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aa…..actually i wrote until half way then suddenly some mistakes everything gone…argghhhh !!

anyway today i went for studio. My fren invited me to join their band as fun. i clearly stated i cant sing but they persisted so i went. I screwed up everything i cant really sing….:( i ended up walking around there having fun…singing song which no one know and playing with drum. They think all gaijin can sing song very good meh , good pronounciation doesnt make a good singer !! but i had a great time too…not my ear though !!

Actually sometimes i really wish that im good in music …guitar , piano , bass , drum or whatever but dont know why im just not born for music !! think of it what im good in actually …sports below average ? cooking ? no special skill on me Luckily at least im not failing in exam…not even top result also

By the way soon is one week holiday in japan. And during this so-called golden week thomas cup is being held in tokyo. Yahoo…i will be supporting them !! malaysia boleh !! and this weekend is busy also 1st have to help in malaysia career fair then have to help in 1st Asean festival in Japan. Needless to say have school homework also :!! But i like life like this….i dont want plain life !!though my love life is plain :(  Life is short so i wanna enjoy it to max !!

Soon school will be reopen …a mth long holiday is gonna end soon

Just few days ago i went to airport to pick up new kohai coming to japan. This year they have tight schedule…reach late night in hotel then have to depart the very next early morning. But me too have hard time to race against the time to make the card for new MSAJ members. This time maybe they were to tire act ppl who wanted to join was few as 1st but then me and my senpai went down to do some promotion work then luckily at least can say got a significant number of them join. I dont understand those who refuse to join…u are in japan and we work hard to look after ur welfare , then we organise activities so u feel at home and etc….u just have to pay tiny little 3k of yen !! maybe they not yet realise act how small the amount is….ya i know RM 100 plus in msia means alot but not here…!! we are here in jpn not only for academic…we have to enjoy and do our part as msian..isnt it ??!!

work whole night to finish the card so they can get the next morning. Then i lead some kohai to eki and show them which train to take on…and hope they dont miss their station. Later on have to rush back to my school and take care of my very own kohai…who will live with me for another 2 yrs at least :p take them to buy some basic requirements etc…what a tiring whole day As they take fast train me have to take normal train to catch on them so that when they reach im already there waiting

Now hope all kohai will use to their new life in kosen and really mix into japan life not just study here and earn government money :p That day didnt have time to talk to them nicely wish the coming golden week can meet and have some nice chat Me too have to gambare…4 nensei ni natta yo…yahooo………

For the last 8 days i had spent great times in Korea !! 1st i reached Seoul Incheon int airport with a cousin of my friend picking us up.She is a master student in korea and so much thank to her on guiding my trip in Seoul. Trust me korean language is real important there , eng practically doesnt work unless info counter and high class place -off course !! i reached seoul at night and spend most of the night searching for place to rest. Got a quite cheap place. Suppose it is love hotel maybe…as when i went out of room to get my drink i heard the room opposite mine producing some strange voice…u know wat i mean…and im sure it is not from the TV..as it is so LIVE !! and after sometime when i walked out again n they already check out…a lady is cleaning the room and the bed is in total mess !! That night catched a glimpse of nandaemon( famous big gate in Korea)  which is very near to my motel. Had some light shopping - tried a banana milk which is suprisingly tasty and some hawker’s food. Ya it is so many stall at the roadside…and when u shop in korea dont be suprised if u dun get plastic bag …cause in korea u need to pay for it unless u buy clothes and expensive stuffs !! many of frens said korea food is cheaper in jpn but cos our guide bring us to famous and nice food which cost a little bit more…i dun blame her at all but thanks her instead as the food is real nice but this is what gonna contribute a little bit to my money problem later Next morning went to Korea palace and some famous temple and etc  HAd hot boiled chige for lunch and ginseng chicken for dinner - so tasty Ya here is a pic with the palace guard !!

oopsss….wrong pic anyway here is the pic with the guard at the palace only !! the 2nd and 3rd night sleep at my fren international hostel…no it is not free but very cheap !! Lotte world is a famous theme park in seoul but i skipped then as i feel i come not for theme park..even in jpn also have !! So i went for shopping in myeongdon , dongdaemon ( east big gate ) area  here like a big pasar malam in msia…full with pirated stuff and food Ever heard of NAnTA ? it is a special musical show in korea…and im 100 %  recommend evbody go !! it is superb …dun worry they perform in body language !! briefly it is a musical-cum-comedy drama show. Their musical instrument is kitchen stuff which is so special and it worths for ur every penny !! i guarantee it …

Next on i have to leave seoul and continue conquering korea. 1st stop is Pusan,which i planned to stop a while only as all my frens said that it is not a interesting town. i planned to take ship to jeju at the night itself but all my plan spoiled when i realised that there is no ship on sunday night ..i was like ..huh ?!! u know when u r in holiday u almost forget all the date. Act i planned to take ship on the night so can spend more time in jeju…as if i reached next day means no more ship ( jeju ship dont run on wed ) for me to back from jeju to seoul…i have to catch my flight back to seoul !! leaving no choice …as i dun wanna take flight from pusan to jeju we spent a night in Pusan and reluctantly play in pusan. Pusan is a port city which means it is full of seafod…had a great seafood dinner after taking so much to choose as there is so many restaurants. Then when the time which my plan is already over-budget as dosmestic flight is not that cheap…CASINO appeared nearby my hotel.  Long story cut short …i came out of that door with my already over-budget plan becoming worse…but cant denied that i had some fun inside…hehe !! When all hope seems dim…luckily i realise i had a VISA card …which i applied for fun last time…as i always said to myself that i dun need such thing. But the time has come…i have to live like rich people…haha The feeling was so wonderful swifting ur card here and there…like not paying anything and yet u get all the good things..hehe !! So the next day , took a night ship to JEju which will take almost 11 hours. Terribly i hate to admit this but i suffered some sea-sickness…didnt vomit though!! having no medicine…i medicate myself by falling asleep for the whole trip !! hehe

Very early in the morning reach Jeju island- a volcanic island !! a place full of wonderful natural environment view !! 1st in the morning i searched for place to stay ..on my fren advise i went searching for jimjilbang but after some hardship i realised it is not a motel but it is a sauna place…anyway luckily nearby there a lot of motel and get myself 1 at a low price. It is seriously a decent room with 2 big bed and nice bathtub , tv etc The plus point is the owner wife can talk mandarin But sadly till now i dunno wats the motel name all in korean character !! Some highlights of Jeju is jeongbang falls ( where falls connect to sea ) There is a legend that general Seobul stop here b4 looking for elixir of life. there is a carving by him on the stone.Dunno him..? he is sent by emperor Chin to searh for eternal life potion. Some legends said that finally he settled in Japan !!

this is the waterfall and as u can see many students are haeding towards it.they having some kind of school trip. Took my time and communicatd with some cute korean girls… Ya..suprisingly malaysia is quite famous in korea than in japan !! In korea when im asked on where i come from they know when i said malaysia but in japan they will only nod their head when u said u come from a country which lies between Thai and Singapore !! Next i head to another waterfall called cheongjibang falls. Later on had my lunch at a quite high-class restaurant. Off course again my visa paid the bill…Had the locally famous grill black-pork !! yummy !!

then head to yet another beatiful view…look carefully all the stone is in hexagonal  shape…so great the work of nature !!

actually the day before i paid a visit to world-longest lava cave…as it is too dark inside cant get a real good pic !! got some videos though. Then went to the famous mysterious road where the road looks like going down but actually it proofs otherwise. U can see it clearly when u r inside a car…the car move toward a slope automatically which means the opposite of gravity law !! Then paid visit to a love land nearby…which i think sud change the name to sex land…evthing in display is about sex but not love !! cheh …

then finally that night had the famous local abalone porridge.Nightmare as the shop doesnt accept visa card…but luckily the cash we left can settle the bill …phew or else i will be blogging in korea jail ..hehe !! So the next day head back to Japan. WAs a real tire day…so many norikae ( changing transportation) !!Take taxi in the morning to get from motel to jeju airport , then plane from jeju to gimpo airport , then from gimpo take bus to incheon airport , then from there flew back to narita. Then take rapid train to Chiba , then local train back to kisrazu station and finally taxi from railway station back to hostel. isnt it tiring ? total time almost 8-9 hours. Anyway Korea is fun….the food is hot and spicy , u order little things but many things come out :p Is better to know some hangul , and though my holiday seems fun but alot obstacles too…like once when my travel partner vomitted in the bus…i have to clean in the bus…like those in korea drama..haha !! definitely i recommend KOREA -

Again exam time came and went away…which means ya its time to have long holiday again !! cant wait to get out of Japan …dont get me wrong im not going back to malaysia either. Actually almost all my peer is going back home and me staying here without any companion. But hey , new friends can be made and most of my senpai here. Because of that too i will be taking kohai in airport and give them some piece of advices from me.

Anyway as i love travel i cant sit back in my hostel whole holiday , i act had a almost full plan. 1st go to nikko…a very famous place in japan indeed it is a world heritage site. Then almost without rest continue to 8 dys trip in Korea. Thanks for my friend, Randy who had been there and give me some advice. I plan to round whole Korea  but not all cities off course !! Then got some activities in Tokyo with some new friends. After that will be busy to handle kohai things…

But act before all that , have to clean up my room and shifting to a new room. It is not my current room is bad but it is without internet connection which means i have to go to other room just to online everyday. Can u imagine the "mafan" level. So i applied for a new room which is equipped with latest technology but with a bad point. It is on the 4th fllor , but so what ..i should exercise a bit to get rid of my excessive fat.(Cant believe i have 10kg surplus) Killing two bird with a stone indeed, isnt it ?!!

Left only few days only before im officialy into spring holiday. But act right now at this time , got some of my friends already back in msia eating satay !!…i wonder why got double standard which me act get shorter holiday

Right now just spend time playing games and doing some petty jobs. Cant wait to go holidaying …Happy holiday to me !! oh..yeah this holiday also means i have been staying in japan for 1 year. My impression..mmm…some point same as what i had thought but some is like unbelievable…anything it has been an unforgottable one year …thanks to every1 who has gave me light 4 this whole year !!

.mm..my winter holiday then continue for 3rd part. After my family went back, i went to my fren place.Having sleepless night and accidently when to nagaoka which is snowing heavily this winter.Dunno wether it is a good choice or not but it turned out to be some bad luck ….when i wanna go back by train…the train stopped because of big snow.In other word im stranded in Nagaoka for awhile

But because of that too…i had my 1st xperience on shinkansen…hehe …for half price my impression…mm…shinkansen window looks like the 1 of a plane…haha !! mm…act still got lot bout my winter holiday but i think this is enough…tire d…now in chinese new year mood

and also my birthday on the same day…was so happy so many ppl celebrated for me that day had some nice cake and u guess what i get for my happy burpday from my japanese fren…..i received a big clock…grrrr sud i be angry ?? after all they are japanese…i chose to be have the fun side of it

isnt it big ??!!

Straight after snowboard i backed to tokyo and meet up with my frens. Then we had dinner a look-like malaysian stall thai restaurant with look-like american malaysian.Actually he is my second degree friend :p Then near that place u guess what i saw…it is our very own malaysia company !!see below…

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After that i suppose to back to my place but since it is late and me being a person who likes outing…straight away agreed to spend a night in tokyo with them. Was fun at nite…spending time playing mafia.

then next day finally back to my own sweet home. Actually this winter my family came to visit me so then the next day i went to airport to pick-up them.I planned a trip to tokyo,yokohama,osaka,kyoto,kobe and USJ for them.A very big thank you to my fren michael who found a place to sleep for me and guiding me throughout the trip. As well to his senpai,kenny , weichian and cheak for accompanying.God bless All went smoothly. Kyoto we went for kiyomizudera(pic below) and gold temple.

Then have some taste on kobe beef…..and celebrated new year there…USJ was fun too…especially the waterworld show and jaws which i like most !! Osaka just normal like tokyo but can feel the ppl there abit diff. Girls style is diff…more …mmm dunno how to xplain but just feel more "YEAH "

then ppl in shop feels like not so friendly ….:(

then after 4 days in kansai…came back to tokyo and went to my jap fren house. arrghh…forgot i can online till 12 only …have to go liao ..ciao !!

to be continued….

Wow..cant remember the last time i updated my blog. I finally have some free time again to blog.Last 2-3 weeks was my first winter holiday in Japan.Had many special moments and alot of my firsts. For a start i only stayed at my own place for 2 nights only for the whole holiday.Even some intruders from other kosen slept my place far more than me. :p Nah…but who can resist kisarazu ?!! I can boost that almost 90% of PPKTJ students have been to kisarazu…

My fun start even before holiday.A week before, i joined senpai on a one-day-trip to snowboarding in nagaoka-shi.Needless to say , it is my 1st time on seeing so many snow and actually playing on it. It was not as cold as i thought except when wind blows.So this is the place that responsible for my whole body pain the next day…especially my neck !! feel the pain by the slightest move.

can see me? im the 1 sitting while fitting on my snowboard. Actually beginner’s place is very easy and safe but unfortunately i was tricked by my senpai.They invited me to go to the peak of the mountain confirming me that it is very easy up there and got beginner’s track.I cluelessly followed, and i cant deny the view at the top is superb, completely speechless.Too bad my camera is not with me,cause I dont wanna risk it falling with me.Then came my nightmare , there is no beginner’s track with the easiest is 中級(middle level?), to them maybe is no problem but hey im a newbie here.I cant even stand properly.Too shame to take the same lift back down,I fell all the way down And worst at one point  a huge-wind-with-snow-dont-know-what-they-call came struck on me.I was on my knee and closing my face with both hands…suddenly feel like im in the DAY after tomorrow scene !! Really scary…continue for almost 10 mins. Seriously after that i walked down.Later on,finish the remaining time playing only in REAL beginner’s place.

Actually the next week got another ski trip lining up for me.After the 1st experience seriously feel like quiting but money already paid so again i went for another ski trip.This time just entered winter holiday.This place looks much nicer and it is a 3 days 3 nights trip..some nights in bus.

some posing before start.Being a second timer, i mastered some basic moves.And all of a sudden i felt im refreshed.My idea towards snowboarding changed 180 degrees, from being  a pain sport to a interesting and fun thing.The course here is much better, the snow is more which means less pain when u fall and can control easier.Anyway for any will be snowboarders, beware of thick snow at the side, as if we ever fall into it…it is real hard to get out of it.It is like PASIR-jerlus in Msia which they have it as SALJI-jerlus version here.My face is attacked

REally feel like revisiting this nice place next year called myoko suginohara.This how a lift looks like…

Im not good in writing long story so Long story cut short…i had fun in a  pleasant night and the next day night head back.Aahh…forgot to mention restaurant next to the beginner’s place slope dont taste nice.So this is my 1st part of winter holiday.Continue next time…

Next week will be yet another exam , my 3rd in japan.I wonder what im doing now, instead of blogging i should be on my desk…but im in no mood. Anyway indeed im on my desk now but just happened that my laptop is at the same place too About last blog , which got 1 question i failed miserably but in next week exam the very same question will come out i promise no matter what i will get it right to make sure my lesson is learned !!

By the way, last week i had school trip to some mountainous area and thats where i gave my first time. My first of actually touching , playing and feeling a real snow. And i realised that snow actually is not white in color !! i mean not as white as u always imagined from TV image. It is actually no color…yup…no color at all…it is just plain without color , its actually transparent like ais-kacang ice and happen to looks like white when they all comes together laying on some background. Cant wait for my skip trip in 2 more weeks

Lately , i think i successfully blend into my class. We have normal conversation and become more closer. I dont have to be the first-move taker anymore. They will automatically come and talk to me and even teasing. In fact, sometimes i find them noisy for disturbing me..haha. But saying so , still need some time to become real close-good friend…:)

last Friday had some embarassment…:(

story starts like this , last weeks teacher gave us a hard question homework then ask us to do it before last friday. As a good student ( ehem ) i tried my best to do it. Then when friday comes , teacher asked who had the homework. None of the Jap  raised their hand…i was too late when i realised this…my hand was already half up !! Guess what , i was being asked to write it in front and explain to the whole class. At first i was ok with…nah ..just do it i think !!

After i finished then teacher gave explaination…mine is totally wrong…was so malu :p !! then the worst part came…the 1 sat next to me said he act already finished and said from start when i write he already knew i was wrong. I was like hey…what the heck !! y dont u at 1st said u had done ….i just said to him u r bad while half joking !! maa…at least i will remember the quetion 4ever !!

I learned my lesson …im not doing his next homework now…hehe wait 4 answer better like most of my classmate did !!

Yet another busy outing weekend for me.Lokeeng and me together went to numazu kosen to see their bunkasai.Ya..maybe u might think that I dont have 目的( tujuan) going there…but actually because i have a good friend over there.He was so good which at 1st i was not thinking of going but he keep on pressing and guess what …he actually paid for me to spend a night in Numazu.Well i left no reason to reject him…do i ?? So there goes 2 days in Numazu.

To save money , we just use normal local train to get there which took us more than 4 hours eventhough it is actually not too far :(  As soon as we reached…ya do normal thing…take picture in new place!! then headed straight to numazu kosen.1st impression…more kampung than my place and more strict the rules there..,lucky didnt not choose ..hehe !! but their kosen i heard is one of the best in Japan.Have price to pay for being top…i guess.

Their bunkasai is just normal but got the chance to see friend is great.Bought takoyaki and yakiudon for lunch.Visit my kosen friend booth then at 5pm my numazu fren came and take me to the hotel.Wow…maybe i think it is 5 star hotel kua…that night got ppl hold wedding dinner there somemore.A nice room and have a great night sleep…which i seldom have when i go for holiday outing..hehe. Then we ate together in a restaurant , he brought with him a Msian fren…she is chinese married to a japanese.Later went to visit her house…full with antiques and had the 1st hold on historical real samurai sword which he said cost more than rm 50k !!

The next day , went to sports hall to find my friend.( he was the head of the volleyball competition that day ) Me and lokeeng wanted to say goodbye only but he suprised us by offering to bring us to HAkone ( a very famous place in japan)Im speechless..he is really a great guy !! WAs a very nice scenery to see autumn season!!

Then he showed us his office and toyota factory etc. Ate hakone’s gentei ice-cream. Next he sent us back to eki and thats the end of our short weekend holiday.But i was really happy to have met him and my old friend…But not evthing is nice, when i reached back my place, have to cycle back to my hostel in heavy rain…most probably the heaviest i had encounter in Japan,…was all wet in the night of autumn…can u imagine how cold was it !! i think im gonna catch a cold now….hachieww….