Monday, February 20, 2012

Jap Trip 2011 (5/1 - 15/1)

Super memorable trip with HM!
Not mentioning it was my first totally free & easy trip, the country was Japan! one country which i dun expect myself to go at this age becos of the super scary prices >.<

ok becos of me stupidly set the camera setting wrongly, most of the pictures are very low pixel =(
but oh well, at least i think it was a very good one!
went to a lot of places, see a lot of stuff, tried lots of foods n took lots of pictures!!
hope i will be able to have a free & easy trip again soon!

 HM & me on plane to JAPAN!!
 Reached Haneda Airport finally!
 Waiting for train to the main station for bullet train.
Our bullet train came - heading to Osaka!
 On the way to Osaka, snowing at some of the places~
Got the Osaka pass for our stay at Osaka =)
The guesthouse  we are goin to stay the following 4 days.
 Our room.
 At the famous Dotonbori Street which is within walking distance to our guesthouse
 The famous tidbit/snack store!
 At Osaka wat is the must try?? Yes, TAKOYAKI!!!!
 Lots of takoyaki stores around, so we just chose a shop with a long queue
 Our Takoyaki~~

 Walking around the Dotonbori

Second Day in Osaka
 Waking up in de morning and tried the famous ramen in the Dotonbori street
 In Japan, almost all de restaurant use this kind of vending machine to order food.

 The shop only got 2 choices, ramen & charsiew ramen. We both order the charsiew one


 The theater
 On the way to Osaka Castle, this is the national history museum i think... dun remember le >.<
 The whole place very beautiful

 NHK TV Station
 Osaka Castle! 







 Osaka main castle
 Looking out of the castle

 Entering the castle

 The shrine beside the castle
 Next stop, we goin to the bay to take the big boat, Santa Maria
But before that, we went to the shopping mall beside it to have our lunch

Dango~~ 


 The 弹煮汽水 & korage 


Tokoyaki~~
 Do you find this takoyaki look very different??
its smaller & without any sauces...
but its very nice[= the favour of the sauce is actually inside the takoyaki le =)
 After reading this, then we know that this is the first Takoyaki in Japan!

This is the parade area out side the bay...

Decided to get an ice cream while waitin for the next ship.
 Eating the ice cream, sitting at the bay during winter is crazy~~ 
lol super cold n the wind is so.... big XD
 THE SHIP!!! this ship is an imitation of the pirate ship












 Just nice caught a penguin march after we got off the ship!
Pleasant surprise [=
 Next is the floating garden

 On the way up to the rooftop to see the night scenery of Osaka!
It is 173m tall
 Nice view on the roof top....





 But once again, its super windy and cold >.<



 Back to Dotonbori for dinner and egg tart for snack~




 went into this small noodle shop as it too late (about 9 pm) and all the shops are closed =(
The menu in the shop is in Japanese and apparently they oso cant communicate in English.
So we all randomly order...

Thursday, February 16, 2012

supposed to have post some pics on the countdown BBQ gathering 2011 but nothing much to comment on.

supposed to have a 2011 summarized, but i shall do it in a point form ba [=
but one word can describe 2011, HAPPENING!


  1. Ended my internship and oso mark the ends to my final year in NP
  2. Went to Bangkok with my family (first time with both of my grandmas) during CNY period
  3. First cruise trip! First overseas trip with friends(Carmen & Dor) only! First trip to Redang!
  4. Graduated from NP! officially ended my schooling life
  5. Tried different part-time job other than promoter (admin in law firm n data entry admin)
  6. Got my first full time perm job
  7. First trip with the Gals! First trip to Bintan! tried my First spa session!
  8. Attended wedding dinneron my own for the first time 
  9. Plan for First free & easy trip to a foreign country (from transport to hotel to places of visit)
  10. Started my First 12 hour shift work
  11. Got my first compact digital camera! (fully own by me)
hmmm i think tht about all..

dun need to ask me for my new year resolution, as i m neva a person good in setting a goal.
I normally dun live with a goal...
My biggest gift for myself before 2011 ends~~


Olympus XZ-1!!!

thinking for very long before i get it, and ya heartpain afterwhich
planned to used this for my jap trip! =)

This is the pic of the camera, but mine is de limited edition - silver colour!

(image from HWZ)


omg i now have time to update my super dead blog is because i m waiting for my email migration >.<
sound so diao n no life =[
but i guess i m getting used to it.

ok should update from the very beginning, from oldest.
according to my checklist, it should be de Christmas meet-ups:

Christmas meetup with the gals

Dine in at our usual suki-sushi (now known as nihon murai)
same place, same ppl, but different standard n price le =(

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kbox session follows:
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gift exchange time!
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went off after that to rush for night shift
ended up stuck in the mrt train
p.s all de photos are from wq blog. cos i lazy to dig mine

Next is the meetup with carmen and dor

went to haji lane, wanting to try a restaurant. but it was too crowded.
ended up went to one random pasta restaurant, and we r the only customers



Wednesday, January 4, 2012

ok is 3 Jan 2012 (should be 4th cos pass midnight ) le and i m so guilty for not updating =(
life has been very busy, a bit too over sometimes i think due to the change of my work schedule.

i got lots of things to update, but really no time.
i need to focus on my jap trip preparation now, doing some last min shopping (as usual)
i will update the following soon (i hope..)

1)Christmas with Gals
2)Meetup + Christmas with Carmen & Dor
3)My biggest gift in 2011 before it ends
4)Family BBQ n 2011 round up

and............

MY JAPAN TRIP!!!
omg official countdown 1 day!!
hopin everything can make it in time =)