Typhoon: I hate u !

At the time I was in Japan, it was the middle of season changes from summer to autumn. During this time it is Typhoon time, normally, one or two max per year will directly hit Tokyo. Dunno what's wrong with yr 2004, we found total 3 of them. Such a nightmare! Especially the day Shally and I had a date in Harajuku (原宿)

Sat 9 Oct 2004

Got a phone call from Shally in the morning, around 8 o'clok, still in the bed. Totally blur when picked up the call. My brain couldn't work properly after wake up, so I answered her first question in Thai.. hahaha..then I realized that I have to speak English...sorry Shally... ^^ Then we planned our date by meet each other at Snoopy Town in front of Harajuku station.

At Harajuku, we started with Meji Jingu Shrine as it is the good place to start, very closed to eki. After left the shrine, we walked thru Omote-sandou and stopped at Condomania (Hehe..Just have a look :P). Then headed to Oriental Bazaar, Shally need to buy some souvenir for her family and friends in PNG. This shop is really cool, it sells a lot of thing that related to Japan such as Gimono, Yukata, Japanese bowls, chopstick, t-shirt or even a kite. We spent quite some times at this shop. After Left Orinetal Bazaar, we still on omote-sandou looking for delicious cake shop that Izumi and Shally came last time. Unfortunately, we couldnt find this shop. So we decided to walk thru all tiny alleys for window shopping. There are a lot of cute clothes store located in those tiny alleys.

Suddenly, it started to rain and we r a bit hungry so we had our lunch breakat restaurant near Sony plaza, the junction between Omodte-sandou and Meiji Dori. Since it was raining out there so we had plenty of times to talk about each other life, talk about plan after back to home country, about bf and ex-bf etc...I really have a great time and it really good that we spend time together ;)

After lunch and cake (finally we ate CAKE!!), we did another window shopping at Laforet and hopped to other department stores nearby. Then we stopped at some game center with photo sticker machine. It was really really fun coz we had to operate this machine by our own without any knowledge in Japanese and fyi, using this machine isnt easy at all. Finally, we did it..we got our cute photo stickers behind messy steps.

Wah, it was raining again...Starbucks Harajuku is our next pit stop, we thought we gonna wait until the rain stop..But we changed our mind after we saw water level and shopguys start to bring sandbag to keep their shops from flood...unbelievable flood in Harajuku...Unbelievable !! It would be better to leave now..since both of us didnt bring umbrellas today. We had to buy a new one for each..but it still couldnt covered us from heavy rain and wind..We walked along Takeshita Dori under really worst condition..our jeans are wet ..and it's damn cold...

Heard that it was another Typhoon !! damn, i hate typhoon.

Updated: バイマイメロディー

Haha...Finally got d/l this song from jpopsuki ;)

Still dont know how to spell song name "By My Melody" or "Bye My Melody" ...

Song is very very nice but PV is not good at all...Pop star PV is 1000 times better than this one. In PV, Ken always cute as usual but other things in PV are not good at all...theme and contents of PV are really disappointing.

File size is a bit large also dont have time to convert to wma format. Will try to convert and update to music of the day. anyway,if u are interested in this song just d/l from this link: Ken_Hirai_-_By_My_Melody

Lyric from cherryblossom-garden

バイマイメロディー

作詞: 平井堅 作曲: 平井堅

ときめく日々をつかまえに
虹を超えて行こう
出会いと別れをつなぐメロディー
トランクに忍ばせ

詰めきれない思い出がはみだし
少し胸が痛むけれど
肩に沈む重さの分だけ
僕は愛を知ったから

君の声を　全てを　抱きしめて
歩いて行く地図なき道を
君がくれた軌跡を抱きしめて
だから心込めて君に届け I love you
生まれ変わる旅のはじまり

この先どんな出来事に
僕が染められても
かけがえのない笑顔忘れる
未来ならいらない

声を出さず泣くことに慣れて
大人になりすぎたけれど
「そんなとこも好きだったよ」と
泣いた君を忘れない

君の夢を　全てを　抱きしめて
歩いて行く旅路はつづく
君がくれた季節を抱きしめて
今は胸を張って君に言える
Love so true
生まれ変わる僕がはじまる

つないだ手を離す最後の君が
かすむ　にじむ　消えて行く

あの日のキス
温もり　抱きしめて
僕は僕を生きていくから
君がくれた奇蹟を抱きしめて
だから顔を上げてきっと言える
Bye my love

生まれ変わる旅がはじまる

Pain

ในความเจ็บปวด คงมีความสุข กระทั่งความงดงามบางอย่างซ่อนอยู่...

วรพจน์ พันธุ์พงศ์ จากหนังสือ "open diary"

Quote of the day again :)

ในความเจ็บปวด คงมีความสุข กระทั่งความงดงามบางอย่างซ่อนอยู่...

วรพจน์ พันธุ์พงศ์ จากหนังสือ "open diary"

バイマイメロディー

Yeah, finally Hirai Ken's latest single will release soon..July 14th

バイマイメロディー

2 songs in this single

+ バイマイメロディー [au by KDDI] CM

+ Hug [紅茶花伝] CM

Find sample of both songs here: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/DF/KenHirai/?info

But I'm broke now...¥1,223 is very expensive (ToT), cant afford it!

Looking forward to see his PV soon...^^

Lion Heart

May I presented song of the day, Lion Heart from SMAP...

No matter how old they are...Takuya is always cute! 555

らいおんハート

君はいつも僕の薬箱さ
どんな風に僕を癒してくれる

笑うそばから　ほら　その笑顔
泣いたら　やっぱりね　涙するんだね

あり来たりな恋　どうかしてるかな

君を守るため　その為に生まれて来たんだ
あきれるほどに　そうさ　そばにいてあげる
眠った横顔　震えるこの胸　Lion Heart

いつか　もし子供が生まれたら
世界で二番目にスキだと話そう

君もやがてきっと巡り合う
君のママに出会った　僕のようにね

見せかけの恋に　嘘かさねた過去

失ったものは　みんなみんな埋めてあげる
この僕に愛を教えてくれたぬくもり
変わらない朝は　小さなその胸　Angel Heart

見せかけの恋に　嘘かさねた過去

失ったものは　みんなみんな埋めてあげる
この僕に愛を教えてくれたぬくもり
君を守るため　その為に生まれて来たんだ
あきれるほどに　そうさ　そばにいてあげる
眠った横顔　震えるこの胸　Lion Heart

http://www.youtube.com/v/m_QpEyKDXcY

Keep Walking

When we fallen down, nothing else we can do except stand up
When we are in sorrow, there's always a bright side at the end
No matter how worst the situation is
No matter how much the tears we weep
Keep walking and Life goes on...

ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日

วันนี้ไปดูหนังกับนินีมาเรื่อง ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 (Always: Sunset on Third Street)

***** Highly Recommend ***** 2 Thumbs up !!

ขอแนะนำให้ใครก็ตามที่ยังไม่ได้ไปดู กรุณาไปดูเถิด หนังเค้าดีจริงๆ หนังดีที่ห้ามพลาด

Official Website: http://www.always3.jp/

ดูไปแอบยิ้มไป แอบเศร้าไป แอบมีน้ำตาไม่ให้ใครเห็น หนังดีมาก

ชอบบรรยากาศของหนัง ให้ความรู้สึกเหมือนว่าได้ไปอยู่ช่วงเวลานั้นจริงๆ

ชอบคุณป้าขายบุหรี่...ฮาดี

ชอบความใสซื่อของเด็กๆ โดยเฉพาะตอนจุนโนซุเกะดีใจ

ชอบอิปเปถึงแม้จะเป็นเด็กสปอยล์ไปหน่อยก็เหอะ

ชอบสำเนียงบ้านนอกของรกขุ

ชอบฉากจบตอนพระอาทิตย์ตก

หนังสื่อความรู้สึกได้ดีมากๆ สรุปเลยละกันว่าชอบทั้งเรื่อง ตั้งแต่ต้นจนจบ

ดูจบแล้วรู้สึกดีมากๆเลย :)

Thanks N'Yuth for yr comment bout this movie...I totally agree with you, this is very good movie.

Thanks Ninee for ask me out today na ja...

Tokyo Part 4: 東京ディスニーシー

It's time to continue my journey in Tokyo....Enjoy :-)

OCT * * Disney Sea !! * *

Today 4 of us - Shally, Kento, P'Wat and I- plan to go to Disney Sea. Yeah !!

There's a little obstruct in the beginning coz all of us not familar with Tokyo Station, it took sometimes to meet before go to Keiyosen platform. About 15 minutes from Tokyo station, here we are Maihame staion then we take disney resort line to disneysea, very kawaii train.

This train pass disneyland first. There are a lot of people in front of disneyland's gate, queuing to go inside. Hopefully, the day we plan to visit here,it's not much crowded like today.

The first thing we saw when we enter disney sea is giant globe. I'm not sure what is the meaning of this globe but for sure it definitely is photo attraction point for everyone. You can see Thailand from this position ^^"

DisneySea AquaSphere

We played almost every attraction in disney sea. I hv 2 favourite rides "Indiana JonesAdventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth ". These 2 rides are the most excited in Disney Sea at the time I visited. Heard that they just released new attraction, kinda exciting one.

Mediterranean Harbor

- Fortress Explorations....our first attraction in disneysea

- Venetian Gondolas....our last attraction

Mysterious Island

- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Hmm..I might expect to high for this one.

- Journey to the Center of the Earth (FP) ...Totally Cool !! ^^

- Have a lunch break with Gyoza sausage Bun >>> Yummy!

Mermaid Lagoon ---> Hard to believe that we played a lot of attractions in this zone (>.<)

- Scuttle's Scooters

- Blowfish Balloon Race

- Jumpin' Jellyfish

- Mermaid largoon Theather

- Flounder's flying fish coaster ...Mini Coaster..

Arabian Coast

- The Magic lamp Theater (FP)

- Sinbad's Seven Voyages: Like Small World but in Arabian theme

- Caravan Carousel: P'Wat was very cute on Genie Merry-go-round :)

Lost River Delta

- Mystic Rhythms

- Indiana Jonees Adventure: Temple of the crystal skull (FP) ....I like it !! Damn Cool !!

Port Discovery

- StormRider

- Aquatopia

- DisneySea Electric Railway

Thank you P'Wat for buying me the DisneySea Balloon na ka :)

End of very exhausted day.....I really have a great time in Tokyo DisneySea ^^

DisneyLand, you're next target!

fyi, i am crazy about roller coaster, the faster the better :P

Brain Teaser

Forward Email from P'Ja-ae, plz try, it's very amazing.

ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST

========================

Count every " F" in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE

SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI

FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH

THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

(SEE BELOW)

========================

HOW MANY ?

To see the answer highlight below ;P

WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.

The reasoning behind is further down. Make a highlight again.

The brain cannot process "OF". Incredible or what?

READ IT AGAIN !

More Brain Stuff . .

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter! by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

Psas Ti ON !

This is so COOL !! Try it NOW !!

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity... Never lose a holy curiosity." -Einstein

Sticky Trip

Just spend wonderful time during weekend with 8 new friends from Penang. Actually, before this trip I met only TS and YK before. For the rest ppl, just heard only name. Member of this Trip are total 12 ppl, 4 Thais -P'Ja-ae, George, N'Ploy and I- and 8 Chineses from Malaysia: YK, TS, Sin-Yue, JJ, Wendy, PS, CC and Jason.

27-Apr-06: Arrival Date

Fetch them from the airport around 6 o'clock in the evening. Thanks to damn traffic, we spent almost 1 and a half hours on the road before reach restaurant near Chao-Phra-Ya river, closed to our Spansion. It should take only 30 mins or less from the airport to Pakkred -_-" Tonight, stay at Quality Suites.

28-Apr-06: Spansion-PraChan Pier-Grand Palace- Pattaya

Today morning, they visit Spansion plant. I didnt join them coz my TOEFL test.

Lunch time at Louis restaurant at PraChan Pier per Ploy's recommend. I often eat at this shop when I come around this area too, quite famous one. I didnt join them as well.

Visit Grand Palace...Damn Hot for today but very clear blue sky. I didnt apply any sunblock before leave my house....oh my skin will burn soon.

Around 3 o'clock it's Pattaya time. Traffic is slightly bad after get out from motorway...reach there almost 7 o'clock. After dinner go to Alangkarn to see the show, unfortunately, the show has started when reach there. We miss couple of the show...not worst 600baht at all. Just knew after the show was overed that for foreigner the price is 1200 baht.lucky tat we got Thai rate (^^)..Then back to hotel, take a shower, go to Pattaya walking street around 11 pm, hmmmm no comment.. i didnt feel like i am in Thailand anymore. it's not Thailand that I know. Plenty of bar beer, agogo dance, lesbian show, show girls. Yakkkkk....Too much for me...I am conservative gal..

29-Apr-06: Lan Island-Khoa Sarn Road

Wake up at 7:30, have breakfast then go to Lan island, 20 minutes by Speed boat from Pattaya Pier

Too bad, it's raining every 30 minutes. Sin-Yue & I did nothing, just sleep.

Today Lunch is very special...Lunch with thousand of flies. Dont really know where they are from..

We have to shake our hand at the same time of have our lunch. Damn!

Then head back to BKK, check in at hotel near Banglampu (New World Lodge) and make an appointment to meet again at 8 o'clock.

Walk to Khao-Sarn road. Have Pad Thai, Omelet rice, BBQ , Fried Pork with Sticky Rice and etc. Use Burger King as a pit stop .. Then have some drink at Sunset Bar, raining again -"-

Per request, we took Tuk-Tuk back to hotel. That's it for today.

30-Apr-06: JJ Market-Paragon-Siam Square-MBK-Discovery-Siam Center- Ampawa Floating Market

Today is the most exhausted day..Meet at hotel at 9 o'clock. Take a taxi to JJ Market about 20 minutes from hotel. Meet George at the entrance. Then we decide to separate coz the group is too big, 11 persons. Let's meet again noon at subway station. It's good to come to JJ in the morning, the temperature is not bad yet. Still okay to walk. If we come in afternoon, we are going to be grilled pork for sure.

Having lunch at Idin-Klin Kok @ Siam Square, northeast's style food....then go to Hard Rock cafe for some merchandise, spend only 30 mins at MBK, another 30 mins at Paragon. Make a window shopping thru Discovery and Siam center. This is very tight schedule..Sorry guys!

At 5 o'clock, we leave BKK, head to Ampawa Floating Market, about 1 and a half hour from BKK. Have a hawker foods as dinner then shopping. 8'o clock, it's time to take a boat to see Firefly. They are very beautiful, look like X'Mas tree. There are a lot of firefly, more than my last month visited...Cool :)

Taking photo and send some postcard, reach BKK around midnight.

01-May-06: Pakkrong Talad (Flower Market)-Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)-Don Muang Airport

Meet at hotel 8 o'clock. Ride Tuk-Tuk pass flower market, unlucky today flower arent much like everyday, perhaps we are a little bit late... Our destination is Ta-Tien pier, then take a boat cross Chao Pra Ya river to Wat Arun. A lot of Japanese tourists today. Wat Arun is very beautiful at day time, even better, very spectacular during night time...unfortunately, visit Wat Arun during night not in our schedule.

Check out from hotel, separate to 3 cars as usual. Only 30 mins from hotel, we reach airport. When we arrive, check-in counter doesn't even open yet. Have to wait for a while before have lunch at Pizza Company.. (not Thai food anymore) :P

Finally, it's time to say "Good Bye"...I really have a great time during this 5 days. Time fly so fast...

Hope you guys enjoy and have really great time during stay. Sorry if we are poor quality tour guide...-"-

Looking forward to see you guys again soon....

Sticky Trip is named by TS during the way back from floating market. Because everytime we step out of the van, when come back we feel very sticky, uncomfortable..poor weather ...Thanks TS.