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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

ok, it the long awaited post bout my trip in japan.

picture speak a thousand words

day 1. (in toyko)
reached japan around 8am( take note, they are an hr earlier den us.) had one whole day to walk around the place. the hotel was in the city around and had to get use of the place.

this is the hotel, keio plaza hotel

how high our hotel was.

this is the hotel room quite big.

they have all kinds of vending machine, this
is the one where they sell ice cream.

a nice building

so we just shop around the city area from day to night. quite tiring. brought 2 shirts.

Day 2 ( Tokyo, DISNEYSEA! )
the ticket is quite ex, it is around 70+ sin. but it is worth the money. their show is really got standard one( it is way much btr den the NDP parade.) and their rides also quite standard unlike sin escape park.

Toyko Disney resort

mum and dad. behind is a nice big globe. haha

me and mum.

this is a part of the show. there is mickey on top and minnie below.

GOOFY!

After the show, it was time for RIDES. sat only 3 rides cuz the queue was super long. queue for 2 hrs for the rides. Actually, there is something called the FASTPASS. it allows you to cut the queue. only realised it when we were gg home. grr.

Journey to the center of the earth! it is the ride. one of the best ride i sat.

this was the night show. damn nice. u can see fire on water.

tt bout it for disneySEA. wht more can i say except it is fun fun fun.

DAY 3 [Ueno park, Ueno zoo and shinjuku(shopping area lyk bugis.)]

saw lots and lots of cherry blossom. i lyk to visit other country zoo. dont noe. it is diff, their animals are more lively den singapore maybe because of their weather.

Cherry blossom. the whole street.

a closer view of the cherry blossom.

the red panda. an endanger species.

this is a gorilla ass(= haha

the two polars bear

i have completely no idea what this is

armadillo. was amazed with this little thing
penguins!!!!
the animals look much more happier and lively in this zoo. and shopped at shinjuku, no pics for tt. cuz was busy shopping. things there are cheap but didnt really get anything cuz all not suitable.

brought 2 t-shirts.

DAY 4 ( last day in tokyo, went to palette town, and did last min shopping around the hotel area.)

in palette town, was quite a nice area and i think there were some anime bands playing there. and i saw lots and lots of anime ppl. and their clothes is really te kong man. u see all colours hairs there and their clothes really really very te kong one. u should have seen it with your own eyes. also, they have a shopping centre there, and i went into a damn big pet shop and their dogs are super super cute la. felt lyk bringing one back to sin. and sadly, they dont allow us to take photos)= japanese keep monkeys, hedgehog as pets!!! i have to admit the monkey was quite cute. haha

the shopping centre, they painted the ceiling. looks real

this was the ferris wheel tt we took. quite high.

in the ferris wheel.

nice scenery.

the cars are so small and the ppl are smaller.

tt basically all for the day. packed my things at night. was ready to leave tokyo for osaka the next day.

DAY 5 ( leaving toyko, gg to osaka.)

before we left toyko, we had to see mount fuji. and we were told tt we could see mount fuji from an obsevation deck in a building which was just opp our hotel. Sadly, we didnt mount fuji as there were clouds blocking our view. but it was ok. next we had to take JR( the train.) to the toyko station. where we had to change to another place where we could take the bullet train to osaka. and it took us hrs to find the place. it was very difficult and when we reached the place we didnt noe wht train to take as there were diff speed to the train. some were faster and some were slower and it was really frustrating. and wht made it worst was we had our luggages with us!!! we practically looked lyk fools dragging our luggages around. and it was quite heavy esp mum one. dont noe wht she put inside lor. finally we managed to find the train and we were off to osaka. reaced osaka bout 5+ and we checked in and went to walked around our hotel to get use to the place. thank god tt our hotel was in the city area and the shopping was great.

this was at the observation deck in tokyo.

our hotel room. quite squeezy.

quite a big television, but no use cuz got nothing btr to watch one. their tv program is really very lousy lor. no soccer!!! how can?

but their toilet was gd. the area where u take a bathe was very spacious. and i love the bath tub. haha

man, i love japan toilet!!!! it is very shiok. see those buttons at the toilet paper there, it has diff functions lyk spraying your butt with water after your business and there is a dryer too. damn cool la. and the seat has a warmer. how i wish i have a toilet bowl lyk this with diff functions at home. was quite amazed by this. haha

the night life of osaka.

not much pics for the day.

DAY 6 ( kobe )

spend the whole day in this town. it has a history, it was hit by an earthquake and it was quite serious but it has recover from the destruction. also, i ate the kobe beef. it was super shiok la.

KOBE MOTOMACHI- a shopping street

they kept this part as a memory. as u can see it was quite bad.

another part of the earthquake.

this bridge was build to show us how fast kobe recover from the devasting earthquarke

The KOBE BEEF!!! YUM YUM. it cost us 100 bucks

concentrating on cooking the beef.

man, just look at the beef. i am gg to describe the taste of the beef. and there will be probably be saliva all over your com. here it goes, this beef is so juicy and tender. gosh when u put it inside your mouth and u take your first bite, the juice just spatter inside your mouh la. it is damn shiok. super super super nice la. will nvr ever forget the taste of tt.

is your keyboard filled with your saliva?

the second plate of raw kobe beef.

tt all. man the kobe beef is superb!!! brought one jacket.

DAY 7.( went to church, osaka aquarium.)

it was sunday and of course it was a day to honour god. went the church called osaka christian center. it was the only international church in osaka. the service was quite gd, the pastor was quite funny too. there were only bout 100 ppl there and it was of all races. from the blacks to the ang moh to the chinese. i am sure tt there was more den 15 races there. an american girl perform a mime to the song who am i by casting crowns. and den was the message. the pastor preached bout god clothed them and talked bout adam and eve and showed interesting pics on the screen. quite a unique way to preach a sermon. it was quite different from our church. but who cares, GOD IS EVERYWHERE. and the pressence of the lord was felt during the worship time. the worship leader couldnt sing very well but she was greatly used by god. they sang shout to the lord in jap version, quite nice although i dont understand, i sang it in jap too.

osaka aquarium was one of the best. it was 8 floors high!!! underwater world cannot compare to the the osaka aquarium. it was 10 times btr la. they have the whale shark which was damn big, manta ray which was damn big too. dolphins, otters which was quite big, many diff kinds of jellyfish. it was good!

count the number of fishes. and let me noe the answer

a white headed otter.

the pufferfish.

what a cool turtle.

take a look at tt brown penguin. look cool.

i believe i can fly! the penguin told itself tt.

this is the giant whale shark.

another view of the whale shark.

look at how big is this shark.

a close up view.

the manta ray. it looks scary

let us count the fishes again.

this crab looks fierce.

leopard shark

a jellyfish.

this jellyfish is nice.

another kind of jellyfish.

this is nice too(=

ok tt bout it for the osaka aquarium, went back to the city for dinner and shop awhile.

Day 8 ( SHOPPING!!! )

it was last min shopping for the trip. was suppose to go to universal studio but due to the rain we had to change our plans. so went to shop in osaka and i was on a spending spree. brought lots of things tt day. and i have nvr walked so much before also. kept walking from 12-8 lor. spend bout 400 bucks on tt day cant spend all as still got universal studio to go to.

and i saw a nike shop which i think only nike osaka have. the shoe is damn nice but sadly it was not for sale. the range is called nikeID studio or something lyk tt.u are supposed to customize your own shoe and design it yourself but they have one which is really nice and i hope singapore will have this range!!!

so here are the things i brought for the day.

- 4 shirts

- 1 pants

- 1 pair of adidas shoe

- tkk goodies.

no pics for the day cuz was busy shopping for myself.

Day 9 ( universal studio!!!! )

it was very nice. and the rides are btr den disneySEA(= had to queue 45 mins to buy the ticket. but it was worth the wait. we were much smarter now as we brought the FASTPASS booklet, it allows us to cut queue. but quite ex la. one ticket was bout 70 bucks. here are the pics.

me and mum at universal studio

the big universal globe.

look at the roller coaster. haha didnt take it.

this is the 4-D cinema. it means 3-D + life. watched the sesame street but couldnt understand a word of it as it is in jap. just watched for fun.

E.T. this was the first ride we took, and sadly it was quite disappointing. not very thrilling, we just sit on some bicycle shaped thing and they will bring you all around showing you things. there is only one part i enjoyed which was there was one part where E.T. was riding bicycle in the sky with the stars, they showed you tt part and it was kinda interesting.

terminator, didnt take this ride cuz i chose E.T.

the spiderman ride. wah i tell u, it was the best ride i ever took man. it is a stimulated machine but it will bring you around. there is lyk those bad guys lyk dr octopus, venom, scorpion, etc... and u will go with an adventure with spidey and how he defeat them. they will swing u here and there one. damn fun. it is a must take ride!!!!

back to the future, didnt take this ride.

does it look real?

this was inside the ride. this ride was also very gd. it is really in the movie. they started the ride with the opening of the big wooden gate and the jurassic park theme song started to play. the atmosphere was really real. this pic ws take when i was in the ride, was not allowed to take pics when on the ride but didnt care. as you can see, there is a tunnel ltr, inside the tunnel was the part where the velocoraptors was inside the electricity plant. they did the exact same thing. haha. quite nice la.

look at how high the water went!!! got quite wet.

this is the boat for the ride, some brought poncho...

this is where the show was held. the show wasnt as grand as disneySEA but i enjoyed it, it had a storyline. it was those kind of pirate of the carribean thos kind la. was amazed at all the stunts esp thos high risk stunt they take, the props was also quite real.

this is the stage where the performance was held.

JAWS!!!

my dad told me this was the real thing. haha

snoopy, charlie brown and i forgot tt gal name. quite cute.

woody woodpecker(=

woody woodpecker just sum up my trip in japan(= YEAH!!!

tt was bout it for universal studio. spend the whole day there. spend all my money there, brought most of the gift for ppl at universal studio. still had some pics for sesame street, etc. maybe will post them next time cuz blogger got some problem... universal studio is a place not to be miss. went back to the hotel to pack my luggage.

day 10( leaving japan but returning to sin! )

didnt really take any pics as was quite homesick already. took SIA back to sin. watched some debate show and golden compass.

overall, this trip was a gd break for my family and me. had lots of fun but most impt i would lyk to THANK GOD for protecting throughout the trip, giving us gd weather, guiding us if not i think we would be lost, letting us meet with ppl who can speak eng. met afew ppl who hlp us translate. THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS TRIP.

the must go in japan,

- DisneySEA

-Universal Studio.

the must eat.

-KOBE BEEF!!!!

what i lyk

- the weather, although quite cold but it is gd.

- i drank lots of starbucks in japan!

-food

- shopping

- TOILET!!! and i want to have tt toilet bowl at my hse.

what i dont lyk.

- dislike to walk underground, very confusing

- the ppl there dont noe eng, there was a communication breakdown most of the time. haha

tt bout it. hope u enjoyed this post and u have to visit japan one day.

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