Looking back on 2011

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Happy New Year everyone!
I’m so sorry for the long absence…the truth is I have some problem with my notebook ;(
I haven’t been able to use it for more than 3 weeks now…am typing this from my brother’s old desktop..
Anyway, I’m going to do a recap of 2011 just for my own record. Skip it if you’re not interested.

January

Saw the first sunrise of 2011 at the miura beach. Traveled by local train to Yamaguchi & Fukuoka.
CNBLUE ZEPP Fukuoka Concert. Packed up my 8 years Japan life in boxes.
Moved out of my apartment on 31st January.

February

Traveled to a few places in Japan. I call it my sayonara trip :p
I have not post those photos I took during this trip but you can read a summary on
the places I traveled to over here.

March

Ended my sayonara trip at Ise Jingu and took the night bus back to Tokyo from Nagoya.
Managed to catch a glimpse of early sakura. My flight back home was on the 13th of March and
the earthquake happened on 11th, 2 days before my flight.
I was alone, packing my stuff at my friend’s apartment…
it’s the biggest earthquake I’ve experienced.

April

Just relaxing at home. Morning walks. Ate a lot.

May

Went to Penang with my Korean friend who was visiting me in Malaysia.
Registered myself to a few recruitment agencies and got a job through them.

June

Took a short trip to Bangkok before starting work. My2nd time in Bangkok.
I really love Bangkok & Thailand. Hope I’ll have the chance to explore other parts of Thailand next time.
I’ve posted most of my Bangkok photos and you can find them over here.

Oh. And one of my post got featured on Freshly pressed.
It’s my first to be featured on Freshly pressed.
Thank you so much for the opportunity, wordpress staff :)

July
Started a new job…

August

Occupied by work….practically abandoned my blog.
Went to butterfly park & bird park with friends on one of the weekends.

September
Blog 2 years anniversary. I was so occupied by my job.
I only made 1 post in this month.

October
Organized a print giveaway for my blog’s 2 years anniversary.
To those who have participated. Thank you for showing me your support. ;)
Don’t worry if you haven’t receive anything from me.
My prints are ready to be send out but having a full time job makes it a little bit difficult for me
to go to the post office. I’m so so so sorry for the delay ;(
I promise I’ll send them out once I have time to go to the post office.

Reached 500th post in this month.

November
Got stucked in the train for 2 hours!? on my birthday. lol

December

Treated myself a trip to Seoul to see my friends & attended CNBLUE concert.
I’m not a k-pop fan but I like CNBLUE. Also went to a 2 days 1 night trip to Melaka on Xmas day.
btw. Melaka is also a registered UNESCO world heritage sites along with Georgetown in Penang.
I have 7 rolls of film from my Korea trip & 4 rolls of film from my Melaka trip to show you guys ;)

I guess that’s all for 2011.

How was your 2011?

2011 was a year filled with changes for me….

I didn’t blog much in 2011 but in 2012, I wanna blog more. I will try to blog more ;p

Anyway, just wanna say thank you to all of you who are reading this &
I hope everyone have a great year ahead.

I wish for a year filled with peace, joy & happiness!

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A memorable souvenir from China

I’m back from China and guess what souvenir I brought back!? An injured leg :o Yes. I injured my right ankle on the first day of the trip!!! Can you believe it!! It’s so hilarious that I laugh about it when I tell my friends the story :o

Anyway, I couldn’t walk much so I stayed at the guest house room most of the time watching TV. lol. Even though I didn’t get to go out much, I got to see China through TV *laugh* and also had a different experience… like going to the hospital there  & talking to the locals. lol

Anyway, it’s a long story. I came back to Tokyo last Sunday and went to hospital again over here. The doctor said it’ll take 6 weeks to recover fully.

And I’m working from home now. Oh. Japanese boss. They just can’t let me rest.

How’s everyone? I hope you’re having a better time than me :)

Oh. And Sorry. Because I injured my leg I did not managed to send out postcards to some of you out there :o
For those who requested postcard from China.. I have the postcard with me but do you mind if I send it from Tokyo!?

I didn’t take much photos this trip…but will upload some photos soon.

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Thank you, Katrina

A week ago, I found this little surprise package in my mail box when I got home. Katrina from Pugly Pixel send me this lovely package of hand-made stuff she made :)

Thank you so so much! Katrina! You made my day!

Isn’t these lovely! heart garlands & hand-made tags :)

I hang the heart garlands over my postcard wall…

Some of these postcards are from friends…some are free postcards…this train with cherry blossom tree picture was taken during my 1st year in Japan :o I LOVE TRAINS.

The kissing penguin picture was taken at Ueno Zoo （上野動物園） some years ago…can’t even remember when…

I love this strawberry cake postcard.

What do you think? Lovely !? These just seems to look prettier over her side. I’m not much a decorator yah!? *sweat*

btw. Katrina has a very inspirational blog filled with beautiful photography, fashion, art & craft ideas. Her blog is my daily read! Oh. And she also runs this adorable shop~ “Mr. Rabbit, Sir” in etsy that sells some very nice gift wraps, craft supplies and hand-made tags.

Also. Check out these fabulous French Macarons clip arts that she created over here >>

English : rabbit
Japanese : うさぎ （ウサギ・兎・usagi)
Korean : 토끼 (tokki)
Chinese : 兔子 (tu zi)

Bad stomach

I was attacked by stomach crams at 4am in the morning and it turned into diarrhea… *sigh* I was suppose to go Cherry Blossom viewing with a friend today but…we had to cancel …*cry*

About what would have cause the diarrhea…I think it was the super spicy ramen I had yesterday….I like spicy food but I think I’ve consumed too much of it recently… I guess my stomach is not as strong as I thought it would be….

The picture above was taken a while ago when I was testing my camera on macro shots…This particular Chinese medicine called “Po Chai” pills is what I usually take when I have stomach ache and diarrhea…

Anyway, the weather was so good today!!! Sunny & warm… but I was grounded at home with a bad stomach…*sucks*

What a way to start my weekend…I hope your weekend is better than mine.

English : diarrhea
Japanese : 下痢 （げり・Geli)
Korean : 설사 (seol sa)
Chinese : 腹泻 (fu xie) / 拉肚子 (la du zi)

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The weather here is making me a little bit emo… I’ve been listening to Beyond’s song on youtube all day… thinking what if kakui is still alive…what kind of beautiful new songs he’ll bring to us….for those who have no idea what I’m talking about…just ignore me :o

I just realized all the legendary Hong Kong singers and performers die young, Kakui died at the age of 31, Anita Mui 40, Leslie Cheung 46…

English : Memories
Japanese :  思い出 （おもいで・Omoide)
Korean : 추억 (chu eok)
Chinese : 回忆 (hui yi)