Dinner round #2

Dinner round #2
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

After having dinner, some of us feel that we need more food so we are now having MacDonalds for second round.

Photo Collection

Photo Collection
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

As one of us are using film, we have sent it in for developing before dinner. Now we are back to collect the photos.

Vegetarian dinner

Vegetarian dinner
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

We decide to have something different tonight, vegetarian food. The spread looks and taste good.

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

Now we are inside the temple, i can feel the peace when walking within this place. This place has alot of Buddhist artifacts. Not only it is a temple, it has a museum and even a roof garden

Chinese New Year@Chinatown

Chinese New Year@Chinatown
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

Me and a few friends are now at Chinatown doing street photography and sampling the Chinese New Year goodies as we walk down the lanes of stalls.

Muslim food

Muslim food
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After having Koren BBQ last night, tonight i am having Muslim food. Now i'm stuffed! Enjoying a packet of teh tarik and watching National Geographic.

Korean BBQ

Korean BBQ
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

After having phobia to Japanese food at my recent trip, we decide to have a gathering and head down to have Korean BBQ at Peninsular Hotel.

L

Spotted this poster at the MRT station during this weekend. It's the spin-off from the Death Note 1 & 2, L. Can't wait for it to be screened.

Departing from Osaka

Departing from Osaka
Originally uploaded by Kirby Ong.

It's time to go back Singapore. We just checked in all our luggages and heading for the departure gate. This will be my last blog entry from Osaka.

Guess Who?

He's coming to Singapore (...with us) !

2nd Last Day in Osaka

Today we got up, have our meals, hopped on the train and went to various shopping locations to do our last minute shopping. So it's more spending and eating again.


"This is the Apple Store in Osaka"


"Showroom is more or less similar to those in Singapore except this has 2 floors"


"Bought Japanese wine for our friends"


"And of course more Japanese food"

Universal Studios Osaka

Finally arrived at the famous Universal Studios. Can't use the cameras in the rides so no photos from those but i manage to capture some just for this blog post.


"Hop onto a direct train to Universal Studios"


"The doorway to Universal Studios Osaka"


"The famous UNIVERSAL globe"


"It takes about an hour to get in even with so many queues"


"My ticket"


"Managed to take a photo with Ernie, character from Sesame Street"


"I can't help noticing the way young girls dressed in public, she was dressed in HELLO KITTY all the way from the top to the bottom, including her slippers"


"Most rides have to wait at least 1 to 2 hours. So choose wisely for those who are coming. We are queuing for the Jurassic Park Ride"


"A warning sign which is not there for fun, especially the last line, been there, done that"


"This is one of their shows with live performance in the set of the movie, WATERWORLD.


"This ain't sunglasses from The Terminator, but 3D glasses for their 4-D show. You have to be here to experienced it, the wind, the motion and even water"


"When the sun sets, the entire park is lighted up with pyros, light show and they still have this Christmas tree"


"This is one of their theme shop where you can buy movie memoribilms"


"As the place closed at 7pm, we made our way back to the train station and head back to our hotel"

(pre)Weather check before heading out

Today we are heading to Universal Studios. Woke up to check the weather and it's FREEZING!


"here we go again, gonna freeze our butts"

Sony Style in Osaka

Here is a showroom for those die hard Sony fans, this is like a dreamland to see and try the latest Sony devices in Japan which mostly are not sold outside their country. So much to see, so much to experience here.








"this place is HUGE!"


"This cute MP3 player is 1GB only and cost more than S$520.00 which most likely will not be available in Singapore, check out the video here"


"Whatever this is for, it definitely looks cool, looks like one of those tricorder from Star Trek movies"


"I would love to bring this back home but it cost a whopping S$600+"


"Phone which will not work in Singapore mobile network"


"They managed to squeeze their BRAVIA (one of their TV models) into a mobile TV tuner"




"The screen is only 3mm thick"




"Love to have one of this in my living room"

No Mobile Phones Allowed

You have heard of not being allowed to use mobile phones on the plane, how about this, on the train too. In the first and last cars, nobody is allowed to use their mobilephones in case they screw up their controls.

Kyoto Revisited

After having our meals nearby, we head off to Kyoto to see the temples because during the countdown, it was already dark so didn't see much.


"raw meal again for me"


"they have quite impressive handicraft"




"grabbed cream puffs along the way uphill to the temples"


"I made it to the top"


"Nice sunset view at around 4pm+"


"Spotted this when we are leaving Kyoto"