So, update- I finally found a church, and as of today have gone to three meetings. I'm settling in, and have met alot alot alot of new friends. Friday night I went to Yoyogi park with Tyler, Saki, Motoko, Momoko, Arnaud, and Chris. It is a really big park, and it was very dark. But we talked very loudly so it wasn't very scary lol, just fun!

On saturday I went with a bunch of my church friends to Yokohama Trienale, a modern art festival in, you guessed it, Yokohama. Present were me, David (from Hong Kong), Yuka (my host sister), Takako, Sen, Yasu, Sam, and yes Jon, I finally met an Akira, who was also there. Although not the type of Akira you would expect. This Akira plays electric guitar on the worship team. And when I asked him what kind of music he loves, he said 'Jazz.' And when I asked him what his favorite band was, he said 'Radiohead.' Like, I'm serious. I'm not joking. I asked him some of the most important character defining questions that there are, and he answered all of them the same that I would have. It was ridiculous. So apparently me and him and this other guy are going to go to a studio in Shinjuku and record some jams. Or something. Anyhow, on to the pictures.

This is David from Hong Kong when we went to 'Monsoon' for dinner after church one day.

This is just a random pic of Ben that I took while we were video chatting across the pacific. I thought it would be the best for everyone if I included it.

We had lunch before going to art festival. Takako is cut off on the left, Akira is center, David from hongkong on the right.

This was another exhibit, this one is kinda difficult to explain... There was basically a hallway, a REALLY REALLY long, narrow hallway. And there were signs on the left wall, right wall, left wall, right wall, alternating like that so you had to go back and forth like a skier. Each sign had some kind of postmodern poetry on it. Basically the poem is complete free style, and it comments on your inner thoughts as you walk through the hall. It speaks about your fears that the hallway might go on forever, your cramped feeling as the hallway is narrow. Then there is a crude picture of people having sex and there is a purple cup on a small outcropping and a sticky note on the ceiling that says 'joy' on it. And the poem considers your feeling as these are so random and you HAVE to look at them since there isn't anything else in the hallway. then the same picture and cup and note come back like four more times, and the poem describes how they become like familiar friends to you when there is nothing else in the hall but that. This picture above was the one sign that hung in the middle of the hall, the text gives you two options, right or left. the poem suggests that you shouldn't think about your decision, just according to your gut reaction choose right or left. both sides are the same. Then afterwords, the poem describes your worry that you may have picked the wrong direction even though both are the same. Then towards the end of the hallway, the poem begins reminiscing about things you miss, such as trees and stars and grass. The poem suggests that you may make a vow to yourself to eat less and workout more, tell important things to the people you love, and finally you exit the hallway. It was pretty trippy, i have to say. Especially because english is printed on the BACK of the signs so to view it in english you have to wait another hour and they let guests go through from the opposite side of the hall. That means the WHOLE poem was backwards for me, and i had to remember each sign and then reverse them when I got to the exit. Lol.

I asked him "Yasu, onsen to biriaado ha sekai ni ichiban ii koto?" (Are hot springs and billiards the best things in this world?) To which he said "definitely."

Lol, it turns out Oktoberfest was going on on the same day and in the same place. So we saw a guy passed out in front of the art building. lol.

Everyone brought their camera's that day (except me noone told me... :( ) So David was getting all artsy...

I don't know why she was so mad at me.................... lol gomennasai!!! *bows* m(._. )m

We went on this really awesome pier type thing, inside was this huge box that people go in and sit for about an hour. It was supposed to be some type of art, I don't know what the crap it was, so we decided to skip that exhibit. The next exhibit wasn't much better though, just loads of boards strewn around a white room with sloppy paint on the walls saying things like "LOVE IS OVER"

We decided to go to the famous Yokohama China Town, the biggest one in Japan. It was big, and there was a man and a cart.

And a gate.

and a dog

Akira and Takako trying to be artists with their cameras lol, you can see me and even a little of Yuka in the background.

Finally, densha de kaette, minna ga choutsukareta... (We went home by train, everyone was tired)

Sam is on the left, he is half Japanese half Scottish. lol. Then Sen, then Akira, then Takako. I was sitting on the other side with Yuka, David, and Yasu.

nechatta ne...

Yuka seemed really happy to have gone with us, and my Japanese friends and I even had a chance to talk to her about God some which was really cool. It was a good experience to get a little closer to Yuka, we have been kinda distant at the house lately, partly because I don't feel like I can relate to her kind of glittery lifestyle. So this was good for that aspect.

Also, something happened with my Japanese this last week... I think I am way way better than the week before for some reason. Suddenly I am more comfortable expressing myself. This morning I met a young Japanese woman named Nori on the steps of the church, who couldn't speak any english. Still, for some reason my Japanese impressed her and she told me her whole testimony in Japanese, which I think I actually understood! It felt really good to finally begin having success in Japanese after a while of feeling like I was the worst ever.

Anyways, after we took the train back to Shibuya, we went out to eat Yakiniku, which is delish. Some people had to go home, so it was just me and yuka and takako and david and yasu. Then afterwards Yasu SOMEHOW convinced us all to go play Billiards with him... lol...

David wanted his leg to be on the table like that; he felt it seemed more 'pro.' whatever that means, i never use the word 'pro' in the SPU vernacular so i wouldn't know...

FYI all the BIG pictures are taken from my cellphone and the small ones from davids REALLY expensive Nikon. Don't ask me why. I don't control the internet. Al Gore does.

~~Ok update, I actually DID fix the picture size. I guess I DO control the internet after all.

Spero di avere presto modo di descrivere l'incanto dei miei sensi completamente travolti dalla musica, gli odori e i sapori di questo piccolo pezzo di mondo nella mia prima domenica a New York...

Era un giorno di pioggia...ho fatto solo questi pochi scatti...

!!!

If you look back on my blog, you would find that I had already mentioned that the  recession had started in the year 2001.  How do I know this ?  It was because my business as a Feng Shui master was going to the roof when there was negativity in the world.  The people who had hired me told me that their business was not going anywhere.  They wanted me to fix the energy with Feng Shui.

I would like to share with you that in a time like this, people are trying to soul search to see what they can do.  Can you see now that there is always a gap of business opportunity in every situation ? 

Please do not focus on the negative news, focus on what you can do to help others to solve their situation.  It is time to be valuable to others.

Lets face it, we are the same people, the same money flow, the same real estate, how could a country boom in a period of time and had now become up side down and bankrupt in the next period of time ?

If you know Feng Shui, you would start to see Period 8 chi has a lot to do with it, because the chi has moved to China and India.  This is why America is in trouble with the money chi.  On the other hands, human brain and human efforts can make the difference.  If you take a look at this closely, the economic crises were created by human.  If this was the case, we can equally turn this around into boom again. 

It would take people’s confident to get us back to recovery mode in our being.  A group of us are listening to our morning calls to motivate ourselves.  I do watch the news to see what is going on with the world, so I can understand how to help people.  My group of people do not listen to the news at all.  They are keeping out the negative things out their brain.  This is the only way that they can be in the happy mode.

While people out there are scared about the economic down turn, my group of people are earning good money.  You do get what you focus on.  All of us were brought up in a certain way that we seem to be very responsive to the news.  I noticed that the restaurants in China town were empty.  The car parking area in the big hotels in Las Vegas was also empty.  How can economy turn around when everyone is in this mode ?

Some of my friends are earning big money.  Thank God that we have found a way not only to survive, but to find the honey to live a life style.  They told me that this was the best opportunity to earn money when people do not trust the stock market and the banks do not give out credits and loans for the real estate. 

We are involved in the booming business.  We other businesses are going burst, our business is booming.  We found out from history that this is the only business that can survive the storm of the economic climate.

We do have some businesses that are making us money.  If you do want to know the secret of the gold mine in this recession or depression situation, please contact me magicalfengshui@gmail.com

I do believe that if you have that luck to smell money, you would find me.  Otherwise, you would not find me.

Kwai Lan

http://www.KwaiLanChan.com

http://www.FengShuiBestSeminars.com (free CD)

http://www.ImperialFengShui.com (free feng shui tips)

http://www.CrackingTheFengShuiCode.com (eBook with 38 years of tips)

If you look back on my blog, you would find that I had already mentioned that the  recession had started in the year 2001.  How do I know this ?  It was because my business as a Feng Shui master was going to the roof when there was negativity in the world.  The people who had hired me told me that their business was not going anywhere.  They wanted me to fix the energy with Feng Shui.

I would like to share with you that in a time like this, people are trying to soul search to see what they can do.  Can you see now that there is always a gap of business opportunity in every situation ? 

Please do not focus on the negative news, focus on what you can do to help others to solve their situation.  It is time to be valuable to others.

Lets face it, we are the same people, the same money flow, the same real estate, how could a country boom in a period of time and had now become up side down and bankrupt in the next period of time ?

If you know Feng Shui, you would start to see Period 8 chi has a lot to do with it, because the chi has moved to China and India.  This is why America is in trouble with the money chi.  On the other hands, human brain and human efforts can make the difference.  If you take a look at this closely, the economic crises were created by human.  If this was the case, we can equally turn this around into boom again. 

It would take people’s confident to get us back to recovery mode in our being.  A group of us are listening to our morning calls to motivate ourselves.  I do watch the news to see what is going on with the world, so I can understand how to help people.  My group of people do not listen to the news at all.  They are keeping out the negative things out their brain.  This is the only way that they can be in the happy mode.

While people out there are scared about the economic down turn, my group of people are earning good money.  You do get what you focus on.  All of us were brought up in a certain way that we seem to be very responsive to the news.  I noticed that the restaurants in China town were empty.  The car parking area in the big hotels in Las Vegas was also empty.  How can economy turn around when everyone is in this mode ?

Some of my friends are earning big money.  Thank God that we have found a way not only to survive, but to find the honey to live a life style.  They told me that this was the best opportunity to earn money when people do not trust the stock market and the banks do not give out credits and loans for the real estate. 

We are involved in the booming business.  We other businesses are going burst, our business is booming.  We found out from history that this is the only business that can survive the storm of the economic climate.

We do have some businesses that are making us money.  If you do want to know the secret of the gold mine in this recession or depression situation, please contact me magicalfengshui@gmail.com

I do believe that if you have that luck to smell money, you would find me.  Otherwise, you would not find me.

Kwai Lan

http://www.KwaiLanChan.com

http://www.FengShuiBestSeminars.com (free CD)

http://www.ImperialFengShui.com (free feng shui tips)

http://www.CrackingTheFengShuiCode.com (eBook with 38 years of tips)

La estrella me recuerda a algo que Rem Koolhas le atribuye a Le Corbusier, un estado de paranoia. La estrella es la respuesta a una problemática planteada por MAD, pero la correlación entre solucion-problema no es directa. Al menos la solución formal no corresponde al planteamiento. O al menos, no parece corresponder. Es una respuesta más surrealista, y hay una serie de razones por las cuales esta estrella es el nuevo rascacielos horizontal, o uno de los tantos ciclos de paranoia arquitectónica. No tiene nada de malo, el posmodernismo ha recibido con los brazos abiertos a La Méthode de Paranoiaque-Critique.

[gallery]  it is really, really, really strange how nice koreans are. seriously. you can be walking down any random street, and someone will just ask you if you need help. i mostly attribute this to people that want to practice their english, as you inevitably start some sort of conversation with them, but a small part of it has to be kindness. in the one week i have been here i have: hitchhiked once without asking, gotten free food 3 or 4 times without asking, and had random people volunteer information to me at least 10 or 15 times. i mean really, every one of those categories must exceed the totals for my entire life spend in the US. thanks korea, apparently you understand the value of compassion.

other than that, things have been pretty boring when michelle is at work. most days i just pick a new street to walk down and keep walking until it ends. if i turn, i write the street down in my notebook so that i can find my way home. of course this doesn't work in most cases because the majority of the streets don't have street signs so i end up needing to write down the name of the corner stores. i would not feel safe if i needed to call 119, that is like 911 here. seriously. i really really want to try new foods so i am always on the lookout for new restaurants but i can never read their menus : (

yesterday i set out on a mission to go to the incheon fish market to check out the goods and hopefully eat some actual live octopus.

the journey took me to china town first where a guide book told me there were some excellent dumplings. ever since no reservations: china, i have been wanting to check out some good dumplings, so i decided to make my way to wonbo dumplings. this tuned out to be a mistake. apparently, all of the restaurants in china town are labeled "chinese food" or "good food" on their signs. so after 3 hours of hungry searching i finally came across a restaurant that had "dumpling" in english on it's sign.

this place was pretty awesome, not only had i eaten in about 6 hours, but they also spoke pretty good english! i have learned some basic vocabulary while here, but this isn't spanish. their pronunciation of everythig is completely different, so even if you know what the romanized version of the word you are trying to say is, chances are they will have no idea what you are saying until the 4th or 5th repetition. oh well, it is kind of neat. there is a train stop here called 'juan.' no, you don't say, "won," it is "joo-won." aaaAAHHHHHH!!! well my 1 or 2 hour side trip to china town turned into a 4 hour search for food. needless to say the trip to the fish market has been delayed a little bit.

michelle and i also took the bus to the local beach this weekend. this was the first beach i have been to in korea that has actually been a beach, everything else has been a tidal mud pit. random fact/; south korea has the second largest tidal zone of anywhere in the world next to some place in canadia, sweet! that means when the tide goes down there is mud and gunk for about 150 feet past the proper beach sand, lets get nasty!!

the restaurants in the area were pretty sweet, basically korean bbq except with shellfish, fish, and crabs. everything was reasonably priced considering the size of the meal and the atmosphere. about half of the clams were at least the size of my fist and we got a free bottle of soju as well as a handful of extra muscles and clams for what i can only guess was for being super awesome americans. the guy helping us out spoke a little english and told me about the local baseball team, the SK Wyverns, hopefully we will be catching a game this weekend! why do all bathrooms have to be smelly? oh yeah, because they don't flush their toilets, oh well.

the firework show while we were eating our dinner was pretty impressive. i am pretty sure people come to this beach just to blow stuff up, there was a constant barrage of fireworks the entire 3 or  so hours we were there. yay!

oh yeah, and before i forget to add it to another post(picture torwards the bottom of the post). there are bugs here, not bugs like in california, but BUGS. i mean mosquitos that have malaria and dengue fever, crazy parasites in the fish and clams, and SPIDERS...

yeah i know it doesn't look that big, but this this was about the size of a tennis ball tl a softball. i mean this thing was a big ass spider! normally not a problem right? spiders hide in corners and are above your head. do you now what happens when you are the tallest person in a country??? you run into a lot of spider webs, i am so over spiders right now. thank god i haven't found one of these beasties yet.

The interview for the day did not last all that long and I roamed around London. The usual hang out spots. Same old, same old before heading back to the sofa at my friend's place.

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]]> http://sarahlongworth.wordpress.com/?p=615 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:11:54 +0000 sarahlongworth http://sarahlongworth.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/the-first-holgas/ Last weekend I put a film in my new holga camera for the first time and went into town to give it a try. And today the prints arrived back in the post!! I have to say they have cheered my up a huge amount on a day when I'm feeling a bit 'stuck', with a few things going slower than I would wish: my new sewing machine is ready but can't be delivered to me for a little while yet, and we have some hitches with the new website to sort out too..

All frustrating, but a cup of tea and a look at some photos has put me right back on track...

I know they are dark but I didn't want to enhance or change a thing. It was early evening when I took them and the weather was chilly and rainy and I love the feeling of that in the photos.

I wish I had experimented more with the double exposure thing. Some worked out ok but I think I need to be braver next time.

Oh and for anyone looking for a good place to develop 120 rolls, I can definitely recommend this site. They were really helpful and fast and the photos arrived exactly when they said they would. Plus I love the size and feel of the prints, large and square. They remind me of my shakey attempts to develop my own black and white photos at uni in the darkroom....I miss doing that!

Together 6 persons but we ordered the 4 persons set dinner for 9pound each.

This soup taste nice especially when they served it hot because the weather here is very windy.

Yes, the won ton is very crispy but i am ok with it, not really a won ton fan.

This one taste nice!!! I like it very much. The above three are our starter. Seriously this aren't really chinese type of serving meals, more like western style of having meal. And the portion are all very big.

This chicken taste ok. Ok means ok only, at least it doesn't taste bad. I only had one piece of it, so this isn't really to my liking.

This is really really really very nice!!! Very fresh and the prawn taste really nice and i like it very much. Who said chinese food in England not nice. Erm......

This also taste nice because the beef is really very tender.

Not much comment on this because i don't find it special, it only taste normal.

Haih...... this rice is nothing special at all.

Ok, always have meal with chinese tea, is good for our health!!!

Well, it cost us each 6.50pound so i think is quite reasonable. I enjoyed the meal very much. We may go back for second or third time. Hahaha........

Credit : Zylei for the pictures although i'm the one taking........ Hahaha........

NGÀY 1 : TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH – CHÂU ĐỐC - MIẾU BÀ CHÚA XỨ

09h:30: Xe & HDV đón Quí khách tại sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất khởi hành đi CHÂU ĐỐC. 11h30: Ăn trưa tại N/hàngTrung Lương ( Mỹ Tho) với đặc sản Cá Tai Tượng Chiên Xù, Lẩu chua cá, Thịt kho tàu, Xôi chiên phồng, Rau xào thập cẩm, Tôm càng nướng (1con/1khách), Trái cây. 12h00: Tiếp tục đi Châu Đốc - Trên đường Quí Khách dừng chân tham quan : Cầu Mỹ Thuận – công trình nối liền 02 thế kỷ & bờ Bắc Nam của dòng Cửu Long Giang hiền hoà.15h00: Nhận phòng khách sạn, nghỉ ngơi. 16h:00: Tham quan: MIẾU BÀ CHÚA XỨ – CHÙA THẦY TÂY AN..18h:30: Ăn chiều. Tối dạo phố đêm.

NGÀY 2 : CHÂU ĐỐC – HÀ TIÊN - CHÙA HANG – HÒN PHỤ TỬ

07h:00: Ăn sáng . 08h:00: Trả phòng đi Hà Tiên – Nhận Khách sạn .Đoàn tham quan LĂNG MẠC CỬU – CHÙA PHÙ DUNG – CHÙA TAM BỬU gắn liền với chuyện tình của người con gái miền sông nước Cửu Long.12h:30: Ăn trưa. 14h:00: Tham quan : HANG CÁ SẤU - CHÙA HANG – HÒN PHỤ TỬ , tham quan Quần thể Hòn Chông và tắm biển, một trong mười thắng cảnh đẹp nhất đất Hà Tiên xưa nói riêng và cả miền nam nói chung. 18h:00: Ăn chiều. 19h:00:HDV đưa Quí khách dạo phố Hà Tiên về đêm

NGÀY 3 : HÀ TIÊN – THẠCH ĐỘNG THÔN VÂN – BIỂN MŨI NAI – CẦN THƠ

07h:30: Ăn sáng. 08h:00: Tham quan : THẠCH ĐỘNG THÔN VÂN gắn liền với truyền thuyết Thạch Sanh – Lý Thông, với phong cảnh đẹp say đắm lòng người. Tắm biển Mũi Nai, một trong những điểm du lịch Biển nổi tiếng miền Nam. 12h:00: Ăn trưa. Trả phòng đi về Cần Thơ - Nhận Khách sạn, Nghỉ ngơi. 16h00: Tham quan : Đình Bình Thủy (một trong những ngơi đình cổ nhất Nam Bộ cách đây hơn 1 thế kỷ ). 18h00 Ăn chiều. 19h:30: Đòan tản bộ Bến Ninh Kiều về đêm và Công Viên Lưu Hữu Phuớc. Nghỉ đêm tại Cần Thơ.

NGÀY 4 : CẦN THƠ – CHỢ NỔI CÁI RĂNG – VƯỜN TRÁI CÂY – SÀI GÒN

06h00 Mời Quí khách thức dậy vào lúc sáng sớm để thư giãn và thực hiện một chuyến du ngọan thật thú vị trên dòng Cửu Long Giang, tìm hiểu về đời sống của người dân Nam Bộ, tham quan Phiên Chợ Nổi Cái Răng, tiếp tục đi thuyền vào các con gạch nhỏ để đến với Làng Du Lịch Sinh Thái Mỹ Khánh, tản bộ tron vườn cây sum suê hoa trái, thưởng thức trái cây theo mùa, nghe ca nhạc tài tử, …tại đây Quí khách có thể tham tiết mục TÁT MƯƠNG – BẮT CÁ – LÀM NÔNG DÂN NAM BỘ…12h00: Ăn trưa – đặc sản Lẩu Mắm. Trở về Khách sạn, nghỉ ngơi. 14h:00: Trả phòng về TP. HCM. Nhận phòng khách sạn, nghỉ ngơi. 19h00: Mời Quí khách dùng cơm chiều trên DU THUYỀN SÀI GÒN & ngắm nhìn phong cảnh bến Bạch Đằng, trong khi du khách dùng cơm – du thuyền sẽ đưa Quí khách du ngọan trên sông với các công trình kiến trúc như Cảng Sài Gòn, Xưởng ba Son, Bến Nhà Rồng…21h45 : Du thuyền trở về đất liền, về Khách sạn nghỉ đêm Sài Gòn.

NGÀY 5 : SÀI GÒN – THAM QUAN & MUA SẮM – TIỄN SÂN BAY

08h:00:Ăn sáng, 08h30 Quí khách đi tham quan : DINH ĐỘC LẬP – trước đây là DINH NORODOM (1 vị vua của Campuchia) đã từng là nơi làm việc Ngô Đình Diệm & các cộng sự, nơi đây vào ngày 30/4/1975 đã diễn ra 1 sự kiện lịch sử, đánh dấu Miền Nam Việt Nam hòan tòan được giải phóng. CHINA TOWN – tìm hiểu về cuộc sống nhộn nhịp thương mại của người Sài Gòn & đặc biệt đây là cộng đồng người Hoa tại Sài Gòn. Sau đó Quí khách tham quan Chợ Bến Thành, Trung Tâm Thương Mại Tax, Diamond Plaza, Germ Plaza,…và mua sắm quà lưu niệm.
12h00: Ăn trưa.Chiều Quí khách trả phòng tự do mua sắm cho đền khi ra sân bay về . Kết thúc tour .

BAO GỒM :
1. Xe máy lạnh vận chuyển tham quan suốt tuyến
2. Bảo hiểm du lịch, mức tối đa 10.000.000đ/khách
3.HDV kinh nghiệm,nhiệt tình phục vụ đoàn suốt tuyến
4. Ăn sáng + Ăn trưa + Ăn chiều theo chương trình tại Nhà hàng (có 1 số bữa thưởng thức đặc sản như đã nêu ).

KHÔNG BAO GỒM :
- Các chi phí cá nhân & các khỏan không có trong phần bao gồm.
- Các lọai vé máy bay – vé tàu ngòai chương trình.

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NGÀY 1 : TP.HCM – THAM QUAN TP (Ăn tối trên du thuyền sông Sài Gòn)

Chiều : Xe & HDV đón Quí khách tại Sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất, đưa về khách sạn. Nhận phòng nghỉ ngơi.19h00: Mời Quí khách dùng cơm chiều trên DU THUYỀN SÀI GÒN & ngắm nhìn phong cảnh bến Bạch Đằng, trong khi du khách dùng cơm – du thuyền sẽ đưa Quí khách du ngọan trên sông với các công trình kiến trúc như Cảng Sài Gòn, Xưởng ba Son, Bến Nhà Rồng…21h45 : Du thuyền trở về đất liền, về Khách sạn nghỉ đêm.

NGÀY 2 : SÀI GÒN – MỸ THO – CỒN PHỤNG – CỒN THỚI SƠN – VƯỜN TRÁI CÂY – CỦ CHI

Sau khi dùng điểm tâm tại Nhà hàng. 07h00: Xe & HDV đón Quý Khách Khởi hành đi Mỹ Tho ( Tiền Giang ). 08h45 : Đến Mỹ Tho – tham quan : CHÙA VĨNH TRÀNG , một trong những ngôi chùa đẹp và cổ nhất của tỉnh Tiền Giang . Trại Rắn Đồng Tâm – trung tâm nuôi dưỡng rắn lớn nhất Miền Nam hiện nay. 09h:30: DU THUYỀN TRÊN SÔNG TIỀN – Thưởng thức nước dừa xiêm và Quý Khách sẽ được ngắm nhìn cảnh sông nước trữ tình của dòng Cửu Long Giang hiền hoà, hòa nhập vào cuộc sống thiên nhiên của miền Đồng bằng Nam Bộ & tham quan Cồn Thới Sơn với : VƯỜN TRÁI CÂY – thưởng thức trái cây theo mùa (sampôchê, nhãn, thơm, mít,v.v…) TRẠI NUÔI VÀ CUNG CẤP MẬT ONG – thưởng thức mật ong với cam. XEM CA NHẠC TÀI TỬ NAM BỘ – loại hình nghệ thuật đặc biệt của dân tộc Việt Nam được sản sinh tại miền Đồng bằng sông nước này. Khám phá những ngôi nhà dân tiêu biểu miệt vườn.12 h:00: Dùng cơm trưa tại Nhà hàng trên Cồn Thới Sơn – đặc sản : Tôm Càng Nướng, Cá Tai Tượng Chiên Xù, Lẩu chua cá lóc Nam Bộ, Chả giò Nam Bộ, Thịt kho tàu, rau xào thập cẩm, trái cây,..13h:00: Đoàn tiếp tục tham quan : ĐI XUỒNG “BA LÁ” VÀO NHỮNG CON RẠCH NHỎ, xuyên qua những rặng dừa nước với những điệu hò Nam Bộ du dương trên sông. Quí khách rời ĐÒ CHÈO để dùng thuyền đi đến CỒN PHỤNG - tham quan : DI TÍCH ÔNG ĐẠO DỪA, một trong những di tích đặc biệt về tôn giáo chỉ có ở Việt Nam đã được nhiều du khách nước ngòai biết đến. 15h:00: Đoàn lên xe trở về Củ Chi – tham quan : ĐỊA ĐẠO CỦ CHI – với hệ thống đường hầm ngầm sâu dưới lòng đất tỏa rộng khỏang trên 200km, nơi đây từng là chiến khu kháng chiến trong thời kỳ chống Pháp, chống Mỹ & cũng là nơi cư trú của các đồng chí cách mạng cùng người dân Củ Chi thời bấy giờ. Quí khách sẽ được chui địa đạo để tham quan & tìm hiểu , sau đó tự do giải trí với các trò chơi : Bắn súng hơi,…hoặc ngắm nhìn phong cảnh trữ tình bên bờ sông Sài Gòn, Viếng đền tưởng niệm Bến Dược .18h:30: Về đến TP. Hồ Chí Minh.19h:00:Dùng cơm chiều tại Nhà hàng . Tối HDV đưa Quí khách dạo phố đêm .

NGÀY 3: SÀI GÒN – TIỄN KHÁCH RA SÂN BAY (Ăn sáng, trưa)

08h:00:Sau khi dùng điểm tâm tại Nhà hàng, HDV đưa Quí khách đi tham quan : DINH ĐỘC LẬP – trước đây là DINH NORODOM (1 vị vua của Campuchia) đã từng là nơi làm việc Ngô Đình Diệm & các cộng sự, nơi đây vào ngày 30/4/1975 đã diễn ra 1 sự kiện lịch sử, đánh dấu Miền Nam Việt Nam hòan tòan được giải phóng. CHINA TOWN – tìm hiểu về cuộc sống nhộn nhịp thương mại của người Sài Gòn & đặc biệt đây là cộng đồng người Hoa tại Sài Gòn. Sau đó Quí khách tham quan Chợ Bến Thành, Trung Tâm Thương Mại Tax, Diamond Plaza, Germ Plaza,…và mua sắm quà lưu niệm.12h00:Dùng cơm trưa tại Nhà hàng, nghỉ ngơi tại khách sạn. Chiều Quí khách trả phòng tự do mua sắm cho đến khi ra sân bay về . Kết thúc tour.

BAO GỒM :

1. Xe máy lạnh vận chuyển tham quan suốt tuyến
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3. HDV kinh nghiệm, nhiệt tình phục vụ đoàn suốt tuyến
4. Ăn sáng + Ăn trưa + Ăn chiều theo chương trình tại Nhà hàng (có 1 số bữa thưởng thức đặc sản như đã nêu ).

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Yokohama stadium/park
This is a baseball stadium and as with regular stadiums it isnt open to public when there is no match.. so i just circled round it and went to the park behind it. It is really very good to see so many parks and playgrounds made for exercising and children in different areas. which provides people a healthy chance to come out of houses and all for free. all maintenance is done on city's part.
In Pakistan, you are forced to remain confined inside and the with limited choices of public places.. I really hate to go outside.
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King buildings road
Through the main road I made my way to north, where Yamashita park is located. Many main buildings are located on this road, The building called Kings building is yokohamas port authority building. Since yokohama is a bay city.. and historically was a fishing town so they take great pride in their this speciality. A histirical museum is also located on this road. but the road itself and walkways are so beautifully decorated.. that one even starts to enjoy the road. with my mp3 player playing Noori.. i was loving the solo trip.
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Yamashita Park (EAST)
you may remember me visitng this location before too... but at that time we went towards west to osanbashi pier.. there was the eastern side of teh park which was not explored, so now i went off to east side only. and man i would have missed a lot if i hadnt gone to this place again. just check the photos and you will agree what i am talking about
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China Town
Now on my way back... no route appeared more appropriate than the China town. Secondly i needed a mousepad badly.. so i thought maybe some chinese goods shop could help me out with something cheap. So, I went through it... and this time it was lil early than before so it was not as much crowded and i was able to take snaps of its red colored streets and also visit one of the chinese shrines there... i did go inside.. it was too dark and the goddess statue was too ugly to take a pic anyway :P
many big cities have their version of China town, but it is a fact that Yokohama china town is one of the biggest one with as many as 500 shops there (i read it somewhere.. so i am not exaggerating myself) .. but.. in all those 500 shops... My mission of finding a mouse-pad was still not fulfilled bcz as per my last impressions.. were still intact.. that nearly 90% of shops were jsut food shops and rest were gift shops or clothing stores. Nothing related to computers here. So, i just made my way out zig-zagging the streets.. just trying to find some useful shop.. but none were found and i was out of china town. so i just went back home to take some rest.. before my next adventure out.
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Vi kom ned til et parkområde som heter Marina Green drive, og der i fra ruslet vi langs sjøen til The Embarcadero, som er en slags strandpromenade. På veien så vi både Alcatraz og Golden Gate

Bridge. Embarcadero er utrolig fullt av turister, så bortsett fra å spise lunsj beveget vi oss ganske fort bort i fra området. Vi spiste lunsj på et burgersted, det var vel overraskende... De heter In-n-out burger, og er en kjede som nesten bare finnes i California. Ganske gode burgere til å være en fastfoodkjede.

Etter lunsj ruslet vi oppover i byen igjen. Vi gikk igjennom et område som heter North Beach. Det er et litt italiensk område. Og der ligger blant annet bokhandelen City Lights Bookstore, som har vært en viktig stemme i kampen for tale- og tankefrihet i USA. Etter en stund så svingte vi inn i Chinatown, som er mye mer Kina enn Japantown er Japan. Og da var vi begynt å bli slitene så vi satt oss på en benk og vurderte hva vi skulle gjøre.

Vi endte opp med å gå ut til havet igjen, men i andre enden av The Embarcadero. Der ligger det en gammel fergekai, som nå er gjort om til et kjøpesenter, Ferry Building market. Det går fortsatt noen ferger der fra, men det er mest bare små turistbåter ut til Alcatraz og sånn.

Der i fra tok vi trikken hjem. For å komme oss fra sentrum og hjem må vi bytte trikk, og der vi bytter er det en kjempefin stor matbutikk. Så vi kan handle på veien. I går spiste vi middag hjemme. Så en film, og snakket og planla litt rundt kjøreturen vi skal på etter hvert.

P.S. For dere som ønsker det kan dere se bilder av hele tatoveringen min på Dave C. Wallin sin Myspaceside.

Melangkah di udara..

Pak pos membawa berita dar..

Eh-mmm..  Kok sambungannya ga cocok ya??! Heheee.. Kalo liat judulnya di atas kaya apaaaa..gitu yah. Padahal cuma karna: abis makan TEMPE! Hah! Kok bisa? Ya bisa dooooong :D  God bless Sunnybank dan para Chinese Town-ers... Hihihii..

Ga heran sekarang kenapa Chinese Town ada di banyak negara di seluruh belahan dunia. Gimana ga, orang Asia kan ada di mana-mana juga, tapi makanan yang endang gulindang (minjem expression-nya mba ayu) in terms of berbumbu nekmat yang dapat menjangkau seluruh penjuru mulutnya Asians mah cuma di resto2 chinise, malysian, vietnamese, etc gt kan.. Dan saya officially SUKA sama Sunnybank!! Baca terus untuk tau lebih detail-nya.. Hihihii, sok banget, kayak artikel paling keren sejagad raya ajah..

Jadi ceritanya gini, ceritain prosesnya dulu nii.. kemarin abis kuliah bahasa Italia (haha..memproklamasikan pada dunia tentang ke-italia-anku) saya jalan-jalan sama temen ke Sunnybank. Pas liat YUEN'S, whuaaah!! Itu dia yang dibilang sama temen *yang satu-nya* tentang Asian supermarket yang jualan tempe!!! Saya langsung ajak temen saya ini ke sana.

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Dari pulang from Yuen's saya ga sabar makan makanan khas Indo yang harganya hampir 5 dollar inih.. Tapi saya masih kenyang. Sabar, Mel.. Sabar.. Dan tiba lah hari ini. Hahaaa.. Saya lama banget nggoreng tempe doang (defence: sama masak nasi n bikin nasi goreng n teri kok!! Pake cabe lagi, kan gapapa lama :P).. Tapi hasilnya ga terlalu mengecewakan, bahkan MEMUASKAN DAHAGA!!!! OHHHH..

[caption id="attachment_496" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="nah..ini dah siap diangkat."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_498" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="trus..sebelum makan..sombong deh!"][/caption]

 

Oke lah.. Sekian Headline News hari ini. Melinskiss melaporkan langsung dari langsing.

I'm going to the LIBRARY. Ciaaaaaoo..

 

Jeg slår sammen i går og dag. Rett og slett fordi jeg ikke gidder å lage to poster. I går var det meldt regn og mye vind, men vi satte i vei med friskt mot likevel. Målet for dagen var Brooklyn Brewery, som ligger litt høyere opp i Brooklyn enn der vi bor. De har god øl, og omvisning på sitt lokale lille byggeri. For å få øl må man kjøpe poletter. Man får 6 poletter til $20, altså 6 øl for 110 kr. Helt ok egentlig... Vi valgte å bare drikke 2 øl hver, klokka var jo ikke mer enn to på dagen. Også fikk vi en liten innføring i bryggeriet og dets historie, og en titt på produksjonslokalene.

Etter litt mer øl gikk vi over i en klesbutikk rett over gata. Da vi kom ut der i fra begynte det å regne. Og innen vi kom oss inn noe sted var det virkelig begynt å hølje. Vi var klissvåte på veldig kort tid. Vi søkte ly på en pub som heter Mugs Ale house. Der drakk vi litt mer øl, kaffe og spiste nachos. Og så på regnet, det øste ned og blåste kraftig.

I en periode med litt mindre regn løp vi til subwayen og dro hjem. Jeg gikk å la meg tidlig, jeg følte meg ikke helt topp. Men Jonas og Frank dro på en pub noen kvartaler bortenfor oss. De kom hjem ganske seint...

I dag startet vi dagen seint. Antagelig som en følge av at guttene sluttet dagen seint i går. Vi tok Subwayen til Battery park og så over på frihetsgudinnen og Ellis Island. Også gikk vi langs

vannet et godt stykke oppover på Manhattan. Så svingte vi innover Canal sreet, Chinatown, for å finne et sted å spise. Vi spiste på en kjempestor restaurant som minnet meg ganske mye om Kina. Vi fikk strålende god mat; forskjellige

dumplinger og sprøstekt and. Etter masse mat gikk vi bortover gata, også fikk Jonas øye på et sted som heter Uiui Bubble tea. Bubble tea er, i utgangspunktet, kald te med kuler av tegelatin i bunnen. Jeg syntes det var ganske godt. Jonas synes det er veldig vondt, og Frank syntes det var ok.

Også delte vi oss opp for første gang på turen. Frank

og jeg dro til Empire State Building, Jonas dro i tegneseriebutikk og skobtikk. Også dro vi hjemom en liten tur, før vi dro på konsert. Konserten var på et sted som heter Union pool. Det var et skikkelig fint sted. Konserten var så som så...

After our fun and festiveness at the market, we headed through China Town to the Classical Chinese Garden. It was interesting to compare this garden with the Japanese Garden. The differences between the two gardens were stark. The Chinese Garden was so ornate, elaborate, small, and extravagant. The Japanese garden was so simple, minimal and elegant. But at the same time both had enormous amounts thought and skill in the execution of the design. Just gorgeous, both of them. I love the depth of culture in these Asian gardens.

While we were at the Chinese Gardens, I had the pleasure in taking part of a tea ceremony. It was a white tea 'tea flight'. It was my first time every participating in a 'tea flight' and I liked it a lot! Made me want to get a gorgeous tea set and have tea ceremonies at home with friends that like tea. . . . Anyone want to join me? :)

After we left the Chinese Gardens, we head over to the Waterfront Park. We passed back by the Saturday Market and I experienced my first ever 'elephant ear', which was a piece of flat bread, drenched in butter and pressed in a cinnamon/sugar mixture. Heaven, I tell you. We then enjoyed the rest of our walk along the Waterfront Park, complete with Dragon Boat Races. :) Then I took a nap. Yay for naps.

For dinner we went to Masu Sushi and the highlight of the meal was some locally caught Salmon nigiri - one of the sushi chefs had caught the salmon himself. I have never had such fresh tasting salmon nigiri before.

We ended the meal with purchasing 9 pieces of exquisite chocolate to eat later and a small 'shot' of dark drinking chocolate at Cacao Drink Chocolate. Deliciousness and a fantastic way to end the evening (with plenty of artisan chocolate to look forward to tomorrow - it doesn't get any better than that).

Until the next post . . . there are many more pictures on my flickr account. . . feel free to puruse.

(PS, all of the photos have been taken by Jason . . . he's getting pretty good, isn't he? :) )

I går var vi på MOMA. Det er et utrolig flott museum med seks etasjer kunst. Og selvom Jonas var lei etter to etasjer, så kom vi oss igjennom. I en etasje var det en stor utstilling med Dali, som Frank likte veldig godt. Og i en annen etasje var det en stor utstilling om arkitektur og modulhus. Den tror jeg alle likte ganske godt. MOMA er tydelig veldig populært, for vi gikk nesten i kø hele veien. Det var litt irriterende.

Etter utstillingen gikk vi på Nokiabutikken og kjøpte meg ny telefon. Den er veldig fin, og i følge Jonas "har den alt". Midt i blinken for meg med andre ord, siden jeg stort sett ringer og sender meldinger;).

Til lunsj dro vi til Chinatown. Vi hadde lyst på dumplinger! Men vi endte opp med å

spise roast duck, som jo er helt greit det og. Chinatown på Manhattan har den nest største kinesiske befolkningen i vesten. Ganske fascinerende, men det føltes ikke helt som i Kina.

Jeg hadde bestemt meg for at jeg ville kjøpe garn (man må jo alltid ha et håndarbeide!). Og guttene skulle ha shorts, det er jo godt over norsk

sommertemperatur her. Så da rusla vi opp Broadway, for der har de jo en eller to butikker... Merkelig nok så har de lite sommerklær i butikkene, det er jakker og strikkegensre og langbukser. Så det ble ingen shortser. Men jeg hadde gjort litt research på forhånd, så jeg fikk garn.

Så dro vi over brua til Brooklyn for å handle mat. Noen gater bortenfor oss ligger det en jålete gourmet dagligvarebutikk, så vi gikk dit. De har utrolig stort utvalg! Flere ferskvaredisker, en hel hylle med forskjellige peanøttsmør, sikkert ti forskjellige sorter tomater og en stor kakedisk. Vi

spiste middag hjemme, og hadde egentlig tenkt å gå ut å ta noen øl. I sedet endte vi opp med å være hjemme å bare slappe av.

"The Day is still yound and u have turned into a women already, get ur manly balls on and lets move.. we got lots to view... I got the MAP :D"

So, finally we were out, lookign at the map, the most prominent point near the house appeared to be the Yokohama Stadium/Park. So, we took the straight route to it. One thing that you will note when walking on the streets is the clean environment, polite people who will start to walk behind you rather than rub shoulders with you. And also the traffic lights... pedestrians as well as cars must obey them. You can get fined for walking a sign or crossing the road when there is no zebra crossing (its called "Jay walking").

Walkways

Odori Park

Washignton Hotel

Detour from Stadium to China Town
When we reached near the stadium, Mr. Furqan saw the China Town board... so he said lets visit that instead.. so instead of going to the stadium, we took a detour and went to china Town. Its hard to stay who was chinese and who was japanese in there :P ... but at least it was crowded like a normal chinese market.
There are different Chinese gates that mark the entrance / exists and crosses of the town. A total of 9 gates I like much like our Lahori Gate and Bhati gate, each of them had particular names.. hard to pronounce and even harder to remember :P

The China Town is mainly streets of shops much like a food street. There are few random shops also but mainly there are just cafes and restaurants and bars. In whole of Yokohama this is very common ... its basically a food oriented city. Everywhere you go, u will find more food shops than any other shops. china town only had an oriental look and lots of people and smaller shops.. but the variety of stuff available was same. And due to crowded streets, it was hard for me to take any pics too. We just made our away through the China town and reached the exit gate. And our eyes set on next target which was gonna be Yoshmita Park.

Depois de muito andar e pesquisar, agora temos celular!!! YAY!!! E fizemos um plano familiar, em que podemos falar de graça a qualquer momento um com o outro! Acho que fizemos um bom negócio. E pelo contrato que fechamos com a empresa, nosso cell saiu de graça!!! É esse ae ó:

Sexta-feira, Felipe e eu fizemos umas visitinhas à Universidade McGill. É a universidade mais antiga de Montréal, fundada em 1821 por James McGill, um proeminente mercante escocês.

Andando pela cidade, o contraste com a pacata Saskatoon é imensa!! Dá uma espiada:

Depois de passear um pouquinho por downtown e resolver mais umas coisinhas, decidimos ir de metrô aonde vamos morar. Queríamos conhecer a região... E aí, lá perto, futricando no lixo, tinha um ESQUILINHO!!!!!! Finalmente!!! Em dois anos de Canadá conseguimos ver um esquilinho!!!! E bem de pertinho! A coisa mais fofa!

No sábado resolvemos ir no Velho Porto. Achamos que nem ia ter muita coisa por lá e até meio que nos perdemos... Mas aí, caímos na China Town na Saint-Laurent! E depois saímos numa praça cheia de feirinhas, bistrôs, apresentações de rua e um centro de ciências!!! O M-Á-X-I-M-O!!!!! AMEIIII!!!!! E estava tudo LOTADO de turistas!! Felipe e eu brincamos que até quando a gente se perde em Montréal se acha coisa legal pra ver!!! hehehehe

Infelizmente, a master level 5 aqui esqueceu o cartão SD da máquina fotográfica no laptop!!!! (Burra!!! DDÃÃÃÃRRRR!!! eu sei!) Então não tenho uma fotinha sequer!!!! Só umazinha que tirei com o celular, mas a configuração tava muito pequena e nem vale a pena postar. E no outro dia não teve como voltarmos, porque tivemos que levar nossas (poucas) coisas pro nosso futuro apê e pegar a chave. E hoje, segunda-feira, 1 de setembro, é feriado nacional aqui (Dia do Trabalho), e muitas coisas estão fechadas.

Amanhã é a orientação dos alunos de pós-graduação da minha faculdade. É lááááá em Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, na ponta da ilha!! Bate uma preguicinha, mas estou super ansiosa! E já sei até que tem uma brasileira no programa de lá---pelos endereços de emails em massa que a secretária manda. hehehe

Bom, é isso! Espero que gostem das fotos e das notícias. T+.

PS.: Não esqueci que tenho que falar do maple! hehehe É só que tem muita coisa interessante por aqui! rsrsrsrs

Saudades de todos! E obrigada pelos comentários e visitas!

LAURA