Japan - Day 3 - Sanrio Puroland

First shot of the day. I dunno what this blur sotong is called but I think it looks quite funny. Haha.

Carine and I in the huge shop on the 3rd floor. They really have everything. Even Hello Kitty electrical appliances. Madness!

With loads of Cinnamorolls. That's the name of the dogs by the way. Background information: Real name: Cinnamon

Birthday: March 6

One day while the owner of Cafe Cinnamon was admiring the sky, a tiny white puppy came floating by, looking just like a small fluffy cloud. She thought, "Maybe he caught a whiff of the cinnamon rolls and came to check them out..." She was right! This curious little pup really took a shine to the cafe owner and her delicious cinnamon rolls, so he decided to stay. And since his tail was plump and curled up just like a cinnamon roll, she decided to call him Cinnamoroll. Sweet little Cinnamoroll was instantly popular with customers, and soon became Cafe Cinnamon's official mascot. Now, when he's not napping on the cafe terrace, you can find Cinnamoroll flying around town looking for fun, new adventures with his friends Chiffon, Mocha, Espresso, Cappuccino and, of course, little Milk!

Mina no Tabo :)

Bad Badtz Maru. He snatched the soft toy I bought (he's holding it in its hands) and refused to give it back! Even tried to run away... And he slapped me when I tried to get it back. Haha.

Surrounded by Hello Kittys. Oh man this picture is so saccharine sweet even I can't stand it.

Pom Pom Purin with the one that I bought.

By the Sanrio Puroland flag.

Carine and I. Very happy!

I know this pic is blur but the characters are so cute. I love these 2 a lot. Pom Pom Purin and Bad Badtz Maru. Sanrio does for me what Disney doesn't.

Valerie sits on a unicorn with a Hello Kitty flag. Where is my prince charming?

Ahem. Here's Carine and I being all mature.

Mina no Tabo and Keroppi. They're so cute. Argh!

With Princess Hello Kitty.

Kerroppi was my favourite character when I was a kid. Kerrokerrokerroppi! And k fine I haven't grown up.

At the Keio-Tama Center Station just before we went back.

At night Carine and I went to Shinjuku to meet Yosuke, our Japanese friend from UCSD. While walking to the restaurant, we saw durian! The king of all fruits. But please look at the prices. 4000 yen is 66.67 SGD. And to think in Geylang you can get them for a dollar each. Japan is the land of the overpriced.

At "Asian Kitchen", the restaurant in the Sumitomo building at West Shinjuku. We ate on the 49th floor. Unfortunately, there weren't any window seats for us as they were all occupied. The food was also... not very authentic? The mee goreng I had tasted nothing like what we have in Singapore. Left to right: Carine, me, Yosuke and Tomoko, a friend he brought along who had just finished her exchange program in NUS.

Japan - Day 2 - Shinjuku, Harajuku, Roppongi Hills

First day out in Japan. At Harajuku. KC, Bernice, me, Carine.

First day out in Japan. At Harajuku. KC, Bernice, me, Carine.

Roppongi Hills. Clockwise from left: Tsuguo, me, Carine, KC, Lynn, Bernice.

Left to right: KC, Bernice at the back, Tsuguo (Lynn and Bernice's friend from UCLA in the front), Carine, followed by Lynn. I like the cool curvy red chair!

Last Days in San Diego - Thursday June 23 to Saturday June 25

This shot is sooo reminiscent of the time when we first came. Cos we took a shot like that in front of Ralphs too.

Last time shopping at UTC, otherwise known as the University Town Center. Goodbye to SD, the land of Abercrombie!

Our last dinner together where everyone (except Carine hahaha) cooked. There was crab, chicken soup, emperor chicken, and I don't know what the rest of the dishes were called. Feast.

Left to right: Me, Zhenying, KC, Carine, Jinny, Irene, Ed. Jinny and Irene are on exchange for one year so they get to stay in SD. And Ed is a regular student there so he gets to stay too. Argh! Jealous jealous.

Left to right: Kenny, and the rest is the same as above.

Possibly the messiest kitchen in the world :p

Here's them trying to load my enormous luggage into the car. In the end it couldn't fit and Carine had to sit with it in the back seat. She was complaining about it all the way. "How come I have to sit with this stupid luggage!"

9585 Genesee Ave, Apartment xx. San Diego, CA xxxxx.

Last photo taken in La Jolla. This is the entrance to the Genesee apartments. SD has such blue skies!

My European Adventure

Hello everyone, here are the pictures from my Europe trip. I tried to arrange them in chronological order. What you're gonna see will only give you a rough idea of what happened... Cos we simply did too much and I took too many photos. Truly a memorable experience :) Enjoy!

Still to come: photos from my last days in San Diego, and of me in Japan. I haven't blogged in such a long time - have so much to cover, so many gaps to fill.

We'll begin with Day 1 - Vancouver to London.

2 sleeping beauties on Air Canada. Hahaha.

Ice floes as we cross the Atlantic from Vancouver to London.

Day 1 - US to Canada

2 sleeping beauties on Air Canada. Hahaha.

Ice floes as we cross the Atlantic from Vancouver to London.

Vienna - Day 2

KC and ZY getting off the plane. They look so gleeful :)

This sight greeted us as we got off the plane in Vienna. The shuttle bus to the airport!

KC, ZY and Kenny on the shuttle. At this point of time we still had energy :p

The Smokers Corner in the Vienna airport. This thing is entirely useless and is a farce. First of all you can see there are no partitions to stop the air flow between the "smoker's corner" and the rest of the place. Secondly, I expected there to be some kind of ventilation fan up on the ceiling, but no there was none. Why do they even bother...

Sudbahnhof station, where we later spent a night some time later in the trip. I have photos of us looking terribly tired and unglam but shan't upload those. Haha.