僕も

「奥は絶対後悔しまいました」と言ったん。まったく遅過ぎじゃない？した前、考えない？今口論の時、あんたは怒りの理由が全然ない。あの人の立場になってみて、どう思うか？

先、その感じがあったんが、自分何がやったを思い出した。あなたのことを批判する権利がないと思った。恥ずかしくて、黙り込んだけど、直接に謝罪の勇気がない。

僕も後悔しまった。

Reunion Dinner

The Global people decided to have a reunion dinner over at my friend's new place. A typical Japanese single living apartment usually looks like this. From the outside it seems like they just seperate the containers for you to stay.
See the square on the door? It is to allow the postman to place parcels from online purchases. You have to let them know the lock combination of course.

The kitchen is located after the main door, nothing much except a sink and stove along a really narrow walkway. The toilet is about the same as my hostel, a little bigger and they have a heater attached to it. The washing machine, fridge and microwave is provided.
The bed is on the 2nd level, almost like a capsule hotel.


Which allows a bigger area for the living room. The size is about 6 tatami mats. We had nabe (Steamboat) for dinner with tons of beer, ice cream. And had a round of ps3 gaming and jenga.



Look carefully, I am wearing a specs to see how I look! haha!

Hot Celebration

2 January babies around my work place and thus we had a dinner together with a suprise cake for the oldies (ahem).

Why a Hot celebration when the weather is obviously cold? Cause when you are eating with the Aliens in Japan, 90% of the food has Chilli. And I brought along chilli from Singapore and Chicken soup which somehow tasted like bah kut teh after it got cold.

Thanks for everything!

The way of the Japanese market

What is different about the way the Japanese do their Business? Service and the tendency to look into tiny details to win the market. Some examples....

When it rains, the department stalls will wrap your paper bag with a plastic wrapper so it will not get soak. (So much for being environmentally friendly).

Natto usually comes with soya sauce in a seperate packet, but to minimise the trouble, they solidify it. Novelty, but I am a sucker! haha!

The simplest example will be the way they make opening the snacks simpler. Sometimes I wonder why it is not done everywhere.

20 Years Old

12th January was the day the 20 years old have their 成人の日celebration. Which means they have a ceremony to mark becoming an adult. Yeah, they kind finally drink legally etc. The new adult ladies will be in their kimono and the guys will be in suit for a ceremony. During this day, you will see them at Disney too.

Well, none of my concern but I get a public holiday for it. And if you are wondering why I did not take pictures of their faces, I am shy...dont really think they will appreciate me going infront of them and snap away.

Meet ups in Japan

This took a little time, but at least I got to it. I met up with Boonhui and his lovely wife (The fellow with the new house in my previous entry) in Tokyo. I must say both of them was attacking the shopping in Japan like there was no tomorrow. Haha!.

Skipping

I think this is the first time I did this kind of skipping. The union organised this small event and the impromptu group of us gathered for it. Not bad for a bunch who were there to make up the numbers, we got 3rd I think. I won a Bookshop voucher which I used to buy a guide book to Okinawa. Ho ho ho....I wonder where I will be going next.

By the way, the guy in blue is my boss!

Another year

Another year goes by.

Sometimes

Sometimes, just sometimes...
I feel so completely useless

Not even the number of times I get lost
in wonderland
in smokes
Not even then, do I see a way out

Is there absolutely nothing I can do?

Junior

Presenting Kelvin Junior. Congrats to the Proud Parents - Kelvin Senior and Ice.
His a capricon too, you go boy!

Harry Potter scar

In effort to be more famous I attempted to get a harry potter scar!

The truth, I was playing street soccer during lunch at work (yeah, the japanese do take a break) and I clashed with another player while chasing for the ball. The sad part about the headbutt incident was that the other guy was my own teammate.

New beanie

Dont play play, my new beanie got a crocodile. Thanks to Sky! And this pic was before I got my 2cm gash near my eyebrown. Wait for pics!

CHEERS

But the 1000ml beer to celebrate Kelvin Junior to earth! Another Nephew in the family. Congrats Kelvin Senior and Ice.

Some other meetups

I shall add that I met Can too. Long time friend from ages back. So happen we came back to Singapore the same time, I had to meet up with her right? And she was at Butter that night too.

Met up with the hall peeps. All the rich people with the pauper me. Two bankers, 1 Teacher, 1 Manager (with tons of rich men hitting on her) and me-the slave

Met up with the uni guys too. And a uni gal! hahaha. Cloudie is not in the pic cause she is the photographer. But I did draw a cloud.....

Said a quick hi to Pee Brain with Gab before I quickly leave home before the NYE crowd came out to party. The earliest day I was home for the 2 weeks I was back and even my mum was shocked.

I finally got to meet up with Charms over coffee on my last day back in Spore. And she is a camwhore.
so much so I had to give the WTF face!

Remind me to take pics of everyone with my camera next time!!!

Back in Singapore 2008-2009

The problem with staying in Japan too long is the PEACE sign. hahaha! My mandatory picture in T1 Airport. The jacket looks cool, but boy was it hot in Singapore.
Xmas is my favourite holiday. I told my mum only home cooked food, and we tons of food plus a plate of sakae sushi platter.

Here is Ian, the new member of the family. Cute eh!

And my cousins taking a pic with me without the 249 presents.

The princesses!


Brought the gals to snowcity, more like ice-city. But it was fun for the girls I guess, both of them shivering! haha!





Aly is the youngest and she still does not let me carry her.


Here is my IRC friend! Funny how she became a good friend.
The guys from Outward Bound Indonesia.

Check out my friend's house....got a majong room.
Did not know there is National Geographic shop in Singapore. Went to test their windbreaker in the wind/chill room.


Camwhore cause I finally got my haircut (bad service!!!!)

And I decided to quit my job and become a mafia! Shut up or I will put a bullet into ya head!

Butter Partying

Pam got me into Butter by saying that I was a tourist in Singapore. Wahahaha! You go girl!

Sadistic Meng made me drink Asahii Beer with a tiny cocktail straw from some random glass.

We Yo-ah-Yo while Meng waved around some US dollars

I was once again wondering what was I doing

Meng showing his inner Gay.
And he abandoned us for work. Full marks for commitment

Kickass glasses on her

But on the wrong person....
We bade our farewells to the current Butter


And Pammie helped me reply to Meng - "Pam rocks" was what she typed.