun (20th july).. even though i hav only been there twice.. and i haven't really explored the whole area.. i soooo love the place.. from what i know.. odaiba is one of the most romantic places in tokyo~ the beach is not exactly the cleanest, the water is not that clear as well.. but the atmosphere just makes u so relax and calm.. sitting at one part of the beach and enjoy the beautiful scenery is just so relaxing.. everything is so peaceful.. just makes u forget all your worries..

daiba littLe hK~
cHoco foNduE~

the first time i went, i din have much time to explore.. only managed to go to one of the mega shopping complex to walk ard and have chinese dinner.. tho i din manage to walk ard much then.. i could tell it was very beautiful le..

viNtagE car~

this time i went, i explored the places i haven't been to, nearer the beach area and the shopping centers there cuz have to shop for omiyage (souvenirs) mah.. and, i made a stunning discovery.. there is a Statue of Liberty in Japan! haha.. no kidding.. felt kinda weird when i saw it cuz it should be in U.S.. but this version is much smaller ba.. i dun really know when they build one here tho... haha..

wHat is tHe stAtuE of libErty dOiNg hEre?

on my way back towards the shopping arcade, caught this person performing.. i think he's pretty amazing.. reminds me abit of my junior, pykhodkq, because the things the perform with slightly the same.. haha..


just a prelude here because the others are too large though more comprehensive~


a longer version but angle not so gd, plus the idiot in front of me keep fidgeting.. slap him arh!

too bad i couldn't spend a longer time there because on that day, i woke really late (aww.. so surprising.. haha..) and by time i got there, it was close to 5pm le.. so anyway, i din manage to cover the whole area again.. hope i get to go there once more b4 i return to Singapore.. it's definitely one place i would miss when i think of Japan.. *sigh*

nigHt scEnaRy of odaiBa - tHe raiNbOw bRidgE~

gHibLi musEuM~

entraNce to gHibLi~

wEnt to mitaka to visit the gHibLi musEuM on juLy 12~ haha.. tt was almost 2 weeks ago liao, but paiseh that the entRies are lagging~ had exams, plis alot of reports to submit somemore.. but now.. its different.. 今もう夏休みだった～ haha.. hmm.. well.. entries will still be lagging i guess because now i finally can enjOy myself le.. and its the last days of my Japan adventure..
awww... so sad~

tOp of muSeum~

so we went to this museum, and we had to pre-book the tix like 2 weeks in advance ok.. it was hot property! even tho we went on a weekend, i heard it is as crowded even on weekdays.. well, for those who dunno.. ghibli was responsible for many many Japananese animation, and not those B-grade, C-grade one hor.. famous titles like "Castle in the Sky", "Spirited away", the one in which totoro is in.. and an upcoming film, puupuri or something.. i cant rem the title exactly but the main character is like a pink animation person-fish.. all by gHibLi..

skEtChes~

the place was really beautiful.. abeit abit small.. there were drawings and sketches everywhere that i think are so pretty.. but im not allowed to take pics inside the museum!!! arghh... wats the point right? well.. being me.. i sneaked around regardlessly and snap away when i could.. haha.. it wasn't easy u know.. there were staff everywhere.. and i got caught many times lah.. ian was his usual lame self.. saying that if i got caught more than 5 times they will kick me out~ haha.. but they were nice.. they even wait for me to finish taking the pic then they tell me im not supposed to take pics there.. now i feel bad~ but seriously, i think i got caught so many times they recognise me liao lo.. haha..

more skEtches~

and we even caught a short 15mins animation clip in the theatre in it.. no dialogues, no big robots, no flying dragons, nothing too fancy but beautifully animated.. and tho it was short, there was abit of a plot and it was kinda touching in the end..

fRaMed and water-coloured~

nice tho the place was, i felt it was abit small and i expected more.. like, more drawings and methods of animation.. well.. not that they din have it, but i expected it to be more large scale given the name of gHibLi..

iNtErior~me! as u can see.. buy souvenirs again.. haha~

after visiting the place made me think much abt my future.. i mean.. i am supposed to be doing these stuff , animations, graphics.. in future.. so i shld know abit of these stuff by now.. but i have to admit.. really.. my skill level is at zero. All i have done so far is a CS3241, computer graphics.. but even tt is so long ago i can barely remember the techniques and everything.. and sometimes, how i wish i could draw.. i think being able to draw helps alot, because then i dun have to rely on others to give me pics to animate le (tt is if i can animate lah)..

cAstLe in tHe sKy~ backview~

im don't think im worried tt much abt getting a job, but terribly worried if i can get one in my field of study.. i really wanna do animations for movies, or secondary, design games.. but worried. Just recently, applied for internship for Lucasfilm, Singapore. Even though it would have delayed my graduation by half a year cuz the intern is from aug to dec but i am willing to do so because i dun wanna grad in this manner.. should have done internship last june de lo.. damn reservist! in anycase, my application was rejected, no less because of my mediocre resume..

grp pic at tHe tOp!

*sigh* 船到桥头自然直.. Just hope things will pan out nicely for me in the coming year.. ok.. i gotta rush out le.. heading to nikko!!! after a tiresome mt. Fuji ytrdae.. hope i can tahan.. haha..

a mystEry to aLL bUt yOu~

Ever since dunno when, i haven't ate this delicious little thing. Like.... close to a month ago? You can never imagine how nice is it of course, but inside it is so rich with chocolate with the crispy crust surrounding it. Not entirely filled with chocolate lah.. definitely.. how to make money lydat.. keke.. Nevertheless, it never fails to sweeten up my day!

It's almost everywhere, but im so lucky to have one store selling it so near my sch, it's just so convenient.

Like today, when i have the urge to eat it, i just walk in and tada! Of course i only buy 1 lah.. im not so greedy ok.. Various flavours of these are also available.. like.. banana, green tea, almond nuts, but obviously there is only one choice. Everybody loves chocolate the most rite.. haha..

Yesterday, couldn't sleep again. Odd isn't it... Until i find out what's wrong with myself, i guess i have to put up with this level of energy everyday ba..

iNtErEstiNg gAmE~

played this particular game in my "Culture, Cultural Adjustment & Identity" class some weeks ago.. we were discussing about bilingualism and how it affects our brain.. meaning to say, whether studying 2 languages at the same time or studying them one after another is better..

for example.. in singapore, we study english and chinese at the same time.. and probably for someone in say.. japan.. where they studied japanese language first when they were young and only studied the english language later in their teenage years.. which method of studying makes the brain more efficient and effective in remembering the vocabulary of the language?

so our tutor picked a few of us to play this game.. this is how it was played.. first she picked 7 different items: hat, stapler, pencil, pen, water bottle, marker and a duster.

and then she picked 2 students with 2different backgrounds..
merel, who studied the dutch language and english at the same time and Lee, who studied Korean first then English.

then, each of them had to do 3 test.
Test number 1: say the names of these 7things in one language (e.g: all in english)..
Test number 2: after tt, the sequence of the objects are changed and they have to say it again in the other language (e.g: all in korean).
Test number 3: Then lastly, the sequence have to be changed once more, and they have to say it this time in alternating language, (e.g: korean,english, korean, english.korean,english, korean)

For test1 and 2, those who studied the languages one after another took a shorter time, as expected. But surprisingly, those who learnt 2 languages simultaneously took a longer time for test no.3 because supposedly, the area in the brain in which the two languages overlap are greater than someone who learns the languages at different time. Hence, when you have to say it in different language, you have to filter out and since this area is larger, you take a longer time.

Steph sabo-ed me and told the teacher i would like to try the game so there i was standing in front of the items.. but wait.. i had a problem.. i din know the words for stapler, marker and duster in chinese!!! u know.. i always thought my level of chinese is quite good, well.. until now.. i was kinda ashamed when i asked my tutor if i could change some items because i do not know their names in chinese.. but, how many of you know the names of those in chinese? not many of you know too right? cuz we usually say their names in english.. =p

so in the end, my 7items list was like this: scarf, watch, comb, hat, pencil, pen, water bottle.
I took 3.4Secs for test1 (in english), 4.1Secs for test2 (in chinese) and 5.4Secs for test3.
I was the fastest among all for test3 liao (which kinda contradicts the theory that the timing for those who studied 2languages at the same time should be slower.. haha.. well.. her theory always contradicts..) well.. fastest until Tino played as well.. damn! haha.. how abt you all? Can you beat my timing? give it a try.. its really fun! But do note you are not supposed to know the sequence of the items b4 ur time starts.. because then you can prepare in your brain.. which is cheating!

oh btw, i do know now that stapler is called 订书机(ding shu ji), duster is.. 黑板擦(hei ban cha)? marker is dunno liao.. 马克(ma ke)? wahaha..

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on another note, just to inform any1 who cares.. i'll be back in Singapore on 7th of August~ =)

well.. not tt im dying to go back.. i guess i will miss this place alot.. *sigh* many nice memories.. many nice friends whom i will not see once i return, and the independent life which was full of freedom..

well.. since there's no running away, i shall make full use of the time i have here now.. so b4 i go back.. i am going to conquer MT FUJI!!! yeah! then NIKKO!! and lastly.. HOKKAIDO!

oh, and you do know i have limited time here in Japan, so do let me know what souveneirs you want.. if you do not tell me.. don't complain or regret it when i pass you yours~ =p

2weEk hoL~

Roy and his gf arrived on 11th night, and Ueno Park was first on their itinerary for the 12th and for the trip.. since I don’t have lessons in the morn.. plus, I guess they might need some help in getting to places.. so I just follow them lor, cuz I rem when I first came, I had so much trouble getting to places that I wished someone could help.. haha.. not tt I cldn’t find my way, just tt the train system is really complicated, sometimes I end up paying more, wasting more time changing trains at the wrong stations.. haha..

nice flowErs~cutE kiDs~

Well.. nothing particular of note because I have been to Ueno Park b4, rem? Still think this place was much prettier when the rows of trees were filled with cherry blossoms.. haha.. At nite we went to the maid’s café which I already blogged abt sometime ago.. so, if u wanna read abt it, refer to the post: Quest for the maid’s café!! :p The next nite, we went Shibuya and Harajuku to shop shop.. hmm.. didn’t buy anything much lo.. the things are either as I said, fashion not very suitable, or its too ex.. haha.. but there’s always no harm getting some delicious crepes!! Though I think the one that I ate at harajuku much nicer..

ichi-maru-kyuu building~

crEpes~
what we bought~groupie waiting for idols at NHK building~

黑色幽默~
awww.. so sad~

Wenesday was my free day so we headed out of Tokyo to yokohama lo.. left home quite late cuz we were of the impression that there wasn’t really anything much there.. so by time we reached there, plus they settled their shinkansen tix took up abit of time too.. abt 2plus liao lo.. It is actually not tt late de, but we r meeting the rest to go Ramen museum in the eve.. so abit tight ah..

Anyway, since the train tix straight to minato-mirai, where Chinatown was, was abit on the steep side, we walked from yokohama station lo.. and I quite glad we did. There was this long stretch of wall which was filled with graffiti and the works there r really beautiful. Kind of reminds me of the Berlin wall.. haha.. not tt I have been to Germany b4.. just heard and saw glimpses of it b4..

life & dEath~wah.. look! haha.. pervErts~3 eyes~devilish~

So we carried on walking into the amusement park area of yokohama.. I have been here b4.. rem the big ferris wheel in my first few posts of japan? Its here lo.. hee~ but the place is actually quite beautiful.. that time came in the night didn’t and couldn’t really see and walk ard.. the buildings, the sea, natual surroundings.. it kind of different from tokyo city life..

so bEautifuL~

nice rivEr~mr n mrs pOrky~

rEdbRiCk warEhOusE~

Anyway, we were kind of rushing for time and they so wanted to go Chinatown, so we skipped quite a lot of attractions lo.. like the red brick warehouse and the King, Queen and Jack’s building..

stReEts of cHiNatOwN~

i miss my 点心~ motOmacHi~

In the end, we finished exploring Chinatown quite fast cuz mostly restaurants only.. not much shops to shop shop and buy souvenirs.. And since it was still early, they wanted to walk from where we were to shin-yokohama where the ramen museum is. Frankly speaking, I wasn’t confident of being able to walk to there from the very first step we took. It seems so far on the map, plus I don’t know yokohama well at all. In anycase, I still tried to navigate us to the furthest we can lo..

But it really is difficult to navigate while walking, not to mention having to make all the decisions on your own. Seriously, I didn’t have to do this.. Im not even a qualified tour-guide.. and as expected, in the end, I totally screw up the navigation. Supposed to walk west I walked east, how jialat can it get?! Haha.. but I wasn’t entirely wrong though.. my direction on the small map of yokohama was correct.. just that on the big map, it was wrong.. I thought the direction we were heading could get us there, but apparently it couldn’t..

Was slightly late when we arrived at the ramen museum.. feel kinda bad to make them wait for us cuz I was the one who asked them to join us de.. according to minchu, yu was kind of pissed.. *sigh* already not on very gd terms with her liao.. this worsen things.. =(

me on stAirs n ian n minchu~

in shOp~

raMeN sHops~

raMeN sHops~

Anyway, this is not really a museum lo.. haha.. its like a giant building of ramen stores..

There r like.. 8 individual shops selling ramen inside.. each supposedly sells a different kind.. but just by looking I cldn’t really tell the diff. In the end, I tried at 2 different stores lo.. wanted to just sit and see min chu and ian eat cuz I was slightly full, but apparently, if I don’t order, im not allowed to enter.. haha.. im not amazed already.. most places in Japan they have this practice de.. so I ordered one small bowl as well lo.. but wah~ it was so salty!!! Haha..

But at least this trip wasn’t wasted. I learnt a new game which, to me, is so interesting..

Everyone knows Bingo right? Not that difficult to play, but its so dependent on the paper u have on hand, and the sequence in which the person announces the number.. in short, depends wholly on luck. Now, this game is similar to bingo, in terms of how u win.. just form a line, horizontal, vertical or diagonal, and u win.. but what makes this game interesting is that winning not only depends on luck, it also depends whether you possess the necessary knowledge..

(1) you are given a blank paper with 9 empty boxes..
(2) Then, the game-master will announce a theme.. that day, the theme was:Places which have held the Olympics b4..
(3) Based on your own knowledge, you will fill in the blanks in the boxes
(4) The game-master randomly announce any destination.
(5) The first person who forms a line, horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins!

Interesting right? It sounds very easy to come up with such an idea, but after taking Game Design 1 last sem, I really appreciate how innovative they are.. I had so much difficulty last sem trying to modify games in many ways.. I modified and re-modified tic-tac-toe duno how many times lah.. but not one time was as innovative as this.. this type of game is the best, combines luck with knowledge.. cuz if only depends on luck, its not as captivating, if only depends on capabilities, those w/o it won’t wanna play liao lo.. haha..


so engRoss~biNgo~

Next morn, we went to tsukiji market fish market! Yeah! Fresh sushi, sashimi~ but anyway, was starting to get abit pissed with them le.. Well, there r 2 ways (or even more) to get to tsukiji.. 1 is the main station which is the nearest to the mkt, and the 2nd, have to walk abt 15mins.. and since taking train to the 1st one is more ex than the 2nd one, they wanna go from the 2nd station.. I totally understand tt they wanna save on transport and everything cuz traveling in Tokyo is so ex, but Leona joining us to go tsukiji as well..

Can’t possibly ask her to meet us at the further station and walk there mah.. anyway, I did tried to ask her but she said she will meet us at the market itself.. but from what I read, the mkt is quite huge and difficult to meet up de..

So in the end, I left home earlier to go to the main station to meet her while both of them left home later. In the end, I was right. We spent such a long n tedious time trying to track each other down lo.. kinda frustrating cuz Leona was with me and I was like bringing her on a wild goose chase.. haha.. but she doesn’t mind at all, still quite concern where they are and how to find them.. in the end still treat both of them to sea urchin sushi.. aww.. so nice..

sea urChiN~lOoks yuMmy~these as well~nicE cup~

leoNa & mE~tHe sHop we atE at~its edible.. rEaLLy~juMbO eeL~tWo mOst faMous suShi pLacE in tSukijioh my~ lOok at tHe quEue!

Went to hakone during the weekend.. because both of them had the JR free pass, they took shinkansen while ian and I took the romance car go meet them lo.. yeap.. romance car.. sianz.. with ian! man~ I need to erase this from my memory.. haha.. but anyway, its just a train name lah.. oh! the seats in the train are so high-tech lah.. can turn 180degrees de.. so that if you r traveling in a grp of 4, all can face each other n chit chat.. so gd~ haha.. And hor, the train oso got traffic light de lo.. haha.. so funny..

But hakone was quite a amazing place.. everything’s so beautiful! And the room we had was just… fantastic.. superb.. terrific.. marvelous.. unbelievable? See for urself~

our roOm~

our fabulous room~

And they have very good service lah.. when we came back to the room after dinner, the futon mats were already prepared for us.. amazing.. haha.. speaking abt dinner.. it was splendid as well.. cuz there were 4 of us, we each ordered a diff set and shared lo.. it was pretty sumptuous.. but then.. breakfast was even more incredible.. its buffet style and there r western and Japanese breakfast.. its.. beyond description lah.. haha..

bikkuri shita!

dinNeR~

all sOrts of vaRiEty~

suMptuoUs brEakfaSt~mOrE fOod!

But we missed many attractions cuz either have to pay, or have no time.. we were mainly trying to catch a sight of mount fuji.. so we took the ropeway and the pirate ship several times.. but in the end oso din manage to see it lo.. again felt kind of bad cuz ian was tagging along and he did mentioned after that that he was abit disappointed cuz wanted to go to some museums.. ah well..

us at mouNtaiN tOp~
where is mt Fuji?

But the highlight of the trip must go to the ropeway operator at this particular station. By the way, when I mention ropeway here.. it just means cable car to all of you. They just give them a different name that’s all. When the car was leaving the station, the doors will close right.. then he made this funny actions with his hands.. first to close the right door, then to close the left door, then both doors together and finally to send the car off.. and all this while he was making some funny noise as well.. its so amusing.. I started laughing even b4 we were beyond his sight.. maybe its difficult for all of u to imagine, but it was really funny to me.. i couldn't whip out my camera in time to record his actions but its something like the vid below lah.. enjoy~



The last week of their stay they mainly traveled out of Tokyo so I din join them.. have to study leh.. u really think im here to enjoy only huh? Keke… but we did managed to catch sumo wrestling on the day b4 they leave for Singapore.

Had to wake like really early tt morning to go queue for the lousiest tickets cuz all the other tickets that were pre-sold were sold out le.. even though we woke like quite early.. we barely just made it lo.. mayb cuz we had to re-queue once to get an additional tix for min chu lo..

It was quite an eye-opener, watching sumo.. now then I understand y E-honda’s power in Street Fighter is the thousands hands le.. haha.. cuz the sumo wrestlers have such a 招 too.. haha.. and some of them r really fat its so scary..

facE-Off~oh. my. god.i pity his opponent~i look kinda small here, don't i?

We stayed the whole day because we had to be there since early morn and the impt and nice matches are only in the late afternoon.. but it was quite worth the wait.. the ending matches were so exciting.. there was this ang moh sumo, if he wins his opponent today and his other competitor loses against his opponent, then the ang moh will win the championship le.. we were all cheering the ang moh to win.. but in the end both of them won wor.. so the next day, which is the final day, then decide lo.. and the ang moh won in the end! Saw it on news.. haha..

Anyway, for those gals who have been waiting patiently for my to continue my series of shuai ge(s), i've found another one.. but he's not japanese tho.. enjoy and pls, don't spill saliva all over ur keyboard.. will spoil one u know.. haha..

shuai ma?

Anyway, have to get down to studying le.. last week conversation class.. totally duno what she was teaching.. everytime this happens i become so demoralise for the whole day.. listening compre also, cant really catch what the people was saying lo..

STUDY~ STUDY~ STUDY~