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Happy Bunny Year - Part 03

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Jhui

on February 5, 2011 2:08 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Last part!

60. Took a ferry from Fukuoka to Busan with Lukas and Hwisang.

61. Haeundae, Busan.

62. Suwon Fortress. Note to self: Never wear heels there ever again.

63. Tried Ghetto Candy.

64. Cried almost every time I drank. The people who drank with me towards the end of my stay in Japan were probably used to my fucked-up, tear-stained face.

65. Drank alcohol in the school canteen using teacups.

66. Played ping-pong in the common room of our dorm.

67. Saw an albino snake!

68. Tried Miyajima Beer.

69. Rented and copied a porno DVD for my friend's birthday.

70. Permed my hair.

71. Watched AKB48 live in Singapore and spotted Akimoto-san!

72. Patronised the Atelier Royale Cafe at AFAX.

73. Downsized from a queen-sized bed to a single bed.

74. Visited the Olympic Stadium in Beijing!

75. Saw Pandas at the Beijing Zoo.

76. Tiantan with Alice!

77. Climbed Seorak Mountain...Okay, I took a cable car but I climbed for at least an hour after that.

78. Caught sight of Miss A at Myeongdong!

79. Got 2 wisdom tooth extracted.

80. Witnessed my cousin's wedding right from the part where they bully the groom!

81. Did countdown at Marina Bay with my sister, Haoyang and Denise.

I guess this ends my 'what I did for the first time in 2010' list. Im sure that there's more but I cant really remember so ...yea, I might add it in when I remember.

No resolutions this year because I cant keep them anyway! Happy New Year!

Happy Bunny Year - Part 02

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Jhui

on February 4, 2011 1:05 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Part 2!

31. Field trip to Shimokamakarijima with Lukas, Alice and Andrew.

32. Was involved in the taping of Kung-fu guy's door...and Jeff's door as well. It was an evil thing to do but hey, people do stupid things on exchange!

33. Got drunk(drunk is like the state I was in for most of 2010...wtf) and hurt my knees when I fell down on the road. The stuffed cat in the picture broke my fall so I only ended up with light scratches. The stuffed cat's alright by the way.

34. Put someone's underpants on my head. Someone stole Omar's laundry(I wasnt involved!) and decided to wear his clothes as a joke.

35. Watched the World Cup for the first time with people of different nationalities. It was really interesting to see them supporting their own countries and getting all heated up during matches.

36. One of the Spanish guys got too heated up when Spain won and broke the window. World Cup ended on a bloodied note.

37. Tanabata Party at Yuki's house!

38. Played Pachinko and broke even. Phew!

39. Attempted to re-create the Lady Gaga ribbon hairdo. Wasnt a total failure I guess.

40. Literally got thrown out an izakaya by Clement, Andrew, Hwisang and Randall.

41. Donned a Saudi Arabian traditional dress.

42. Did mikan(tangerine oranges) harvesting!

43. At Kumamoto Castle with Alice.

44. Saw a live band performance by Justin, Santi, Josep and their brother.

45. Travelled to Kurashiki with Damon, Andrew and Gui.

46. Drank and did Hanabi in school!

47. All these for a free chocolate-coated banana...lol

48. Went for a ride in this car. The driver actually did a donut!

49. Painted salt balls with Clement, Alice, Gunyoung, Hwisang and Dohun.

50. Ate at Namja Town with Caity, Peony and Hwisang.

51. Saw Show Luo live...in Shibuya, Tokyo.

52. Made Gui put on blue mascara.

53. Challenged myself to eat the 10-kara curry at Coco's Curry House. It was fucking spicy and my ass burned for a few days after that.

54. Ate loquat-flavoured ice-cream in Nagasaki.

55. Carried Neil on my back...for like a split-second before I fell forward.

56. Laid down in the middle of the road just for the kick of it.

57. Dyed Gui's hair. Was supposed to dye it silver but it turned out to be brown and Gui's scalp was like pink for a few days. Oops.

58. Got so drunk that I managed to fall onto my bike and ended up with a huge bruise. I realised that I bruise a lot and really easy in Japan but I rarely do so in Singapore.

59. Got told by police that we were too noisy and was asked to leave. We had a farewell party and because it was too noisy, we walked out and sat on the walkway. Im sure we didnt make too much noise(I was sober) but the police told us to leave anyway.

Happy Bunny Year - Part 01

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Jhui

on February 3, 2011 3:59 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

So 2010...I spent most of the year in Japan, 9 months to be exact and the remaining 3 months in Singapore, Malaysia, China and Korea. Lots of things happened in 2010 and the one that I'll never forget will be the passing of my grandmother on March 18. I was in Korea on holiday when I received the news and I was so shocked and I couldnt stop crying. I cant believe that a year is about to pass since her death. Today's only the first day of the New Year and it already feels different without her around. Popo, Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

Anyway, let's move on to the stuff I did in 2010 for the first time.

1. Fukubukuro shopping in mainly Harajuku, Tokyo with Peony and Caity. Bought loads of stuff and had difficulties carrying them back to my dorm.

2. Fillet a cutlassfish with Tomomi with instructions from Souchan. Actually, it was my first time filleting any kind of fish. My hands smelt so bad afterwards that I lost my appetitie.

3. Gave a speech in Japanese in front of tons of Japanese people at the Hiroshima- Singapore Association symposium(?).

4. Drank too much till I puked. I kept losing during the games we played and had to down 1~2 cups of sake each time. Ended up hugging the toilet bowl of the karaoke place and smelt like shit afterwards.

5. Visited Kurokawa Onsen with Souchan, Asami and Toku! In fact, we did 3 onsens in less than 3 hours because we woke up too late the previous day because we were too drunk from the previous night. (See point 4.)

6. Tried Basashi, or Horse Sashimi. It was surprisingly good!

7. Ate at a yatai(mobile food stalls) in Fukuoka with Tiffany and Andrew!

8. Bought Soraben(bento sold on planes) on my flight from Fukuoka to Okinawa!

9. Went to Okinawa with Tiffany, Andrew, Toku and Sojung! Okinawa reminded me of Singapore alot so I guess I was the killjoy because I kept comparing the similarities.

10. Experienced a winter wonderland!...which turned into dirty, slushy snow by mid- day.

11. Chipped someone's tooth.

12. Had 2 9-hour long transits in the Thailand Airport...whose name I still cant pronounce.

13. Had a squeezy bath at Dogo Onsen, apparently Japan's oldest hot spring. There were so many people there that it wasnt comfortable at all.

14. Said hello to Matsuyama Castle in early Spring.

15. Visited this cafe called Bateren that had a horror theme.

16. Drank gochujang + soju as a punishment. God was that awful!

17. Climbed all the way up Namsan. Or rather, from the foot of the mountain to the foot of N Seoul Tower. Luckily it was winter and not summer!

18. Attended my first Nyuugakushiki(School Entrance Ceremony)...although it wasnt me who was entering school.

19. Did Hanami at Kagamiyama Kouen and made someone puke at the end of the day.

20. Kissed a guy.

21. Watched Koda Kumi live! She was so cute and sexy!

22. Went to Nagoya Castle with Caity and Andrew. Ventilation at the top of the castle was really bad.

23. At Inuyama Castle with Andrew and Caity.

24. Took a puff and quickly decided that smoking is not for me.

25. Helped pitch a tent and did mountain climbing at 4am because all of us got forced by Omar to do so...lol.

26. Saw Uehara Miyu in person. She is so skinny that it's scary.

27. Sight-seeing at Onomichi with Nuibe-san, Takako-san and Pek Sia!

28. Road trip to Tottori and Shimane with Clement, Erik, Peony, Becky, Austin, Gui and Jussi. All of us aboard the 'Cockodum'. Catchphrase for the road trip was 'Fuck Damon'...=D

29. Saw a camel and climbed sand dunes at Tottori. Couldnt ride the camel because they were quarantined.

30. At Matsue Castle with Peony!

Korea in August 2

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Jhui

on September 12, 2010 6:12 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Was at Apgujeong when we saw this! It was called 'Tent in the City' or something.

At Bongeunsa! Across the temple is the COEX hotel and shopping mall, so it was really weird(and ugly to me). It's like past meets present but in a weird way.

Pupae for dinner! OMG! Luckily it was just a side dish...

With Hyosun at Gwanghwamun!

Went to this place called Junko and they kept giving us free food. In fact, they gave us so much free food to the extent that we had to reject them...lol. Tried Kiwi soju for the first time and it was GREAT!

At Daegu!!!

At Kyungpook National University. Seriously, why are all Korean universities so pretty???

At Keimyung University.

Breakfast at Hwisang's house. Yes, this was breakfast!

:D

Korea in August 1

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Jhui

on September 11, 2010 2:06 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Went to Korea 2 weeks back!!!

I usually fly to Korea but this time round, I took a ferry there from Fukuoka! Clement came to see us off at 8am although his flight back home was at 10am! ^^

The ferry! It was smaller than expected and it shook a little. Easier to fall asleep though. Sucks if you get seasick though. :D

Reached Busan and went to Haeundae, this really famous beach in Busan!!! As it was summer, there were lots of people swimming there!! Great for guys who want to look at bikini babes...lol

Took the KTX for 3 hours to Seoul and met up with Lukas' friends for karaoke. The karaoke rooms in Korea are seriously really pretty but I still prefer Japanese karaoke.

Lukas and Jinsuk at Gyeongbok Palace!

wtf.

Neoprints outfit! I still prefer taking neoprints in Japan because you can send the soft copy to your cellphone.

wtf no. 2.

At Suwon! So glad that we decided to join a day tour because it involved a lot of walking even though we went on a tour.

Hwaseong Fortress!

Suwon was really pretty!!!

5000won to try out archery but I was too stingy to pay...lol

Went back to the hostel and saw Olle by chance! He was touring around Korea and we ended up staying at the same hostel!!! So coincidental!

"Holiday"

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Jhui

on July 14, 2010 10:43 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

No classes today because the rain's too strong. Never had this in Singapore lor!

Triple Birthday Party

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Jhui

on July 11, 2010 12:11 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Went over to the girls' dorm on Monday night to give my friend, Anastasia, a surprise birthday party~.

She was pleasantly surprised and we had a great time eating chocolate cake and chit-chatting. We actually talked too loudly and some Japanese girls came over to shush us :( Party pooper(just kidding...we were totally at fault though)...

Trying to be Sadako...wtf.

The following day, we had a all-you-can-drink session to celebrate three birthdays. Why so many people born in July one??!
Peony, Anastasia and me with Anastasia's present.

Note I found in class and I stuck it onto one of the guy's presents...Lol. It reads, "I'm sorry but you are not my friend."

Clement with his birthday present(a porn DVD) and birthday card(few pieces of paper taped together).

Anastasia with her Hitler book...Lol.

Bought 3 porn/hentai comics for Randall and his reaction was hilarious!

The other guys enjoying Randall's presents -_-.

Double Andrew. Double Monkey-faces.

Omar went around making people drink beer+whisky with a straw. Needless to say, many people got fucking drunk that night.

Attempting to kiss Peony...first sign of getting drunk.

I was lying on the floor for some reason(cant remember exactly why) and I started kicking one of my friends. He decided to retaliate by roping in help to lift me up...wtf.

They seriously picked me up and threw me out of the place...wtf. So evil lor! There was this other group of Japanese people who starting whipping out their cameras to take pictures. No one helped me can! Wait...then again...everyone else was probably too drunk to care. Had to crawl back into the place...wtf.

I have no idea how I walked out of the place and this is probably how I managed to do so. People had to drag me out...lol. My friends apparently determined that I wasnt in a state to ride my bicycle home so 4 of them decided to walk me home. One of them had to hold onto me the whole time because according to them, I "couldnt walk straight". These are actually the better pictures and there are tons of fugly pictures from that day on facebook...my reputation!!!

That saying, it was a really fun birthday party though :D

Yukata Matsuri 2010

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Jhui

on July 9, 2010 3:29 AM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

There was a Yukata Festival in school last Sunday. The festival started from 10am but it was too hot to go out and I had part-time job at 4pm so I only went there after my job ended at 6pm. Seriously, Yukata Festival is just like the School Festival except that people are clad in yukata(obviously) this time and the scale is much smaller. The programme schedule was pretty much the same so to tell the truth, it was pretty boring. Somemore so fucking hot lor!

I already have 2 yukatas back in Singapore so I didnt want to waste money buying another one. So yup, I was the only girl among my friends who wasnt wearing a yukata.

With Leeming from Malaysia. Together we form "SM"(Singapore, Malaysia)...wtf.

The yakitori queue was really long but I'm glad that we did queue up. It was fucking awesome!

Finally decided to try out wearing the fake eyelashes I got from the neoprint machine. First time putting on fake eyelashes and it was pretty alright. My eyes did get kinda tired at the end of the day though...but in exchange, I had crazy lashes for the whole day. :D

What's a festival without people dressed up in strange costumes??

Was originally sitting around doing nothing and waiting for the fireworks when my friend asked if I wanted to go karaoke. So from the picture, I obviously ditched fireworks and went for karaoke. There were only 3 of us but we got the freaking big party room!!! So cool~

Celebrated Omar's birthday at the lake after karaoke and he basically got caked in the face 15minutes after we got there. :D

I never fail to take ugly photos of myself...wtf

Kyushu Roadtrip Part 2

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Jhui

on June 22, 2010 11:33 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Went to Kumamoto Castle the following day~! One of the guy's shorts kept falling down, thus revealing his boxers. He got so irritated with us commenting on that so he pulled them all the way up and tucked in his shirt in the end. It was so hilarious that we made the other guys do it as well. :D

All of us in front of Kumamoto Castle.

The girls who went on the trip~

Stopped by a sushi place and we were so hungry that we just kept eating and eating once we sat down. The 4 of us gobbled down a grand total of 45 plates while there.

At Kura-zushi, you get a free lucky draw chance whenever you eat 5 plates of sushi. We had 9 chances but only managed to get 2 prizes :( That thing on the left is called "Buri-suri" btw. Pun on "Buru-suri"(Bruce Lee)...wtf

Pretty~

At Mt.Aso. The fog was pretty thick that day but luckily it wasnt as thick as the previous time when I went there so I got to see stuff~

English translation rocks XD

At the minshuku in Beppu! The room was really wide and pretty~!!

Onsen in the minshuku.

The owner of the minshuku was really nice to us! She prepared all this alcohol for us...free-of-charge!!! Awww~

Back in Fukuoka's Canal City~Trying on sunnies but not buying them!

Whale meat!!! I really wanted to try this but it's too expensive and I dont know how to prepare it so I didnt buy it.

Pumping petrol at the petrol kiosk. I am an expert at this now!!!

Kyushu Roadtrip Part 1

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Jhui

on June 21, 2010 4:56 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Went on a roadtrip to Kyushu last weekend~!
First stop was Fukuoka where we ate ramen at this place called Ichiran. They serve the best ramen I've ever tasted! I usually dont finish my ramen when I eat at other places but I always finish up the noodles and soup at Ichiran.(I sound like I've been there shitloads of times but I've only been there twice...too far away :()

Next stop was Nagasaki's Confucius Temple~

Trying on the costumes in the temple. We look like vampires from a Hong Kong movie...lol

Bought a 525yen huge-ass mooncake and shared it among my friends. I've no idea what they added into the mooncake but I've never tasted anything like it before. Not a compliment btw.

Sakamoto Ryoma cutouts/souveniers/places of attractions are EVEYWHERE because of the NHK drama...seriously, too much is too much!!!

Behind the fountain located in the Peace Memorial Park.

I suggested doing this pose and made everyone stand there for like 5 mintues or so to get the best pose. The people around us were seriously laughing at us, especially since when we have non-Asian-looking people in our group. This ojisan actually took photos of them as well! Lol.

At the cabin! The cabin was small but really cosy~Although my foot was injured, I still demanded that I get to sleep on the top bunk. Kinda re- injured myself while climbing up and down.

After entering the onsen at the cabin/hotel. The onsen was really cool! They had a onsen shaped like a boat and another shaped like some European-eque pavillion. Sucked that it was raining though...

What's the best beverage after coming out of an onsen besides milk? BEER!!! Got so sleepy after the onsen that I fell asleep in the middle of the drinking/football session.