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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
091: japan trip log UPDATED JUNE 20TH 2007 day 1: EDIT-ADDED PHOTOS ok great, right now i am using some stupid 'one coin internet' machine which costs 100yen for 15mins.... great 12mins left. having problems finding wireless here...... guess that i can only post pictures when i get back, but so far, the trip is great. Well, other than the lack of vegetarian food in japan, overall the environment is feel is awesome, especially the weather. As of typing, the temperature is around 20 degs C. Super super nice unlike sunny singapore. Stupid Shinkansen was screwed up as we boarded the wrong section of the train, in the end due to the lack of seats, we stood outside the toilet compartment of the train for like 40mins. Fukuoka is cool. Hiroshima is cool too. The architecture here is not as interesting, but the ladies are. Their hairdo are nothing short of amazing i tell you. As benjamin says, if all of the ladies in SG can do some proper make up, the chio rate sure will increase bifold.  Note to all friends and people who expect souvenirs from me : THINGS ARE SO DAMN EXPENSIVE. Especially the uniform for the high school guys, you do not wanna know the price. Day 1 was cool cept the lao sai experience on the train and plane, must have ate something wicked during sakae sushi. Osu ! Yuankai from hiroshima aster plaza hotel,over and out !  group photo at changi kukou. hakata station for transferring to shinkansen (bullet train) posers never journey alone. outside private taking us back to hotel.day 2: today we went to miyajima with some students from hitp. miyajima is a world heritage site for its famous shinto shrine and o-torii gate. (see pic below) we need to take a short ferry trip from mainland to the island of miyajima    did some silly things like praying at the shrine and throwing my precious 100yen into the donation box. Oh ! and did some fortune telling too. got a positive reading, basically says pretty much everything i do will be smooth sailing, well, its only one small slip of paper with words font size 8.  i like fanta grape. its a nice artificially flavoured fizzy grape drink. its cheap too ! java tea aint that great, buts its still drinkable. infact i woke uplate today, so i didn't have time to do my hair. this is the result. i am outside an ice-cream shop near the port of miyajima. eh.... i didn't know wild dears ate paper and underwear. terence and i doing don't know what. random japanese cat in miyajima. i wonder if it understands english or chinese. ni hao ma. back in hotel after tiring and intensive tourism-ing, practicing performance and presentation.day 3 : today is the official day of our welcoming party by the school in hiroshima. in addition, we went to see the big guys, the shacho or head executive from the hiroshima singapore association. So in the end its another full day of blazer.  the above picture is at the HITP basement right beside their school canteen. lots of yummy food prepared for us. amazing sight, they got seriously everything to eat, from salad to sushi to udon to even cakes. nice opening ! the hiroshima press is here too at the background. i got interview later during the reception by the pretty reporter lady... in japanese, honestly i would not dare to look at myself stutter on japan national tv.... so paiseh. this is kana-san with her nice brush painted tattoo.(corrected by Caster-chan) cool la . the students in hitp, kimini-yan and kouji. really good people, guess how old they are.... haix.... welcome to hiroshima ! now first off shodo/calligraphy at HITP !  Wow, just look at me hard at work. Honestly, i know nuts about writing calligraphy. the meeting room in the HSA while waiting for the big guys. very formal occasion, very scary. The big guys, seated. The fish fry, standing.Labels: announcement 090: off i go to japan Coming friday 8th June 2007 i will be flying off to japan, hiroshima for my long awaited exchange programme. Pretty excited really, but at the same time, a bit sad. Sad for my wallet that is. The programme is 1 week long. So in other words i will be available for one entire week. In addition, it will be very difficult to contact me then. Not sure whether my crappy phone works over there, but i will try, be buying a calling card anyways. Leaving for the airport at around 8pm at friday night, flight is at 1am in the morning. Damn, and i wanted to enjoy the day view too, won't be liking too much sleeping on the plane, but hey, we save time ya ? Guitar, one heavy luggage with 7 days worth of clothes, and one backpack for hand carry.... Its gonna be ugly going to airport and traveling around in a foreign country. Anyone wanna join me on my last voyage ? You will be handsomely rewarded. Labels: announcement 092: another one of those...  super hi-res logo that i redid using autocad. seems that the company that designed the logo closed down. dots indeed.Labels: other random works |
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