Geisha in Kyoto(She was posing for some pro photographer...so i don't think she is a real Geisha... >.< sorry if im wrong!but it was so beautiful i had to post it!!!)


Me and my Yukata on the eve of the Gion Festival(on the way home alr)


The famous Glico man in Osaka


Me and Oguri Shun!!!Kya~~~ Jap actors/actresses adverts were everywhere!!!


Video i took at the Gion festival...they used some sort of leverage to move that gigantic float...super cool!

Studio Ghibli!!!With the robot from Laputa, Castle in the sky



Giant Torii(Wooden gate) at Meiji shrine (Yeaps the tiny figure there is me btw)



Mt Fuji from 5th station



Sunrise at peak of Mt Fuji(The real thing looks way better thanks to my camera skills haha)

こんにちわ！
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Okay...im back from my overseas travels...still trying very hard to get back in tune to reality...seems like i have not been in spore for a year haha
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About Japan...everything was so cool!!!Enjoyed every second there...but of coz the highlights was Akihabara, Mt fuji and the Gion Festival!!!Akihabara had SO MUCH...i really mean like heaps of ANIME that i was so stunned went i came out of the train station...seriously...i only managed to enter 3 shops amd it was time to go...the anime goods there was so much cheaper...i randomly grabbed the merchandise off the shelf and went to pay wout looking at the price tags haha...
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Mt Fuji was quite a long hike up, really cold when the strong winds blew...but it was a hike to the clouds, thru it, then the view above it was so cool!Sunrise was ultimate...it was really touching, and i felt a sense of achievement in just being there at that moment.
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Gion festival was full of pple...and i wore a yukata on the eve of it to wander the streets there haha...it was like spore's chingay and pasar malam combined, but on a much larger scale and lots of new n interesting twists...
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Felt some withdrawal effects when i returned to spore haha...coz not used to non-Jap speaking society haha...and not used to no vending machines every corner i turn...haha
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Anyway, in 3 days time i headed to Bintan(w Stella, Catrine and Erika-our new names!)...super nice beach there...i loved squidging my toes in the sand, and splashing in the sea haha...did that for 3 whole days haha...n of course volleyball(which caused extreme pain to my forearms haha), snorkling(where i saw Nemo!haha), sandcastles(which was destroyed by Suzuki haha) and Bridge/Dai di(felt sorry for Stella haha)...btw you can call me Hiromi frm now on haha
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Yeaps...this account is just 10% of my summary on my past 2 weeks haha,too much to say...i dun wana go back to study!!!>.< ok...calm down...must...try...to...get...back...to...my...life...
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Su*

Hey pple!
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Greetings from Kawaguchiko, Japan!
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Having fun here haha...and got free internet use at the hostel, so i tot ill post something here haha...
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tomoro we will begin the climb on my fuji!hope everything goes well!
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nites!
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Su*

Hey pple!!!
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Nice to be here haha...what happened to our chat box? got anyone noe how to fix it? haha...miss all your crappings...
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Sorry din post for so long...was mugging for the placement test...(and reading hana kimi at the same time...im a very distracted person studying on my own haha)...the placement test was difficult...so i guess ill be taking physics like every regular undergrad this Aug...and guess what?i met mr.orc (aka the unknown chatbox person...)coz both of us were the only 2 pple, yeaps, only TWO pple taking the test(other then a few NUS high school pple)...mayb the rest knew the standard of the test and decided not to sign up eh...haix...but no regrets, studying is nvr bad!(...trying to convince myself...)
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Anyway, today is the 1st day of the canoeing nationals...not very exciting yet...but gives me a feeling of nostalgia when i went back today...too bad ill not be there on the finals...hope all the juniors do well and gain an experience of a lifetime!!! (=
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I'll not be at the finals, coz at that time, ill probably be at Tokyo Tower viewing the city.Yeaps!I'm going japan tomoro!!!yay!!!Its like a dream come thru haha...i hav many dreams...and one of them is to scale mt fuji...(other dreams incude running on the Great Wall of China haha...but lets save it for another time)ill be starting from the halfway point of mt fuji(cheatin by bus haha)so i guess ill fulfil half my dream eh haha...hopefully the sunrise will not be obscured by clouds!!!
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The coolest thing will be all the Jap atmosphere like Akihabara etc...anime n manga galore...im still thinking how to bring back all that manga haha...gasp* what if they dun let me on the plane coz of excessive baggage, or i overshot the amt of anime allowed to be brought into spore?!?!?!
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And before you think of asking...no im not going to get souvenirs for you, you and you...coz i dont have the budget and space(all of it will be blown on anime, yes the cruel truth:anime is more impt then my teammates >.< haha)...but ill prob buy some food back, so if i see you guys soon aft i return mayb ill hav some for you...first come first serve...no pushing!
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okie...i gtg get ready for my exciting adventure!!!i'll update you peeps when i return from the heaven of anime!!!
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Su*

MOST UPDATED INFO ABT JNRS' NATIONALS

NATIONAL SCHOOLS CANOEING IS NEXT WEEK

tuesday: 1000m heats
wednesday: 500m heats
thurs: all semis
fri: FINALS

TAKE NOTE IF URE GOING DOWN. (: