1st day in Japan

this place is so... cool!
the locals are well-dressed, be it formal or funky!
i wonder if they woke up extra early each day to do their hair =P
the japanese are simply drop-dead gorgeous!

the train station is Ikebukuro.


while at the train station, waiting for helen to come back with her concert tickets, we stood near a vending machine for cigges.
lol~ this promotes smoking?


as we travelled on board to Harajuku, what did we see?
hordes of people & more attractive citizens.
helen gets really excited and we persuaded nicky to snap 'us'.
i think, that bishie (bishounen) knew.. because he was smiling to himself :x


shopping paradise!
pretty much like our Bugis Street with more edgy touch~
i love this place!
can u picture getting a SGD$15 sexy heels here? so cheap!


we walk around abit before we found Meiji Shrine.
a place dedicated to Emperor Meiji, someone very important in Japan History.



interesting alcohol casks


the wishing boards stand.
i see many wishes dedicated to Kat-Tun~ =P


it has been a very lucky day~
there have been wedding processions.
1st time seeing a traditional Japanese wedding <3


it is such a strange feeling ^^;
inside Meiji Shrine, we feel solemnness & peace around us.
as we step outside(barely 10 metres away from Meiji Shrine's entrance), the funky cos-players welcome us.
some of them look so pretty & cute!
i wanna cos-play, too! =D


after spending around 1 hr in Meiji Shrine, we made our way to Yebisu Garden Place for tvxq's concert.
oh~ i forgot!
we saw 윤은혜 (aka ex Baby-Vox) while waiting for helen to pick up her chopsticks souvenir.
은혜(in tiara) is also the one in drama Goong 궁
beatrice, vivian & nicky ran off to take pics with her.

about 30min later, we arrived at Yebisu Garden Place.
it was very crowded and messy.
don't even know where the queues start.
there were lines of people all over Yebisu :x
finally, we managed to talk to a security (a rather cute one) who speaks english & made our way into the concert venue.
the japanese fans love our hair-bands ^^
they were going 'AH! kawaii!!!!'

didn't have a very good view of the boys as we are standing towards the back of the concert hall.
the japanese wear high heels.
mind you.. those are like 3" to 4" high heels :x
no wonder they look so tall~
well.. that is the only way to get a good eye view of the boys.
once the boys make their 1st appearance on stage, the human waves started.
lots of pushing and shoutings.
i bet the boys would have seen the wave.
it is an ugly sight, huh? :x

though we can't see the boys very clearly but it is excellent to hear the boys singing live <3
i float away to LaLa land when i hear 'My Destiny'.
'The last time we make love, you said that you'll love me true'
'i'm missing your tender touch, i'm missing your...'
*wham bam*
how sexy can it get to hear 준수 belts out that line~

throughout the concert, no matter how excited i get, i didn't scream on top of my voice.
think i only shouted 준수's name around 5 times..
i just stand there and absorb the atmosphere.
to know i'm in Tokyo to watch the boys.
it is overwhelming~

switzerland vs korea

T.T
the 2nd goal of swiss is definitely off-side!
and the referee counts in..
even the commentators agreed it is off-side!
frack!
the koreans are forced to go home.
sigh... nevertheless.. it was a good game.
the korean team did well!

my mood is ruined :x

sigh..

time to go for my japan trip!
see u one week later <333

EDIT
arrived in Tokyo Narita airport at around 7pm++
and made our way to our guesthouse, House Ikebukuro.
as Mrs Chen, the innkeeper is out for an errand, we are invited to wait in the dining hall with her family.
it is kinda kooky to sit there & hear Mr Chen babbling about Taiwan.
the Chen family have been living in Japan for the past 33 years! how cool!
around 15 minutes later, Mrs Chen is finally back & we are saved from the constantly Taiwan talk from Mr Chen.
she shows us the way to our room aka Annex Suites.
helen & nicky are not in so the 4 of us decided to get some rest while waiting.
our room is really clean =D
the toilet and bathroom are separated too!! very nice!
hair dryer, microwave oven, refrigerator are available.

MOST important of all..
internet access! <3

i love this guesthouse~

東方神起 hairbands

it was really fun making these!
when i trimmed the boa, feathers started flying all over.
it appeared to be snowing ^^;

ah~~ i can't wait to fly to Japan <3333333333333333
hyper!
excited!
nervous!
enthusiastic!

netherlands vs argentina

draw 0 : 0
expected that..
since both teams are already in round of 16.
to be tops of table in group c is already not a big concern.
it is more of going into the finals.

sigh.. i wonder how would the japanese fare against the brazilians tonight..
>.<

oasis

no.. i'm not talking about the famous UK band~
it is 동방신기's 'Oasis 오아시스'
such a happy song~

oh~ super junior's 'Smile' & 'Dancing Out' are cute <3

sm town's 'red sun' is not bad..
for 동방신기, it was rising sun and now red sun. lol~
what's next? setting sun? :x

sm will have a hard time co-ordinating the making of this 'red sun' mv..!
so many of them under the same roof~
perhaps each will get around 10 secs of air-time..
and for us, we will have a spinning time watching the mv.


want to buy?
check out here

blah~ so many albums that i wanted to buy =.=
$ $ $

sweden vs england

it is pretty much of an 'english premier league' match =P
i wanted to watch but ended up dozing off :x

it was a draw
that pushes england to be tops of group b.
sigh..
how would england fare for the round of 16 when one of her star player, Owen is injured.
upset to know one of my fav players is injured :(
i hope he will recover in time & make it for the next match~

man of the match
COLE Joe

i wonder if my lil sis, laura is drooling when she sees her fav arsenal star LJUNGBERG Fredrik =D

ecuador vs germany

whoa~
though both teams have qualified for the round of 16, now they are fighting for the top of group a.

final score 0 : 3
germany did well!
my fav player KLOSE Miroslav scored for the 1st & 3rd goals.
beautiful!

man of the match
BALLACK Michael

up next is the england match at 3am..
feeling nervous for them.

nap time!

252288000 secs

= 4204800 mins
= 70090 hrs
= 2920 days
= 8 years

blissful times =D

<333

i love you

the boys in germany

had an overdoze of watching 3 live matches and now..
it is the boys =P

lucky fans to see them in germany













credits: on pictures.

tvxq high before i go to japan~

france vs korea

henry scored at the 9th min.
pretty fast!
i wonder how 준수 is feeling.
his fav player just scored against his national team :x
it is 1 : 0 now.

nicky just read that fans saw tvxq in the crowd.
준수 & 창민 are standing together with the reds =D

2nd half now.
feeling rather nervous =.=
안정환 in for 이천수 at the 72th min.
will my fav player create miracles again?

equaliser comes from 박지성 at the 81st min!
whoa!!!! excellent!
the koreans fought back really hard~

final whistle and it is a draw.

man of the match
박지성

the koreans on the streets watching the live match ^^

brazil vs australia

geez~ a bad stump on ronaldo's leg.
that foul from aust gave brazil a free kick.
but the kick went off the goal post.

half time score is 0 : 0

whoa! 1st score of the match belongs to brazil! =D
ronaldo passed to adriano and goal at 49th min!

brillant!
fred gently dribbled the ball into the net from robinho's rebound.

full time & score is 2 : 0

man of the match
ZE ROBERTO

going to take a break~
my most awaited match: france vs korea

japan vs croatia

=.= my heart was thumping really fast just now.
croatia almost scored during a free kick a min ago.

lol~
goalkeeper 川口能活(KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu) was funny.
he missed the ball when it was laid back to him at the 34th min :x

half time and the score is 0 : 0
fighting Japan!

sigh..
full time and it is still 0 : 0
would Japan go into the round of 16?

man of the match
中田英寿 NAKATA Hidetoshi

weird feelings

erupted inside me as i'm sitting here, waiting for terence to call.
if i had my mobile, i would have left at 5pm..

my soon-to-be ex colleagues were very sweet.
they bought some food, a cake and presents for a mini farewell party.
very touched... *sniff*
sad to leave my super nice colleagues
but yet relived to know i'm finally packing off to a brand new place.
a place where i can soar as high as i want.
bringing in much more benefits than ever..
i'm going to be strong, loud and throw in all my fighting spirit!

heart aches

15th jun is a bad day T.T
why does crappy thing happen before my last day?
feeling really dismayed.
i lost my beloved mobile phone.
i was about to leave to meet the guys & i discovered my mobile was gone.
thinking that i could have dumped it into my big bag or somewhere in the shop, i dialed my #.
guess what?
m1 gave me the 'user uncontactable & would leave a sms' msg.
at that every moment, my heart broke into a million pieces.
i knew it is a goner.
someone had picked up my mobile and switched it off!
f*cker!

gone are my precious pics of friends, myself, nachos, avery..
my clover chain from mummy dearest..
my dog mobile phone accessory from hwenny..
the 1st tvxq mv(rising sun cn ver) that terence recorded at party world..
my ringtones..
all these meant alot to me.
it breaks my heart.
the 1st time that i lost something.
something very precious to me......

finders keepers.
losers weepers.

screwed up day.

korea vs togo

bow to the korean team supporters


half time and the score is
0 : 1
my heart is in the drains now.
it was a damn easy score for togo :(

the 2nd half into the nerve-breaking match.
my fav player 안전환 comes into the field.
i screamed when i saw (another of my fav) 이천수's perfect equaliser score!
he just scored at the 54th min with a free kick
back to watch the match again.

OMG! 72nd min and 안전환 scored! *whistles*
perfect!

want to see pics? or here =D

안정환 is the man of the match <333

final score is
2 : 1

만세! 태극전사!

now it is 11.30pm, taking a break.
waiting for France VS Switzerland.
dang..
i will have a hard time cheering for Korea & France when they meet on the 19th.
both are my fav teams :(

australia vs japan

omg..
i had a shock!

3 : 1
read here

sigh.. this is upsetting :x
how could this be........?!

lesson learnt

=.= feeling really shitty!
진짜 바보야!

i can't believe i fell for the crappy email from 'ebay' that i might have to pay for the fees which will result from the financial transactions between eBay and FIT ( Fraud Investigations Team ).
'ebay' sent me a verification mail that i must reply with my credit card info asap.
there had been a fraud incident in regard to my ebay account.
i stupidly clicked on the link and submitted my details.
it was only 2 minutes later & i realised it could be a spoof mail.
i forwarded the email back to ebay.
my heart sank when they told me it was a spoof & ebay will never ask for personal details via email.

immediately i called up my bank to cancel my credit card.
it was fast & efficient, i would need to wait for 1 week for my new card.
sigh..
what is so wrong with me today?
how could a tech savvy person fall for such tricks? :(
nah~ a tech savvy won't not succumb to such things!
i'm so angry with myself T.T
such an idiot.

f*ck the phishing emails and its creators!

always check out ebay here before doing anything.

a lesson learnt for being careless & fear of paying that "financial transactions between eBay and FIT ( Fraud Investigations Team )."

opening match

germany vs. costa rica
4 : 2
the 4th goal of germany is cool!

read the news here

off to bed as i'm not keen on the poland vs. ecuador.

sigh.. high chance i'm going to miss england's match against paraguay later.

helen darling

gosh..
what did helen get for us?
here

<333

i was speechless.

i miss

andy (blue szeto) and sam ( SAM_urai)
i hope both girls are doing fine and well <333

listening to 신화 - 약한 남자