17th May in Kyoto

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Jhui
on June 12, 2009 11:10 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
17th May 2009

Went to Kyoto because the Mifune Matsuri was going on. Out of the 4 people who went, one was born in 1989, two were born in 1988 and hence, I was the oldest person in the group. I remember always being the youngest in the group the first time I went to Japan and now I'm always one of the oldest ones...damn...time really flies. :(
While waiting for Pek Sia to arrive, I handed Takaaki and Hiroki some durian sweets that I brought from Singapore and it was really interesting seeing their painful expressions after they ate the sweets. I know that most people cannot stand the smell/taste of durian but seriously, is it that bad?! I myself dont eat durian but I also dont think that the smell and taste are unbearable though...
Hiroki, after eating the durian sweet.


Although it was raining, there were lots of people there that day, mostly old people though. :D Performers were dressed up in period costumes and it was kinda hilarious when they arrived in a car...kind of like a past-present fusion. There were also lots of kid performers that day who were accompanied by their parents and they all had this "erm, remind me what was I supposed to do again?" look written all over their faces XD. So freaking cute!


Me with the two '88 babies, Takaaki and Pek Sia. I'm the only one in the picture who's using the cheapo 100yen umbrella...Somemore, the umbrella doesnt even belong to me...see how cheapo I am?! I didnt want to buy an umbrella during my short stay so I sort of walked in the rain if it wasnt too heavy and borrowed umbrellas from others when it was pouring. In the end, I had to buy a 600yen umbrella because it was raining really heavily and I didnt know anyone nearby to borrow an umbrella. At least the 600yen umbrella looks sexy :D


Most popular award: The Ninja Dog
The dog was so freaking cute and I think that more people looked at the dog than at the matsuri. :P


Next, we went to Kawaramachi because I really wanted to try the famous Matcha Parfait sold at Tsujiri. I've heard lots of good reviews for Tsujiri and was really excited to try it. Tsujiri's so famous that one has to queue up everytime one goes there. I felt kinda bad for making everyone queue up with me, especially since Hiroki was kinda hungry at that time(3pm).
There were a few cases of swine flu in Japan while we were there so Takaaki wore a mask out and with the hat, he could totally go rob someone and nobody will ever recognise him. Haha.


Me with the Tsujiri Matcha Parfait. TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT. Kinda pricey but hey, it was freaking good! There were at least 5 shiratamas in it and anything with lots of shiratamas in it is good! Top it off with matcha ice-cream, matcha powder, matcha cake, matcha everything and red beans, it's SUPER-DUPER DELICIOUS. :O Wanna eat it again~


Walked around Kawaramachi and we came across this place. In the foreground, there's a love hotel and in the background is a shrine...wtf?!


Next, we went to Yasaka Shrine where I did a love-mikuji and got a lucky one. The only thing I need now is a guy to make that love-mikuji true. :D


Although it rained the whole day while we were in Kyoto, it was really fun! :D When I got home, my host-family did a little birthday celebration for me. Awww~
(Back)Host-dad, Host-mum, Yuki, Asuka
(Front)James, the new student staying at my host-family's house now, Me, Host-grandmother

13th ~ 16th May in Hyogo

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Jhui
on June 10, 2009 10:20 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
13th May 2009

Went for Coffee Hour on the first day that I was in Hyogo. Coffee Hour is this session where one can erm, drink free coffee, eat free snacks and also mingle around with foreign/Japanese students. When I was on exchange, I had to go for Coffee Hour because that was one of the requirements for the scholarship that I received. However, I didnt really like Coffee Hour because I'm obviously Asian and to most Japanese, Asians=Cannot speak English=Not interested. The most popular people during Coffee Hour are usually the white/blacks/anybody-obviously-not- Asian. Initially, I thought that I was the only one who felt this way but upon talking to other fellow Asians, I realised that they thought the same way too and most of them just ended up not attending Coffee Hour at all.
This time however, I went for Coffee Hour because I figured out that it would be one of the best opportunities for me to meet up with my friends. So like every past Coffee Hour that I went to, I did not make any new friends but anyway, the most important thing for me that day was to chat with my old friends. Also, I managed to give my teacher and the staff there a shock with my appearance. :P
Me, Robyn, Kanako. If you are wondering what I was trying to do in this photo, I was actually making an idiotic face but the person taking the photo somehow managed to cut my mouth out of the picture...-_- Oh wait, I think this was a self-shot photo so yea, hands not long enough...Haha.


14th May 2009

Had a combined birthday party with Robyn at this izakaya located in Umeda called Yumehachi. The food and drinks there were pretty good and there was a wide selection. Best thing was that it was only 2500yen for all- you-can-eat-and-drink. How cheap is that?!
(Left, Clockwise)Kanami, Robyn, Trevor, Kanako, Anna, Tomoko, Roo, Will, Neil, Takuya, Lasse.
People who are not in the picture are Leslie and me, who was actually taking the picture.


Neil, Me, Trevor.
Trevor was the one holding the camera and I think we took at least 8 photos before all 3 of us could be seen in the picture. -_- Trevor kept cutting himself out of the picture. Finally, someone lousier than me at self-shot! Heh.


As alcohol was so cheap, everyone drank ALOT and Anna got a little too drunk so we got a few people to escort her back. :D On the other hand, I was more interested in eating so I didnt drink that much...wtf. In fact, I think I only had 3 glasses of cocktails, one glass of sake and TONS of food. I'm such a glutton...:(

On the way out of the izakaya, Trevor, Neil and Lasse tried to carry me up but I refused to let them do so by sitting on the floor but yea, they managed to do so in the end. I was like struggling and shouting while they were trying to lift me up and NOBODY came to help me...wtf! There were a few salarymen around us but all they did was to look and chuckle to themselves...Oi!

While heading towards the station, Neil wanted me to give him a piggyback ride but I couldnt carry him so Trevor did it instead :D


We broke up into 2 groups on the way to the station where one group went for karaoke and the other went to drink some more -_-. Guess which group I was in?
There were originally 6 people in the drinking group but evil Trevor ditched 3 of them midway so the three of us ended up buying beer from the convenience store and sat opposite Jankara to drink. I remember that the two of them were really loud and attracted LOTS of stares from passers- by. When the two of them went to take a piss in the dark alley, a Japanese guy saw them and starting giggling to himself...wtf! Neil was really drunk after that and it was so hilarious on the way back because he kept thinking that Trevor took the same train as us and asked which station did Trevor alight at. :D


15th May 2009

Went for a takoyaki party held at Kana's house. Was in charge of chopping up the octopus and konnyaku with Erik and our hands seriously smelt bad after that. After eating, Trevor and Kana rented a horror movie called "The Descent" or something and 5 minutes into the show, I was already snoozing. Not that the show wasnt scary, it was just that I was really tired and everyone was pretty amazed/shocked that I slept through the whole show...I should stop sleeping at random times.

16th May 2009

Went for Lasse's birthday party which was held in the Ouji-koen dormitory. It's so interesting that Lasse and I have the same birthday, albeit one year apart. :D I've been to the dormitory once with Robyn and during that time, we got lost and had Ian to come pick us up. This time, I went by myself thinking that I will be able to find the place but yea...I got lost. Wandered around Ouji-koen for a while before throwing in the towel and called Michelle for help and luckily, she was able to spot me from her balcony. Phew!!!! In the end, I took like 45-freaking- minutes to reach the dormitory.
Drank a little, chit-chatted, ate food cooked by Lasse, ate cake that Takaaki bought(thanks!) and helped Michelle cook chicken soup. It was really interesting helping Michelle cook because she's just soooo cute! She's not really good at cooking and I'm an idiot when it comes to cooking so it was pretty funny when we cooked. In the end, we just sprinkled lots of pepper and salt to give the soup taste because we realised that the soup was too bland. :D

Met up with Trevor, Neil, Roo, Jessica and Robyn in the evening to go eat Turkish food. It was my first time eating Turkish food so it was quite an experience for me. They even had a belly dancer to perform during dinner! She was seriously SO FREAKING SEXY! Everyone in the restaurant was like seriousy staring at her...everyone that is except Neil who was more interested in eating his food...wtf! Anyway, there were two perverts in the restaurant who were like taking photos of the belly dancer's butt!?! One of them even got up and danced with her when nobody asked him to do so lor...sicko!


Ate some seafood with cheese dish and it was soooo fucking good. It was a pity that I couldnt finish it though :(


After dinner, we went to this little bar for a drink and Robyn and me started fighting with erm...chopsticks. -__________-


So yup, that ends of what happened before/during my birthday! Will blog about my trip to Kyoto in the next entry~

Hiroshima 7~12 May 2009

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Jhui
on June 8, 2009 4:58 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Was in Hiroshima last month and I got the chance to meet up with Yu and Mari from the Hiroshima and Peace 2008 programme! It was really nice meeting up and chatting with them after such a long time. Mari has already found a job and will start work next April. I wonder when I will start finding a job...or rather, when can I graduate!?


After Mari left, Yu and I met up with Nao and walked around Hondori for a bit before stopping by the supermarket to buy some groceries to make kimchi steamboat! I really like the kimchi sold in Japan because it's sweet, unlike the sour ones that they sell in Singapore. :(
Ate quite a bit and felt really sleepy after dinner so I slept....-____- Thanks to Nao for cleaning up after dinner!


Yu, Me and Nao. Staying at their place reminded so much of the H&P programme last year. If only Margaret, the other girl who stayed with us last year, was there.


Ate quite a lot during my stay in Hiroshima and although the food was really delicious, it's not really good for my burgeoning weight...wtf. I need higher metabolism!!! I hate skinny people who eat and eat but still manage to stay skinny. Bah!
Top left: Caramel Sweets from Hanabatake Bokujo. Also tried the strawberry-flavoured ones. They were so good and they really melt in your mouth~ Ate around 10 sweets or so. :D
Top right: DIY Temakizushi.
Bottom left: Fried chicken.
Bottom right: Strawberries covered with cream. The strawberries were so sweet, unlike the ones sold in Singapore~!


Top left: Curry rice.
Top right: Sukiyaki.
Bottom left: Steak.
Bottom right: Some sandwich that I ate in Tokyu Hands. It was surprisingly good and pretty cheap.


Me and my host-grandmother, who is so freaking cute~!


Me and my host-mother, taken while waiting outside the Hiroshima station for the bus to arrive.


So yup, what I did in Hiroshima was basically to eat, meet up with friends, eat, go out with my hostfamily, eat and of course sleep. :D How not to get fat you tell me?!

H1N1 in Japan

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Jhui
on May 18, 2009 1:06 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Okay, seriously...wtf! Before I came to Japan for my holiday, there were no cases of H1N1 yet. Then, on the second day that I arrived in Japan, 3 cases popped out. I was in Hiroshima at that time when it happened. A week after I travelled to Hyogo, there is a sudden breakout of H1N1 in Kobe, which is basically part of Hyogo...wtf. There are also apparently cases in Osaka as well and I'm staying right smack in the middle of both Kobe and Osaka.
Yesterday, the H1N1 count was 5 in Japan and all of a sudden, it rose to a whopping 96 today. Guess what's the shittiest thing? I was near Kobe yesterday and I was out partying at Osaka for most of the week. Fuck, I hope that I didnt catch the virus. Due to the sudden outbreak, Kangaku's closed for a week and I have to cancel plans that I've made with my friends and wear a mask now everywhere I go. Then again, I guess it's the best thing that I can do now to avoid getting the virus. I can finally make good use of the thermometer that I brought with me to Japan. =D

On a lighter note, I've been going out almost everyday since I came to Hyogo.
Wednesday: Coffee Hour at Kangaku(Nishinomiya) and dinner at this pizza place.
Thursday: Shopping with Kanami and the combined birthday party with Robyn at Umeda, Osaka.
Friday: Takoyaki party at Kana's house(Nishinomiya).
Saturday: Lasse's birthday party at Ouji Koen(which is like almost Kobe) and dinner at this Turkish restaurant(Osaka).
Sunday: Mifune Matsuri at Kyoto and a little birthday party at home.

So far, I've been to all the places that have been infected...Kobe, Nishinomiya and Osaka. FML.

Hope that they dont cancel the concert on the 29th though...

@ Saizeriya

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Jhui
on May 3, 2009 1:49 AM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
Went to Liang Court last Wednesday with Donna to celebrate the end of my first exam...What? Who says that you can only celebrate after the end of all exams? Anyway, reason why I chose Liang Court was because I wanted to go to the Ramen Fair at Meidi-ya and only after I said it then I realised that the Ramen Fair only starts on the first of May...wtf. We werent decided on what to eat when I saw a leaflet for Saizeriya and I was like "OMFG, they have Saizeriya in Singapore?! Let's go!". Prices there are relatively cheap but there are fewer choices on the menu as compared to the one in Japan.


Didnt order the drink bar because we figured that we dont drink that much anyway but this couple next to us really made full use of the drink-all-you-can drink bar. They kept refilling their cup after a pretty heavy meal...I hate people who can eat/drink alot and still stay skinny...God is not fair...wtf. Lots of Japanese mums and their kids there that day and the kids were so freaking cute! Wanted to pinch their cheeks but yea, they might haul me off to the police station...Dont want to risk that.
Had escargots for starters.


My cheese gratin that had lots of cheese in it. Damn yummy but I couldnt finish it....:(


Donna acting cute Part 1...but failed at making the peace sign. Probably because I was too slow in pressing the shutter.


Donna acting cute Part 2


Donna acting cute Part 3


Oops...that's not Donna. wtf. We were browsing through books in Kinokuniya where we came across this Tokyo Look or something and he's on the first page. Laughed our heads off because he looks damn hilarious.
Walked around Meidi-ya but didnt buy anything because we were too lazy to lug all the stuff back home so we decided to go and have a tea-break at Azabu Sabo. Had some ice-cream with hotballs...wtf.


Next, we went to Bugis to walk because the rush hour crowd was just horrible and I bought the 1964/65 The Addams Family DVD there. I'm seriously hooked onto that show...Finished 22 episodes in one day. wtf...and I'm supposed to be studying for my exams lo. =D
Had dinner at Ma Maison, a restaurant that I've been dying to try. The food was good but I had to wait kinda long for my Hayashi Rice. Oh, and the mushrooms thing was freaking good. Lotsa cheese, damn sinful, damn long wait but guess what, I dont care. It was just heavenly. :D

Have been eating too much of late...I think it's due to exam stress...-_-.

What I'm missing in Japan right now...

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Jhui
on April 12, 2009 1:31 AM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
My friend Takaaki sent me this photo taken outside Kwansei Gakuin University.


SO FREAKING PRETTY!!! I want to do hanami!!!

Malaysia 2009 + Fahrenheit Concert

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Jhui
on April 7, 2009 9:17 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Went on a short trip last last Thursday to Malaysia to erm...watch Fahrenheit's concert. As Tiger Airways was having some airline promotions, I decided to take the budget airline for the first time in my life! Queued up excitedly to enter the gate and to my disappointment, the flight was delayed by one hour...wtf. Considering that it takes only 45minutes to get from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, I will call a 1-hour-delay a freaking long delay lo! So what if your airfares are fucking cheap? My time is way more precious.
Took a "free" shuttle from LCCT to KLIA to wait for my host sister. Seriously, if you are going to charge 1.50RM for the bus shuttle, dont call it FREE because that's not the meaning of free. Apparently, my host sister took about 1 hour to clear immigrations so we took a taxi to the hotel at around 7pm. Worse time ever to take a taxi because of the after-work rush hour. And yea, my host sister came all the way from JAPAN to watch Fahrenheit's concert with me :D

Stayed at Hotel Concorde KL, the same hotel I stayed at during my Malaysia trip last year. As we were so hungry after reaching the hotel at around 9pm, we decided to eat dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, the nearest restaurant near/in the hotel. Ate so much that I thought that I was going to die. This is the fucking good Cobb Salad we had for dinner that night...as well as for supper(the leftovers) on the night of the concert.


The next day, we went shopping at Sungei Wang, karaoke and fish spa at Pavillion. Took a taxi to Sungei Wang and the taxi driver charged us by the meter!!! The very first time that a taxi driver in KL offered to go by the meter!!! BUT...the stupid bugger was still out to cheat my money. My sister left her wallet in the hotel so we requested to make a detour back to the hotel before proceeding to Sungei Wang. When we reached Sungei Wang, the meter read 6RM but the bugger wanted to charge us 10RM. Reason being: "I stopped at 2 places." SOOOOO?! The meter still ran as usual right? wtf...taxi drivers in KL are fucking dishonest...or at least the ones I met.
Candid shot of me on the phone...retarded.


Karaoke at Green Box. Do you dare to sing in front of everyone?


My host sister posing with the yellow guy.


Had overpriced Nasi Lemak at Madam Kwan's at Pavillion but at least it was delicious. In fact, I gobbled up everything :D


After dinner, we in turn got eaten by fucking big fish, followed by a relaxing foot and shoulder massage.


The poster for Earth Hour...The blackout was due to happen during the time of the concert...what?!


Freaking scary but interesting advertisement for Kiehl's at KLCC.


28th March was my host sister's birthday so we bought cakes to celebrate her birthday. Cake's called M-Discovery and if you ever pass by Hotel Concorde, go buy it. It's really good.


Travelled to Stadium Putra and got our tickets! :D The taxi driver wanted to charge us 40RM but after I told him that the hotel guy said that it will cost only 25RM, he charged us 30RM instead...wtf...so FLEXIBLE one.


Bought these devil ears at 5RM.


The concert took around 3 hours!!! And I love the fact that you can take photos during the concert but that means that there will be irritants who will stand on their chairs to do so and hence block everyone behind. The idiotic girl in front of me did that and no matter how many times we told her to sit down, she refused to. FUCK OFF LAR.
Anyway, the concert was really good and all 4 members were really active and handsome~ that day.


After the concert, we went back, packed our luggages and watched more Fahrenheit's PVs...wtf. And yar, we also finished up the Cobb Salad at around 2.30am. =D Next morning, we got up at 8am and headed over to the Twin Towers to queue up for tickets BUT the place was freaking crowded by the time we reached there...and we reached there at 8.20am lo! By the time it was our turn, we couldnt make it for the time they allocated to us so we left. =(


Cannot go in but still can take photos right? :D


The queue.


KL Tower with Jiro in the foreground. Heh.


Asked some random uncle to help us take a photo with KL Tower in the back but eh...WHERE'S KL TOWER?!


My host sister taking photos in the middle of the road. =D


Sat around KLIA with my host sister because her flight was 11pm and we were already at the airport at 1pm. wtf. My flight was 4.40pm so we sat down and talked till...3.40pm where I decided that I had better leave for LCCT or else I will miss my flight. Got lost in KLIA, waited for the bus and reached LCCT at freaking 4.15pm where I ran around the airport like a mad woman, while carrying two luggages because my sister made me bring hers back. Checked-in, went through customs, baggage check and ran all the way to the gate in just 15minutes...with lots of shouting along the way because people irritated me when I was already irritated enough that there was a high chance of me missing my flight. BUT! Guess what? Flight kena delayed...WAH LAU EH. Somemore this time delayed for 1.5hours...because there wasnt enough oil and they had to wait for Singapore to bring it over. Erm...what?! You want me to wait for you to bring oil from Singapore to KL so I can go back to Singapore?! WTF? Go borrow oil from another airline can?! So ya, never going to take budget again but at least my Malaysia trip+concert was good. :D

髪を切った

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Jhui
on March 17, 2009 12:26 AM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
Please tell me why I did this to my hair?!

Nagasaki Paato Two

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Jhui
on March 14, 2009 4:39 AM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
I hate nights where I'm kept awake because of stomachaches...it sucks. =(.

Nagasaki trip part 2.

In the previous entry, I mentioned this youth hostel that we stayed in and how convenient that place is. Spectacles Bridge(Megane-bashi), one of the tourist spots in Nagasaki, is just right outside our youth hostel. Convenient right! Also, Chinatown, Dejima Museum and basically everything else are within walking distance. =D


In the Dejima Museum. The houses there were seriously so pretty!


While walking past this place, this guy stopped fishing and started talking to us in English. It was seriously the only time that I encountered a Japanese who spoke English to me on the first conversation. Then again, I was with two ang-mohs and he was probably trying to talk to them and not me. -____-. 90% of the Japanese I've met think that I'm Japanese and the reason why the other 10% do not think that I'm Japanese is because they either know that already or I tell them right at the start of the conversation. While we were at the travel agency booking tickets to Nagasaki, I made Trevor do the job of conversing with the saleslady and all I did was to discuss in ENGLISH with Trevor about the prices. When the saleslady asked where Trevor was from, he introduced himself and me as well. When the saleslady heard that I wasnt Japanese, she was freaking shocked and commented that "Oh, I thought that you were a Japanese who can speak English very well!" Erm...-_________-.
I think most Japanese have the if-you-are-Asian-you-must-be-Japanese concept. As well as the if-you-are-not-Japanese-then-why-do-you-know-how-to-use- chopsticks/why-can-you-eat-red-beans/why-can-you-eat-rice? concept. Seriously, it's not only the Japanese who do all these stuff okay!


Visited the Confucian Temple there and they were practising for Chinese New Year's celebration. There were so many Chinese there that I thought that I was in China or something. Damn cool though.


Castella Shrine...wtf but really cute. Talking about Castella, I recommend Fukusaya's Castella if you are planning to buy them back as souveniers. I initially bought from there because Trevor's host-mum instructed him to do so and since we were there already, I just bought some for my host-family. Turned out that my host-father really likes the Castella there and only eats Castella from that shop. The texture of the Castella from that shop is different from those sold in other shops, bit crunchy because of the sugar.


Oura Catholic Church, the oldest Christian church in Japan. Neil and I didnt really want to pay and climb all the way up the stairs so we decided to wait for Trevor at the bottom of the church. Then Trevor just had to give us this description of the church that made it sound damn interesting so we paid and went into the church. -___-.


Glover Park.


I want to stay in this house!!!! Then again, it's freaking big and I will die if I have to clean the house by myself. Also, I will probably get burglared if I stayed here. wtf.


It's shaped like a heart! =D And yea, my photography skills suck.


Took a ropeway up to see the night scenery of Nagasaki. Once again, I made Trevor do all the talking in the taxi but the taxi driver couldnt seem to understand him so I repeated what Trevor said, WORD-FOR-WORD and guess what? The taxi driver went "Oh, why didnt you say so earlier!" -_-. He thought that I was the local tour guide bringing two ang-mohs around Nagasaki and kept wondering why I was silent about giving directions...but seriously, what I said was what Trevor said in the first place lo!!! Also, I got scolded by the train master because we took the wrong train according to Trevor's directions but yea, I got scolded because the train master thought that I was Japanese. Oi! One disadvantage of being mistaken for a Japanese is that you get scolded easily because the Japanese expects you to know all the rules...but I dont because I'm not Japanese!


Pull or push?


Shrines at night are seriously scary.

In Nagasaki dayo~

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Jhui
on March 7, 2009 10:41 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Went to Orchard the day before with hy to purchase some magazines for school and we took neoprints while we were there. =D What's with the cigarette and the 18-kin(prohibited for those under 18) sign?!


Have been really tired for some reason these few days and all I feel like doing these days is to sleep. Gah, I shouldnt be so lazy...damnit. So anyway, I'm taking a break from sleeping and am going to blog about my Nagasaki trip that took place in erm...January. In er...Japan (aberthen?!).

On the day I was supposed to go to Nagasaki, I went to Wakayama with 3 other friends(which I will blog about some other day) and walked for like the whole day so by the time I met up with Trevor and Neil to take the night bus, I was already half-dead.


The bus ride took like around 8~9 hours and at around 7 plus in the morning, we arrived in Nagasaki! So apparently, Nagasaki is one of the places in Japan that celebrates Chinese New Year, or rather Lantern Festival, as they call it. One uncle there told me that they didnt use to celebrate it but one year the Nagasaki prefecture officials organised this lantern festival event and it became so popular so they decided to continue doing it.


Instead of a hotel, we stayed at this youth hostel called Akari because we wanted to save money. Initially I was apprehensive about staying at a youth hostel because I've never done it before and I dont have a good impression of youth hostels but I was pleasantly surprised by Akari. I will seriously recommend it if you're looking for a cheap and good accomodation. The staff there are really friendly and helpful, the room was really comfortable, free internet and television and the location's also pretty good.
After putting our stuff down and taking a quick shower, we went to visit the Nagasaki Peace Park. Unlike the Hiroshima Peace Park, the Nagasaki one had more statues and I was surprised by the size of it. I always thought that the Nagasaki Peace Park was small but on the contrary, it was freaking big.


Next, we went to the Urakami Cathedral where there is a small chapel that enshrines the statue of Virgin Mary that was destroyed by the atomic bombing. They were having a funeral in the cathedral when we arrived and it was totally weird standing in the main chapel hall while they were saying prayers.


While on the way to the Atomic Bomb Museum, we stopped by this shop to get something called "Rainbow Yokan" which is basically yokan made up of different colored vegetables.


Paper cranes.


A memorial for the Korean A-bomb victims in Nagasaki.


A torii that was destroyed during the bombing. It is still standing but only on one pillar now.


After walking for like a few hours, we decided to have lunch at some random restaurant because we were really hungry. Apart from taking the tram twice, we basically WALKED the whole time while we were in Nagasaki. Everything's situated such so that you can walk from one point to another. We even took a half-an-hour walk back to the station on our last day whilst carrying our heavy backpacks!
Had champon and it was so freaking good.


Also ordered sara-udon and shared it amongst the three of us. We liked this dish so much that we ate it the next day as well...wtf.


Went to a park after lunch where Neil decided to climb over a fence and while coming down, he jumped, slipped and fell. -______-. Was taking a video of him climbing and when he fell down, Trevor and I just started laughing hysterically. Not very nice but it was really hilarious. :D He got really conscious of his wet jeans for the next hour or so.


Visited so many temples and shrines in Nagasaki that I lost track but this is one really old temple and the view from the top of the temple was really good.


The number of animals I touched on this trip is more than the number of animals I've touched in my whole life.


Went to the Art Museum or something and tired Neil decided to take a quick nap while Trevor and I watched this short clip. wtf. Haha.


Had Sasebo burger for dinner and the burger was so fucking big and good. For this trip, I ate so many burgers that I thought that I would never want to see a burger again in my whole life. We had Sasebo burger, Lotteria burger, Macdonalds burger, KFC burger, MOS burger and Wendy's burger for this 6-days trip!!!


Went drinking after dinner and we went to this little pub where I saw this uncle who was trying too hard to get this auntie to sleep with him. Like seriously trying too hard. He kept telling her that he was "lonely" and he kept touching himself down under...eew...wtf...but seriously damn entertaining though because the auntie was not interested in him but was focusing her attention on his friend. =D We changed pubs and a bunch of salarymans at the second pub treated Trevor to one shot of vodka while chanting "Yes we can" or something...-____-.

More photos are on my facebook so yup, till the next entry~
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