Nom Nom Nom ♥ Japan

took some time off from e tiresome spring cleaning yesterday n took some pics of the items that made mi died-ed/cough blood for in japan..

i "died" at all those super nice packaging and fabulous nom nom food..

the super nice disney packaging tat nearly make mi died-ed hundred of times each time i saw them.. they r like everywhere in e entire disney?! n there r like 989787 stores in disney wif all e fabulous packaging tat got mi crazy..

was crazily fascinated with the long rectangular packaging for god-know-what-reason..

i have a super weak spot for PINK stuff.. and now guess wat?? valentine theme all over in disney.. no prize for correct guess... but yess, died-ed e 76589 times again over PINK packaging in disney.. everything also wanna buy home.. but impossible when i hav a miserable budget tagged to my wallet..

each easily cost at least 800yen and above.. do e maths urself (divide by 60)... so u now noe how bad my wallet bleed in disney?? okie, though mine's not e worst.. hehee..

there's still more nice tins all around in e stores.. i repeat IMPOSSIBLE to get them all.. sighz..

u will never be able to guess wat tis container is meant for in disney.. can u?!

1400yen..

this - 2100 yen...

i shall reveal e mystery... can ur heart take it?? HAHAHA

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ta-da! - a POPCORN container..

v clever isnt it?? make us spend $30 to buy a container juz 2 put popcorn in it..

sg got so clever ma?? even if have, sporeans also too kiam to even spend tat $ 2 buy..

there muz b some spell in japan tat somehow got the four of us all crazy n spent e amt 2 buy e POPCORN CONTAINER..

r u convinced now japanese r v clever in their packaging...

died-ed another 10,000 times when i saw duffy! e so famous toy in disney sea such tat u will c almost 99.9% of e japanese carrying this.. n mind u, they nv bought tis tiny version which we bought 2 hang around our bags.. they bought the BIG soft toy version.. WITH CLOTHES samore... at least 7000yen for ONE (not one pair) with clothes and 3800yen for one without clothes..

seriously i tink japanese r frigging damn rich... i too kiam.. cant bear 2 buy e big soft toy back.. but i was 80% tempted to buy.. luckily some 理智 kicked in plus incessant stopping from sis n yun...

here's e super yummy food to die for...

super delicious mochi which i hav been searching high n low whenever there's frens hu went japan.. sadly none found..

and v lucky i found it this time!!

e special part of this mochi is when u bite into the strawberry mochi, the chocolate oozed out.. so nice until i cant bear 2 eat it yet.. e wrapping is still intact... one box of food also wrap until so nicely..

the yummy choc which rong recommend.. i dunno how yummy yet becos its still sitting in the luggage, waiting to be unwrapped..

we bought a lot of this fr the cosmetics pharmacy.. rong said a japanese couple took a double take at e price for the choc.. so we guess muz b v cheap.. anyway its reali quite cheap.. so we bought a tonne back...

heavy until siao such tat we had 2 deposit all our shopping haul into a locker before heading to Tokyo Tower.. imagine lugging dozens of this choc all around.. tis will reali die..

rice crackers.. v cripsy and nice.. i left onli so much for myself n sis.. e rest all given away..

and the v v famous Shiroi Koibito (白色恋人)!!

long before i even stepped food into japan, i hav already heard so much abt this yummilicious goodie and eaten as much.. HAHAHA..

what i did not know was it cld not b found anywhere outside hokkaido.. so in a way, u wont c it everywhere in tokyo in fact... thx to J's advice to get it fr e narita airport.. e moment i saw it, my sis n i combined bought back at least 15boxes of this yummilicious goodie.. its frigging ex FYI.. 1058yen per box.. so do ur maths again n u will noe how much i hav spent on this... i practically used up whatever remaining yen i hav on this..

ITS WORTH IT!!

if u reali like it so much as mi, u can get it too at ion orchard 4th level, i tink...

voilà i hav completed my food post...

frankly, i cannot believe i hav spent so much on food.. almost equivalent to my clothing expenditure.. everything in japan makes mi go crazy..

if i hav time to filter through my 1.2k plus photos again, i will do a proper post of japan.. hahaha..
and if im in e mood, i will consider to post my shopping haul from japan..

meanwhile, thanks for reading my useless post of yummilicious food which mite or mite not make u go all hungry n gian of japanese goodiness food HA HA HA


ただいま!

back from a fruitless fruitful trip in japan..

after enduring an extremely cold weather.. to a pt where i actually miss sg weather (just a little)...

fruitful being i learnt many things when i was over there.. exposed to such orderly n polite culture tat i seriously had 2 say im v impressed.. the extent to which e japanese go an extra mile for their service is worth a commendation... im not saying all, but i dare to say for e 98% there, they r extremely committed into delivering the service level tat many countries r seriously lacking..

for their extreme consideration where they will queue properly in front of trains n wait for e ppl to come out before anyone make any move to step inside.. its worth a commendation..

for their willingness to help when it comes to asking for directions.. even if it meant opp the direction they r heading, they r still willing to take a detour to show u e route.. its worth a 2nd commendation...

for most of the store employees' initiative to actually use their store big paper bag and pack all your shopping bags into one bag nicely for u... its worth a third commendation..
thats e first time i ever experienced such initiative such tat i was taken aback when e salesgirl volunteered to take my shopping bags from mi n pack it nicely into one.. i dun tink u can find such service in anywhere except for japan..

for their creativity and effort into making every little thing so nice until u feel like buying every one of them back.. i never tot i wld wan to buy the entire disney store until i stepped rite into it.. then i understand wat does rong meant tat "will go crazy in disney"... i bet no other disney can beat them in their packaging.. needless to say, i spent a bomb there too T_T its definitely worth another commendation...

so so many commendations until im speechless for words liao..

n yet there r still so many so many praises for japan tat rite now i cldnt summon enough memory to recall all of them..

overall, japan had mi experiencing the coldest weather ever in my life so far, e best service level, e best japanese food (duh! like of cos!! i had ramen nearly everyday without getting sick of it.. i had ramen a few times in ajisen n im sick n disguested by their quality...), e best shopping (but frigging expensive..), e best disney (i onli had one visit...) etc etc etc..

i love japan SO MUCH that I WAN TO GO BACK THERE AGAIN...

im kind of missing Asakusa, Harajuku and my terribly nice trench in Shibuya 109 already.. and i haven been to Odaiba, Ikebukuro etc etc etc...

everyday i woke up at 4-5am sg time to start preparing and make sure everyone was out of e hotel latest by 9am japan time... tats how we made use of our time fully in japan in the short one wk...

only complaints i ever had of japan are their shops close awfully early! and their railway map is damn confusing...

fruitless because japan has re-affirmed all e "rumours" that their things r very expensive.. these rumours became "un-rumourfied" instantly..
it was so damn expensive until i buy one top or one dress or one pants or one skirt there, i had to tink twice.. REALI TINK TWICE n wonder very long if i sld splurge... then sometimes i will tell myself "heck la.. juz buy la.. sg also cant find wat.." but reali reali is mm gam to buy lor.. buy le u will feel ur heart tearing a little.. n tearing a bit more n more as u walk down e harajuku streets and into every shop... n tear e worst if u step into shibuya 109..
its like how should i put it... shibuya 109 = paragon, harajuku = fareast plaza.. ya tat speaks for a clearer explanation..
so i came back with very little clothes n a tonne of food.. those hu have travelled wif mi noe i NEVER like to spend alot on food.. i rather spend all my money on clothes, shoes, accessories etc etc etc.. i buy food but minimal.. sooo i broke my usual practice.. lugged back a tonne of food n surprisingly enough luggage never overweight.. (pictures will b up soon..)
okie, i admit... partly becos i cldnt manage to buy a lot of clothes.. partly becos e food there is damn damn damn nice!
so now tat im back, im kind of regretting loads of things tat i did not buy.. first and never am i gg 2 forget is e fabulous trench.. y did i not buy?! T_T now wan to buy a ticket n fly back also cannot find e coat le... best part is dear BF told mi $120 for a trench i tink is okie.. double impact..
2nd regret - a v nice dress with v nice frills at e bottom cost approx $50 which i did not get as well becos i hav already bought two items fr tat shop which is like $100 gone in ONE shop on onli e 2nd day..
and many many other regrets which ya rite now regret also no use le.. when im gg back again, i make sure i do not hav so many regrets again...

pic posts will b up soon... very lazy to filter through the 1.2k photos taken... will upload when im finally done wif my spring cleaning n cny shopping..

thxbye!

far far away land

is a fairytale that can never come true in the reality world..

but somehow my fantasies can be made real for tat few hrs n for future relishing..

few favourites places in the far far away land - USS in sentosa... considering sentosa is a island by itself (LAND, u c..)

found myself waking up to fantasy of far far away land where Princess Fiona resides.. (okie, actually im not v sure if she reali resides there or izzit just my fantasy.. i googled and i cant find anything.. so juz bear wif mi n pretend tat she reali resides there okie.. its juz a fantasy anyway..)

n imagine myself a princess in the sweltering hot sun.. (this is when u wish sg reali reali has four seasons to make e fantasy more real...)

then found myself along the broadway street with loads n loads of broadway shows...

so there i was watching a broadway in a theatre.. *GASPS* MONSTER ROCK! (is there gg to be a monster popping out?? *acts bimbo n hid in e prince charming's arms*)

when i came out, BEHOLD! there i was on  Fifth Avenue street... What heaven hav I found?? a shopping paradise...

Empire State Department Store?! Is this real or wat?

what am i waiting for?? Let's GO!

and thats not all.. there's even an US style building in my fantasy... tats absolutely nice! had the sudden urge to climb up those stairs and for the fleeting moment, act like im running away fr some conspiracy.. (*shrugs* y not? anything can happen in fantasy anyway..)

came to i-dunno-wat-this-is place... so bye..

starting to get a little bored walking on the streets..

but HEY, bumped into a little yellow signature american cabby..

and it took us to Charlie Chaplin! what a watse.. i should have placed my feet exactly like his...

and even took a pic with the OH-I-SO-HATE-CAT cat... yes, i absolutely hates cats.. never in my dream would i expect a photo with the disgusting creature on earth.. but i still did.. hai...

still have carols to listen to...

den bumped into madagascar troupe!

and had the third death threatening ride i have put myself through... coming out groggy and a sprained neck...

*THE END OF MY FANTASY*

normal time for pics... hahaha.. enough of my rubbish fantasy...

the colonial feel with a vintage car that completes the whole feel... e pinhole does the magic..

this is the entrance tat divides the far far away land and erhmm i tink jurassic park??

i reali like the streets a lot... it made me feel as if i am reali stepping into the land of america... a place tat i promised myself i will visit it someday...

thats all.. so long and goodbye USS.. till we meet again..



and and last but not least, i like tis pic alot alot... this is by far e most artisty photo i have in my cam so far.. it is not taken by mi samore :(

reali tats all.. thxnbye..

♥ Shibuya

i googled...

becos i noe i will never have the time to post real-time pic up on the same day... so i kop the pic from the internet...

this is where i will be today!

can you feel my ecstatic happiness???

im FINALLY setting foot into my FAVOURITE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD..

calls for some celebration *jumps around happily*

please allow me to say this once - OMFG, im so damn excited!!

♥ Shibuya, i shall CONQUER u...

ここに私は、日本に来る！

in translation, here i come, japan!

all set and ready to go off..

heard tokyo is now snowing! i hope e snow can last until i finally step into japan! v excited!

Changi V Hotel

came a tad late... i was busy wif a lot of things.. but seriously i dunno exactly what hav i been so busy with so much so that this post is delayed to 2011..

it was an impromptu decision to celebrate xmas wif a bunch of frens in a hotel...
in my memory, i dun recall there's any time i have ever celebrate a festival before in a hotel..
i wld say this is my first time having an xmas celebration in hotel as far as i can remember..

before i bore u with all e details, photo time now!

presents that teacher A took effort into preparing for us... she even prepared a riddle for us to guess before opening the present..

an outlook of the e hotel decor...

u noe wats e nicest part about xmas??

e gift exchanging moment!

but too bad e guys cannot reali appreciate it... they would rather we gers exchange among ourselves n count them out O.o

so guys, learn this.. if u juz put in this tiny effort into searching for a present that u tink ur ger wld like, ur ger will b easily over e moon for the effort tat u hav taken... (okie, most gers at least...)

but sg men r, yes, a tad less romantic for tat... 

a random pic we hav taken before dinner time..

thai food for dinner!

a little out of place for a xmassy mood... when ur stomach calls for wat, u eat wat.. tats e logic..

dinner was a little torturing for me.. when i can see all e seafood but can eat non of them for e time being..

it was also during such a time then i realised that seafood is such an essential for most cuisine... its unbelievable.. go hav some tot n tink wat food doesnt reali come wif seafood.. u will find out prob 90% of the dishes especially chinese is made up of seafood...

the pandan chicken which i find it as normal.. but its great tat i dun hav 2 lift a finger 2 open up the leaf.. HAHA..

my soursop n e guys's fav drink - bandung.. izzit just me or izzit e guys?? y guys like bandung so much??

full of milk?? so milk led them to u-noe-wat...

 the riddle of wat i have to guess for my pressie..
u can try to hav some guess...

trying to practice camwhoring using e mirror...

hotels' full length mirrors r great!



looking reasonably thin.. BUT its not true T_T

the dreamy effect that all e gers like..

tried a new game.. muz b v puzzling rite.. obviously its monopoly...

now den noe e ways of playing monopoly is so vast..

tis is monopoly city... n was quite confused when shifu E was trying to teach us.. u reali need to get hands on before u can fully understand e game..



actually wanted to change to another game... then chaos broke when midnight struck.. (rhymes!)

the guys bought e snow and ribbon stuff.. they intend to use them e moment midnight strikes..

e innocent mi had no idea wat "evil" plans they were harbouring...

we were still preparing for the new card game when suddenly one fren shouted, "merry xmas!" (or sth to tat extent, it was pretty chaotic aft tat.. i cldnt rem..).. den it took e slow-witted innocent mi to realise wat is gg to happen...

e GUYS HAD ARMED THEMSELVES with the snow and ribbon can... wts... i din even had any chance to arm myself..

so i had to scramble away FAST.. first tot was to run to the toilet.. then found tat toilet door is locked!!

i had e mili second to register who is missing fr e room.. luckily the guys also realised hu is missing fr the room.. so all ran to the toilet door and tried their might to pick the lock open the door...

tats how e above pic came about.. and all hell broke loose.. becos of the ONE person hu hid in e toilet...

this is wat happened when he hid in the toilet and eventually he still had to open the toilet door.. HA HA HA!

the aftermath



resorted to playing dice game to finish e liquor... our own improvised "大小" game..

we played another monopoly game (yes monopoly again..) but its a diff one once again... called e monopoly deal.. was quite fun actually... so fun tat teacher A went to bought a deck herself..

im beginning to like staying in hotels :)