I know I’ve been missing for quite a bit, but things got a little messy here in my country after the elections. We had hope, we lost hope, not to mention sadden and also disgusted at the vulgar display of power, followed by the arrest of people voicing out their displeasure. Whatever it is, life […]
Our very last day in Nara. This morning, most of them could not wake up, even my own roommate, as they had been working till early hours of the morning to prepare on their presentation, so I went down alone to get breakfast. Met our in charge sitting alone too, so asked if I could […]
It was a very tiring and long trip to get to Nara from Narita. About a year back, there was still a flight which serves between Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Osaka, JL722, which was the flight I took when participating in the JENESYS Program back in March 2009. However Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy in […]
Our one month stay in Osaka was up, and we were due to leave at noon today. I left flowers for the cleaning lady who comes in every week to do our rooms. One last view of the port from my room and couldn’t help feeling heavy hearted. Bags are packed and ready to board […]
Known as the alternative to the much famed Akihabara of Tokyo, Osaka has its own answer in Den-Den Town. Seeing that it was a Sunday, a few of us decided to head down to Namba to stroll along the streets to see what we can find. And a few interesting things we did found. We […]
We had a calligraphy session today. The teacher was a pleasant old lady, who spoke very softly as she explained to us her love for calligraphy, where every stroke comes from your heart and soul, and how it would help us to calm our mind and control the movements of our brush. This was a […]
Tired out from our orientation yesterday, things were moving very slow today. Our classes in Japan officially started today, and we were divided into a few groups according to the score we received on our placement test held on the 2nd day after we arrived. My classmates were 3 Malaysians, Vietnamese and Pinoys each, and […]
Our last stop for the day was the famed Osaka Castle, most significantly associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi who briefly ruled Japan before the Tokugawa period. It was the first Japanese castle which was easily accessed, so we didn’t wanted to pass up our chance of viewing it for ourselves. From the station, we covered a […]
WE DID IT! We reached the final leg of our given destinations for today, which was to take a picture of the Glico man somewhere down in Nanba. After that, it was time for food, and our given item on the menu was the famed okonomiyaki. I managed to take a picture before the 6 […]
Ikeuchi-san wanted to show us the school where he worked at, so he asked us to follow him. It was a short distance from Sumiyoshi Taisha by feet, and the weather was good, so we were all in high spirits as we tagged behind him. We stopped at this small shrine along the way, and […]
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