Didn’t get much sleep last night and nursing a sore throat and a bad migrane from all the cigarette smoke around me last nite (most people in Japan smoke so imagine being indoors in a room full of smokers with no ventilation). I think I somehow need to find a way to try and get used to it in Japan because it can be pretty rude to keep excusing yourself to the toilet when someone beside you pulls out a cigarette rite? *laugh*
I just dread the after effect though, the sore throat and the migrane, but it’s part of the lifestyle here so I’ll need to adapt soon and fast! Haha. Wish my throat wasn’t so sensitive though… :-( My management boss however is very considerate and he’s actually stopped smoking for more than 2 weeks now! Subarashi! *smile*
I’m waiting for some pics from yesterday’s live gig in Shibuya and once I get my hands on them I’ll post them up k! *smile* Meantime, here’s more yummy ramen to share! Hehe.
Giovani San, Phoon San, Che San n myself ready to attack the food! Haha
massive bowls. My Vietnamese classmate Phoon San digging in to her meal...hehe
there's a piece of charcoal in the water! Haha
This is another place in Shibuya near my Japanese Language school, introduced to us by Giovani San, a classmate from Canada. A few of us decided to grab a quick bite after class today before we went ahead with the rest of our individual schedules and trust me, there’s nothing better than a nice hot bowl of yummy soup on a cold evening. Bliss! Haha.
It was colder than usual this evening for some reason…windy day, so I guess that’s part of the cause. Brrrrrr….! Haha. Oh and yeah, I was in for a really pleasant surprise when Santa sent me an early Christmas parcel from Malaysia. Hehe. Guess what was inside? Hehe…
All this! Food stock! Muesli bars, maggi asam laksa, maggi curry flavour, Bovril and the works. Happy happy! Hehe. I’ve never appreciated maggi as much as I do now. Haih! Haha. For those of you who want to send me love in a box too, please ask Leonard for my mailing addie ya! Haha. No explosives please! :-p Love you guys! Mwah~
Avatar, the movie, was just released in Japan not too long ago and after the week’s hard work, I decided to reward myself to an evening out to catch the movie with a few of my classmates. *grin* We had ramen for dinner before that right after class at this tiny shop in one of the alleys at Shibuya, and boy did it taste good! It was yummy yummy and I reckon I’d go back there again sometime soon! Haha. Just talking about it makes me hungry again! Haha.
(picture courtesy of Manu San! *smile*)
with my German and Swiss classmates Birgit San (left) and Eliane San (middle) *smile*
It was my first time to the cinema in Japan and I have to say it’s very different from Malaysia in terms of ticketing. It’s free seating at the cinema so whether you buy tickets earlier or just before the show, it won’t make a difference.
No seat selection and the price of the ticket is ¥1800 (RM60++), excluding drinks and popcorn. At that price I could get a Gold class ticket at GSC or 6 normal tickets in Malaysia! Haha. But guess what?! There’s a flip side to the Japanese language classes (apart from the tests we have to go through! Haha), because with the student ID card they gave me, I got a ¥300 discount on my ticket! Hehe. So I only paid ¥1500 (RM50). My drink and popcorn cost me about ¥980 (about RM34) though…haha. Japan standards! What can I say? The most expensive city to live in remember? *laugh*
with Manu San and Birgit San waiting for the movie to start (picture courtesy of Manu San. His wife is such a lovely lady BTW *wink*)
It was a great experience though and despite the price difference (can’t seem to get over the habit of converting everything to RM! *laugh*), I still enjoyed the movie. Fantabulous graphics I must say. Kudos to the director and motion graphics team. Brilliant movie. I enjoyed it thoroughly. *smile*
After the movie as we were heading back to the Shibuya train station, we bumped into this group of people that were giving out free hugs! Hahahaha. Hilarious! But I must say I was rather fascinated with the fact that these happy people were patiently standing out there in the cold waiting to give someone a hug. Spread the love ay? Hehe.
Decided to leave them a warm Malaysian panda hug…! Haha.
Looking forward to my first live gig in Japan this Monday at Kabuto Live House. If you’re in Tokyo, come drop by k! Hehe. Enjoy your Sunday! *grin*
It’s been a productive week here in Japan and I finally learnt all the hiragana characters! Yay! Haha. Gearing up for the next pre-production this week, not to mention trying really hard to keep up with Jap school amongst other things. *laugh*
But guess what?!! Thanks to God I miraculously scored 98.2% for my general test and a perfect 98/98 for my hiragana!!!! Hehe. So happy!!! *grin*
The only thing is that since we completed the first part of the syllabus, everything in class is now taught in hiragana instead of romaji, so it’s been quite a task trying to translate from hiragana to romaji and then to English! Really chia lat this time! Cold sweat! *laugh*
Oh ya, my childhood friend Rebecca recently told me about a contest where you could win an RM1000 weekly cash prize as well as an RM5000 grand prize. Have you guys heard about it?
Sorry been so out of touch with all the happenings back in Malaysia but apparently almost every blogger I know is talking about this contest so thought you might wanna check it out if you haven’t just yet. *wink* All you have to do is turn the ordinary into something extraordinary just like my philosophy, “Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way!” Haha.
To win you’ll just have to add Revive Isotonic as your friend in Facebook. Then you Submit your picture/video entry and you get people to vote for you! *wink* Contest ends January 25th tho so better do it quick and if you win, don’t forget to send me a box of chocolates k. Hehe.
For now, it’s time to say hello to the weekend and work in my pyjamas! Hahaha. The weather here has been less cold the last couple of days to so might just decide to have a panda day out. If I do, will take lotsa pics for you as usual. Meantime, have a fantabulous one with yours and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do! Hehehe. MWah~
We’ve finally gotten this week’s pre-production out of the way, after my first major hiragana test too! Haha. And as I’m doing this post, I’m also trying to cram as much as I can for tomorrow’s language test. Grammar, vocab, etc… Haih! Haha. 3am Tokyo time and I wish I was already tucked in bed by now, but still gotta study!!!! Haha.
Headed to the studio right after Japanese language classes today for the pre-pro recording of one of the tracks we’re working on. Pics from the studio! *smile*
L-R: Kaneko San, Tano San, Umehara San and me getting ready to leave! Haha.
Oh ya, remember I mentioned I had to resort to Skyping with Christian Bautista in my pyjamas when he was in Malaysia to record his part for our duet? Hehe. Well, I actually took a pic for you! Haha. Christian, if you’re reading this, keep up the good work and looking forward to hearing the final track. Oh and waiting for you to come visit me in Japan too! Haha. And p/s, you rock! *wink*
Ok guys, sorry gotta keep this short cuz need to get back to the books. :-( Balik sekolah…haha.
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