i know i havent been posting at all lately.in fact i havent touched my cam in 3 months! was pretty busy but now im quite free i dunno what to do with my free time. i shud start shooting again :P anyways, enjoy the pics
been busy lately tht im not in the mood to blog. i do have pictures to post but just been too tired to do so. maybe next week!
took this pic in osaka, at the station nearest to where my uncle stays. something simple yet i like it.
it might look like normal tonkotsu(pork broth) ramen but its not, not at all! i went all the way to akashi to try Caramel Tonkotsu Ramen! the pork meat has been dipped in caramel sauce while the broth has been mixed with peanut butter. sounds weird and horribly disgusting eh? but it's not bad actually. the peanut butter doesnt overwhelm the taste so its not actually sweet, maybe a little. i pretty much though it was okay and wouldnt mind ordering it again. the shop that i went too actually serves all sorts of weird ramen like tonyu(soy milk) tonkotsu ramen or avacado tonkotsu ramen. i did try the soy milk one and honestly i couldnt tell the difference from a normal tonkotsu ramen...
it was a cool experience though, i can now brag ive eaten weird ramen! hehe
This post is kinda late, it's been 23 hours into the 2009. but i've been busy and tired(from taking pics) and sleep. well, i spent most of yst capturing the sunset sunrise from umeda sky building (pic). i went there like 2.5 years ago but it was during the day, the night view is definitely something.
the coolest elevator ever, period.
the sunset, i actually din get to see the sun set, partly cos i was slightly late and secondly cause it was kinda cloudy. view of osaka's WTC and tempozan park(where the aquarium is)
HDR-ed imaged of osaka
more views.
changing your white balance can get an entirely different effect.
the moon in the pic!
this was the sunrise pic, but there wasnt much to see, too cloudy, haiz. i left early instead to go...
here, yodobashi umeda, their flagship store.people like started queueing up at like 3am and by 7, queue was quite ridiculous. i still managed to get my breakfast at McD before joining the crazy bunch. i wanted a new lens but they din have fukubukuro(literally lucky bags, think ang pau or sth), so i got the compact digicam pack. before i continue, a fukubukuro is usually sold during new years(most places sell out on the 1st). it's a bag of goodies, usually slightly old stock but at a very highly discounted price. on of the fukubukuro being advertised at one clothing shop was priced at 10,500yen but if u were to buy everything at retail separately, it would be 40,000-50,000yen, a whooping 70+% off. the only downside is that u cant really pick what u get. so this was my first time buying a fukubukuro. i wasnt sure what to expect..honestly, i was thinking i would get some old old cam cause it was only 10,000yen. after queuing(and dozing off) i paid for my box and when i opened it, it was a fuji z20fd! too bad it wasnt a f100fd but nontheless, it's pretty good and fairly new(april 2008). furthermore, the cheapest they're selling at kakaku(online) is 14,500yen which is like 30% cheaper. but they included a 2gb normal sandisk card(1000yen) , an instant portable photo printer(think polaroid) which is maybe 4,000yen, an infrared adapter(3000yen?) (cos the printer caan only be connected by IR, dumb huh), strap,face towel, 10 free prints, booklet and a bottle cap tripod i think. the cost of everything separately would prolly be around 25,000yen, which is pretty damn cheap! oh, the only downside, the camera was pink ^__________^ but i can live with that :P i spend another 5k yen on clothes, got me a down jacket,one outer wear thingy, one long sleeve shirt, muffler and 2 pairs of socks :D
i'm going back tomorrow,i have quite abit of pics actually throughout my trip here. will post them in due time!
Merry Christmas everyone!
This is the illumination in nagoya station. pretty and all but doesnt really have the christmas spirit. this was taken on my way back from my ski trip.
kamarul,kien n me
leslie,my christmas present for u. japanese high school girls . they asked my help to take a picture of them with their cellphones. took a quick one with my cam after tht :)
anyways, happy holidays peeps!
Day 3 was a free day for skiing. i love skiing but the chance to take skiing photos was just too hard to resist.
tuvshee prepping his gear.
aina. she's one damn good skier
ah soon and irfan
it was actually snowing in the morning and it made it foggy.
the fogg
soon teaching nok to ski(that girl ran away from yst's aft session)
hadhi the indonesian boy falling
one of the better scenic pics
my kohai, shazril getting the grips of skiing
saikhanna, she even smiles while skiing!
lee, he's pretty good too. parallel skiing, i so wanna be able to do tht :(
skiing
and falling
irfan. i kinda like this pic cos there's distance by having the guy behind there.
some lil kid posing for me!
mongol dude with the peace sign
yamada-san , a worker at the students affair department. he's jumping!
dashing!
some people who came snowboarded as well
one of my fav pics. the kid just looks so happy
pro instructor
nok resting, just after 2 rounds!it's possible to do 2 rounds in 15 mins :P
her n i. since she din wanna ski anymore and i din really wanna walk another time down the course, we rested.
her pretending that she had a fun time skiing
the lift
shot from the lift
group pic!
nok and saikhanna
group photo
this was down at takayama city. they had this foot onsen outside the omiyage(souveniour) shop. it was so damn good !
the end! heading to osaka later!
