saw on a fren's blog... the person that you want to share your happiness with and the person that you want to share your sadness with are the ones you love... they may be the same...or different depending on ppl i guess... and i do agree with the fact that i think the one you want to share your sadness with should be of a higher "value" than the one you want to share your happiness with...reason being: there are more downs than ups in life...

so of course... the one you share your sadness with is the one you love more i guess... however... i do hold another view on this fact... the one you want to share your sickness with may simply be more useful as he/she can simply solve your problem than the one you love... there's no love in this aspects...oni in terms of utility... and yes...i thrashed all romance out of this situation... but tt seems kinda juz like a reality....

we seek ppl who can help us...who can tell us wat we want to hear...and ppl who support us no matter how wrong we are... itz in human nature to wish to hear the things they wanna hear rather than the disapprovals of others... and yes... i'm one of them...

"the days get on by...but its just the nites that hurts the mosts....."

well...went back to sch for more convo pics taking with cw, ly and zz... as i brought along my SLR, it does feels like a outdoor shoot... with me as the photographer, zz as the PA for ly, cw...and ly, cw are the main super models... hahaa... went ard various spots in NTU for the foto-taking...whole session took abt 3 hours plus... juz imagine 3 NBS robes prowling the school and taking fotos... everyone was staring but who cares...we are the "graduates"...

so here's the pics... due to limited space in my blogger...i shall juz link this pics to my web album...
and hor...ly and cw, if u all want to develop the fotos..get the originals from me...






the "hiao hiao" graduates


reaching for the stars...




i can jump too!


can you see the "NTU"






3 very angry ladies...




the classic throwing of convo hat...


damn nice pic of the sky...


proud "mama" with her graduating "daughters"

this is the day that should have come one year ago...


lets see who has double chin.... damn... it's mi!!


ya... i know..the convo hat looks realli wierd on me!


happy foto...one of my fave of the day...



the fake and the reals....


my prof that still rmbrs me!


at least now the convo hat looks betta..ahaha...


happy convocation to us...

juz kinda pity tt there were others tt were too busy to take fotos with me... otherwise it'll realli be a perfect day...

"expectations is directly proportionate to disappointment... higher your hopes..harder you hit the ground..."

"a picture speaks more than a thousand words, a video shows more than a thousand pictures..."

sometimes i like how life throws its ups and down at us... past few daes were down...down with work... with work piling up..and targets to hit...and things to do out of the box... it gets harder and harder each day... esp with the morale getting lower and lower each day...

but all these downs do accentuate the ups in life... without the downs...we are unable to distinguish all the happiness in life... juz endure thru the downturn...and life will definitely be up...as the saying goes...wat goes up must come down...i believe vice versa too...

went for a good drinking session with the office folks...saw quite a few familiar faces... and had fun drinking and making fun of the lesser drinkers... haha...

"it's not about what you have but rather, it's about who you are..."

some email my cousin sent me...and somehow...i think this is a possible future for all of us...









"what don't kill you makes you stronger...you might as well kill me..."

well well...after the food...here's the sights...as i've been to too mani places..i decided to break them up into a few categories...beginning with castles! hahaha... and here are the 3 most famous castles that i went to in japan...

as a intro, most of these castles were built during the shogunate era, mainly by the a few famous warlords like hideyoshi and tokugawa... most of which have a warring purposes, or used as forts in the war...but as time goes by..they are now being protected as a heritage centre in japan...


Nijo castle... this is used as more of a summer house rather than a fort... it's not surrounded by high walls like the others u'll see later...

view of Nijo from the front... doesn't it look like a damn big chalet...


this castle here is the Himeji castle... i purposely came all the way down just to see this castle... it's also known as the white heron, and is notedly one of the most famous castle in Japan...



Himeji castle...note the high walls and many layers of building... each building has its own purposes in housing soldiers, weapons and look out holes... and of course..right at the very top is where the shogun lives...


stone tablet welcoming us to Himeji castle...


closed up view of Himeji castle...


front view of Himeji castle....compare the height of a human to the castle... this damn 6 storey castle almost killed me when i was climbing the staircase all the way up... btw, this castle retains a fair amount of its past and was kept intact...


and here's Osaka castle... protected by a moat...to reach the castle...soldiers have to cross the moat, scale the walls, make their way up the long route to just reach the outskirts...war is hard back in those days....


Osaka castle with its bling bling ornaments...those bling bling parts are actually gold foil...


miniature replica of the battle of sekigahara...or rather..the east west war...


view from the top of Osaka castle...


sern with 2 girls...

"we only fail when we stopped trying... not when we do not succeed..."

as promised...delicious pics that will make you drool...
**caution : the images below will make the viewer very hungry...view at your own discretion...


this is me... carrying my backpack at the train station of narita airport...
and yes..i'm delicious too...but no...i'm not available for eating...at least not to most of you...


Char Siew Ramen in Akihabara... look at the many pieces of char siew...and the thick soup!


Shoyu Ramen this time...with its clear soup and big fatty char siew!


Sashimi Don from Tsukiji fish market... salmon, tuna, prawns, tamago and roe... wat more do you want out of a Don...


Hamburger Curry Rice! this is found in Ginza area...


Hamburger with baked potato!


Alas..the fabled Mac Tamago! 3 layers of meat...1 layer of egg...between 2 soft tender sesame buns...


Breakfast set in Kyoto...baked toast with cinnamon and maple syrup with a nice cup of english tea...

Omu (omelette) rice with hamburger...somehow baked pork are all called hamburger in japan...


Spicy Ramen set with gyoza and fried rice... soup for ramen was nice and salty and gyoza is totally absolutely delicious...


simple meal of Gyu don... Yoshinoya does not come close to this standard...


yet another simple yet totally yummy don...
Ten don this time round... the fried prawns are golden brown and crisp on the outside...yet succulent on the inside...


Miso Ramen! (yes...ramen again!)


assorted sushi


go Ramen go!


something what most japanese have for breakfast...
Asa soba...meaning morning soba...


and look at all these nice meat! assorted parts and all marinated and waiting to jump straight into the sizzling pan....


this is the first meal i had in japan...katsu don!
simple, yet delicious...



and katsu curry rice! from curry king!

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