ok i think its time my post on the japan trip be kept in both the archive section and in my memory and in urs if u have given me ur patience and attention on the previous super long post and allow me to turn over a new page for my blog now..
school was and is still as hectic and busy and boring as ever.. with projects, tests and presentations that kept coming our way and teachers that never fail to set high expectations on us which just drives me into a wth-no-choice-but-hang-on mentality.. adding in the fact that i have to rush out proposal progam list and budget list for lantern festival event and have to conduct meetings for chs comm and also attend meetings for leo club, plus completing portfolio 2 and filming video in time to come...
theres jus 2 very simple words i can conclude from the above: NO LIFE.
no time for entertainment, meeting-up with friends, slacking, sleeping, but all work and no play just makes me a dull girl with NO LIFE.
anw do not be convinced on the fact that i really do not have any entertainment now, becos of cos i do! and i am glad dadong's show is still on, so there's AT LEAST something for me to anticipate every week now..(and the show is getting nicer and nicer and more exciting and is reaching its climax!) and following dadong's show will be xiaozhu's HOT SHOT( lan qiu huo) which is yet another much anticipated show that will definitely brighten up my spirits and bestir my soul to get on with life again. oh and i am at wits end now as to buy or not to buy xiaozhu's dvd!!! i have been very cautious in spending money on merchandises recently but the urge and temptation have struck the greed and desire in me once again.. ok i think i shall go for it but i have to make all e way down to db which i am lazy to do so..i think i shall jus preorder from a nearby cd shop will do.. (:
its been one week since i came back and i am still not fully ready to accept challenges ahead of me.. i wanna go back and forget everything here.. i miss everything there.. i do not have to think too much, nor do i have to worry about anything or land myself in a state of confusion there.. everything jus seems to be slow but steady-moving there (when u jus go for a visit/holiday but not stay/live there as a citizen) unlike the fast and competitive pace here that is enuf to strangle and force you to the verge of death..
REALITY, is what that kills.
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HI EVERYONE AND I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!like finally, finished uploading the photos and writing this entry... so pple, pls kindly tag me after reading because i spent a lot of time and effort writing this post! haha!
i just wanted to share my experience with you guys and hopefully you will enjoy reading this entry! thats all that i wanted from y'all actually. =D so lets start off!
HOKKAIDO TRIP 14 JUNE TO 20 JUNE 08
i have plenty of photos to share with you guys but i guess i will just choose selective ones to post it here and of cos, i will also keep my entry as short and simple as possible as i understand its a boredom to read lengthy sentences and since i am lazy in typing too..oops
Day 1#changi airport-tokyo narita airporton the plane..
narita airport-HOKKAIDO
dinner at hotel.
in the room..
thats our hotel for the first day.
DAY 2#
Bear ranch.
MT. Showa. (an active volcano)
strawberry farm.
i dont eat strawberries becos i simply don like the sour taste of it! BUT the strawberries over at hokkaido was incredibly amazingly sweet that i plucked and ate about 20 of them!! OISHIIIIII
steamboat lunch by the sea
AINU village
the Ainu are aborigines of Northern Japan and we got to learn some of their culture and history and also watched some of their traiditonal performances.
the friendly Ai nu people(:
SHOPPING TIME!!!!!this is the shop which sells white lovers chocolates, milk chocolates and sweets, melon sweets, chocolate cookies, hello kitty stuffs, tons and loads more with 10% discount..of cos a chance to shop till you drop not to be missed!!!
and this is the shopping street outside the shop and i think this stretch of path is nice!
oh and i would very much want to introduce you guys the handphones in japan which are seriously gorgeous ok!! we dont get to see these handphones in singapore.. their handphones are so modern and stylish! count in the fact that the whole of japan uses 3G phones..
look at these disney style mobile phones..
and this is the handphone i am dying for now!! its so damn nice la omg!!
after which,
dinner was teppanyaki and i thought the food was awesome! trust me, i am a poor and spendthrift(like real) girl who had never tasted teppanyaki ala seoul garden style ever in my 17+ years of life so the feeling of making my own hotplate was great!
then it was back to hotel and this time round, i got to go in the
hot spring and to wear japanese yukata!!
kawaine!!! ok i mean the yukata la.. haha!
i actually dreaded the high temperature of up to 40 degree celcius in the hot spring but later decided to give it a try before i regret.. if not, whats the point of going hokkaido/japan when you didnt plunge yourself into their famous hot spring?? so regardless of your gender, race, religion, or watsoever, you have to be bare nekkid in the hot springs and it was a rather.... special experience, shall i put it that way? haha but the point is i realise the temperature in the hot spring was still acceptable to me! and it was beyond my expectation to find it comfortably enjoyable in the hot spring! but you cannot soak yourself in it for long of cos.. orelse you will find yourself on the hospital bed the next morning you wake up suffering from hypertension and still in a state of dizziness.
DAY 3.# 16 JUNE.
ATTENTION: ITS MY BRO'S BIRHTDAY. AND YES HE IS CELEBRATING HIS BDAY OVERSEAS FOR NOT THE FIRST TIME.
and the pressie i secretly bought for him in one of the souvenir stores is a stitch soft toy..yes STITCH is his CRAZE.
ok, back to topic,
first stop of the day was
Otaru canal. the canal is so clean and look at the buildings and greenery around it! lovable scenery!
Music Box Museum.
there are a wide variety of music boxes which are all so delicate-looking!
i simply find this stretch of roses very nice!
and their buses which are so much of an ancient European style!
ICE CREAM TIME!!! crazyawesome five flavours hokkaido icecream which i decided to forgo the chance of having it all by myself but let my parents have it.
While i had my lavender cup icecream which tasted equally nice!
LUNCH!!!
YES, not again! steamboat!!! haha.. but believe me again, i only have steamboat during special occasions like chinese new year, while other than that, i dont get a chance to enjoy it so i dont mind eating steamboat everyday in hokkaido! haha!
HOT SPRING RESORT.
OUR ROOM. 1626. there is an underlying meaning behind these 4 numbers. care to make a guess? haha (:
and this is what they call a Tatami room- an authentic traditional Japanese room and they have yukata hanging in the sliding closet, and hot green tea ready on the low-lying table for you to spend quality time chatting with your family members in the late warm afternoon.
and it was hot spring at night and with me in my Yukata again.
Day 4#
milky way and shooting star Waterfall.
Fox farm.
some of the foxes are apparently left to roam free as they cannot be confined in a given space while some dangerous ones are enclosed in the cages.
lunch was steamboat again and yes be prepared to see me posting images of steamboat everyday as what we eat over at hokkaido were indeed steamboat everyday! haha..
trust me, i don like to camwhore but just found the mirrors nice so i decided to take a pic of me in it.
for obvious reasons, i cant get to see posters or pictures of my idols in japan but its still good to see familiar faces on the endorsement posters of the vending machines.. SMAP! and of cos Takuya Kimura, the idol of my idols who is such a handsome dude<333
and look at the whole row of vending machines located outside our lunch place.. in hokkaido, or rather in japan, you will come across a vending machine within a short walking distance. you hardly see any in Singapore. not even in hotels.
Pink moss garden.
the garden suppose to look like this when it was flower blooming season (the pic below is a poster)
ISN'T IT SUCH A PICTURESQUE AND BEAUTIFUL SIGHT??!!
BUT we went during the summer season so there are NO pink moss for us to see..boooooo!!
luckily there were still a patch of them. still nice with me in it. (you can choose to ignore this sentence)
and then Mt. liu2 huang2 which i think i have forgotten the english name of the mountain but anyway the yellow smoke you see in the picture is not toxic/poisonous but the smell is goddamn AWFUL! smells like some kinda decomposed durian..yucks and i was told the yellow smoke was SULPHUR.. gosh..
but no doubt i have to smile happily in the picture..
the youngsters you see in the pic above are from my tour grp..the one in white is the only shuai ge there.. haha!
then it was hot spring again! but nono you dont have to be bare nekkid here as this is just a public hot spring designed for 'leg spa'.. LOL the spring water was hotter than the hot springs in the hotel but luckily i still managed to endure the boiling temperature and find some comfort in it after some time..
this hot spring water is drinkable.. not to worry, the water is DIFFERENT from the one we used to soak our legs in..
hot spring resort at night again.. so i am once again wearing the yukata the hotel provided..
Day 5#
Lake Akan. -Boat Cruise.
in the boat.
thats our boat!
Scenic Stopovers galore..
then it was SHOPPING TIME.............which marks the end of day 5..
Day 6#
took domestic flight back to tokyo.
Asakusa Kannon Temple in tokyo.
then it was FREE & EASY which means shopping time again which also means making more holes in my mum's pockets again... oops
then it was day 7 which is time for us to say BYE to JAPAN and back to singapore.
Time really flies when you go on a holiday when all you have to do there is to eat, sleep, take plane/bus rides, and visit places of interests. like what our tour guide said, you go to tokyo for shopping, but you come to hokkaido to GET AWAY. get away from your hectic busy life, get away from the stress and competition, get away from all unhappiness, simply just get away in order to put everything behind your mind and completely RELAX.
but after getting away for about 1 week's time, its time you come back to face reality and continue with life, adjust to your normal routine again, no matter how much you might detest it.
i really appreciate the days i spent at hokkaido especially with my family members, as we dont really have the time to get together, even sitting around the table to have a proper meal together seems difficult.. so going on a holiday has truly been a great opportunity to spend quality time with your family members. i feel so blessed.
now that i have returned to Singapore, everything just seems to go back to normal and i deeply missed the one week spent at hokkaido.. overall, its such a memorable experience and wonderful trip for me. hopefully we will get the chance to go overseas again before i am flying to china next yr..it will be even greater if kai ren and aunt rose were to join us too.. (:
i miss hokkaido, i miss japan, i miss their food, their accomodation, their cleanliness, their hospitality, their icecream, their hot spring and i miss you too..
but watever it is, i will continue to live everyday to the fullest.
1 more day to sch reopen....strongly protest but in vain..
i wanna study in japan!! =D
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