Sendai-Singapore-Tokyo
i'm back after a loong hiatus. sorry for the wait! was super busy in the first semester but now its over and mitsuru and i have just gone and come back from singapore and tokyo!
it was mitsuru's first trip overseas. so everything was new to him (the food, language - especially my brother's singlish!, toilets - which he said where 3rd world, culture etc)
so this is us at the boarding gate (i've never taken photos at the boarding gate i don't think! but well there's always a first time!)
we got back on saturday night and we stayed at linyu & lokhun's house before heading for sunday morning service at covenant. after that it was brunch at Holland Village before lunch with the folks at jurong hilltop teppanyaki restaurant and then we whizzed off to yann's for a tea party!
the mom and dad photo
another family dinner (complete with bro and max too!) at jack's place!
the tea party that yann, addie, and yan created with magic fingers!!!!!
yan and mr tok. pls note that yan is wearing makeup in this photo. she actually specially put on makeup just for mitsuru!!!
the yummy cakes (that we couldn't finish)
the fabulous fruit salad! (that we finished!)
this is adeline and mitsuru! addie introduced him to char kway teow!!
yann the tea-party maker!
group photos sans men
he also had crabs at ang mo kio with wymin, laikuan and may! thanks for the treat girls!!! *heart*
slluurrrp!
caveman eating crabs!
and we brought gin out to southern ridges (just from kent ridge part to alexandra arches only! cause it was raining and raining and raining... gin had a good time though!)
we also brought gin to sentosa for a swim and a romp! it was a lovely day out!
the boy and the dog.
did the touristy thing and paid S$5 for a picture with a phython....
happy me with ice cream!
we had dinner at racecourse road with the c3 gals again (addie, true to form, recommended the place and the food was greeeeat! we wolfed it all down so quickly we shocked the waiters!)
did more touristy things... we went to the zoo! and boy did mitsuru enjoy the singapore zoo! he bought a zoo cup (super expensive some more!) even though he's not a souvenir freak... but he enjoyed it soooo much he spent 6.5hrs there AND bought a $22.50 CUP (which is, by the way, sitting on MY table now ho ho ho!)
the white tigers were amazing!! roarrr!
oh this paper is made from elephant dung! depending on what the elephant eats and how old the elephant is, the colour and texture of the paper changes!
me eating my favourite snack!
carol, gabs, nik, and kayla came to join us, and kayla wanted to take pictures with the orang utans but when it got to her turn she freaked out .... which explains the worried look.
we watched the sealion show (which was so so) and i lined up to get kissed by a sea lion! it wasn't slimy or pointy (but it was abit wet and soft! hahaha)
nic, mitsuru and i.
oh one of the highlights of the trip was the foot reflexology session.
it was such an electrifying, ticklish feeling!!!
and it was great fun for the boy too!
my feet in a very 'tame' tank (this was when we had to 'share' the fishes. subsequently, i moved over to a tank that no one was using, and that's when i got to take the first picture u see above)
on the second last day, we had bandung!
and then compared tongues!
met with yann for dinner at carlton hotel and had extremely yummy mee goreng!
and chicken rice!
even though we really only went there for the durian cake!! look! it's in the shape of a durian! cool huh.
thanks yann for the treat!!!!!
TOKYOOOOOO! the day we arrived, we headed out to Yokohama Chinatown and met up with Yukari who happened to be in town! stuff our faces, took a short walk around Minato Mirai and went to the Mitsui Outlet malls where mitsuru got a new pair of shoes!
that night, we stayed at mitsuru's grandparents' house and there, i met his grandpa, grandma, uncle, mother, and sister! wow! it was a crowd, but they live in a 3 storey apartment so we actually had a lot of space to ourselves!
went to tsukishima to eat monja yaki (the sticky version of okonomiyaki!)
mitsuru's mom and sis!
met the GEMS + affiliate! (the other affiliate was looking after babe and wifey and couldn't make it)
then went for the AYF 13th Batch's Tokyo Gathering!
we all love nohata sensei!
and that's also where i met The Other Singaporean, Diana!!!! YIPPEEEE!!!!
WE LOVE FOOOOOD!!
the day of the AYF Gathering, Shiaw Jia took me on a fun tour of the places i had never been before, Lalaport and Ueno - cheap stuff at the latter! and a purple dress from the former! lovely!
the day after the AYF Gathering, 3 brave souls decided to head down to Tsukiji Fish Market. we stayed over at Erwin's place, and slept in the master bedroom with gigi and erwin!! apparently that's done pretty often in the Philippines! wow!! Erwin woke up at 4.30am to shower and cook gigi some bfast and then woke mimi and i up at 5am. we headed out and reached the market at 5.30am just in time to see the last bits of the action!
KUDOS to the 3 who braved the early morning sleepiness and the horrendous drizzle and rain that refused to stop!
all in all singapore & tokyo was a really interesting 2 week getaway from the mundane life in sendai!
it was mitsuru's first trip overseas. so everything was new to him (the food, language - especially my brother's singlish!, toilets - which he said where 3rd world, culture etc)
so this is us at the boarding gate (i've never taken photos at the boarding gate i don't think! but well there's always a first time!)
we got back on saturday night and we stayed at linyu & lokhun's house before heading for sunday morning service at covenant. after that it was brunch at Holland Village before lunch with the folks at jurong hilltop teppanyaki restaurant and then we whizzed off to yann's for a tea party!
the mom and dad photo
another family dinner (complete with bro and max too!) at jack's place!
the tea party that yann, addie, and yan created with magic fingers!!!!!
yan and mr tok. pls note that yan is wearing makeup in this photo. she actually specially put on makeup just for mitsuru!!!
the yummy cakes (that we couldn't finish)
the fabulous fruit salad! (that we finished!)
this is adeline and mitsuru! addie introduced him to char kway teow!!
yann the tea-party maker!
group photos sans men
he also had crabs at ang mo kio with wymin, laikuan and may! thanks for the treat girls!!! *heart*
slluurrrp!
caveman eating crabs!
and we brought gin out to southern ridges (just from kent ridge part to alexandra arches only! cause it was raining and raining and raining... gin had a good time though!)
we also brought gin to sentosa for a swim and a romp! it was a lovely day out!
the boy and the dog.
did the touristy thing and paid S$5 for a picture with a phython....
happy me with ice cream!
we had dinner at racecourse road with the c3 gals again (addie, true to form, recommended the place and the food was greeeeat! we wolfed it all down so quickly we shocked the waiters!)
did more touristy things... we went to the zoo! and boy did mitsuru enjoy the singapore zoo! he bought a zoo cup (super expensive some more!) even though he's not a souvenir freak... but he enjoyed it soooo much he spent 6.5hrs there AND bought a $22.50 CUP (which is, by the way, sitting on MY table now ho ho ho!)
the white tigers were amazing!! roarrr!
oh this paper is made from elephant dung! depending on what the elephant eats and how old the elephant is, the colour and texture of the paper changes!
me eating my favourite snack!
carol, gabs, nik, and kayla came to join us, and kayla wanted to take pictures with the orang utans but when it got to her turn she freaked out .... which explains the worried look.
we watched the sealion show (which was so so) and i lined up to get kissed by a sea lion! it wasn't slimy or pointy (but it was abit wet and soft! hahaha)
nic, mitsuru and i.
oh one of the highlights of the trip was the foot reflexology session.
it was such an electrifying, ticklish feeling!!!
and it was great fun for the boy too!
my feet in a very 'tame' tank (this was when we had to 'share' the fishes. subsequently, i moved over to a tank that no one was using, and that's when i got to take the first picture u see above)
on the second last day, we had bandung!
and then compared tongues!
met with yann for dinner at carlton hotel and had extremely yummy mee goreng!
and chicken rice!
even though we really only went there for the durian cake!! look! it's in the shape of a durian! cool huh.
thanks yann for the treat!!!!!
TOKYOOOOOO! the day we arrived, we headed out to Yokohama Chinatown and met up with Yukari who happened to be in town! stuff our faces, took a short walk around Minato Mirai and went to the Mitsui Outlet malls where mitsuru got a new pair of shoes!
that night, we stayed at mitsuru's grandparents' house and there, i met his grandpa, grandma, uncle, mother, and sister! wow! it was a crowd, but they live in a 3 storey apartment so we actually had a lot of space to ourselves!
went to tsukishima to eat monja yaki (the sticky version of okonomiyaki!)
mitsuru's mom and sis!
met the GEMS + affiliate! (the other affiliate was looking after babe and wifey and couldn't make it)
then went for the AYF 13th Batch's Tokyo Gathering!
we all love nohata sensei!
and that's also where i met The Other Singaporean, Diana!!!! YIPPEEEE!!!!
WE LOVE FOOOOOD!!
the day of the AYF Gathering, Shiaw Jia took me on a fun tour of the places i had never been before, Lalaport and Ueno - cheap stuff at the latter! and a purple dress from the former! lovely!
the day after the AYF Gathering, 3 brave souls decided to head down to Tsukiji Fish Market. we stayed over at Erwin's place, and slept in the master bedroom with gigi and erwin!! apparently that's done pretty often in the Philippines! wow!! Erwin woke up at 4.30am to shower and cook gigi some bfast and then woke mimi and i up at 5am. we headed out and reached the market at 5.30am just in time to see the last bits of the action!
KUDOS to the 3 who braved the early morning sleepiness and the horrendous drizzle and rain that refused to stop!
all in all singapore & tokyo was a really interesting 2 week getaway from the mundane life in sendai!
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