TAMRON LENSES ROCKS!

50mm. That's the power! Muahahahaha! Photos are raw and not editted or cropped. =D

Fun Fact!

The wild deers in Nara bow to you before allowing you to feed them. OMG! Even wild animals have manners down here. Humans are indeed worst than animals.

I miss home, though there is no one to miss... LOL!

SIGOE!

All is white.

The colour of the entire city is pure white.

My first snow man made.

In the small town of Obuse,

known for producing chestnut related products,

lies nothing special but chestnuts.

Populated mostly by farmers, everything is simplistic here. Down to the very retro charcoal heater for warming our room.

In a corner of the town hangs a sign that makes no sense to foreigners. But the kanji written word can easily be recognised as a native chinese's handwriting.

The restaurant only have 2 tables and 8 chairs in total with gleeful Christmas decorations and a pot that is over boiled, producing steam that humidify the air.

Cold and Shivering we walked entered the cosy restaurant. There were only 3 food on the menu, all of which are Chinese cuisine " 玛保豆腐", "猪肉片" and "肉卷包".

The shop was attended by a young girl which was my age, all of us were impressed by how fluent she could speak Chinese, especially in this native land. What was more impressive was that she tended the shop alone.

We came to realize that her grand parents were migrants from China, just like most present Singaporeans which includes me, she was born and grew up in Japan though. She don't look like a chinese at all.

Although her pronunciation was accurate but her grammar used were completely that of the Japanese language. Like for example, where we say that every shop is different, in chinese we would say "每间店都不同". Instead she said it as "店店不同".

She wrote "顺坂" on a piece of paper which was a name of a city that she intro us to spent Christmas at. That hand writing looked as if it was written by a preschooler, with the "顺" drawn half the palm size and the "坂" so small. She was went to study in China for a year after graduating from high school in Fu Zhou.

For someone of the same age, she was already opening her own restaurant, managing her own life and earning her own living. Don't you feel useless?

I hope young adults in Singapore knows how fortunate they are..

She really inspires me.

The gigantic green tea MOCHI!

Golden yellow leaves staggers down,

like a swindler which lands at places which the wind hales it to.

Leaving golden rays of light,

shining star bring on these naked life.

Tiny flurries sprinkling down,

confetti that showers it

with white washing pure water

cleaning away all dirt of life.

The blend of white and brown,

this is what human call..

"winter"

It started snowing today..

Konichi-wa!!!

Orgenkideska? How are you kawaii people? This is a fantastic place filled kawaii boys and girls. It also explains why Japan's cosmetic industry is so prosperous. All of them put on thick eye-liner, nail paints and their hair all blown up. I think this place really suits you DOM! (^_^) The weather provides free gel for your hard, the water literally hardens and becomes a strong holding natural hair gel. Now I know why all of them leaves such long hair. It's because of the freezing weather. My ears feel like dropping off these few days...

All the Tokyo people are so facepaced. Walking amongst them made me felt like a turtle. Laying back in a restaurant to relax is definitely not a typical triad amongst them. Most of them have 2 to 4 jobs which explains why they're known as the most stressful country in the world. If you ever had the chance to observe their facial expressions in a subway, none of them smiles and instead all of them look as if they are overworked. But if you approach them to ask for directions, it's hard not to be amazed by the beauty of their smiles, like one that could bring a million of problems away.

One interesting fact that Japan's trains are different from Singapore's, they allow eating and drinking on trains but talking on mobile phones are prohibited.

That just reflects how packed their schedules and how hectic their lifestyles, grabbing every opportunity for resting and feeding.

Lifestyle aside, we all know how morally groomed Japanese are. They are very honest people. When I paid at 10,000 Yen bill for a 1,000 Yen service, the service staff actually chased 400m (approx?) for me, like a sprinting race where he was panting after he found me. When I left my bag on the highway bus today, the driver actually left the bag (unopened with belongings completely intact) at the ticketing counter. It's something I truly respects! Unlike back in Singapore where I'm still having a fuss on who found my GC without returning to the GO.

The transport here are extremely EX!! On average by far, we spent $30 daily per person on transportation alone and we didn't even touched any taxi. It's all trains only and it cost about $3 for a 2 station trip which is only 5 minutes. Ex eh?

Disneyland was nothing like anything I've every seen. I must come back one day again with friends or spouse when I grow up. Anything is fun with friends around =).

It'll be -7 degrees tmr. I hope I can still keep my nose!

Hello Diary,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas don't be late - alvin and the chipmunks

Before I leave, here's the greatest festive holiday of this year! Rejoice and celebrate the birth of Christ, showering all the other with love and peace. Merry X'mas everyone!

Change
With this long get away, I am going to change myself. I need this total change to be back to who I once was. Not this cocky, strong headed and stubborn guy I'm seeing now. Promise to change when I return.

I've been a good boy this year. So if Santa can grant me a list of wishes this Christmas, here's what I would wish for-

• auntie Irene to be healthy once again
• for sis and boy boy to get married (soon) - so i can receive ang bao during new year.
• for enemies that I've made to be friends
• no politics in this world (I know it's impossible)
• decent A level results
• For me to get over this enduring crush

The adult world

I felt a little office politics on my first temp job since the start of the holidays. I once heard that whenever there's people, there are bound to be politics. They are really ugly and nasty. If I had a choice, I would never want to work in an organization that have so much politics again. They scrutinized your dignity and generates fear within you to let you engulf in a slow pain that kills your confidence and self-esteem.

The adult world is indeed scary and full of unexpected scenarios. Politics, please stay further away from me.

Till then, have a great Christmas people.

I'll be back as a changed person. I need time to collect all my thoughts for now.

Sayonara!

I've been constantly haunt by what happened that day.

I feel empty without my classmates and I really need them.

Sometimes, probably you can't have the best of both world.

Sometimes, things just happen and it can't be clearly comprehended.

Sometimes, people just chose to hold on to those grudges and a single sentence you clearly did not intend to say.

Maybe it's because I over reacted then but that's what happens when a person completely lost the trust of another. Isn't it?

People are not born perfect and instead they are broken in certain ways,

they aren't simple problems that can be solved within a day or two.

If they can be fixed with a few words, then there won't be having so many wars and conflicts in this world we lived in today.

Everything have turned really complicated and I felt kept in the dark. As if everyone is against me. No one really bothers updating me. Probably afraid of getting themselves into a deeper trouble.

I'm really missing my class but guess it couldn't be help. I should learn to be independent of them and take all these things that have happened with a pinch of salt.

I don't see things resolving and it may stay like this forever. Good bye 08S401. =(

PROM.

VLG. Live the glamorous life.

I'm seeing lots of pretty girls and handsome dude last night. Sufficient to pop my eyes out of their place. Everyone looked different in their own unique ways and this night is definitely the suitable night for those eyes to get diabetes. (Over dose of candies.)

It turn didn't turned out as I would expect it to be- dull boring and probably being ostracised by my class. They were like they were on drugs and was absolutely HIGH. So happy for Ric, Jere and Myself. Come on, at least let me indulge in that happiness for the last time even if it was only a photo. ^_^ *Awwww*. We were on wings later that morning, it's like dreams coming true! But yeah, ironically, it was the end. Hehe.

ZY was a the nominee for the KING also known as P.King reject. HAHA! But it was fun when you've a friend up on that stage. He looked like a korean superstar, don't you agree? For those who knew, all of us went "OH NO!" when he had to strip something, cause obviously he will have to exposed those well hidden singlets. Anyway, not trying to be gay here but he was very handsome that night.

Photos are at Facebook. You can email me if you want the original copies cause the uploaded photos are usually reduced resolution.

Will be away in 3 days and returning on Jan. No Christmas in SG again. Sian.

Still in the heavenly mood.. This music brings it further. *BLEH*

梁山伯与茱丽叶

我爱你 你是我的茱丽叶 我愿意变成你的梁山伯
幸福的每一天 浪漫的每一夜
把爱 永远 不放开 I LOVE YOU
我爱你 你是我的罗蜜欧 我愿意变成你的祝英台
幸福的每一天 浪漫的每一夜
美丽的爱情祝福著未来

The class.

I don't know why am I in this mess. May be it's because of my busy bodiness trying to sound out to people their problems. Should have just kept quite and not be bother by other people's problems.

Cramp and 25 degree sun burn are all over my body! Training is sure fun, especially when the long awaited paddling with CY finally comes. It's been a year since we last paddled together and I know every time I feel like giving up then, the memories of paddling with him pushed me on.

I managed to find myself back at those training, it's like this lost feeling that detached from me many months ago. By finding that self, I can finally go into a deep sleep without waking up in the middle of the night. The fatigue makes me sleep better and I won't mind if every night I had fatigue, it feels like an addictive drug. It was lovely to see mac ritchie, coach, teammates and everyone else there again. Even the facilities were much much much more luxurious than what we had for 2 years.

Anyway, I've been watch LOTS and LOTS of drama lately, all of them are Japanese ones of course. Can you spot a similarity in the dramas that I've watched? Bet you can't. Haha.

BOSS

Ryusei no Kizuna

Liar Game

Code Blue

Hello people!

Sorry about the previous post, my friend was playing a prank as I left my account un-logged off at his com.

A levels

So, the best news is A levels is finally over yet does anyone you leave any ouch of regret? I do. Doesn't that fear of not getting an A grade haunt you? I'm uncertain about getting A for maths and physics. Neither am I confident of passing Econs nor GP. The only subject which I'm sure of is .. CHEM which is only a H1 subject. Put it all aside and will cope with it again come next February. I've done my best in all subjects and there's not regrets left. At the very least, I know all the mistakes made are all out of my ability to salvage.

The Friends

We celebrated the long passed jun an and jere's birthday today. Although that stupid jere pang seh us despite numerous calls and all the planning, the morning was really a hilarious one. It's like childhood to me. Monkey, water polo and CROCODILE (bet you never heard that before). Left4Dead2 is awesome man, nothing beats this teamwork game. Zy lost his voice after the game and you could imagine that excitement that we had. Training tomorrow. ^_^. FINALLY.

The Class

It's the last day of school and everyone should be looking happy and chirpy, isn't it? But I was feeling this gloomy atmosphere over my class. It's this dumb conflict that's happening. It is definitely tearing the whole class apart, ironically, on the last day of school. Is there a sin that is so hard to be forgiven? Even terrorist are being prayed for in a church, what's so detrimental that everyone have to put up this facade against one another? Well, I may not have the complete picture of what's going around here but please please please forgive one another, no matter how hard it is to. It's only better for both you and people around you.

I can't bare to see everyone so torn apart. Brought a camera for cam whoring with you guys but everyone just head home or split into their groups after Physics paper.Just to let you know, no matter how apart you guys are. All of you are still one within me. I love the 08S401 that I am in for the past 2 years and it will always remain that way. You guys have my love forever.

Others

I'm going to work real soon!