Back from japan.. urgh.. i miss it.. i miss the coldness stinging my cheeks, the wind freezing my fingers and making me feel alive.. i miss my eye candies off the streets!! and now i'm back in Singapore. *sighz* further inspired to finally learn japanese.. think i've procrastinated long enough with regards to taking a third language.. it was between french, thai, jap and swedish (long story to why swedish..). i guess jap wld be interesting to pick up first.. then i can go back to shirakaba, the highlight of the entire tour.

yes, not even the neon city glamorous lights of the breath-taking tokyo night can rival the natural beauty bestowed on shirakaba. little trival, shirakaba got its name from the shirakaba or white trees that you see all around. even shirakaba-go (the little village) was gorgeous in a it's own little way. and oh gosh.. the buffet dinner that night at ikenotaira (hotel 1500 ft above sea level) cld not beat the feeling that surged through me as i soaked in the hot spring that night. we didn't get do do snow activities as japan's currently having a warm winter now. not enough thick natural snow at ikenotaira itself. but the next day, we went to the silhouette-crystal-musical box museum and i bought my music box! it's a small one with a carousel in it. nearly got the angel one with panchebel's canon in D minor but the carousel one was cheaper by a lot and it was adorable. didn't find my Sleeping Beauty one either... they had almost all the disney cartoon ones 'cept Sleeping Beauty. sighz. and took the cable car 2500 ft up Tateshima as well.. -4 degrees, mind u!! had snow fights as usual and yong and i took pics with some of the jap girls. they were really obliging and pretty too!!! if i do ever have a jap bf, he wld have to know how to ski or snowboard..

didn't shop much.. the clothes there aren't cheap! but bought little nick-nacks and loads of food.. one place worthed a mention.. Odaiba. it's a huge shopping area! there's Venus fort in it, kinda like caesar's palace in Vegas but i have to say that i liked caesar's palace more... it's slightly brighter and the clothes are actually more affordable there. then there's the toyota showroom. i just walked one round. the toyota Mark X is a beauty... ahaha. then there's a huge ferris wheel! don't know how high.. but when i was queuing up for it, my legs went weak just looking up. i have a fear of heights man.. but when i was in it, it was just.. amazing. had a view of the tokyo lights and even the tokyo tower at night. Nice. just very smelly in our car.. Pop had tons of garlic for lunch and teik was farting non-stop. i nearly died from the smell. but at the same time, i cldn't help wondering how nice it would be to be in the car with that special someone, just taking in the sights..

the ppl in japan are really good-looking!! and i'm not joking man.. the number of good looking guys on the streets as compared to back home.. sighz.. plus the girls are sooo pretty!! i.. i just.. *little black sheep going, "baaaaa"* anywayz, have uploaded all my pictures from japan already.
http://community.webshots.com/user/nookweis

to end off here... anyone got any ken hirai cds?? looking for "Sentimental Lover" and "Ken's Bar" actually..