japan

indeed very very blessed to have the resources to travel to places that i wana go. as i speak to people who dont even know where Singapore is when i travel, i just feel so lucky. course if someone were to ask me where Uzbekistan is exactly i cant exactly tell them. but what i am trying to say is tt my family never questions why i spend money in this area as long as i know what i am doing and can fund the trips myself.

this was taken in one of those days when i was travelling alone. and i take value in being able to stop by to take pictures like tt. wahaha. not with an SLR of course, just a simple press and shoot cam.

each time i sorta get an overdose of travelling til at some point of time in the trip i kinda hope to be back in Singapore, i grow to cherish my loved ones back home. people who will wait for me.. its true. to see jie wei waiting for me by the gantry at the airport, home sweet home! even said to her tt i feel like a wild horse returning to his STY. indeed, more like a pig returning to his sty. STABLE!!!!!!

have i seen enough of the world? do people who see enough eventually think tt home is still the best? this time i wonder if xianna has the same feeling. it def sounds cool to be working a yr here and a yr there. but dun we ever get tired of moving? moving from place to place. yes exploring. but also means tt you dont have a permanent place right? isnt tt whats lacking in my life. a place to put my plasma tv. just a place permanent enough to start buying things tt makes a home. like investing in a bar counter or stg, or even buying a designer stool or stg. or a grandfather rocking chair. how about a chinese tea set for mum. when can we stop feeling like nomads?

suddenly the exchange program sounds like a far fetched idea. i wonder if i really want it whe it comes. presents to me a dilemma. to be going away for say 6 mths when i might be transitting to finally having a place doesnt really sound like a good idea isnt it?

dry on thoughts. another day perhaps. better expressed with pictures.

japan hour

woke up to an early morning to get a friend from the common meeting place which happens to be a black train outside the Shimbashi train station. took many photos in japan so far. promised to upload some right? so well. first one is the entrance to kabuki street in Shinjuku. one of the bustling red light district area with a lot of guys approaching you on the streets for a business for you. either to ask you to go to KTV or if you are a girl ask you if you are interested to work for them etc. what the.

2nd one: xianna and i eating in one of those authentic japanese ramen ten. this pork ramen place promises a free "add noodle" for your next visit. they gave us 6 coupons in all for jia mian. haha. do we look that hungry? when the shop owner take photo with us he always pushes his nose up to look like a pig. haha

my first fully self prepared meal. this is in a desperate bid to save money before the main party arrives. in the end i spent close to 200 sing at a factory outlet. mainly buying nike and other sports stuff.

been doing nothing much in tokyo these few days. mornings are spent watching NBA. evening just a quick walk and then meet xianna for dinner etc.

went to this city zoo with over 400 species of animals sitting on a mere land space of like a 5 room flat equiv. my gdness. someone should inform animal rights! but they sure look happy tho.

in a hurry

bkk airport. 3 hours. internet at 50 baht for 30 mins. explains why this sounds like this.
thailand is a real shopping heaven. beginning to see why pple are bringing in things from thai. to sell in places like bugis street and stuff. i got to know a friend who sells clthes in chatuchak! an opening there? not so sure. bangkok is def an experience. with friends whom i was not so sure to travel with at first. but it def went on well and i def got to know them better. traveling becomes complicated when its done in grps. esp in big grps coz of uncommon interest. but then again i'd have to bear with the traveling alone. its tough. but you'd never know who you are going to meet. i met a lady on the plane from singapore to Bkk. turns out shes a friend's distant relative. has a Phd in psych residin in NY. wonderful.

you'd never know. guess tts the excitement of sitting on a place alone, isnt it. i wonder if people at thre business class side network on the plane. what better place than the free of charge filtering of business executives in the the B class. ha.

no time to waste now. i havent stopped typing for an hour. see you back home in Singapore.
the poorest traveller.