Towards the end of January I had the chance to visit Japan with my brother Philip. It was a holiday simply to get away from all the worries in the past few months, as well as a chance to see each other after two years apart.
The passing of our mother made me want to weave a better web amongst us brothers, Philip, Kevin, and I, simply because the original bond, my mother, isn’t here anymore.
I am sure mom would want us to stick together, through good and bad times as well.
During this trip, Philip and I travelled through Kyoto, Osaka, Shusenji (in Izu), and Tokyo. These are the pictures that describe our fun times during this two-week trip.
Next morning… we have decided to tour the famous temple, Kingaku-Ji, the Golden-Corridor-Temple. Yes the entire structure is covered in gold foils… The famous Japanese author Mishima Yukio even wrote a book about it…
I rather stay home and watch “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” on DVD…
… I get it… 13 + me, who must be dumb as a rock to believe in what the brochure says…
The fourteenth was in my mind…
Hell if they wanted to play games like this why not count the darn pebbles and tell people there are 13,043,947,857 stones…
It sure was pretty though…
“I’m like a bird, I’ll only fly away…”
Okay let’s fly back to our hotel… too much walking for one day.
we ate at one of Tako’s recommended Shabu Shabu (beef hot pot) places – my favorite kind – all you can eat!
Since it was all you can eat – I prepped myself for a few hours prior to dinner… eating in small portions, hehe.
It was soooo good that my mouth is watering right now, a month later, thinking about the food.
a pretend fat frontal torso – for Halloween?
GIRLS’ PHONE NUMBERS!
A culture brewing dumb people who no longer have the ability to date – dropping themselves down to the level of putting coins in a machine in hopes of finding your mate’s picture and number in a plastic ball…
LOSERS.
Next morning – en route to Osaka! On the way to the train station Philip joked that he should have checked my room since he thought I would surely have left something behind in my room… I told him to shut up…
Then we checked our train tickets, and suddenly I realized I’ve misplaced my eyeglasses! Karma comes back and bites me in the a$$ for telling Philip to shut up…
Hiro and I jump into a cab… yelling at the housekeeping lady to check again… it HAS TO BE IN THE ROOM!!!
And then I find it hanging right off the collar of my v-neck sweater.
