Sunday 19 April 2009

Cooking in speaking partner apartment

We have decided to test our cooking skills so we have this cooking session in my speaking partner house. Each of us prepared one meal and we share all the foods. I have decided to make dessert as it is easier to make. haha. Jess had made the Tsurashi sushi and Sabrina made the egg, sausages and ham. Here are our lunches in noriko's apartment.
Here are me, Jess and my speaking partner Noriko
We are setting up the table for lunch
Here is Sabrina with us. She came late as she has a ceramic class but she bring good foods for us. It is worth while for us to wait for her before we start to eat the lunch. Haha...
Jess is washing the dishes. She is so happy with the dishes.
I am cooking the dessert: The red bean with sagu (Malaysia Dessert)
Here we are my creation "Red Bean Dessert". It looks nice and I am sure it tastes good too. We also kept some of it in the freezer to make some “Red Bean Ice Cream”
Me & my speaking partner: Noriko
After the lunch, we played something interesting. It is the Jengga. I brought it from my home stay so that we can have some funs together. I have not play this game for such a long time already.
Wah, it is dangerous. The base just only supported by a few Jengga and it is tall. Now is my turn, I don’t want it to fall. I must be careful. Yeah, I can make it.
Hooray, here is the ending. They all fall. Is ok, we will start all over again.











Japan Purikura Camera

Here are me, Jess and Noriko. This photo is taken after we play bowling at the entertainment centre. Noriko has the highest score for the game.
Here are we in the cage….
Help, help, help….. Somebody help us…..

This is a photo taken during our visit to Toji Temple in Kyoto. There are me, Jess, Carol (HK Jin), Nao (Nihon Jin) and Saaya (Nihon Jin)
WE all looked young in this picture. Haha..
This is a picture taken when we have dinner together at Hirakatashi
There are me, Jess, Chuckky(America Jin), Sayya(Nihon Jin) & Kaori(Nihon Jin)

4 Local & 4 Gaijin

First kyoto trip with some Japanese friends...

So formal, like taking family photo, haha..

Me, Tsubasa, Carmen & Andy

...Here are four fo us...
Wah, i am sorounded by all the girls and also two insane mans infront of me.














Saturday 18 April 2009

Japan traditional games (Interaction activity)

This activity is organized by the local Japanese student. It is actually a presentation session by the foreign students about their countries to let the Japanese students know more about our cultures. Jess is presenting today so I come to give her some moral support. After that, we have some Japanese traditional games and a snack party. The snacks are great and awesome.

This is actually a Japanese traditional game. The person who played will need to close his eyes with a piece of cloth. His friends will give him instructions to put the eyes, ears, nose, mouth & eye browns on the paper face. There are a lot of different parts which you can exchange and make your own special face with your eyes closed. Sometimes, you can make some good looking face but sometimes, you will just make out some horrible face.
This can be considered as an ugly face with a cute pig nose. Haha...

Here are some of the group members trying to match the parts of the face.

This is another Japanese traditional game. There are plenty of cards there. Inside these cards, we have symbols of male, female and bold guy. When you get the male card, you can keep it. When you get the bold guy card, you have to give up your entire card and put it to the centre of the circle. When you are lucky to gets the female card, you can claim all the cards at the centre of the circle as yours. The games continue until all the card at the centre is finished being taken. The person who has the most card will be considered as the winner.

This is the Snake Games. I think we also have such game in Malaysia.
There are 7 person playing the game. Nick, Jess, Miki, Nami, Furi, Sayaa & Akane.

I nearly win the game as I am the leading one until there are five more steps towards the end of the throne. I accidentally get my step on the sign of “start all over at the beginning”.
So here is my ending…..

Here come the snacks party...The foods is dilicious...

We have chocolate cakes, jelly, peanuts, jolly sticks and etc....

After the party, we have a photo taking session...
Here are my groupmates
This is our group representative
ME, Yuka, Jess & Yasuka


This is an enjoyable session. We all have good time playing the games and having a lot of snacks.
Also, we meet some new friends.










Friday 17 April 2009

Kinkakuji Temple

After visiting the Toji Temple and Free Market, we go to visit the Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto. Kinkakuji is a Buddhist temple that built in year 1393. The heart of the temple complex is the Golden Pavilion (kinka-ku), situated picturesquely in its garden at the edge of a lake.

The temple is famous of its use of gold as the building materials. Actually, the upper two floor interior ceiling of the Golden Pavilion only covered with gleaming gold leaf. Other parts of it are painted gold.
The first floor of the pavilion, known as the Hôsuiin
(Temple of Dharma Water)
The second floor, called the Chôondô (Tower of Sound Waves)
The third floor is built in the style of a Buddha Hall in a Zen temple and
is known as the Kukkyôchô (Superb Apex)
Here is a map for the whole area of Kinkakuji Temple.
I am taking picture with the Kinkakuji

Here are me, Jess & Carol

The Temple really look cool. When the sun shine on it, you will see a lot of reflection.

I am right in front of the Kinkakuji.
But we cant enter it coz the door is locked.
On a sunny day, it is better for you to look at it with a sunglasses

Here I am, intend to climb into the Kinkakuji.










Dinner with friends

Here are some pictures that I have dinner with my friends.

This is in the Sora Cafe near Hirakatashi Eki
ME, Sayya, Kaori & Chucky
Me & Sayya
This is Soba with egg topping
This is stuff crush pizza with chicken topping
This is Osaka famous food: Okinomiyaki
Yakitori
Dessert: Ice Cream
Hera are my cocktail and dessert
Me & Chucky
This is Strwabery Beer, there are some alcohol in it
Me, Nao & Sayya, my face is so red because of the tiny but strong cocktail....