Glimpses of Japan (29 Nov - 10 Dec 2007) Part 1

Steph and myself recently went on our 2nd trip to japan .. this time at a more relaxed pace since Steph is getting "bigger" hahah.. .. it was really nice, we dictated the pace, if we felt like waking up later .. we just wake up later lor .. no tour guide to hurry you .. no running around in a bus with tonnes of other tourist ..

As usual, good food, good shopping, burnt pockets ^^" ... but happy souls .. :)

here are some glimpses of our trip:

Remember Kung Fu Hustle - here's Bao-Zhu po sending you a "zhong" !!!

Picture taken in Arashimaya .. lovely autumn colors, so colorful that it is almost unimaginable

Nijo Castle in Kyoto .. .lovely castle that is well preserved
Kiyomizu in kyoto - autumn light up ... nice hor .. and cold too, around 5-8 degrees.

the famous Tori Gate at Miyajima island .... lovely island, we stayed a local ryokan on the island

Passion in life

5 months on after my customary wedding in August, life is good... and it will get better

so here are the highlights:

1. This is the most important, my wife Stephine is PREGNANT ! she is 5 months pregnant now
2. My baby is a BOY ! !!!!! ^^
3. Finally got used to my job ... ^^' it is still pretty tough due to very different cultures
4. We just went for our postponed honeymoon in Japan, it was AMAZING !!!

More pics of our place

have been pretty slack in my update of the blogs .. some of my friends have been screaming at me ..hahah.. here's more pics of the place.. hope you like them



the green room is the guest room .. thought it would be nice to have a sudden change of color plus it is green, so it is soothing for the eyes :)

Glimpses of the new house ( sorry for the late posting)

It has been > 2months since i moved in .. things have been busy .. new job, wedding ..etc.. I apologize for not updating the pics earlier. .

so here are some pics of the finished flat .. Hope you like them !

Master Toilet .. check out my cool design ! We took a while to conceptualize this idea, cute isn't it ... :)



My super shagedelic living room .. check out the "orh-reng" color man .. cool Right? Don't pray pray hor ...

Our DIY wedding montage ... hope you like it ..

A simple video montage that i did for our wedding .. it was a combinatoin of myself and Steph .. both of us did bits and pieces for it... a short video show of our lifes. I hope you like it and also see you can spot us in the group pics!!!!!

Software: Windows Movie Maker (and it is FREE!!!!) ... and it is really easy to use ..

tough work ... what am i actually working for .. .

It has been > 4 months since i started my new job ..

honestly, it has been tough, being told to read documentation when you have an issue or a problem, ... it is sooooooooooooooooooo frustrating !

somehow, i feel work is getting tougher .. old age perhaps?.. can't teach an old dog a new trick... hmm.. i wonder

many times at night i keep asking myself, what am i working for, would i be satisifed if i earn a lot of money, should I slog it out for the next few years? Or should i find a way to start a small business and get the satisfaction of having your own business, may not earn a lot but well, more flexibility...

*Sigh* .... then again, life is about making choices ...

My place is coming into shape ... Yeah baby Yeah !

Yes, the island is coming up ... :) yeah ...

The bench in our cosy area.. nice right ..hee,hee..


My room has an interesting corner, it is actually rounded, if you look from the outside, it is actually a chimmney feature.. not sure why it was designed like that. Anyway, it is cool, so we built a platform on it ... becomes a miny cosy area... now all i need is nice big bean bags, any takers? ^^

Check out the lights shining against the "oreng" ceiling ... cool right ??? .. the more i know like it, the more it looks like a european styled loft .. haha .. I LIKE IT !!!!


Another angle of it .... ^ ^

Renovations coming along ... decent progress

A peek of my master room toilet ... :)


The laminate in the rooms ... the walls are in brown .. *WRONG COLOR* ... we were horrified to see it as we were expecting green actually.. then again, the color looked interesting .. didn't go down very well with the wife, so called the contractor ... "BROTHER !!!! .. how come like that ......... " ^^

Remember the ledge in the earlier post, up comes my circular window ... cool right? :) I LOVE IT big time .. heehehe... very unique.. like looking into a different world ... the other side is the study-converted cosy area .... cool right? ... don't pray pray .. ha ha

Glimpses of my super cool kitchen with all the "oreng" cabinets .. hahha ... it is turning out pretty well, if i might say so .. *bow*

Funky toilet ... Woo hoo

Peek-a-boo .. check out my kitchen toilet ... color not too bad right ? :)


A better view ... sorry for the plastic bag, the plumber wanted to protect the taps from being stained by the paintwork in the toilet .. :)

Renovations ... more.. more....

The balcony window ... ;) see while it last .. it won't be there forever. .



That's me .. taking a picture .. if you noticed that my hair is a weeeeee bit messy, the picture is taken in the morning and i just woke up .. hee,hee

The study room converted into a cosy area ... not bad right, this is only part 1 ... more to come ..

Check out the colors in my house .. Orange or "Orh-reng" as my contractor always says ...

So far, renovations is going great ... painful on the pockets ... ^^"