CHICAGO!

2009 came a little later than it would in Singsing; we spent the last 2 hrs or so of 2008 waiting, sitting, in navy pier, watching kids playing catch

at the stroke of midnight i was peeing in the toilet

but anyway fireworks make any day special :)

happy new year folks, God bless & have a good one!

imperial palace was closed for the new year! :(

so we went to ropponggi hills instead..

which is like this giant mall

doraemon!

dinner at ... i forgot what its called. but it's a really unique japanese hut thing which sells yakitori
[edit: it's called GONPACHI.]

mini tokyo tower

random observation: angmoh men like to date japanese girls.

byebye tokyo!

DAY 3

it was not too cold.

so i had the chance to wear mummys funny pants.

funny building... with teacup balconies
sunny sunny

sushi joint under ueno station


that's how much we ate for lunch... we were hungry
sushi is fresh hereeee!

funny displays

UENO park!

street performers

fat neko

hawkers at ueno park

cute poodle... the japanese really bother to dress their dogs up!

mummy feeds corn to a hungry wandering pigeon

just look at its hungry eyes

i made her stop feeding all the corn to the pigeon... i was hungry too lah...

people hang their wishes ouside shrines

moving on to UENO zoo and its unique animals

dragged mummy to the childrens corner where pygmy sheet and goats roam...
this poor chicken thing... it has a very long tail which the kids keep pulling


HUGEEEE tortoise

some happy jappy kid playing with dried leaves

big bird thing... okay i didnt take down their names

their only panda called mingming or something passed away, so there weren't any pandas in the zoo. what there was was a panda shrine thingy where people gave their offerings and well wishes to the deceased panda

thousands of paper cranes

settled for a pic with a stuffed panda instead


the sky darkens and the zoo closes around 4

and we're off to GINZA...
tokyo's equivalent of orchard rd in singapore

packed dinner home


the mum keeps telling me not to post certain photos up...
shes behind me saying PLEASE DONT POST PHOTOS OF THE FOOD WE EAT IN THE ROOM...
interesting what.
anyway i cant believe im 20 (according to tokyo time)
1 more year to adulthood.
it's like i'm stuck in limbo between a teenager and an adult