tokyo myth no1: japanese have small eyes

if you still have this perceptions they have small eyes and look horrible... you are so wrong. they all look so good... i officially name this "the land of the good looking ppl". i don't care it is the makeup or fake eye lashes extension. the girls look hot, and it is not the short skirts. surprisingly, they all look pretty decent. not to mention the tall, tanned, well dressed up cute guys. gosh i need a bib *drool*.

day1: SHINJUKU

nothing quite like it
1. interesting architecture with colourful signages


above photo by steph



above photo by steph

2. a whole new way of ordering your food in a restaurant
put in the coins; press for the coupon; pass it to the waiter. this way, you will never get your order wrong


above photo by steph

3. raw egg on rice
yes though i lhad tried and always love cafe cartel's raw egg on cabonara. now i just feel like throwing a raw egg on all my food... yum yum


above photo by steph

4. as mention on the title, the cute guys
so i came out with a great excuse to talk to those guys.

cy: excuse me, may i know where is my city?
guy: *look perplexed but still cute*
cy: *show map and point*
guy: arghh... here... shinjuku south exit. my city... *he shaked his head and smile and thinking very hard*
cy: here, south exit? so my city should be down there. is it?
guy: *smile cutely...* maybe... maybe
cy: *faint faint* thank you very much
guy: hai... *smile*

5. stalls selling food you have never seen before
steph literally stop and buy from every shop we passed by. im not kidding.


6. muji customise bag
even the muji in singapore doesnt have this. we can customise our shopping bag.

above photo by steph

above photo by steph

7. yes even isetan looks different

above photo by steph


8. the ideas on the shop display are just so new and fresh


9. the train experience
non peak hours vs peak hours

above photo by steph

above photo by steph

10. typhoon sweep through tokyo on the day i landed
it lasted only for one day, so it was quite an interesting experience. the area where we were at is not that bad but you can see the panic in our hotel. everyone was surfing the net checking the weather. here is the news. though we reached the entrance of disneyland we decided it is not worth it to go in there. yes, though we were right at the door step. that close.


above photo by steph

above photo by steph

drama of the day
typhoon sweeping through tokyo when im there

statement of the day
"i know ppl always tell me, im so skinny the wind will blow me away. for the first time in my life, i actually believe it just might because i felt the wind forcing my body forward as i walked back to the hotel in the rain" chaiyen

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that was day1. more day1 photos on my flickr, it just gets better. but for now i need to go back to my work. goodness, it is already 4am