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Friday 23 May 2008
so i went to watch sumo today.. super enjoyed it! i mean.. its a rare chance and the may grand sumo tournament was right here in tokyo.. how could i not watch?!?woke up early in the morning, to head to the venue to purchase one of the 350 tickets that would be released only from 8am on the actual day.. cheapest, and of course, worst seats.. but found out later they were good enough!! :p
so after class, it was back to the ryogoku kokugikan for the matches.. good thing too coz from 10am to 2pm, it was the junior wrestlers in the lime light, and while they may be good chances to spot future talents, not knowing much about sumo made it impossible to fully enjoy them.. so it was the afternoon matches with the higher ranking sumos that were of more interests.. particularly this guy called kotooshu who is like the first european born sumo ever to reach the rank of ozeki.. thats like only one rank below yokozuna? and hes only 25! impressive eh? LOL..
but alas.. it was a day of upsets.. kotooshu entered the day at the top of the table, being the only sumo to win all 12 previous matches.. even the 2 yokozunas in the tournament didnt have that kind of results :p well.. today was the day.. hoping he would finish undefeated was thrown out the window.. even with everyone rooting for him and cheering him on, he fell to his opponent, pretty quickly i might add. hahahaha!!
the final two matches for the day were of coz the yokozunas, no, not against each other (that was to be on the final day!). they too were defeated by their opponents! it was like watching man utd, arsenal and chelsea all lose in the same weekend.. to division one opponents. HAHAHAHA..
oh well.. pictures to follow.. it was truly an experience.. sumo is not just about the fighting.. coz that last barely a minute mostly.. actually, its more about the rituals, and the actions..
an.interesting.experience
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Tuesday 13 May 2008
hey ya all. its now almost a week ive spent in tokyo japan! im definitely still loving it! :ptoday i had my second japanese language class. no wonder my cousin told me japanese is one of the hardest languages to learn lah!!! but its still fun. lots of practice i need in writing those hiragana characters man. I find the remembering which sound is which character the hardest!
the past few days saw me experience my first rain in tokyo. the rain here is light and with small droplets. makes you doubt for a moment if its really raining. lolx. but when you feel the coldest envelop you, your doubts are definitely washed away. the first day was a bone crunching TEN degrees celsius!! I tell you, i am so not prepared for this kind of temperatures! shiok, yes lah. but its not fun shivering the moment I step out of the warm comforts of my home! LOL. after that its been better. still cold but my clothes are still sufficient. makes me wonder what winter is like then. haha. still, no complains though. still love the weather. wonderful to wear all my nice clothes and walk around town. no worries about dirtying them clothes with sweat and all. haha.
having.the.time.of.his.life
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Thursday 8 May 2008
kom ban wa!!!!and like that, its the second day of my stay in japan.. :p
if youve heard about the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit 100 miles off tokyo last night, dont worry. im fine. didnt feel a thing. slept through it.. what to do. so tired after yesterday. first the plane got delayed.. only took off at 0030, almost an hour later..
on reaching, took a shuttle bus to shinjuku station for ¥3000. and from then on, it was all walking sia.. tried to find the hostel office using only an address and a map. walked round and round (until i got dizzy) and up and down (until i couldnt differentiate up from down), finally managing to find it.
then it was walking again, at first wanted to walk to the hostel, but realised it was crazily far. changed plans and took a number of trains (what to do.. got so many different operators that dont work together like SMRT and SBS) to the nearest station. then walk again to find the house. and all that walking while dragging a suitcase whose pulling handle decided to break off lah! FREE STUFF IS THIS QUALITY WAN! remember that everyone. that said, the rail and metro here? way waay waaaaaaaayyy better than those in singapore lah. (ok. thats an exaggeration) i must say although they are not as new, it is still clean, nice smelling (even though smoking is allowed in the stations)
then i slept early, at about 9pm.. which is 8pm sg time. for the first time in like 124346678578567453453 years! and this morning, woke up bright and early at 7.30am, 6.30am sg time, again like never before in 214235547568697569098978567 years lah!
tried to walk the route from my new home here to school. realised it takes almost 1 hour 15 mins.. guess will have to include bus and trains in the travelling when classes start..
weather here has been great. wonderful in fact. no wonder everyone here is in suits! the guys at least.. that morning walk if done back home would have left me wet in sweat like i jumped into a swimming pool! but i didnt even break out in any perspiration. shioks! can take out all the nice clothes to wear and dont have to worry about spoiling it or dirtying it. hahaha..
and no wonder everyone here so slim and fit! they walk EVERYWHERE! otherwise they cycle around man.. the number of cars are not small, compared to back home, but if go by the ratio of cars to people, its definitely very small.. more thoughts on cars here later..
ok. having fun here, still its only two days.. will see if in 60 days, im still having fun. i'll bet i will. :p
oh ya.. pictures will follow soon. i promise!!
becoming.japanese
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Tuesday 6 May 2008
time check: 10.41am..in slighly more than 12 hours time, my arse will be on a flight leaving for tokyo! for two months!! i can hardly believe it.. the day i have been looking forward too.. (altogether now: wheeeeee!!!!) :p
just last week i was struggling with my exams. all 3 of them. the last of the last.. cant believe how 4 years have flown by just like that. i mean.. thats so damn freaking fast!! all the friends ive made. the bonds ive formed.. the getting used to university life and all.. now its time to uproot myself again and start a new chapter.. (though its a new chapter im already used to.. sigh.)
its hard imagining life after nus. not waking up and walking past the rooms of friends and neighbours. sharing the communal bathroom as we brush our teeth, wash our face and shower (and of coz not forgetting the piss and shit. lolx.) the jio-ing of each other for dinner and supper. the soccer nights in the mpsh. oh man oh man oh man.. so sads!! dont worry guys. i promise to visit!!!
ah well.. intermission time. in between 2 halves in a musical got the intermission break. in between drama serial episodes got commercial break. so in between 2 chapters of my life must also have break. holiday break!! :p hahaa. lame yes i know.. but isnt that so so me? :p
so tokyo here i come! next post will be made when ive set foot on japanese soil!! :p
wheee.
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