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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, 22 January 2008
school has started once again. its been one week of lessons. are you feeling the heat yet? its my final semester and already im not looking forward to the ending of it. truthfully, i hold mixed feelings about my last semester. at the forefront of my mind is the big question of 'how did 4 years pass so damn quickly?!'. lolx.really. while i look forward to the departure of term tests and final exams and its endless mugging, im not too enthusiastic about venturing out into the working world. maybe its because i already know my future, at least for the next four years, and while i dont regret my decision about it, i sometimes do wish it were different. heh. but oh well.. not like theres much i can do about it..
like they say (this brings to mind.. whos the 'they' everyone seem to always refer to? hmmm...), the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. students always think working is better and vice versa. ill just have to find out. :)
on to better news. grad trip! or better known as the extended holiday after graduating and before starting work! where should i go? what should i plan? who to go with? had a little discussion with a couple of friends on the bus. i commented that im reluctant to stay in backpackers hostels and the likes for my grad trip. and just for fun, i said i wanted to stay in five-star hotels. lolx! hahahah.. after some 'persuasion' from the friends, i lowered my standards to at least a starred hotel. lolx.. while it was said tongue in cheek, i really dont wish to share a room with a communal bathroom and lie under a bed with a fan above me threatening to fall down. so guess itll be budget hotels to compromise, no? i was also toying with the idea of visiting boutique hotels around the world. or at least the places i visit. hehe. how about that? lolx.
so my plans.. i have only thrashed about some ideas in my head. mainly either touring either europe or north america continents for the whole 2 months, assuming i get 2 months of break after graduating, or immersing myself in the culture and life of japan. -grin- that is one very enticing plan. heh. of course. not forgetting the odd trip to hong kong and taiwan for more shopping pleasures besides japan. lolx!
oh well.. its late. enough rambling for me..
inertia.works.its.magic
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Tuesday, 2 January 2007
got back this morning from my holiday. went to harbin, china. if i had to sum up my holiday in one word, it would be cold. brrr... haha.. average temperature of my holiday was -20 degrees lah! yep. you read that right. 20 BELOW zero man...alright. i'll blog in detail abt it soooon... together with the photos. have been procrastinating about sifting through all them photos again. lolx.
Labels: holiday
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