Labels: Japan
QJ showed me this:
http://www.minamiaso-coffee.com/2008/07/post_4.html
it's kumamoto guest house tat we stayed in... and see the picture and the hand drawn cards? one the left is by QJ and the other one... of cos me!
haha... i was surprised. but at the same time... it was so sweet. roughly knows wad he typed... abt us (2 girls) in kumamoto, shopping and sight-seeing for 10days and abt QJ's half priced camera! haha.
realized tat he blogged it on the day we left. awwww... i wanna go back!
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Labels: Japan
i'm back in singapore!
haha... flight got delayed supposed to be at 12midnight touch down... but.... haiz... end up din buy vodka for mel k. and martell for my dad.
sad things aside. will be uploading photos soon.... and compile my journey journal! haha...
probably wun be posting up on bloggie cos i think it'll be lots of stuffs. those who wanna read more let me know after i compile finish. haha.
okie... i feeling very tired. but i woke up at 9am. (slept at only 3.30am) cant slp anymore cos i'm supposed to be at orchard hotel at 1pm for dsta scholarship rehearsal till 6pm and the official ceremony at 7pm?
i guess i gonna be late. i'm having jet lag. plus how to get there i also dunno.
going out soon.
see ya soon my dear frens!
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Labels: Japan
Leaving Beppu.
okie now is only 7.38am... and i'm blogging. woke up at 6.30am cos very de awake for dunno wad reasons. catching the first high way bus back to kumamoto which is at 8.20am. still got abt another half hr be4 we officially check out.
stomach not feeling tat good.. hope it gets beta later. =(
very de sianz....
this will probably be my last post until i reach HK transit or reach home, since kumamoto guest house com isn't that convienent to use. so yeap... 5 more days in japan *excluding today*
kumamoto will be fun.... =)
tat's all. cheers and take care pple!
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Labels: Japan
today is beppu day2!
blogging at 8.23am (japan time) cos waiting for the laundry to be done... walk up and down the stairs to find the washing machine, den end up knowing they dun have one in the hostel and the laundry shop is jus near the hostel -.-''
probably an hour later den we will be able to have our decent breakfast and set off for our bamboo craft trip... which we dunno which bus to take haha... walking will be a beta option i guess. anyway it's fun to walk ard seeing the sights singapore wun have.
i'm quite stone now. QJ blogging as well....
maybe tat's all for now..
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i'm back from the bamboo craft and suginoi palace... bought quite a few things.... walk lots of distance.... i think 10km? haha... practically one end to the other by walking.... nice view... nice breeze... not really tat tired cos i think i'm still quite fit for it... haha...
quite happy today cos happy things happened... =)
shopping was fun... asking directions was fun... cos i understand wad they saying yeah! haha... not really understand all but i understand their body language and part of wad they saying. Amazing...
no wonder luqman and yoshi were so amazed tat 2 girls came to japan without knowing how to speak or read japanese!
haha i'm quite amazed by myself as well.... =)
QJ sent email back to koji-san cos we supposed to go back kumamoto on thursday morning instead... but we're done walking and sight-seeing in beppu!
so time to head back i guess... =) to the happy place to be in.
washing laundry again.... so waiting again for another hour before heading out to the shopping mall for more shopping and dinner! YouMe town... dream town if i remb correctly.
my eyes very dry... and i'm too lazy to take out my contact lens... -.-"
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back from dinner and shopping. ate ebi don. and now is only 9.15pm and i'm hungry again! having gastric tat's even worse... damn. where is luqman and yoshi when u nid them! haha
gonna have cereal later... ate a chewy bar and it's not good enuff.... haiz so sian!
chatting on msn....
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Monday, June 30, 2008
Labels: Japan
wooo hooo... after 5days den got com to use! haha.... there's computer at kumamoto guest house but paiseh to use cos it's in the cafe itself and one com only... which is linked to the owner, koji-san's cashier.
so yeap din blog for 5days.... wun talk abt kumamoto cos too much to write...will compile everything for my own memory.... plain few words to descibe.... fun and memorable. saw yoshi, luqman, yuki and lin! haha... thanks for the company during our stay =)
book out at 11.30am went to eat lunch and waited at the bus terminal since 1.30pm cos scared no ticket to go beppu. and the journey.... 4.5hrs.... zzzz.
but it was nice cos we din know beppu is jus behind the Mt Aso, it was nice scenery all the way.... mountains... coldness.... so beautiful....
slept, took photos.... until we reach beppu. search for khaosan beppu hostel and went for dinner. beppu is more country-like compared to kumamoto. shopping malls closed at 7plus 8pm, tat's so early! kumamoto not too bad 8plus pm. -.-''
comparing beppu, fukuoka and kumamoto.... kumamoto is still the best. not only luqman and yoshi are there to help/service us haha.... but we felt more safe in kumamoto even if we walk alone at night. *every meal or things we buy in kumamoto, there's always luqman and yoshi to help us* so dependent on them haha...
beppu looks so different from kumamoto.... hopefully tmr will be a fun one, going to bamboo craft and aquabeat.
miss the guest house, yoshi and luqman. so fun to have them ard cos can play until late night and still got pple to send us back safely. =(
3 or 4 days in beppu... depending on how fun beppu is... and we will be back to kumamoto guest house! haha... cos haven walk finish kumamoto!
oh how i miss kumamoto.
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Labels: Japan
Labels: Japan
finally reached fukuoka at 1.30pm, after the torturous 10hrs of transit time at HK. got somehow stuck at the immigation cos i din write the name of the hostel i gonna stay, but luckily the person who served me speaks fluent chinese! OMG. not so lucky for QJ lor... haha
den went to pick up our check-in luggage... finally see it again so happy cos i so scared it will get lost in transit ahahaha.... paranoid.
took shuttle bus to the domestic airport after picking up much brochures and maps.... den took subway to Hakata station. walk round and round in Hakata station cos we cant find the exit we wanted. finally gave up haha and ask a shop keeper. OK, got the way... followed the map... walk and walk and walk with tat bloody heavy bagpack to the hostel!
so far! and we realised something. every 100m there will be a vending machine! haha they so thirsty ar? and very few food outlets!
okie so we finally reached the hostel... saw our room not too bad though. went out to find food *dinner* at 4.30pm! haha... their 4.30pm felt like singapore's 6pm. cool and nice temp. walk and walk, took photos and came to this small restaurant. QJ wanted to eat rice but the person attending to us couldnt understand wad she wanted. so all she can say was "chotto matte" while i look at the language book.... haha after so many misunderstand, we ordered "wad he wanted us to eat" ; ramen. haha easiest and simplest. but the food is damn nice.
while eating we saw this poster besides us so we stared at it, not long after he came and showed us the chilli paste we staring at! haha. so of cos we tried.... haha QJ cannot tahan haha and me still can tahan, it jus tasted like a spicer version of chilli padi. hahahah.
total bill; 900yen. so cheap and nice food!
so we left... walk halfway... turn back and when i wanted to take a photo of the shop, he came out and waved to us... even posed for our photo... haha how cute and wad a nice attitude. conclusion japanese are very the poilte!
bought a dessert from the supermarket at 200yen *both of us shared* and went back to the hostel cos QJ say the sky turning dark.... so yeap now bathe already.... and now only 8pm and QJ is already tired!
haha... wad a day. tmr will start at 9am and set off to kumamoto... still seraching how to get there haha... so yeap tat will be all for now. cos the keyboard is so difficult to use! haiz... 4 functions in one button -.-
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Hong Kong International Airport
4:09 AMblogging at 4.10am at Hong Kong International Airport transit area. we have been here since 10pm last nite. haha.... flight to Fukuoka is at 8.55am. pretty memorable experience cos we have to slp on the couch. -.-
their escalators are nosiy in the sense tat it keeps repeating the safety guidelines! haha.
got pretty lost in the transit area cos it's damn confusing with the signs pinting everywhere but none of the help desk to be seen! *the place under renovation*
no convienence store also. sadded. QJ used up 3 out of 5 packets of the tissue! Oh god. her sinus is damn bad... she's feeling cold when i'm complaining warm. haha.
so sianz.... nothing to do here one. wan to slp but feeling damn awake. the flight to HK was bad. turbulence one after another. made me felt so giddy and headache. but the flight is super on time.
okie lah i think tat's all for now. hopefully can have time to blog when we r at the hostels. FUN trip ahead!
everyone take care! Cheers!
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Story and feelings
8:52 AM9am: 6hrs 30min to my flight to Japan.
Wooo so excited. finally all packed up. Going over to QJ's house at 1pm. the only thing left is changing of money haha yeap.... i changed only 600bucks so far.
14days of travelling/bagpacking. Will miss home and my dear frens. *i know u all looking forward to my 2nd or 3rd bag when i return* haha!
weather prediction not too bad. only sunday will have heavy rain. but still *prays hard* for good weather.
i abit lost right now haha.... maybe overly excited over our first bagpacking trip. time to piece up the map and strighten my tots for this wonderful trip! =)
Story of the pencil maker
Long, long ago, there was this pencil marker who makes the best and beautiful pencils in the world. One day, he made a set of pencils which were the best he ever made. Before he pack the pencils and send them out for sale, he told the pencil;
You are the best pencils that I have ever made, but you must remember 5 values that are very important.
First Value; you must let people hold onto you. Without anyone holding onto you, you will not be able to accomplish anything.
Second Value; No matter what surface you write on, you will always leave a mark. So you must always think before you act.
Third Value; you must be able to withstand the pain that there will be people who try to sharpen you. But this will only let you become sharper and better.
Fourth Value; No matter how pretty, how beautiful or tall/short/fat/thin you are, what matters most is the inner lead.
Fifth Value; whenever you make a mistake, you can always use the eraser on your head to erase the mistake. But will it leave a mark? It will always leave a mark even if you rub away.
SME juniors are you reading these stories? I do hope you did. =)
"A jigsaw puzzle will never be perfect if a piece is missing."