state of confusion

it has been a while...

i found myself with no more  time now to sit down properly to read blogs..

even wif rare moments where i am able to get back hm early, sometimes i cant even bear to spend time in front of my laptop for fear of time dwindling away.. like what i am doing now.. 3 hours juz flew by like tat and i feel as if i have not accomplished anything..

i am beginning to wonder if the jump has been worth it..

i rem how ecstatic i had felt when i cld get into this com.. it was ALMOST like a dream come true.. to be in touch with an industry that i reali reali love.. to learn about products that i love..

up till today, i do enjoy e knowledge that i have gained along e way.. not about the work actually but abt the products im dealing with.. knowing more on how supply chain sector has worked for this type of industry.. to certain extent, this experience will benefit me in many ways.. which is why im still convincing myself everyday to stay on.. to struggle.. no matter how imbalanced my life has become..

its v fast paced.. i cannot deny it... but i always pride myself as someone who can survive in any environment.. even until now i believe in surviving no matter how bad the environment is.. although when i hit the down period, i am reali down... a lot of emotion fluctuation in this job is involved.. the risk of not jeopardising a new launch.. or not buying enough for some products.. or even creating the wrong cover days which nearly led my boss into major despair.. my mistakes overwhelmed mi... i took the blame very badly such that i cldnt get out of it for nearly the entire month...

gradually im starting to tink if it is worth it... to be occupied constantly by one million and one thousand things to submit every week... even when it comes to planning for a holiday, there are so many blocked days that i cant allow myself to go on leave.. needing my frens to accomodate to the dates etc etc etc..
yaa, indeed, where is the work life balance...

i grew more and more bad tempered... such tat ppl had to bear the brunt of my temper especially the close ones.. even frens that i have never reali flared in front of them, i flared and i cried...

frens told mi to measure myself.. frankly i dunno how to measure anymore.. there are times i reali love tis job and i noe there will always b ppl to tell mi you can never find 100% satisfaction in any job.. and its even more difficult to find a job that you love.. however i love the office environment i am in.. the surroundings i am in right now until the official move which i am dreading... but i love the perks that come along wif tis job.. i like it tat i noe what ppl are talking abt when they talk abt makeup... i like dressing nicely to work (yes, v shallow but believe mi, i have never dress nicely to work since my first job until now.. somehow it gives mi a moment of pride..)

so you will wondering right now what exactly is bothering mi.. 工作也有本难念的经...

if you have seen how long since i have blogged, this is how busy i have been until my brain cells are all dead for a more creative post...

And even longer since i indulged myself wif self-absorbed photo taking T_T

dearest delfi, you are badly missed by the family...

and very much by me as well......

since young, i have never envisioned myself to become a dog-lover as i grew up... i was very scared of cats and dogs in the past (i still hate cats A LOT... i will never ever love any cat in my life...)... i used to squeal and avoid at all costs whenever a cat or dog crossed in my path...

when i first met delfi, i was lucky enough to have overcome my fear of dogs a little through the help from shi's dogs ironically.. then the love for her grew surprisingly enough... she wasnt those dogs who will cuddle to you when you are feeling sad or even "sai nai" to you to get your attention.. she's a fierce ger who had e tendency to bite everyone she was not familiar wif... perhaps its e love that is so apparent from the whole family that got me into it as well..

delfi was a bubbly dog when i first saw her who used to twirl round and round around her daddy when he came home.. u can see her excitement when she saw her daddy back home.. that was the love they had for each other and the affinity that bonds them together.. she cldnt slp when her daddy was not home.. she used to whine terribly when she knew that her daddy was not home..

i missed the times when i cld see her leaping and putting her paws on the chair, waiting for us to give her food.. as we fed her each time, she came back for more and more... i missed the times when she used to wander for no reason into the room and responded when dear BF called out to her.. she didnt react much to my calls... i missed the times where she gradually lost her sight, she wld bang her way though the room door if we ever leave a slight opening.. somehow she's very determined when she smelt food somewhere.. even when we hid in the room, she still found her way eventually... then we wld have to push her away many times but she persevered on...

until to a pt where she totally lost her sight and slight sense of smell, she still did silly things that make us laugh and made our days for no particular reason...

she collapsed once when she was fighting a tooth infection and none of us knew.. we were scared shitless and i felt reali heartbroken at tat time when i saw her so robust one wk before and so frail the following wk... i cried........... because i cldnt bear to c her wif a swollen face and wobbly legs........ it was reali reali lucky enough she recovered...

there was one time where i remembered myself sitting in the kitchen feeling very down, i dunno why but i was very certain that delfi circled around me because she knew i was sad.. somehow i was very comforted by her presence...

i never expect myself to feel so deeply for a dog before... i dun even keep any pets right from the start when i was young... back then, i wld never be able to comprehend why would ppl feel so sad over their pets... now i knew, even wif e short span of time spent wif her... its devastating... as devastating enough as losing a family member, because she's part of the family... the love that the family had for her, she is a very fortunate dog already... the continuous care that auntie D devoted to her was way beyond words to describe... i had to admit i reali cant stand the smell of shit and to wash off the shit off her, it was beyond my imagination.. but there were times i still did together wif the help from dear BF and auntie D.. and the even more times that auntie D bear with it and wash her until she was clean...

when she suddenly collapsed this time, i din wan to believe that she wld reali bear to leave us so soon on that fateful day.. i was reali hoping everyday that she cld recover soon and be able to walk like how she used to be... when dear BF told me he didnt tink she cld make it past that day.. i panicked... its e same panic i felt when i received news on my grandfather.. i never made it to see her one last time........................................................

i count my blessings that i hav been given the chance to know you, del del... otherwise i would have missed out the many occasions where you brought joy to the family with your antics... and never get to witness the love the family has shared for you... the older you were, the more adorable you became.. even with the many hassles that came along with your aging hood, there were grumbles but there were never complaints from your family members.. the memories spent wif you remained deeply etched in my heart...........

del del, be happy whenever you will be going.. dun forget your papa whom you love so much, your mummy who has taken very care of you and your siblings who love you unconditionally... they will never forget you... but dun be fierce to other dogs anymore when you are at where you should be okie...
i do miss you too

you are the best dog that ever came in our lives...

* thoughts *

人生完美的事太少
真爱没有输赢只有信任
幸福没有捷径只有经营

back to blogging!

it has been a reali long while since i last blog..

i have been itching to blog for the longest time.. but for the longest time, i found myself with absolutely no time to blog...

seriously, everyday i came home exhausted, so much so that i dun even feel like using my laptop.. i cld not even find any time to read any blogs :( felt myself being very detached from the blogging world.. i used to update myself with all the new posts from all the blogs nearly everyday such that i wish my frens can update their blogs more frequently.. sometimes i wish i hav tis luxury... yet on the contrary, i do not wish to go back to those shithole days once again at the expense of free time..

for an update, yes i have finally gotten myself out of the terrible rut.. i have never felt happier and RELIEVED until e day i left tat terrible and horrible rut... although e most wrenching episode still did happen on that day and since i din blog abt it a few mths back, this shall go back into my memory book... a memory that i hope one day i can scrap it away and forget abt this bitch in my life..

i found myself in a happier environment.. with very supportive colleagues to work with... but the work is reali tough.. and so time consuming that i can work from 9am till 9pm near to non stop in ofc.. its amazing.. becos i cld not recall myself being tis hardworking in the past... frens told me "welcome to the real working world finally" HAHAHA.. and xuan told me she nv has to wait for me before because of work.. which undeniably is very true.. its always ME who has to wait for her... haha

getting so rusty wif blogging until i cldnt tink of any interesting enough things to blog abt... actually i do have a post to update.. that is way past due... so probably not to harp on that anymore.. time whizzed by damn frigging fast... i gave myself a month's break... but honestly, i dunno where tis one mth has flew to.. i felt i had not accomplished anything in this one mth's break and i had to force myself back into the reality of working... all i rem was it had been a great month where i can slp at anytime i wan.. i can wake up naturally without the need of an alarm clock.. life like that is funnily fulfilling even though i mite not have done anything worth mentioning at all..

except the jb trip i had wif my gers... it felt like umpteen yrs (actually i tink its reali umpteen yrs but i refused to acknowledge how many yrs exactly was the ago...) ago where we stepped into jb together for the first time.. the anticipation to go wif the gers is still there and very fresh... i reali missed those days where we were frigging young n carefree.. im glad we made it to jb together.. it was a wonderful time spent together shopping in the mall..

and also for the tw trip with dear BF.. its a much different trip from previous trips.. the time spent trekking to scenic places wif him made everything worthwhile... its especially breathtaking at the waterfall wif him beside me.. the beauty of it astounded me... then the beauty of 花莲 astounded me even more.. the endearing part is to share the beauty of the places with him..
and guess what, i miss tw now o.O

now im wondering if i can take a yr end trip to tw again??? **cross fingers and hope** im missing cold cold weather...

it feels good actually to be able to find some time today to sit in front of my laptop, typing these words out... although i know all in all, its a quite nonsensical post.. thanks for reading until now.. hahaa..

lastly, ending off wif a self absorbed pic of me.. haha!

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to dearest yun - part 2

all in the months of preparations had came to a close in a flash in one day...

a lot of feelings involved especially on the exact day, seeing my best buddy changing her status officially to mrs tan..

i tot i can grow to be stronger after being involved in other close buddies wedding..

i tot its as simple as trying to control the emotions from flooding, just try my might..

i tot aa, i have improved a lot by not dropping any tears when i watched e video montage...

but it broke me when i hear ur speech on stage... the uncontrollable urge to flood caved in n e floodgate opened... even until today when i replayed ur speech in my head, when the memories of our grp friendship flash back, the tears have a way of their own to fill my eyes..
i was even at the table, half praying to myself "pls pls, dun say so much touching stuff, else my tears cannot stop.."

then my dear BF said its abnormal if i dun cry -_-

but in e end im glad u did.. becos its indeed a very good speech...



i am truthfully and awfully touched by ur words last nite... especially Friends Forever... it takes a day to make a lot of frens but a lifetime to find true frens that will stick to u... and u and my many other sisters r worth a lifetime to keep in my life...

juz like u hav been to be there for me through gd and bad, i will also be there for u through all the good and bad (but of cos many many good for u in the future...)

honestly i even had that momentary moment of the urge to cry when i saw u hugging ur mum in the morning.. so i escaped into the room before i embarassed myself further..

and lastly i wanna thank you for giving me the chance to be your jie mei for ur BIG day.. hence i was able to participate in the many discussions and preparations for your wedding..

the preparations towards your wedding has been one of the most enjoyable process throughout this period of time to keep me going through the horrible work..

thanks for the photo shoot back in NUS.. it brought back many good memories...

thanks for the many many things you have brought to my life ever since u came into it..

it is, in very truthful words, that i have attended one of the best weddings in my life.. and very happy to know (even though its juz momentarily) JM's decent bunch of bros on ur wedding day..

lastly, thanks to the bunch of jiemeis that stay in my life throughout :D

to dearest yun

its time to get excited once again for a lifetime close buddy once-in-a-lifetime event...

all the planning and preparation has gotten me quite excited amidst the busy till siao work...

what is e most impt is to see tis close buddy to be blissfully married n stay blissfully happy in her marriage life thereafter.. i tink tats one of e most a woman can ask for in their life - to find a good partner to 扶持 till the end... although i know she has her own reservations, dear yun - it will b FINE.. just be urself..

its v funny how our friendship started.. for the last two years of sec sch life, we had never been close.. though we were just seated three seats away from each other.. fact is we barely exchanged much words.. because mi being the more outspoken and daring one during those days and she being the meek and quiet ger in class (LAST TIME, hahaha), we had very minimal interaction.. to the fact also that she was seldom able to join us during outings which contributed to the lack of interaction..

but our fate started (i reali forgot exactly how..) when we went to the same JC together after first three months.. for dunno wat reason, somehow we seem like those long lost frens managed to find each other once again in the sea of lost souls (okie, v drama...), we clicked........ MADLY........ we started our incessant chatting over the phone after sch... worked the same part time jobs during our sch holidays... and because i find tat its v comfortable to be just with her.. i can tell her anything under the sun, the moon or the stars... she's a simple ger with the patience as BIG as the ocean to listen to my complains and woes... in fact, i tink she's one of those gers where there are hardly anyone who will find it very difficult to get along with.. she has never thrown her temper at mi before even when i was in my obnoxious mood at times...

she contributed to the many best parts in my jc life thereafter.. until today... it gratifies me alot that we stay together through so many years even though work and relationship have indeed driven us apart (err, slightly??)... changed our thinking... changed our lifestyles.. but the effort is unspeakable...

u noe, i still misses those days a lot where the two of us will impromptu-ly meet up for our favourite movie date.. and scare ourselves to death wif those horrible thai, korean, japanese horror movie.. at first there's still rong who joined us.. subsequently it became juz me n yun to those horror movies.. the movies we have watched together are uncountable and our taste for movies are so alike so much so that we spent nearly every wk watching movie together... those times in Dark Waters, A Tale of Two Sisters, Saw (dunno saw no wat liao becos there r simply too many SAWs), Hills Have Eyes, Resident Evil (which subsequently we din watch 3 & 4 together anymore) The Eye, Many Thais horror movies and the recent Drag Me To Hell.. many many more la.. cannot rem le.. already say memory no gd.. those r reali gd memories where i would hide my eyes n ask her "how? how? how le?" den both of us wld scream hysterically in e cinema and felt shiok abt it becos we dun care who were irritated wif us... when i started to tink back, its worth the nostalgia...

the phone conversations we had in those days that always warrant either her parents or my parents to nag at us to stop our conversations.. now becos of various reasons, we hardly do... the fact tat i always cry to her at the lowest pt in my life, she's always there to listen...
i still treasure the sometimes impromptu chilling sessions when both of us can make it due to her erratic work hours previously.. work reali has a way in changing many ppl's life...

to my dearest fren in this lifetime - i hope i can still get to be frens with you the next lifetime, the next next and the next next next and forever and ever... thanks to fate for bringing us together else i will never have the chance to get to know you even better...
i hope we can stay this way... no matter marriage, family or work or whatever is in the way, it will never obstruct our road of friendship.. here i wish you to an eternally happy marriage and i will stand out for u together when your hubby bully u wif his eloquent talking (HAHAHA)


work has in many ways make us more n more tired to spend the time together as well as the time being divided to spend with our partners...
nevertheless thanks for making me part of your circle and staying in mine :) i do love u always.. ha ha ha..

给 我最爱的S.H.E

从2010至今，好多好多不幸的事一而再再而三的发生。。有时真的觉得好沮丧。。

世事太无常了。。天灾没人能挡得过。。人类的失误却毁掉了另一个人的一生。。

刚把S.H.E爱而为一的演唱会看完。。第一感动到要死。。 第二难过到要死。。
从没有想过当一个人想要重温过去的画面时，在事故以后，心情可以如此的糟糕。。我只是一个局外人都已经这么难过。。真的不知道当事人的她如何这么从容地重温演唱会的画面以及面对一切。。。 当然她哭了。。。因为她知道她所失去的再也会不来了。。。
也因为这样我也哭了。。。

从这台北的演唱会里，我才知道“安静了”这首歌的歌词是怎么引发出来的。。。
是她和她的未婚夫在感情里最低潮的时候，在她和他之间还在摸索对彼此的爱情时，有感而发所写出来的。。。就因为知道了它的由来，这首歌突然之间变得别具意义。。。

我不知道往后她的路要往哪里走下去。。。不过我很肯定的，只要S.H.E一天不解散，我一定会陪着S.H.E一只走下去。。。


安静了- S.H.E

只剩下钢琴陪我站在这里 梦想中属于我们的婚礼


却成了单人结婚进行曲

在这场爱情脚力的拔河里

爱我还是爱你 你选择了自己

撒娇的 可爱的 女人的 爱哭的

照片里 曾经的 都是你喜欢的

如今我还在原地 你却走回你的记忆

你说我爱你太多

就快要把你淹没

你害怕幸福短暂一秒就崩落

分开是一种解脱让你好好的想过

我想要的那片天空 你是不是能够给我

你说我给你太多 却不能给我什么

分不清激情承诺永恒或迷惑

爱情是一道伤口 我们各自苦痛

沉默是我最后的温柔

是因为我太爱你

♥ Salute to the Japanese ♥

yes, very lousy post below.. to compensate, here's a longer post to make up for the very lack in writing hasty post..

wasnt in the best of condition when trying to do up a page for my sale items... i had the most busy night, trying to catch up on news of Japan disaster, doing up the page, wrapping items, happily opening my online parcels, clearly some mess in e room without much success and catching the 9pm show.. all in one nite.. accomplishment = 50%

since friday, the whole world is very shaken by the biggest disaster ever in the century... i was equally shaken and distracted by all e news.. frankly, the impact din reali hit me when i first received news on the quake.. i was tat SLOW... its until late into nite when i saw all the twitter posts, fb posts etc etc, then it started to strike me that OMG, Japan is tat badly hit... I started following ST app, trying to grasp the gravity of the situation in japan..

and now as I am still following the various news on the aftershocks and nuclear explosions randomly each day, I am enormously sad and touched at the same time at how Japanese's spirit in trying to overcome this calamity... the biggest quake ever hit since 1900s..

The sadness is very overwhelming when the footage of wreckage is displayed over and over again in papers, in news, over the internet etc and etc... its just very heart-wrenching to see a once prosperous country being reduced to such a state.. n what is worse after all the aftershocks is the nuclear explosion that followed which adds on to the gravity...

of all countries involved, it is reported that Japan is the only country being hit by nuclear twice.. once in WWII and then today.. how devastating can this get...

i read, i saw, many r commenting that this mite be the retribution for Japan for what has happened 70 years ago... seriously, i dun care retribution or not... i believe their ancestors have paid for the price of it through the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the side effects that the future generations had to ebar after that... Y HAVE TO 落井下石在别人这么惨的遭遇??

when such disaster struck, it should already past beyond the stage of snickering at the fate of Japan and worshipping the fact that its retribution... isnt it v shameful to be here snickering at their pitiful state while the Japanese are standing strong and calm for their calamity.. they took it in their stride.. to be honest, i doubt there are many countries in this world who can face such calamity compared to the Japanese with this type of attitude.. No pushing, no rushing for OWN dear life.. all stood in calm and regimented queue, even though their world is shaking into pieces... SERIOUSLY, WHO CAN DO THAT?? the chinese will push their surrounding mates down in order to save their own lives.. would any chinese still stood so selflessly in consideration for the safety of the ppl around them?? i salute and truely applaud them for their attitude and spirit... its true, this is the result of their own strong education and not something that can be achieved through GDP..

so the more i read, the more devasted i felt especially when i tot of how frantically they r trying to stop even more nuclear explosions with futile efforts.. i dun wan to c Japan to be reduced to a country of nothing-less.. i wan the Japanese to be safe and sound and not suffer fr anymore side effects of the nuclear explosions.. Instead, it gets even more depressing when it's being reported that children are sick in the cold weather and the victims are all trying to last their food out... and now there's nth i could help except to try to donate..

the fastest way currently to try to reach out and donate is through the Red Cross Society in Singapore.. i tink tis mite be the fastest way to make sure the money goes out directly to Japan..
and the best part, i encountered NETWORK error when I tried to go in to their website!
Anyone who noe the method of donating, please do drop me a comment...

It is not becos I have been to Japan before... nor me being a Japan fan... nor the fact that i am obsessed with Japan.. that triggers off this post... but the spirit from them that inspired and moved me to bits... how they r actually taking everything in stride and not complaining.. This is what i wan to commemorate about...

I sincerely and earnestly hope Japan can survive this ordeal.. I still wan to contribute to their economy...

Dolly Wink etc n more...

juz set up a page for sale of some of my items..

do go in n take a look and drop mi a comment or email if u r interested.. thanks :)

你不知道的事

came across this song sometime ago while listening to radio.. e tune stuck to me throughout.. not knowing at all wats e song title..

sad songs always hav their ways of sticking and growing on mi...

for dunno wat reason today, i was humming this song all e way... determined as i am but until now i still cldnt find e MP3 for this song..

and also din noe e lyrics r so sad until i googled for it..

youtube full mtv for u..

and lyrics...

王力宏 - 你不知道的事

（作词：王力宏&瑞业 作曲：王力宏）


蝴蝶擦几次眼睛 再学会飞行

夜空洒满了星星 但几颗会落地



我飞行 但你坠落之际

很靠近 还听见呼吸

对不起 我却没捉紧你



你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎落满地 在心里清晰



你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见那高空里

多的是 你不知道的事



蝴蝶擦几次眼睛 再学会飞行

夜空洒满了星星 但几颗会落地

我飞行 但你坠落之际

很靠近 还听见呼吸

对不起 我却没捉紧你



你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎落满地 在心里清晰



你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见那高空里

多的是 你不知道的事



我飞行 但你坠落之际



ho~oh~~



你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎落满地 在心里清晰



你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见那高空里

多的是 你不知道的事

Meiji Shrine ♥ Japan

before gg on the trip, rong n my sis had emphasized very clearly tat they wan 2 visit shrines n temples in japan..

so Asakusa Sensoji Temple with Meiji Shrine shall be..

in awe.. becos finally saw a shrine..

always see it in anime but tis time, i can finally has the chance to see it in person..

but frankly, if u wish to visit Meiji Shrine, u have 2 choose either autumn or winter season to visit.. else u gg 2 kill urself in the heat during summer becos it is a LONG LONG LONG walk in...

the water that has turned into ice e nite before we suspected.. n hence u c all e ice broken up in the drain during the daytime..

the cleansing pool i hav mentioned in Asakusa post... we din realise the meaning of this pool until we came to Meiji Shrine.. i tink there's a notice somewhere 2 tell us tat we hav 2 cleanse ourselves 1st b4 stepping into e temple..

imagine in tis uber cold weather, we have to remove our gloves juz for cleansing... brrrrrr...

i find e spitting of water into e drain v disgusting.. becos u hav 2 sort of gurgle the water in ur mouth 2 cleanse den spit it out.. at least tats what most of e ppl were doing there n we juz followed suit..

stepping into the shrine.. was kinda excited becos i can finally put up the tablet onto the wishing board..

three of us..

here's the wishing board under a tree!

i hope the wishes can come true! then i hav the chance to go back there again 2 thanks e japanese gods.. hahaha

in e shrine interior.. not supposed to take any pic.. but i sneaked a shot anyway..

some solemn ceremony gg on in the inside of the shrine but had no idea wat it was..  

still the inside.. sneaked erhm not just a shot..

then a closer up shot.. before the security guard finally came n stop mi..

putting my tablet up..

we were like discussing wat lang sld we write on the tablet.. chinese? english?? becos english felt so off.. but chinese, my handwriting is simply too ugly.. so aiya, stick to english better la (alt e ugly handwriting doesnt make much of a diff..)

sorry, try as i mite, i cant formulate a proper japanese sentence for my wishes.. dun wan to antagonise the japanese gods with my very broken japanese.. as much as i wish to show my sincerity..

i just wan to say again...

.

.

.

it is reali no joke if u wan 2 travel to Meiji Shrine during summertime.. wear e thinnest clothes n e most comfortable pair of shoes u can.. e entire road in is made of pebbles..

Tokyo Tower ♥ Japan

is one of the fairytale places i wan to go to.. ever since from young watching all the jap serial dramas.. onli thing i wish is dear bf can b there wif mi on tat nite...

a place tat i always presume is e most romantic to be at..

seeing the tower from far..

it din felt any more romantic than it is when watching serial drama..

i always had e illusion tat e setting aorund tokyo tower is somewhat very dreamy n very romantic like..

u noe like there's a small little foundation right next to the tower where lovers can hang out there taking pics before gg up... n there's a park surrounding the tower...

there's indeed a row of trees with tall brick walls surrounding the tower.. erhmmm, can tat count towards a park???

dun ask mi why... i juz had tis illusion all the way until i finally saw e real thing...

the price we paid to go up to the main observatory..

posted this up so tat i can rem wat is the cost of gg up tokyo tower...

once u reach the main observatory floor, there's basically nth much except for the bird eye view of japan..

and these r all wat my camera plus my lousy skill cld muster..

THE BIRD EYE VIEW FROM TOKYO TOWER......

from different angles..

tried to get a close up on this dunno wat bridge..
we suspected its e odaiba bridge which we din manage 2 go T_T

braving the cold just to get a few shots on this...

it was terribly cold tat nite...

so cold until yun took a heat pad fr very long ago to try it.. tats when it dawned on mi y we had been so silly until we braved e cold for so many days without even tinking of buying heat pads..

below are all pics from yun's cam there on...

my camera nearly suffered very badly in my hands... for tat instant, i had an uncontrollable urge to throw tat cam onto the floor of the main observatory tower..

NONE, i repeat, NONE of the portrait pic can turn out well becos e main observatory was way too dark.. i tried many settings, but i juz cldnt get e flash on... no matter how i tried 2 force it on, it refused... like a sulking spoilt kid...

when e flash suddenlly decided to obey n flashed on, e picture is totally blurry...

i noe i sldnt blame it on e camera... sld blame on my super amateur until-an-amateur-photographer-will-laugh-at photography skill

eventually i got myself very frustrated, i gave up trying..

tried to self take so many unsuccessful pic until a stranger who CAN FINALLY SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE volunteered to help us take a pic!! he's a taiwanese...

so basically this ends my dream of tokyo tower.. its worth the first visit.. because u will gape at the majestic and intrinsic architecture work... seriously tokyo tower is awesome to look at for the first time, but probably a waste of time for a second or third visit thereafter..

mayb, perhaps, mayb it will be romantic once again when i can visit it during any festive season...

♥ Harajuku ♥ Japan

double hearts.. becos i reali <3 <3 <3 harajuku a lot..

its gg 2 b my absolute place to visit whenever i go japan...

let u look at the locker phenomenon very prevalent in japan..

one small locker is about 300yen... big one about 400-500yen.. i tink there's one super large one tat can put in one luggage which is ard 800yen.. but din c it in the railway station..

its not cheap.. but for a tourist or mayb their own ppl, its an essential when u need to travel to a lot of places in one day with a lot of shopping..

very clever of japanese to even tink of this convenient money making idea

u can find lockers in nearly everywhere in japan..

wat happened to us was we were so laden wif the food goodies from asakusa.. n we had to deposit the heavy stuff temporaily b4 we can continue wif harajuku shopping..

here we are!! excited!!

hungry max... tat was abt 2-3pm already and we hadnt hav any lunch.. so we dropped into the first restaurant opp the train station..

very luckily, the food wasnt tat expensive..

it is definitely more worthwhile to come wif a grp of frens.. n we shared e cost of food together.. in tat way, we can actually try lots more variety..

we were also saving our stomach for the marvellous crepe ltr..

the first authentic meal in an authentic japanese restaurant..

the super yummilicious fried rice i have ever ate for japanese cuisine..

other than e yummy garlic fried rice in shima..

so yummy tat i kept craving for it when im back T_T

e ramen there no matter fr wherever, its always super yummilicious.. like i mentioned b4, not many ramen house in singapore (except e one in central.. but e one in central also onli got e egg tats super nice..) can beat this ramen in authentic japan..

ajisen is reali fake fake ramen...

also our favourite... we like it so much till we ordered one more set for it..

at the streets of Harajuku now...

the MARVELLOUS crepe that cheesie has intro-ed...

it is reali so marvellous until i tot i hav gone 2 heaven wif it..

no lying...

we choose the strawberry cheesecake crepe.. also a recommendation from cheesie..

its a must-try if u step foot in harajuku..

i heard other than harajuku, e crepes sold elsewhere r basically "fake"...

strawberry cheesecake!

told e gers 2 give a 幸福 expression... they asked mi demo..

here's my take..

FAILED!!

slightly better???

repeated pic.. but just to show tat we have gone back to harajuku once again.. becos we din hav enough of it e day b4.. so many things 2 shop...

the things there r nice though mayb not b nicer than Shibuya.. but its cheaper by a lot.. at least more affordable.. but no, we din manage to c any cosplay dressup :(

camwhore by the railway station...

then guess wat... back fr harajuku, we were still craving for more japanese food.. but at e same time we also craved for all the fast food in japan..

shopping non-stop has caused us to have no chance to fully enjoy e food in japan...

so here we r, trying our best to cram in as much variety of food as possible at nite..

ramen again... two days with three times ramen in a row..

n found e eggs we wan to eat in japan.. lazy to google wat is e exact name for e egg.. so lets juz call it egg wif half boiled center..
becos i rem central has very nice egg wif half boiled center n i cldnt forget abt how nais the egg is..
i tot japan surely has even nicer egg with half boiled center...
so although the ramen already comes wif half an egg wif half boiled center (gets abit irritating to keep seeing the egg with half boiled center.. there i did it again.. hahaha..), we ordered another 3 more..
the waitress gave us a shocked look n asked if we r sure we wan so many eggs...
yes, we sticked to 3 extra eggs more.. its not like we can find such type of egg at every alternate restaurant along e street..
we shared e egg, gyoza (harajuku one is def much better..) n one bowl of ramen..

becos we were gg to have.......................................................................................................

KFC NEXT!!!

lastly, went into family mart n bought e asahi tat i <3 so much back to hotel...

they have this clear asahi which is uber nice becos its much lighter in taste..

i dunno can bring singapore or not.. so i nv buy at all T_T

still missing japan alot and alot and alot..