First Snow....

well... it has been a long time since Tokyo has snow during December... still... to me... it doesn't really matter... cos... it's SNOW!!! haaa... gosh.. it's SOOO PRETTY! i never seen snow in my life and i always wanted to see what it looked like.. finally.. today i saw it...

i woke up around 10am... feeling wierd because it felt like 6-7am... well... i suddenly remembered that weather report says that it's gonna snow... so immediately i got off my bed and viola! SNOW!!! little white fluffy things descending from the sky!!... hee... well.. i tried to get a picture but to no avail.. think it's too small... still.. the fact that there is snow leaves a warm fuzzy feeling inside of me..( Is that LOVE??...-.-;) anyhow... i went to had breakfast..

after the breakfast and many other things later, it was time to go out to meet Yilin... i decided to look outside my window again and behold! the roof of the house beside was covered with snow! and i was filled with glee.. :P hee... welll.. the result is more pictures... haaa.... i left the house to meet Yilin, stopping once to take picture of the park nearby.. it was then i notice someone looking weirdly at me... someone with an umbrella... well... maybe it is becos it is snowing and i din have my umbrella... :P lol... sorry ar.. first time so a bit the' sua gu 'lor..:P realizing my 'sua gu'ness.. i went back and grab and umbrella...

met Yilin at Ueno.. and for a snowy day.. she was really wearing erhmm... damn chio..:P lol.. she had a skirt on with boots... leaving her legs quite bare to the brittle coldness... haaa... heng she wore stockings.. but... she was really freezing... i lend her my gloves and scarfs, with solves her top problems but her legs were too cold.... still... we tried to go to Ueno park to take some pictures before the cold devastated her and we had to go seek cover.. after that.. our shopping begins...-.-"

this is my first clothes shopping trip in Tokyo.. went to GAP and Muji.. well... i bought close to S$75 worth of stuff.. but it is just like 1 scarf, 1 top and a jeans... hmm.... not that bad.. Yilin was also happily shopping.... hee.. well.. being the poor us.. we were relegated to buying things on sales... but.. who cares.. they are nice too... hee....

well.... after that.. i went home while Yilin met Hideo for dinner... i had to go back cos i told them i will be back for dinner... the other part is that i have no money left.. hee.... lalalalaaa..

Finally back in my room.. blogging...^^

well.... it has been hectic.... this few days have been really fulfilling.. but equally tiring... well... the fulfillment part is more than the tiring part i suppose.. hee.... for one... MERRY CHRITMAS!!! belated... lol... oh well... paiseh... will summarized wat has been happening..:)

starting on the 24th... I FINISHED MY PAPER!! heee.. 6am on 25th Dec... 5 hours before deadline.. well.. who cares.. as long as i finish... hee... anyway... i went to school cos i need to print... i was worried cos i lost my references... here's where helpful Carol comes in!! hee... i send an SOS to her.. and thank God...:) she responded.. she took pictures of the references on the notes and sent it to me! super smart!! haaa.. but thanks to her.. i got my references done.. heee....

we met Kyu Kyu on 24th evening... had dinner at Ootouya... some Japanese food restuarant... den we went to Kyu's hotel (Hotel Sheraton Yokohama... shiok ar..:P ) den spent Christmas Eve together.. ^^ well... we were watch Mr Incredible on my computer... and so missed countdown... but.. we made up for it by doing a 10 sec countdown at 0030hrs... heee... it's the thought that count.. then then.. i whisper a short prayer to Jesus to wish Him Happy Birthday... heee....

25th was as hectic cos we had to check out early... we check out of the hotel at 8am... den lugged our heavy bags around Yokohama... hee.. we walked around, occassionally stopping to eat Ba Kua... haaa... nice.. but.. we very cold.... we met Tsukasa at like 3pm den did more shopping for Kyu... Marriane joined us at 6, after which we went to Tsukasa's place for dinner.... ^^

1 thing to say but dinner... UMAIIIII!! the food was fantastic! the food was cooked by Tsukasa's Mom... Tsukasa really should learn from her mom.. heee....the pumpkin soup was sooooo nice... the salad, the inarizushi, the cheese.. dessert.. EVERYTHING!! hee... i really had a nice time... we then watch a Leon Lai movie.. wierd.. but.. who cares... after tat... well... we just spend time monkeying around tilll like 2 plus 3 and went to bed...

and finally... on the 26th.. we woke up early again at 6.. cos we had to catch Kyu's train... breakfast was sumptous... hee... cooked by Tsukasa's mom again!! heee.... nice.. and we had dessert for breakfast.... lol.. strawberries and pineapple... sigh... this is life man... haa..... we rushed to Yokohama on the 7:23 am bus..took the 7:32 train.. and reached Yokohama at like 8:10 or so... send Kyu off in her Narita Express train... oh well.. hope she wil come again soon...:S

after sending Kyu off... well.... it's back home to sleep for 2 hours.. den i met Mitchan and Kevin at Harajuku... basically... we took pictures with the cool people at Harajuku.. and shopped for Kevin's gift... Mitchan left us at 6 for another meeting... leaving me and Kevin alone... oh well.... hmm... apparently.. Mitchan is irritated that i kept teasing her... ALL THE TIME.. hmm... guess i overdid it... think i wil watch out for my own actions more... after coffee and dinner with Kevin... i went home...

well... i PACKED MY ROOM! haa.... it's now cleaner.... heee... oh.. the one thing that nicely wrapped up the day... NIKKE CALLED ME!! i was soooooo happy...:( sigh... i really miss her millions... sigh.....

oh well.. basically... that's it for today... just wanna tell everyone.... I MISS U PEOPLE!!:( my first christmas away from home... sigh.... Have myself, a lonely little Christmas....-.-"

an attempt to do my work... ATTEMPT....

bleh.... i fell for the old trick again.... sigh.... a happy love story... awww.... who can resist tat???? hmmm.... i can think of a few names now.. hmm.... ANYWAY!!!... hee...i was attempting to do my work when my television which is switched on showed Nottinghill.... (not too sure if that's the name...) the show with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant... arghhh.... Julia Roberts gotta be one of my fav female actress... she is SOOOOO charismatic!!! arghh.... really got X factor... bleh.... and Hugh Grant is cute too... and he is an English... drools... haaa.... bleh.... so in the end... i did like 3 introduction for my essay... none of which i found satisfactory.. and a smile on my face from the fuzzy feeling of happy endings.... awwwwwww....

ohoh! a special tribute to a good friend!!!! HUIMIN!!!

haaa... well.... it's her **th birthday today... ^^ here's wishing her all the best in her future endeavors... may she have dreamless sleeps... restful nights.... o.O heee.... still.... she is really one of the most interesting gal i have yet to meet in my life..:) really sweet and very witty...:) love to just sit down and chat with her for a long time... hee..... anyway.... just wanna say... dun work so hard lar..:P haaa... play more... u more then deserve it!:) once again... here's to u... HAAAPPPPYY HATCHDAY!! ^^

Aarin's farewell party and a double dinner....

well... today we had a major test in the morning... well... 2 major tests in the morning... let us just say it certainly be better.... haaa.... oh well... after the one day of crazy happiness yesterday.. well.... i am now super worried... argh.... sigh.. my essay due err.. this week.. and i have no idea what to write... sigh... this is really very bad..:( and hard... sigh... oh well..... i am stressed out..... T_T

well... on the other hand... i went to Aarin's farewell party... with like Aarin and 2 other people, Tristan and Erica, a Korean from another japanese class... we had dinner at Saizeirya.. which Aarin gave us a treat... ^^ after that we went to the jinja near by since there was like a ceremony and so had many stalls there... we walked around for a bit then was joined by Tang and Andrew.... then... we went off our individual ways cos i had to meet mit-chan and kevin...

meeting Mit-chan and Kevin at Shinjuku... i had my second dinner... of okonomiyaki.... haa... bleh... so... now... i am super full... and super stressed... sigh....bleh...

everyone love happy endings... especially me... ^^

i am soooooooooo HAPPY!!! haaa.... i love an happy ending!!! they are the best... i dun mind those that goes like 'a good love story has to end tragically'... nope... happy endings are the best!!! haa.... i am SOOOOOOOO HAPPPY!!! i am so gon crazy.... i like happy endings!! URESHII!!! err.... okies... guess it's enuf... but... I AM URESHII!!!! lol

anyway.... not gonna say what show is this... ^^ so u ppl dun get any surprised spoilt... but to me... i will try my best to remember.... i am so getting this vcd when it comes to singapore... if it ever comes..... o.O stilll..... gosh.... i can't stop smiling... ^^

well... today... i skipped all my class.. to study... well.. i tried to study lar... finished 3/6 readings... 3 more to go... need to prepare for my test tomorrow... was like sooooo sian.. until i watched the show...^^ heee... still.... this means that i have to pia hard now.... bleh..... hopefully i can..... ohoh... my NUS friend Kevin came to Japan! haa.. met him for dinner den i rushed home to watch my show... o.O paiseh man... but... this is wat happens when i get hooked on a drama.... so.. best not for meto get hook on dramas....o.O....anyway... need to go pia liao...bleh.... wish me luck for my test and papers...

today is possibly the happiest day in my life since i reached Japan..

heee... well... i am really happy..:) met sooo many good friends today! it's like a dream come true for me.. hee.... well... Me and Carol met Kyu Kyu who is in Japan for work, then had dinner with Stephanie who came up to Tokyo, and Tsukasa was there too... ^^ 5 friends in a foreign land! well... not foreign to Tsukasa i supposed... hee.. still... it was soooo fun!

in the afternoon, we met up with Kyu Kyu in Shinjuku...well... that wasnt very smooth cos Carol thot it was the West Exit, Kyu was at the New South Exit... and i was waiting at the East Exit.. hmmm... tok about miscommunication and disorientation... anyway... we managed to meet up den go to eat okonomiyaki! well...-.-" the result of the okonomiyaki was that the 3 of us are so not gonna make it as okonomiyaki chefs.. we will have better luck as cha kway teow hawkers maybe... our okonomiyaki defies the conventional rules of the present day okonomiyaki... it was a shape that was shapless... a more fluid one that a solid one.. well... in short... err.. we almost made fried noodles....-.-" with lots of cabbages...

after our exciting lunch.. we walked like 45 mins to Harajuku... we went into one of those tourist shops... and being a tourist... Kyu naturally bought stuff... good for her....:) but the shop really has nice stuff though.. things i will buy for friends when i go back...-.-" hee.... but since i am not goin back soon... that shop have to wait... next stop was Kiddy Land in Harajuku and the shop successfully beguiled us into her seemingly harmless embrace... once we entered, a spell of Kawaii-ness was casted over us and we went crazy with all the cute stuff there.... ok.. maybe.. I went crazy with all the cute stuff there...-.-" in the end.. i splurged like 1600yen there... and that is becos i only had like 4000 yen with me and i need 2000 for dinner .... oh well... exciting.....

Dinner was with Tsukasa and Stephanie... we went to this Izakaya reccommended by Tsukasa.... cant remember the name liao... think it is Tobudon or something Tofudon... dunno... haa.. but was really nice.. the ambience was really fantastic.... even though we are in a restuarant, each table has really their own little space and thus privacy.. we were sitted in a japanese styled way.. err... not kneeling though.. happily seated with our shoes off.. each table has a lamp which shines over our table... defining the space which is ours... and within the sphere.. we chatted and ate non stop.... haa.. lotsa nice food! and we had alcohol.... now to see if my hypothesis bout my alcohol allergy is true... hee... we set there for like 3 hours before heading home.... which is where i am now...-.-" duh... OH!!! Weiling! I got the letter!:) thanks a million.... was really happy to read it... ^^ and special thanks to Kyu for the wonderfully delicious Ba Kua!!! hee... it was really good..:P i had a bite when i reached home to make sure it is still eatable... ^^

Orstrich on ice...

well.. for those who thinks Orstrich belongs to the hartsh outlands of Down Under.. think again... hee.. well.. currently there is a advert going on in trains showing orstrichs.... SKIING! heee.. it's very well done and absolutely hilarious.. the orstrichs were doing tricks like flips and stuff while skiing... if only i could show it to u all... oh well.... still.. try to imagine these long legged birds on ski ^^... impressive.. ^^

wooots! finished with the LDW class!

today is a day of celebration.. the 1 credit undervalued class is over! the amount of work is comparable to any other 4 credit modules i am taking.. heck.. it's more than most 4 credit modules i was taking...well... today was the final persentation and we handed in the report so..HURRAH!!! heee... happpy... well... at least... now i have like 1 more big paper to go.. argh... hopefully nothing appears for the holidays..-.-"

Japan the service oriented country...

well... everyone noes Japan is service oriented rite... the good thing bout the service.. it is for everyone!:) they are really kind to the disabled i think.... for example.. in the train station today.. a train attendant pushed the wheel-bound person into the train... upon alighting... there is another train attendant waiting at the door (which means that they have to synchronise which cabin the person is in!) and was ready to help him out... i wonder which other countries have such a fabuluous systems... for the blind.. there are like signals on the pavements to help them move around oso.... wonder if Singapore will ever reach such a standard.... or we will just think it is not profitable.. so next...-.-"

went for Karaoke today... effectively skipping my lessons... haaa.. well.. they should noe better than to plan lessons so close to the hols! bwhahahaaha!:P

ok... i got 8 mins to blog.... err.. make that 7...

i have like 8 mins before my battery runs out on me... so... here goes! okies.. i am done... haaaa.... kidding lar.. de... now watching variety show.. after my dinner... actually.. i am more or less just waiting for the battery to run out so that i can charge... hee...

well...today has been err... ok i guess.... went for all my lessons... i like japanese lessons.. the friends i made there are at least erhmm.. longer lasting than the other lessons... hmm.... is this a trend? well... here's the hypothesis.. go for Japanese lessons to make lasing friendship... hee...

this variety is quite interesting... haa... basically teens go up to tv for like physical problems i think...-.-" like constipation, can't sleep etc... well.. this gal now sleeps like 3-4 hours a day.. cos she gets excited thinking bout her crush...-.-" oh well.. u get the idea.. they are teens.... haa.. but was really funny how she answered the questions bout the crush in this little gal squeaking voice... haaa... oh well... oh... appparently they try to solve the problem by walking.....-.-" in a weird way that is.... wierd.... haaa..... imagine the chicken walk... u will have a rough idea.....

oh well... think that's it... oh.... i spend on comics today... there was a sales... i hate sales.... bleh....

another day at home.....

well... i can say for the record this year has seen me being at home for the most numbers of days... my university years were never bout staying at home.. it's always bout meeting friends and going out.. but... well... in Japan.. staying at home is something i do often... and i dun really like it....:S cos when i stay at home, i really feel is a waste of time when i do things like watch tv and such.. anyway.. i watched The Incredibles today..^^ i like it!! tht baby was SSOOOOO CUTE!!! heee... gaga ^^

hmmm..... wat am i gonna write about?

well.. half of the weekend is over... argh... i need more weekends... oh well... it has been... err.. productive? maybe not.. haa.. but fun.. hee... err.. wait.. not fun fun but fun playing games... -.-" din get to meet mitsue today cos she said she's bz.. oh well... i like meeting her... nice person to be around with to bully...^^

ohoh... my classmate shared this website with me and so would like to share with u ppl! err.. japanese learning people that is.. hee... www.rikai.com <--- go to the bottom of the page and there should write japanese to english.. click on that.. and viola.. put yr cursor over any japanese words and be amazed... ^^

parties, dinners, meetings inversely proportional to wealth

i am getting poorer... bleh.... everytime i go out with my friends or watever... i spend money.. the least i have spent so far is like 3000 yen which works out to be $45... the max... i dun wanna think bout it... and that is like for 1 day.... argh.... oh well... however, me am having fun... haaa... ohoh... had a dinner with Hikaru, his friend Yae, and her friend Minori...:D Minori is a model... haa... chio bu!:P haaa... she really looks good though... hee....

well... yesterday was Serene's birthday so here's wishing a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY... again.... haaa.... using ur name to fill up this space...:P heee....

exciting day today!

heee... our class went to the disaster centre (well... not really disaster centre but the bousaichyou) and it turn out to be more fun den expected... well... think this is one of the few school trips we get.. if u can call it a field trip though since we had to pay for ourselves to get there... anyway... there, they teach us wat to do in an earthquake, fire and such... so we went thru a few simulation..:D hee....

the first was the earthquake course... they have a special room which stimulates earthquake and so we had to off the fire, open the door and hide under the table... and the room really shakes! hee... but.. the table is SOOOOO small!! argh.. japanese size sia.... was rather cute looking at those americans squeeze beneath the table...^^ well.. i had problems too though..:S hee....

the second was the smoke room, where they simulate a building which caught fire and the whole place is smoky... so we had to move around in the smoky room finding our way out.. really hard to see cos the smoke was really thick.. but they din use real smoke lar.. the smoke smelled like caramel to me though.. heee...

the last (alas...) was the fire extinguishing game.. err.. simulation i mean....(-.-;) well... we had to put our fire with the fire extinguisher.. so it was 'kaji da!' den sprayyyyyyyyy.... haaa.... fun.... ^^

well... the day had its bad things too though.. i had a major midterm today..:S hopefully everything turns ou fine..:S oh well..

after another cliche episode of Fuufu...^^

sigh... i hate for the show to end sia... guess it's a very cliche type of show but.. well... cliches are cliches lor.... ppl like cliches...:D dun u all go 'awwww' at a part which u noe will happen but still go 'awwww' anyway?:P heee... lalalala... well.. the's the good thing bout today... ohoh.. another good thing is that i went to church today! hee... the 1030 service is nicer..:P got more people more youths.. anyway... i stayed for lunch and chat with the people... well... sorta chat i supposed... haaa..

well.. that's the good part... the bad part is.. i got a major test tomorrow and err.. i have yet to study for it... die... oh well..... ^^

today's Aaron ( i think..) birthday party...:S

one of our classmates had a birthday party today and so we all went to dinner... with his horde of japanese friends.... this guy is a pretty friendly, Hawaiian Chinese guy... so he made lotsa friends... so many that i was really shocked..there were like errr...12, maybe, japanese friends... i had like err... i dun wana count.. it's sad.. anyway... we went to have shabushabu buffet which cost like 1680 yen.. expensive but it's someone's birthday so oh well.. the food was good though... hee...

well.. other thing we did today was to go with Tsukasa to watch this Flamenco performance by the Waseda Flamenco Club... well.. they are good sia.. good music, good dancing.. the guitarist was unbelievable ar.. really fantastic playing.. everyone did very well i think... i really enjoyed this performance.. and i aint exactly a dance person too... nice nice... OLE!:P