Kimono + Tea Ceremony Day

Sorry for not update my blog yesterday due to Malaysia public holiday. But today i will put up some other interesting photos of mine in Japan trip. For the 3rd day in Japan... My host mum teach Mindy and Huipeng some Japan Traditional Tea Ceremony. Tea Ceremony is consider an Art in Japanese Culture. Huipeng and Mindy is so glad that they can learn in this trip. They also wear full Kimono when doing the Tea Ceremony....
#21 Mindy wearing the Kimono.... very hard to wear alone.. so my Host mum giving a helping hand on her.

#22 The lesson students and Sensei (teacher)

#23 The lesson start with Huipeng.... Fun and interesting moment. Serve me tea too.....yummy Oishii


#24 Mindy's hand try to stirring green tea powder and water with the special brush..... very hard to get the bubbles.

#25 The brush......

#26 After the lesson..... i took some portrait of Huipeng with her kimono on....



tomorrow Saturday.. so will update more on Monday......

Nagoya Day

The second day in Japan, my host bought me to Nagoya City. Around 45minutes from Toyota City. First of all, we went to Nagoya Castle. The weather that day is perfect for photo taking.... can't wait to pull out my DSLR and put on the Polarized filter for some outdoor photos.....
#13 Blue sky.... make the castle so outstanding.... love the sky so much.

#14 Me and Huipeng with Nagoya Castle behind.


After the Nagoya Castle visit, we went to the Nagoya Marriott Hotel for lunch. We have a French Fine Dinning there... the lunch cost around 50,000Yen. Abit expensive but is worth it..... the food and service is 5 stars.
#15 Me, Huipeng and Mindy (Huipeng's Cousin)

#16 Salad for starter... nicely deco.....

#17 Small steak... but is a very nice main course. Don't think is small.. but very full after eat... SOLID.

#18 A family photo time..... a fast introduce... back roll from left is Mindy, Huipeng and me. Front roll from left is my host mum (Eiko Mitsuoka), host father ( Takuya Mitsuoka), small kids is Yuu Mitsuoka ( Shin San daughter), Shin Mitsuoka (host parent younger son) and last on the far right is Keko san (Shin's wife).


After the lunch... is the best moment i have been waiting for in this whole Japan trip. Is to visit Nissan Showroom in Nagoya. I can't wait to try and touch the new launched Nissan GT-R. Is a beautiful monster..... it cost 8.5million Yen. Almost RM300k... but if Malaysia bring in GT-R will cost around RM700k after tax. This car really a cool and great car.... from exterior design to interior design is perfect..... from the look to performance, GT-R will promise you a glamorous and die for car.
#19 So happy to take photo with my dream super car.

#20 Huipeng act like a GT-R Racing Queen show girl... ahahahah.....


more to come tomorrow.....

The Food and Art in 豊田市

For the first day in Toyota City... my host brought me to a nice Japanese Restaurant for quick lunch before visit the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
#7 Katsu-don ( Pork fillet rice)... very Oishii..... many time eat also won't sian.

#8 Entrance of the Museum.... this is not the first time i visit.. but is totally different when i visit 11 years ago...

#9 Garden and Pool in the Art Museum... so nice.

# 10 Interesting art piece. The artist draw the art with a boxing gloves.

#11 Some nice colorful leaf close-up.

#12 The dog that my host parent keep... is called Love ちゃん. This is the best photo i took in Japan. The feel and sharpness is perfect for me....


Stay tune tomorrow for more.....

I'm Back To Track

After 12 days in Japan, I finally back to work again... and back to blog again.. So any of you miss me?? Heheheh.... i guess not. Just to share with you guys and gals, Japan is very nice place to travel. Nice and clean weather, air and many cun chicks. Since i have took so many photos with my Canon 400D, i plan to upload daily little by little on my blog. Today i will show my first day photo in Japan....
Is hard for me to get thru the custom even i have a japan Visa,,,, Many question been ask... how long u stay? where u stay? how much Yen u bring in? when u plan to go off? show him my return ticket.... so tough but finally can masuk.....
#1 photo is my Japan Host parent waited me at the arrival hall in Nagoya International Airport.

#2 A happy laugh candid shot of my host father (Mitsuoka Takuya)

#3 My first morning meal in Japan. Is a Nagoya chain restaurant called Komeda コメダ。They serve western breakfast.

#4 Hot dog bun... yummy.

#5 Hoshin-cho Toyota-city is the area i stay for 12 days.

#6 And this is the house i stay... is a very traditional house with very japanese taste....


stay tune.....

Toyota Aichi 豊田市

In Japan i will be in Toyota Aichi 豊田市 for 12days. This will be my 2nd time in Toyota Aichi since 1996. This city is full or Toyota and Lexus, is the main city where produce Toyata cars in Japan.
The town of Koromo (挙母市), the predecessor of present day Toyota, was a major producer of silk, and prospered in the Mikawa Region from the Meiji Era through the Taisho period. As the demand for raw silk declined in Japan and abroad, the town entered a period of gradual decline. That decline encouraged Kiichiro Toyoda, cousin of Eiji Toyoda, to look for manufacturing alternatives to the family's automatic loom manufacturing business. This in turn led to the founding of what became the Toyota Motor Corporation.
The town gained city status on March 1, 1951. The town changed its name to Toyota in 1959 and became the sister city of another automotive industry headquarters, Detroit, Michigan, one year later. Toyota-shi is also twinned with the County of Derbyshire, England.
On March 25, 2005, Expo 2005 opened with its main site being in Nagakute and additional activity in Seto and Toyota. The expo continued until September 25, 2005.

Ingredient to go Japan

It's been so long for us to get our Japan visa. Took us almost 2 weeks. Tons of supporting document to hand in. Finally we got our visa on Tuesday (18th Dec). So we are ready to fly.... all we need now is Passport, Japan Visa, Yen, flight tickets and Japanese dictionary ( for easy communication).

Char Aznable x Softbank

Softbank Mobile has made annoucement for the release of 913SH G-Type Char cellphone. It basically has the same function as the previous 913SH slider model, except that this model comes pre-installed with Sunrise & Sotsu Agency-supervised content (such as Char quotes & sound FX) and a design collaborated on by Bandai. It comes with a 1/12 Char’s Zaku head charging stand that, which you can open it up and place the phone inside, to display a monoeye screensaver that moves from one side to another randomly. If one gets bored with the monoeye screensaver, just flick a switch to watch TV instead as the phone has a digital one-seg TV built in.

Apart from the usual camera, internet browsers, 1GB of internal memory and also comes with pre-recorded Char phrases.

Scheduled to go on sale in coming December. Currently, there’s another 20 more days till it start accepting pre-orders. Would love to made a purchase on this if this could support GSM network, from what I know Japan phone network seems to be running on CDMA

Some professional modeller even repaint the Zaku head. It is a super cool gadget to have.... Is Japan 2007 coolest stuff.



Char’s Zaku head charging stand with hatch opened. Zaku head charging stand closed with mono-eye screensaver activated.

Softbank origianl 913SH / 913SH G-Type Char

Christmas Celebration

I will not be around on Christmas this year.... so i have organized a Christmas Celebration Dinner abit early... did it last night. So 'ngam' Shumin is back from Melbourne, so celebrate together lor. Jason, Innseng, Munyee and Fuifui is invited too. Thanks to Jason came early and help up. Is so fun, long time never organize this kind of dinner. We had 4 bottles of wine.... so high.
Chicken Burger Steak with cheese

Strawberry

Shumin

Fuifui

Jason

Innseng

Munyee.. busy eating, don't care take photo

Nihon.... いきます

After 11 years, this Dec 22nd i will be my second time go Nagoya, Japan. Hopefully this time i will have great time there. I will bring my full camera gears to Japan. Bring my 400D Canon, My Sony PNS Cyber-shot 7.2 m.pixel and a Sanyo Viewcam Xacti 5. So will take many many photos. Therefor, i will not able to update my blog from 22nd Dec till 3rd Jan 2008. So please stay tune for new update.

Wagashi わがし

Thanks to Angeline to reminds me to buy some Wagashi when i go Japan trip. Wagashi is a traditional sweets food in Japan. Wagashi have 5 types; Namagashi (beautiful crafted with theme sweets), Yokan ( Jelly type sweets), Monaka ( Filling in middle like sandwich type) , Manju (Steamed bun type) and Higashi (Dried sweets). Japanese normally serve Wagashi during the Japanese Cha-do (Green Tea Ceremony). Due to the bitterness of the tea, eating Wagashi will sweeten the mouth. All the Wagashi is crafted with a concept, so eating the wagashi is not only about the taste but also the art.
Namagashi

Yokan

Monaka

Manju

Higashi

Short clip of Wagashi

Back to SHARP

After 5 days waiting, finally i collected back my 400D from Canon Service Center. They have identified and readjust my camera due to the back focus problem. Now my 400D photo is SHARP and CLEAR. Tested it with my new DarthVader Casual figure last night.

Nice art work

Recently so many rape case in Malaysia.... more sad is.... those bastard not only rape women.. but also kids. I wonder is their mind F*ck-up or what. This photo i got from other forum, is pretty meaningful. The photos is from PuduRaya. Malaysia should have a rule that punish those people who rape..... cut of their cock..... and slot back to their mouth.... Ops.. i sounds so sick too.. hihihihih.. :P

Ah Beng with no taste!

Last week, i went KL with Uncle Lim to meet a client in Concorde Hotel. In the parking bay, i saw this Black Civic with a F**king ugly Honda badge on it's bonnet. I think the owner have treat his Honda as a Rolls Royce. I cannot tahan and take out my K750i to snap some photos.... and share it in my blog..... So Jason Tiew... don't do that with your Black Civic.

Reach the 100,000 marks

Only 4 years, my Kenari finally hits the 100,000 km. MY Kenari must be very tired. I wander when will hit the 200,000 km? By the time it hits 200,000 km. i think the car can throw oredi. So far, i think my Kenari is very reliable and very nice to drive car. I am happy with it and no regret buying it. Hahahahah........

Color of faces

A photos of Traditional Mask i took in Shanghai. So many designs... i should buy the plain white one on the left bottom. Then i can draw my design on it like Kubrick.