You can have My Job

Hi, meet my three-week-old toothbrush.

Deep down in me, I think my braces never parted with me ever since that last appointment with my orthodontist decade (singular, decade!) ago. My metal teeth is embedded in me. I thought toothbrush can last for three months?!

Poor student like me in an expensive city, cant even afford a decent toothbrush.

Sleep-less

I tried!!

Sleeping early, waking up early.

Nope. Not working.

I am going fishing in the seminar tomorrow morning. Might be able to catch some salmon. :)

Instant Passion

Today, I had the urge. To get an SLR. For real this time. Stood up, got dressed, and off to Yodobashi.

I was standing there right in front of the camera stand, holding it on my hand, thinking... and walk away!!!

In the end, I bought whole series of Shiseido products instead. Gosh, when will I feel I am ready for the upgrade?

Every.thing Talks (Literally)

In Japan, everything talks. Literally! I mean, the vending machines, the escalators, the turning vehicles, the lifts, the trash cars, the ticket machines, the ATM machines (my biggest "phew" is they dont yell out the amount $ withdrawn), even the traffic light have birds chirping sound.

So, if you are in Japan, these are some of the sound you should recognize.

Vehicles:
Emergency Car is turning right.
"救急車は右に参ります。"
QQ sya wa migi ni mairimasu. (no, not cute!)

Escalators:
Please be careful of your legs when getting on and off the escalators.
"降り乗りの際は、足元には十分ご注意ください。"
Ori Nori no SAI wa, ashi moto ni wa jyu bun go cyu yi kudasai.
(No, not hami-SAI in hokkien).

Traffic Light:
"Tew... Tew..... Tew.... Tew...."
(Dont get mad, no body cursing you. I believe this is also not Hokkien or Canto).

Lift:
The door is closing.
"ドアが閉まります"
Doa ga shi-mari masu.
(Nope, Shit is definitely not coming.)

Busy.Busy.Busy

I am so freaking busy since last week. Wanted to leave a good impression on my presentation, practice and practice, yet I got so nervous I couldnt form a proper sentence in the beginning.

Then, it was exam, assignment,quiz, then tmr is another presentation.

Amidst of all this busy-ness, yet I cant refrain from peeping into my new fiction book.

Wuah! The book Lolita is so erotic, in a good way. The language are superb. Gonna rush rush rush, get all my work done, and indulge in my reading! YOS!!

Jealousy kills

A guy in my lab did this rollover picture in his lab member page. I was so jealous!!!

So, I consulted a programming master name Ahmet...

Muahaha!! Roll over (your mouse lar, not literally, duh!) to see my chubby face.




End note: My amazon order came in today. Did you know that except paying via credit cards, you could also pay in any convenient store in Japan? Paying in 7-11 (pronounce: Sebun Irebun) is the best coz all you need is just to print out the bar code and pay at the counter. (instead of pressing complicated buttons on the auto teller machine). So, there's no reason to own a credit card here unlike in Malaysia who has to go through whole loads of applications and then kena cut for a RM5 debt. Damn pissed off! @_@

Depressed

Sometimes, when I am depressed, I thought of others in this world, who are suffering way more than I do, I will try my utmost effort to cheer up, and hopeful that everything is gonna be all right.


Depressed button

YES. Imagine yourself to be an emergency button in the toilet, everyday sit there silently, watching different people walk in and out of the cube, even the most sexy beautiful chic walk in, she might also have constipation or digging her nose behind close door........

NO Wonder the button is depressed.

Belated

Taken during Sakura Season in Tokyo Institute of Technology

I was flipping my old albums and I realised I liked this photo so much. Compare to now, every weekends, it just has to rain! Little Kimmy wanna play! 梅雨は大嫌い！

Feed the Hungry

I made salad. I felt great after eating, but not so great for the chicken family.


親子サラダ

I ate the whole family.

I also found my happiness yesterday. Ikea sold 17containers for only 599yen!!! It's even cheaper than 100yen shop!!!

Now my fridge transformed into....



Realized there's a free shuttle bus from Denen-chyoufu to Ikea. Life is good!

Stalk me

Google Map Street view is awesome!

**Update** Google Map Street View is still mind-bogglingly awesome!
東京工業大学 Tokyo Institute of Technology

Playing the stare game

Video conferencing.

Yokohama 150th-Year Anniversary

Yokohama is celebrating it's 150th-year anniversary of opening of the port. They are having a series of events to earn your money celebrate this memorial period.


The first time I saw this poster for this event, I thought what was selling for 150yen.

The most anticipated event I would say is this giant Spiddy. Called the ENEOS La Machine. It's a 12m tall giant spider designed by a French company.


Spiddy attack

But it cost like 2400 yen to enter the venue 始まりの森 (Hajimari no mori) to see it up-close, so I could only afford to see it across the road. Funny thing is that this name could be easily related in Malay Language, Haji.Mari (Haji coming) , then turned out the Haji is a big spider!!! **not funny.. cold~~~**



The spiddy is operated by 10-men, weighting more than 37 tons. I was just in time for one of the daily performance. For 20 mins, the spiddy will move theatrically, spraying water to the audience. I would imagine from up-close, the movement would be spectacular.

There's so many sight seeing spots in Yokohama except Minatomirai 21 and China Town. Near the Yamashita Park (山下公園) and port areas, lies The Three Towers. Introducing the King's Tower.....

King's tower is the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office.

King's tower

I am not sure is it allowed in during normal season, but during this event, this sightseeing spot is open for public. You could get in and chill in the roof top area, from there, you could see the whole port area and also the Yokohama Stadium. I was deaf with cheering that day while some baseball game was on-going.

Next is the Queen's tower. The description on the Yokohama sightseeing spots website goes something like this "The Islamic like green dome of the Yokohama Customhouse is the Queen"


Queen's Tower

Lastly is the clock tower, Jack's tower as Port opening Memorial Hall. Loving the red brick wall.


Jack's Tower

The Yokohama Archives of History building was originally British Embassy back in Showa 6 (昭和6 = 1931)


Yokohama Archives of History

Now all it left was this pink telephone. :D
Nah, I was too late for the visiting hours actually, so couldnt see the rest of this building.



There was a International Costume Parade going on that. Initially I was planning to see the parade, but the time I got there, the parade was over, all what was left is this bus with Mickey on the driver seat.


Mickey Bus


This is so my future car light gonna be pimped!

and dragon and lion dance as the parade's finale.



It's not even CNY but all the shops were inviting lion dance to "ong" their shop up. Maybe since they already dressed up for the finale, why waste the opportunity to earn some business men money.


Check out lion's cool socks.

Hang out in minatomirai 21 area before heading home. This is located near the InterContinental The Grand Yokohama hotel.



I think it's a restaurant. Not sure.

and no Yokohama trip would end without snapping the signature sight - Ferris Wheel.