View of mount fuji from lake ashi @hakone

This was taken when we walked from hakone machi to moto hakone.. we din manage to see fuji from owakudani and in the sightseeing cruise due to the super cloudy day.. somehow it appeared in front of me when we were taking a rest.. so happy and excited..

Hakone

The "romance car" train that we paid more to upgrade for limited express to hakone

Gora Park

Tozan train to Gora

Tozan cablecar

View from owakudani station

Owakudani - sulfurous fumes, hot springs and rivers. Famous for selling eggs boiled in the naturally hot waters that can prolong one's life by 7 years.

Ropeway is under maintenance thus we took bus to togendai for sightseeing cruise in a pirate ship on lake ashi

Entrance to hakone shrine

Sunrise from mount fuji summit

Mount fuji climb

Took 10:55am bus from shinjuku to kawaguchiko trail's 5th stage.. at 1:30pm hiked up to 8th stage.. reached at 5pm.. dinner at 6pm.. rest from 7pm to 2am.. i used "rest" coz i din sleep well.. juz like before at mount kinabalu.. very tired but awake.. terrible headache and took some panadol.. keke i actually woke my dear up to go wee wee at 11pm or 12am :P.. breakfast at 2:30am.. started hiking to summit at 3am.. well abit of human jam.. headache din really go away.. so i walked slowly with deep breathing.. my dear tot i'm dying..haha.. reached at 4:15am.. it was quite cold as wind was really strong.. some hikers were not very equipped.. but we were :).. sunrise at 5:15am.. 1 round around the crater.. descended at 7:15am.. the down slopes were really steep and lots of loose gravel.. thus our toes hurt badly.. i juz bear with it and run down the slopes most of time.. leaving my dear behind :P.. back to 5th stage at 10:45am.. took 11:30am bus to kawaguchiko station and then 1pm bus back to shinjuku..

Tokyo here i come

Yippie.. another 1 hr to flight departure.. so excited and happy..

Badly need a break.. and i miss my dear so badly.. din see him for 5 months liao..

Another thing i need to blog.. work has been bz and messy.. and hell lots of problems with car scrapping.. in short i will not ask ppl for help anymore..

Anyway.. gtg liao.. free internet access exit in 1 mins..

Dear dear and tokyo here i come =)))))))

Counting down...

1. to my first anniversary in the company [over and i'm swamped with more work even my colleague came back from reservist]

2. to a week in japan with dear.. climb mount fuji.. a nite in ryokan.. visit a shrine and imperial palace.. a bath at onsen.. etc etc *excited* [yeah =) 11 days to go.. preparing an eng and jap food list (so that we won't order wrong/weird things).. firming up on the itinerary and route (how to travel pt to pt).. things to do and places to go.. so excited]

3. to dear's return for biz trip.. yeah yeah yeah.. [yippie he will be here for 2.5 weeks]

4. to scrapping the car.. *sob sob* [just packed and cleared some stuffs.. zhen se bu de]

5. to my job transfer.. well same role but serve different depts.. not sure if it's a good change.. but at least it's much nearer to home.. keke.. nearer to the big bosses too.. oh ya.. hopefully this happens before car scraps.. else i will suffer motion sickness from the long bus ride everyday.. but i doubt so.. *pout* [latest news from colleagues is that i'll be back on 1st oct.. but my bosses are not telling me anything.. so not sure if this is confirmed]

6. to a long break in the states to visit my dear.. wish desperately for cheap airtix promo.. my folks are keen to follow.. so it might be my first trip so faraway with them.. gosh.. i cannot imagine man!!.. *pengz* [well had a discussion with my dear.. this trip will be postponed to early next year.. since he's back in sep and end nov]

7. to spend xmas with my dear.. our first xmas in luxor (egypt).. second xmas at disneyland (anaheim).. third xmas destination tba.. where shall we go?!?!.. korea.. maldives.. cambodia.. south africa.. [see my previous blog]

8. to my third marathon.. hai~~ need to start training again.. really very lazy nowadays.. [somehow i missed the promotion rate for early bird and past year runner.. keke.. not sure if i did it on purpose.. anyways i will run if company sponsors again.. *crossing my fingers HARD* =P]

9. to year end bonus.. *grin* [aiyo... 4-5 months to go.. so near yet so far]

probably you are wondering now why i’m counting down.. well have been feeling very bored and sian.. lazy too.. just wana see what i can look forward to until end of the year.. some perks to keep me going.. keke quite surprised to see such a list.. *hee hee*

Xmas 2006

Keke instead of discussing our japan trip, me and my dear were talking about where to for xmas.. silly right.. another 4 mths to go leh.. abit too early right.. anyways.. still deciding on whether we wana a hot or cold xmas.. keke.. yeah.. this is impt as it will determine the list of places we can go..

Some choices:
1. russia
2. uk and scotland - coz dear wana bring me around to his U and ex-home..
3. finland
4. greece
5. new zealand
6. tasmania
7. france/spain - depends on which 1 i opt for honeymoon *grin*
8. tahiti
9. hokkaido
10. south africa

How...??!!.. gosh.. really can't decide.. i had an exotic desert xmas before.. a cooling and fairytale xmas oso.. wat kind of xmas next.. an island and carefree xmas.. safari xmas.. grey and "misty" xmas.. snowy and freezing xmas.. hot and dry xmas.. romantic xmas.. ahhhh.. help me here..

Answer is...

I will have no regrets :)

I have someone who love me so much.. had our footprints in the states, canada, egypt and hong kong.. of coz i will love to conquer more places with him.. my folks who love and "hate" me =P.. my friends who cannot stand me =P.. things that i have tried.. diving, wakeboarding, marathoning, clubbing, playing pool, karaoking, rock climbing, trekking, camping, rollerblading, skiing, 100km walking, etc.. quite amazed to see such a list.. keke..

Well i still have alot of things to do before i can really bid farewell.. so like wat duchess said is right.. treasure your love ones.. live life to the fullest since we will not know when things will happen..

What if one day..

I had an incurable illness and lose the ability to walk, talk and eat.. will i have regrets when i die??.. i can't help thinking..

You probably wondering why i have such thoughts.. coz i'm watching a japanese drama based on a true story..

This story is about a girl who suffered from an incurable disease at 15, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The original story is based on the diary she kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. Her only wish was “to live".

Will post my thoughts later.. meanwhile think and let me know your thoughts =)

Superband : 迷路兵

Yeah yeah.. the band i support and admire most won.. 迷路兵 迷路兵 迷路兵

Hmm.. will i be the next superstar?!?!?!.. *daze*

I have an idea...

Should i go for superstar audition???!!!
Since i'm kinda sick of working.. bored and sian..
What have i not tried??.. hmm.. being a celebrity!!! yeah yeah..
Keke trying something so different might really make a BIG difference in my life..
Who knows i'll the next chen wei lian.. hahaha..
Must really think hard on this *grin*

Happy birthday to my most beloved dear

Happy birthday dear dear!!!!!.. muk muk muk =)))

Looking forward to our japan trip.. 27 days to go.. yippie..

Anniversary

Congrats to myself.. i have survived in the company for a year..
It seems like i have been here for 10 years..
Hmm.. will i be able to count to 31 July 2007..??..!!..

25 months

Kana S$30 summon for parking at double yellow lines.. not from hdb or ura.. but from nparks =((((

If only i waited another 2 mins for that uncle to drive out from the lot.. sob sob.. boo hoo..

Well it got nothing to do with "25 months".. i know.. "25 months" is how long i'm attached..

Happy "25th month" dear dear =)

Aurora

Yeah.. MIA for a while.. bz bz bz.. even more bz now since i'm covering for a colleague who left for reservist.. so bz yet i'm still bored.. hai~~~ what's wrong with me?!?!?!

Anyways.. managed to watch a japanese series.. last christmas.. really nice and romantic.. made me wana go alaska to see the auroras with my dear.. hai~~~ when will that be?!?!?!..

Hmmm.. let's go on your next seattle biz trip.. ok dear?!?!?!.. SET!!! *grin*

Meanwhile i will just count down to our japan trip.. 49 days to go..

Japan 1-10 sept

Yippie.. finally set on the dates for japan trip.. booked online but my wireless failed a few times.. lucky i'm not double charged.. redeemed all my sq miles and airport taxes were so ex.. S$228!!!???!!! *pengz*

Actually i was so pissed off today.. initial plan is to go on the end aug week but my boss said he's on leave from 28 to 31as well and major project deployment on 1 sept.. argh.. if i didn't ask i will never know.. major deployment and yet he can be on leave.. walau fair meh.. hack.. i need to confirm today since my miles are expiring by 2359.. and i have to adjust to my dear's schedule.. i can't and wont change my dates coz i will be penalised.. either "pay back" 6000 miles or US$240.. keke dear suggested a backup plan.. apply for amex krisflyer card and make $50 purchase to get free 5000 miles and redeem my citipoints for the remaining.. no way man.. unless really really have to.. very lugi leh!!!..

Anyways 2 months to count down.. very excited and really missed travelling with dear.. looking foward to jap food.. onsen.. etc etc.. *grin grin*

Beautiful love

看住时间，别再让他流浪
从前我 太适应悲伤
你的出现在无意中
却深深撼动我
一起走着 没说什么 心是满足的

这个世界，随时都要崩塌
我没有 其他的愿望
假如明天将消失了
趁现在我爱着
只想记得 被你抱着 温柔的感受

Love's beautiful
so beautiful
我失去过 更珍惜拥有
多庆幸我是我 被你疼爱的我
紧紧牵住的手 不要放手 永远守护我

Love's beautiful
so beautiful
我很快乐 你会了解我
我不会在哭泣 是因为我相信
我们勇敢的爱着 每秒钟 都能证明一生的美丽

1 hr 20 mins

Ran one round of macritchie.. abt 10km in 1 hr 20 mins.. not too bad as i haven't been training much.. think it's the furthest i ran after marathon.. keke.. yeah lazy mode still.. hopefully i can complete 8.4km milk run on 2 jul in 50 mins.. wish for cloudy day too.. i hate running under the sun.. argh so uncomfy..

Rainbow..

Saw a very clear and long rainbow while i was driving home via TPE just before the turn to PIE.. sooo pretty and colorful.. lucky to stop by at the traffic light to take a pic.. but it covered only 1/4 of the rainbow.. wat a pity..

Of coz...

traveling with my dear lah.. keke.. i doubt he will let me go alone.. dear hor?!?!..