Monday, 30 July 2007
back from japan!!!!! :) oh i had so much so much fun.. i really didn't want to come back. i told bu.. all i need is a visit to the internet cafe and i'm all set to lengthen my stay in japan!!! it was fun-filled, relaxing (except on some days when we over estimated ourselves) and shopping was fun!!!!!!!!!! even tho i have some regrets that i didn't buy some stuff that i saw, i still got a whole new collection of earrings, bags, nail polish, nail art, etc. yeap as you can tell, i hit the accessories while bu hits the clothes.
Day One - leaves on NH112 for Narita Airport
arrived at the airport freaking early - 6.30am - cos the flight was at 8.30am. yeap, morning flight. thank you zahid, josh, ws, zg who came to see me off :) it was nice seeing you crazy guys who were more concerned abt your breakfast. hahaha.. was so sleepy. the 7hrs was spent sleeping and eating.. heh. ANA serves ice-cream!!!! was pleased of cos.. who could say no to ice cream?!
bu and i waiting to board the plane
view from the plane, leaving singapore far far behind, embarking on the trip that i've been looking forward to since a long long time ago! 
we arrived at narita and met out crazy ditzy tour guide. and then on to take the domestic flight to chitose, hokkaido :p it was so late and the domestic flight didn't serve any food. so we survived on soup served in the plane which was really good anyway. managed to have dinner only at 8.30pm.. note that lunch was at 10.30am... so yeah.. you can imagine why we were so hungry.
Day 2 - Otaru, Cherry-Picking, Ishiya Choc Factory, TV Towerwoke up bright and early. had our first breakfast in japan which wasn't very amazing aside from the fact that their melons are real sweet. the sweetness beats the sweetest of all honeydews/rock melons that you find here in singapore! yummy stuff! and well, it's also the beginning of lots of miso soups, miso based stuff, anything to do w miso food stuff..went to otaru for the music box museum, glass museum, cream puffs and other pretty and yummy food stuff. the weather was nice and cool, no glaring sun and just a light breeze to keep you cool..
the over-hyped otaru canal. really, if you went, you'd know what i mean. it looks good on pictures but when you see it up close, it's like some long-gang.. heh.
our first lunch in japan. kani-nabe. not anything vulgar lah.. it just means crab hotpot in japanese. hahaha... weird right? what is delicacy to them is actually some hokkien vulgarity to us. heh.
cherry picking time!!!!!!!!!! there were damn a lot of cherries! ripe and waiting to be picked. while some were a little too squishy for my liking, there were plenty that were so sweet!!!
on to my little heaven at ishiya chocolate factory. from the moment you step in, you'd smell a faint hint of chocolate in the air, making you instantly hungry and craving for some chocolate. here, they are making the one biscuit that made them so famous - bai2 se4 lian4 ren2, which means white lover. it's a thin wafer biscuit with either white or milk chocolate inside. it was damn nice!!! yummy.
little tiny paw prints show you where to go / huge ass wedding cake / chocolate figurines :p
the outside of the chocolate factory looked nothing like a typical japanese architecture. it's so colonial style! but it's pretty and interesting. a tourist trap and it captures the hearts of both kids and adults with mini houses and pretty flowers..
next up.. tax-free shopping. singaporeans being singaporeans, rushed to buy souveniors for family and friends. some bought boxes of food!!!!! it's so amazing. the rate at which they shop was damn scary cos they just grab!!! the shop owner must have been very happy. it didn't help that the shop was so small and there was a long long queue waiting to be served. i just bought one box of wafer biscuit and i had to join in the disgustingly long queue and watch the others lug huge boxes filled with food out.
last stop of the day before dinner. some underground shopping mall that was boring and the sapporo tv tower that looked like the rip-off of the tokyo tower. 
dinner was bbq. the highlight was actually the kobe beef which is very very ex if you want to order it (more than $50 for one small slab of it). bu and i were contented with what we had... hahaha... but most of the cooking was done by her. even though i did try a little after we finished eating. bu said i passed. hahahahah... :) chef ginny in the making.
the end of the second day. dropped dead after packing. really konked out!!! i didn't know that touring could be so tiring. but i guess that's cos we had quite a number of stops that day :p
whined at
11:55 am
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what day is it
and in what month
this clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up
and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time
cause it's you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to lose
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you
all of the things that I want to say
just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping inwards
you got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here
cause it's you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to prove
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you
there's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
everything she does is beautiful
everything she does is right
you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to lose
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you
you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to prove
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you
what day is it
and in what month
this clock never seemed so alive
