More memories of Japan

Thank you Kaka for making another one. Part 2 is more upbeat and it has more crazy poses from myself and my sister. There we get to meet two of her classmates, Nazuna and Kyoko and we had the most fun time there. From Kyoto's Cinema Village to Kobe Harborland, they were such sweet memories.



Can't wait to go sightseeing in Japan again ^^

Memories of Japan

Fond days of Spring. Kaka sent a text message all the way from Japan about the video she made with the pictures when Mom and I were there. She was making it when she was here in Brunei and she said she's making it in three parts. The first part being the one below.


Thank you Kaka Naj for reminding us how amazing our time was in Kobe, Kyoto, and Himeji. Can't wait for the other vids ^^

Kyoto: Day 5,6&7/10

We went for a break from shopping so we went to Kyoto to sight see. The city is hotter than Kobe in the day and colder at night. I even shivered in the taxi. There, we went to Kiyomizu temple, The Golden Pavilion , and the Cinema village.

I got a lot of pics, but I'll have to lessen what I blog today. Sorry readers! In 5 minutes I'm going to the Zoo.

Kiyomizu temple

Sakura almost blooming

Kinkaku-ji. The Golden Temple

Fried Eel in soy sauce and Udon on the side. Yumm!

And some pics from Eigamura! The Cinema village where old and modern samurai dramas are filmed. Amazing!

Come here you big samurai meanie! I'm a rugby player!

Hey, ladies here are still awesome no matter what historical period

Wahh! Why does he get to be a ninja?!

See you guys, I'll show you guys the rest of pics soon!

Sanomiya: Day 3/10

"Welcome to The Sixers, boy!"

Hiya! Went to Sanomiya where there is this whole place full of Anime merchandise (I swear to God!) and found a Rugby shop along the way. Seems that Rugby is popular in Kobe and this was the only shop available. So I got myself a Scrum hat, and maybe I'll be back to get myself some gloves and shorts. hahaha.

So we were in Sanomiya to go to Loft before we had dinner with one of Kaka's students in her English class. Kaka and Aurelie, her room mate from France recommended us to go there because there is so many stuff there.

Loft from outside

Some nice flowers. It's spring, but no Sakura yet.

hahaha, candid!


Mom's picture moment.

On the way to the train

In front of the ticket machine

Today, we're going to the aquarium but a big chance it might be raining.
Spring is here, and it's cold.

A Saturday Morning in Kobe

Here's a pic on the balcony. Since we were on top of hill, it's interesting to see the view from up here.


For breakfast, Kaka made Yakisoba. Instant Nuduru!


Something I got for 200 yen. hahaha, some things you can't find in Brunei ^_^


Another one for 200 yen. I'm still a kid inside after all.


Got myself a rare Sex Pistols album (bwahahaha) and a Velvet Revolver's Libertad Album from Kaka. Thx!

A note on the Sex Pistols, Gods of Punk as they are, Never Mind the Bollocks is their first and last studio album.


In case you're wondering, this is where I blog and surf the net.


And here's the place I do my homework. The green file being all of it.

Gonna go soon, see ya!

Umeda : Day 2/10

I am officially afraid of trains. Erk.

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Kaka accompanied us to Umeda to go on a shopping spree. Of course the experience is interesting. The culture here requires a vast list of social rules such as standing in the right side of the escalator. I find myself saying "Sumimasen" every time I bump on someone.

Other than shopping and walking around the technological area of the city, we went on a ferris wheel on top of a seven-story building. Of course, someone had to object. Eventually we did go on the ferris wheel. I thought, since I'm in Japan, it's not so bad if I tried something crazy at least once. Much to my mom's dismay, hahaha.

And the pics of the day!

Hand warmers, or Butt warmers since I have to use in my back pockets.

Waiting for the train.

No teh tarik, but a hot Kirin Royal Milk Tea I got from the vending machine works well.

Train arrives!

And to spend my time in the train. The trains here are awesome!

Kaka and a hot poster.

In the streets of Umeda. It's already sunny!

An Italian Vanilla Gelato. Sugoi!

Mommy, mommy, I wanna go on the ferris wheel!

Kaka and I, a few feet high.





A view from the Ferris Wheel. See if you can find the castle from these pictures!

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Kaka was suppose to send this during my birthday. It's a Naruto cup she got in the JUMP shop, but the real surprise is inside the cup.

Dattebayo!

An inside the cup..

Oiroke no Jutsu!

Imagine what I see evrytime I drink my teh tarik cup.
Hahaha, cheers everybody.

I wanna hear from you guys alot on how you doing!
Pls update my Tagboard with some news so I can keep up with you guys ^_^

Karore- me-to / Calorie Mate!

Hello again from Kobe, Osaka! I am using my old camera to take pictures so I get to post them using the card reader. First of all, those who played Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater may have heard of a Calorie Mate. Calorie Mate can be consumed to increase Snake's stamina. I thought the brand is fictional until I saw some of them in the Airport vending machines. hahaha ^_^

I finally got to eat some (Fidsy, found a Mister Donut place and can't wait to get some, bwhahaha) and surprisingly I thought I'd picture a square cookie coming out of these boxes, but I find 2 packets with 2 shortbread each. And they were delicious! There was a chocolate flavor and there was fruit flavor. I ate the fruit flavor (green box below) and like snake said:

"It's damn good!"
"I want some more!"

I'm definitely buying an endless supply back home ^_^

TASTY!

Oh, and to Fids: boo your McDreamy!

Kobe: Day 1/10

..inside my sister's apartment. I was lucky enough to find really good internet here but unfortunately I left my USB cable for my phone at home. I apologise for the lack of images, however, thanks to my Yellow Blog Diary (refer to post Yellow Blog Diary in 10th march 2008) I'm able to at least write down my experiences on my way from Kansai-Osaka to walking down the freezing streets of Kobe.

It was raining (it's now spring and the sakura hadn't bloom yet) and the temperature is around 5-10 degrees. Now, seeing as living in Brunei where the average is around 30 degrees, you'll agree with me that Japan is definitely bloody cold.

Kaka Naj came to bring us to her apartment and help did all the paperwork for transportation. It was an hour bus ride to Kobe, then after that a train ride to her area. After that is a long walk in the cold streets with our heavy bags then more walking up the hill to her apartment.

The meals aren't hard to get here, since Japanese dishes are mainly seafood.

Vending machines are widely available here. Food and warm drinks(!) can be bought and they also return your change if you pay with 1000 yen. Even there's a cigarette vending machine here.

For lunch, we went to this pastry cafe (to Fakhrul, pls check out the definition for 'Theme Cafe') and the service was so different from how it works in Brunei. There was even a variety of sweeteners here. The breads are so amazing to look at and most of the stuff there you'll never see in other places.

For dinner, we went for Sushi. I found out it was a popular game to count who has the most sushi dishes. My mom brought my appetite up, "A game like that? You'll lose to Azzi in a long stride". The sushi is definitely delicious. We had crab mayo, egg sushi, california maki, blowfish (yes, that toxic fish. I heard you need a special licence to serve that), and sweet Inari-zushi to end the meal.

Went to the grocery store after that. They don;t give you any plastic bags for your goods, you have to use your own bag. Funny isn't it?

Forgive me for saying this too, bathrooms are amazing too. The taps have motion sensors and the urinals flush themselves! Even the toiler seat has a heater!

To Syazani. I can't get a pic here.
Remember "Calorie Mate" in MGS3? They sell it here! It isn't fictional after all.
Kaka's friend Aurelie has a PSP too, and plays Naruto, Valkyrie Profile, and Crisis Core.
Yes, Crisis Core FFVII. The gameplay is interesting but it seems the soundtrack used is from the original FF7 game. Cool FMV though. Buy that game and when I come home I'll get Patapon.

Pata-pata-pata-pon!