walk e streets

not sure how much distance i've covered today. at first we thought that its going to snow but eventually e one which came down was rain droplet - throughout e day. when e urge of shopping reached its climate, it would be just like today, dangerous cum serious economic saving exercise; shoppping! other than this expected yen-spending, i enjoyed walking through e streets. this is a trip so much different from previous few times when i was here, won't elaborate further but indeed i ensure joanne has got a great time here~

touch down

it's time to answer the call of my heart, proceed with my annual travelling. my fourth times to e land of raising sun. can't help but have to agree - japan is really my favourite country. i also thought states is e one though. long hours of travelling with double short transits at hongkong and taipei, finally touched down at kansai slightly earlier than expected. my rusty command of japanese was useful in a way or another. my research and planning were helpful too. arrived in osaka, filled our stomach with e first japanese meal, time to take a break, gonna be ready for our shopping tomorrow at shinsaibashi.

osaka discovery

step forward

it has never been easy for e first step. once you've accomplished your very first step forward, you will realise life is so much exciting i supposed.

im nervous. im scared. i went ahead, step forward.

e only way to calm myself down is to focus on every step which i've take. i watch every step. i watch all my way till the part where i know that e danger is way behind, i let go.

should i say i've reached e peak of my current journey? commencement of a new chapter of life has come? well maybe yes. i could feel e insecurity which has been climbing all over my shoulders. i could feel the insecurity which i've protrayed to e others. im ashamed.

that is never what i've wanted e others to agree upon.

put aside e fear for all you can, now is e time for me to charge. i believe in destiny but im also a great believer of creating my own fate. i live my near-perfect life to the maximum. when i hit old-age, there will always be something for me to share with e rest.

we will see.

his/her wedding = our gathering

valentine day

other than e valentine celebration at tokyo tower in year 2004, this is another oversea celebration for joanne and me - this time round, e venue was set at e forever sunny nirwana resort, bintan. both of us got our fair share of sun, sand and sea. to fully utiized our stay at e island, we tried e indonesian-style hair treatment cum massage. of course having stayed at e resort for 4 times previously, e main activity would always be e indescribable scrumptious seafood feast at e kelong! back to e red dot this early noon, planning for e next destination is already on-going. while in e midst of planning, let's keep our fingers crossed.

magic show

ive got one of those rare opportunities to wittness such an exclusive live close-magic performance by world renowned no 1 close-magician, liu qian!

liu qian arrived early in e morning on e event day for a short rehearsal. with his current status, it's hard not to notice he has already behaving like a superstar. of course it takes no little money to fly him in into singapore for just a 30mins performance. u wanna know e amount? buy me a kopi, i'll tell you! * haha*

so what he performed on e night? in short, he drew a bowling ball on a scrapbook, split-seconds later, an authentic bowling ball dropped from e scrapbook with a loud heavy "pong"! i could see everyone down below e stage was astonished! apparently that very first performance of his stunned everyone in e hall. e hall was still. everyone took a couple of seconds before e real natural reaction of "woohh" was eventually heard within e hall!

kudos to him. as a matter of fact, liu qian was not fluent in english but he did try. however he ended up performing his 30mins breath-taking stunts in typical taiwanese mandarin.

e others kept asking why i didn't try to have photo taken with him? as much as i would love to, certain professionalism needs to be addressed. i think this is e best way for me to establish a better working relationship with both e clients and event companies.

anyway if that particular artist is hirosue ryoko, erm.. well i don't think i will miss those photo-taking opportunities! *haha*