Kyoto (Part III)

Kyoto (Part III)

Ok finally done with my posts on Japan! Yes I know I damn slow... and no despite the amt of photos I only went to Japan once..last yr in Dec. Haha. Now I can finally start on the other holiday photos :p

So here's more scenes of Kyoto...first there's the train on the way there...



Taken from the train station at Osaka. V amused by the conductor. I mean, u dun really get to see them all dressed up with gloves and hat and all here...


Then inside the train...



And finally, in Kyoto. Quite proud of this pic cos I think the angle is funky. Thing is, dun quite rem how I decided to take it tho... heh



This pic was taken outside the train station in Kyoto. This is how I'd always imagined a Japanese suburb to be. Don't u think the colour of the sky is such a brilliant blue?

2 ladies on a rickshaw. The guy pulling it looked quite funky. The shoes he wore also looked quite interesting... soft enough to be comfortable, but I'm sure they were supposed to be quite durable. On the right is some decor at the front of a Kabuki Theatre we passed by. Pity I didn't get to watch any performances while I was there.. but everything so chio, I think it was quite enough entertainment already.

So there! My posts are finally done! Onward to the next holiday... :p

Kyoto (Part II)

Kyoto (Part II)

Alrighty then... more to do with the lovely foliage near the temple that we went... check out the colours and beautiful trees!




Check out this small boy on the right. He looked so adorable I decided to ask if I could take a picture of him. He gave me a scared look and said no! Was so sad... but still decided to steal a shot anyway. Hee...








Nice shot of my dad... (I took this btw! :D)



Check out the size of this tree!!

Kyoto (Part I)

Kyoto (Part I)

I think I loved this city the most...cos everything abt it was so beautiful and ancient-ish. Tons of kimono-clad women walking around... beautiful temples, foliage, food.... then again most food in Japan is nice. Oh! we did try to look out for the geishas too.. but think we weren't there late enuff. And they're damn fast ok. My dad spotted one rushing across the road, and by the time we turned... she'd almost disappeared into the crowd. Amazing. Okok, enuff of the talking, more of the showing. So first, the 'traditional stuff'.

Took this covertly at the train station. Was damn difficult by the way, cos my group was so big.. and everybody kept trying to walk/follow me. Can u imagine how difficult it is to be inconspicuous with a bloody group following you? So anyways, this is like their formal way of greeting pple i think, they all stand in one line, awaiting their guests arrival... decked out in their traditional gear, waiting at the train station!


Then at the temple, we asked these 2 ladies if they minded taking a pic with us, and they so willingly obliged. Tons of these types just walking ard the temple lor...

This was the temple we visited. Altho i can't for the life of me rem what it was called, but it was one of the famous ones that had one of the best foliage during autumn.

Inside the temple they had tons of beautiful trees... which u will see in my next post, and they had this zen garden, which was quite amusing la. It had those orderly squiggles/thingies drawn in the sand. And pple were just sitting all around it and just enjoying the 'scenery'. :p

Also had the opportunity for some traditional desserts/tea thingies inside the temple.. so yeah tts me stuffing my face. It was really pleasant to sit outside and just have some flour dumplings/red bean thing.

And these are my cousins...


And... more food! This was hot mochi...with red bean inside, fried or grilled. In the cold weather, such food is just absolute shiok!

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Maybe it had to do with the alcohol and the loud music

Why then shld I be so affected by one person, one silly conversation?

其实这种人根本就不值得。或许我对他的情感太明显地表现在脸上。


Maybe I'm just afraid we've both made the wrong choice... hope not.

I shld really really be doing work now. But yesterday, for some reason discovered these 2 nice videos on youtube and I just had to share it.

The first... of Utada Hikaru and SMAP. My 2 fave Jap singers (well ok, SMAP's a group)! And they were doing a medley... I have never really watched Kimura Takuya dance before. And boy can he dance! Not too impressed with his vocals here.. but Utada Hikaru's just fantastic. I want tt voice!



So from that medley, I discovered this old SMAP song. And it's so freaking happy and jumpy I think I'll just leave it on repeat the whole night while I'm doing work! (I am so gonna look for the album and buy it!!) Kimura's voice is so much better here and he is just totally swoonworthy! Check out his exit move just before the video ends! I would be one of his screaming fans had I been there, i really would ;D

Enjoy! I hope it makes you happeeeeee today...