Aussie Adventure

Hello everyone! I'm back from a week travel in Australia! It was a great adventure for me... :D I loved all the states i visited like Sydney, Ayers Rock and Adelaide.
I met a lot of beautiful people from my tour and of course... i would like to thank my dear friend Daisy who gave me a wonderful treat in Adelaide with her friends.
Likewise, i would like to congratulate her and my friend Manny coz they'll be getting married on December in the Philippines... wooow... omedetou to both of you and another exciting news i've heard was that i am one of their ninang to-be... yeheeey! Well... best wishes guys. You both deserve each other. All the best!
Well... back to my trip... when i was there... it was always raining especially in Sydney and Adelaide... but everytime i went out from the hotel... believe it or not... it became sunny or should i say fine weather... ummm... i didn't thought i'm HARE ONNA ... hehehh :)
Well... it was a blessings anyway... lucky me!
I can't think of any hassles on my trip except for the time scheds of my tour... sleeping hours were not enough... love to sleep pa naman when you are tired :P
Oh well... i took a lot of pics so please just take a look... i think my pics will help to tell you more about my escapades there.
All i can say is that i did enjoy every moment that i spent there. This is a new and unforgetable kind of trip for me :P

Sydney

Ayers Rock

Adelaide

All about my Golden Week

Golden Week in Japan is a weeklong series of holidays that starts from last week of April and end up to first week of May.

GW this year started April 29th, the Showa Day... then May 3rd, the constitution Day, May 4th is Greenery Day and May 5th is Children's Day.

I used to travel with my family during GW... but i tell you... it's overflowing with people everywhere and the traffic is too crowded. Not to memtion that it's costly to travel during GW. Sooo... lately we used to spend it just relaxing at home and exploring some new spot around our place.

This GW... i enjoyed it with my hubs dining around the city and with friends doing and attending some activities.

April 29th, I visited my Japanese friend Masui san's new opened typical candy store. What's interesting with her store is that aside from Japanese typical confectionaries... it also have some sweets from other countries like Philippines. I posted more details about this below this post.

The following day... Sunday... i attended with my friends Precy, Maritess and my cutie Maika chan the Fiesta event in Shimizu Catholic Church. It was our kababayans first try to held this event in Shimizu but fortunately, it went fine with the cooperations of everyone from Shimizu church... good job guys :) It's also nice to see some Phil NAKAMA participated the event.
We were not able to finished the Fiesta event... coz we need to represent the Phil NAKAMA for the invitation of Mochizuki san's group, the Int'l Stationary Exchange Group at World Zoo Art Exhibit in Link Nishina. Two years ago, Phil NAKAMA supported their art exhibit in Philippines and this year, the exhibit was held in Thailand.
The next day, May 3rd... my hubs and i have a relaxation date in SURUGA KENKO LANDO in Okitsu. It was very crowded but we still enjoyed our spa and our lunch there. After our spa date... we picked up my friend Liza dowtown and we have dinner together in Royal Host. We enjoyed talking for maybe about 3 hours. What a long dinner time... hahahha:) Well... the following day, 4th of May... with my niece Belinda and her hubs uncle Jo decided to drive and visit our relatives... Abby and Miko in Kikugawa. It was a good chance coz Miko's mom is already leaving Japan for Philippines that coming Saturday so our gathering there turned out not only as welcome party for us but also a sayonara party for mom Cathy.
Ohhh... it's really nice to have bonding with relatives from time to time. Thanks to the warm reception by everyone out there including to Jan, Jenny and little Michael kun. We have typical Pinoy seafood dinner together... ummm was great... missing to have them again as well as i am missing our bondings there :D

Well... the rest of the holidays was spent by watching movies in DVDs at home. I was able to buy "Avatar" and "Up" dvd. OMOSHIROKATTTTTA :)

"Avatar" reminds me of Star Wars and Lord of the Ring in terms of special effect... well, maybe more advance tech. The story is also nice... reminds me of the history of American Indian vs the English people. It's like the movie... Dance with the Wolves and Princess Mononoke, one of Japanese quality animation movie :)

I also love "Up"... it's a cute and heartfelt adventure animated movie.

I was able to watch "The Shawshank Redemption" thru net. I know it's a worth watching movie and i always wanted to watch it. Ohhh well, thanks to my online friend Shane for reminding me to watch it... finally i did it :)

Ohhh it's a great movie about hope, friendship, salvation and yes... redemption. There are many good and cool lines or quotes there too... like "Hope is a good thing, may be the best of things, and no good thing ever dies" ... Love it :)

Well... that's how i spent my GW this year... if there is one thing i missed... it's surely my daughter Sachan... like last year she was not able to spent GW with us due to her club activities at her university. Hopefully... next year ;)

Chikyuu no Koe

A Japanese friend... Masui san had just opened last April 22 a candy store with communication and recreation ground for kids, named DAGASHI YA HIROBA... CHIKYUU NO KOE or Earth's voice.
Masui san is related to multicultural information and assistance activities and she's being supported by her co-voluntary group.

The interesting part on her newly opened candy store is that you can enjoy varieties of candy and other sweet goods not only from Japan but also from different countries.
Every kids even their parents can have a chance to play with different kind of games from different countries too. Sometimes there are some native foreigners who will be present there to introduce their native games.
Oh yesss... there is also a corner there like a little library where kids can enjoy reading.

Well... i was not there on the opening... but i was able to visit the place today.
I am surprised coz the candy store is busy with customers today. Glad to see Kamiyama san around... one of the volunteer staff and a friend too... and I am glad I was able to help around introducing the Philippine sweets and intertaining some kids ... hehehh.
Opppsss... just a reminder... when I was there a TV staff and reporter Suzuki san from SBS were coveraging the candy store and they will aired that on May 5, Children's Day at 6:00 SBS News... so if u all got the chance to view it... please do so... hmmm... i was being interviewed too... but i am not happy coz i'm too haggard and not a telegenic... hahahhah! OMG...lol
If you have a chance to visit the place... it's located in 7-20 Miyamoto cho, Suruga District. Open from 14:30-18:00, Monday, Thursday and Saturday only. Closed during holidays.

Yoroshiku :)

Phil NAKAMA in Nihon Daira Hotel

Phil NAKAMA group performed folk dances last April 8th at KINSEIRYU TAISHOGOTO BUNKAGOTO group anniversary event in Nihon Daira Hotel. We had lots of wonderful experiences. The bondings, team work, place and show were great. Thanks for the very good reception and treatment we received from the group headed by Okada sensei :) What a great party!!!

After the event... we all gathered in Sawayaka Steak House for a treat to ourselves... lol!

Hontoni minasan... otsukaresama deshita... arigatou ❤

Memories of Spring 2010

Yippie... at long last... got this chance to update my blog... and here i am ... natataranta kung saan ko ba uumpisahan ang lahat. hmmm... it's been about 2 months yata ako nabakante... gosh...oh, ok i better start to this year's spring...

This year spring was actually odd... sometimes warm, sometimes cold like winter... yup in the mid of April... there were those days snowing in northern parts of Japan... hehehhe... strange :)Well spring... i'll start with Sachan's spring break... as usual during her spring break, she came back home from her university life in Niigata City. Everytime she came home... it is a tradition for her to celebrate this Hina Matsuri ... it's doll's festival for the celebration of Girl's Day every 3rd of March where every Japanese home with daughters in the family displayed hina dolls and wish the happiness and prosperity of the girl.

After the day of the festival is over, Japanese usually put away the doll display coz there is a superstition that says if the displayed dolls will not put away soon, there will have trouble marrying off their daughters.

Hmmm actually the festival is every March 3 and like this year... Sachan arrived home one week delayed but we still never put the displayed away coz Sachan still never celebrate the day. Anyway... we have a saying that superstition is only the fear of belief... right? :)Have you heard about Oushou Chinese Restaurant here in Japan? Well this restaurant is popular around Japan especially somewhere in Tokyo and gyoza or Chinese dumplings is very popular to this restaurant. We thought there's no chain restaurant here in Shizuoka... alas... there's one in Yaizu City... and at long last we were able to visit the place and had chance to eat their popular dishes like ramen and chahan too... as to be expected it was good... no wonder the place is always crowded. Well, since Sachan was around... our family decided to go to onsen or hot spring last March 14. We went to BIJIN YU... it's only here in the heart of Aoi District... bit near our place but it's our first time to visit this onsen. They said that this onsen is good for the skin... hehheh sounds convincing. It's a typical onsen... not bad... and the food is good too. Funny, we used to visit some onsen far away from home... truth is... there are many good onsen around Shizuoka City. After the terrific onsen with my family, I enjoyed the Latin Jazz Live by Taro san with the Hip Hop Band and Uncle Jo held in Malcome Hall in Shimizu District. All the performers were great and yes... uncle JO... you are impressive... i like your pop songs... like "In Your Eyes" and "Just Once" ... very nostalgic. Thanks to Hip hop band and uncle Jo's chocolates! After the event... wheee... at long last, got the chance to visit my friend Lei's KS Mart Pub nearby. We were starving expecting for a Pinoy dinner... but noooo as i said it's a Philippine Pub not restaurant, so all we had was yakisoba... but it was yummy!

Another unforgettable activities for me this spring was the meeting with the beautiful peepz from KINSEIRYU TAISHOGOTO BUNKAGOTO group held in Nihon Daira Hotel last March 19th. Yeeesss, i drove up in a zigzag road of Nihon Daira with Liza, Marites and Maika chan. Was fun as we enjoyed the natures of spring... so lovely! From above the hill of Nihon Daira Hotel was a wonderful overlooking view of Shimizu District... with the blue skies and blue sea... and the green natures... so peaceful ... truly awesome! Oh well... the meeting is about the invitation to Philippine NAKAMA group to perform some cultural dances for their anniversary event on April 18th at the same hotel. They showed us the venue and wooow... the stage is gorgeous... as in heeey we are back on real stage... lol!

Back to my family... after having lunch at sushi bar last March 20, we went for a walk in Hirono Beach Park in Suruga District. Yup... this park is also a bit near to our house but since this park was build in way back 10 years ago... would u believe that it's our first time to visit the park. We sometimes passed to this park but good at long last we got the chance to explore the place :PThis park includes a lot of playground stuffs and it has also a path that connected to Mochimune Fishing Port.

After our family bonding... with Sachan ... we had some bonding with some friends--- tita Amie, Sarah, Unno san and Kate in Ryo's part time work place-- a dart bar... the Boozer or was it Buzzer? Dochi dakke?! heheh... Of course, Ryo was there... and it's been a while meeting for Ryo and Sachan... oh well they are friends since they were kids and Ryo is like my son too coz he's tita Amie's loving son... her sons are my sons too... hehehhe! After this, Sarah invited us to karaoke where she released her stressess... nyahahah!
Late March... the sakura trees or cherry blossoms trees started to bloom... what a perfect time for HANAMI-- cherry blossom viewing!

Below was meee enjoying the scene of full bloom sakura trees in Sumpu Park...

below were sakura view in Tokiwa ParkEvery year when sakura are in full bloom... my group, Philippine NAKAMA held our HANAMI picnic in Sumpu Park, Hanami Ground. This year... we held the picnic last March 28th. Was a great gathering... attended by lots of friends. Ajie's bday was also held. It was nice of Marissa to bring and serve some salabat... the Philippine typical hot tea made of ginger... was good for the climate coz it's partly cold... not to mention that later in the afternoon... the picnic was devastated by rain... hahahha... but the picnic went on! Imagine we were having Hanami under the tent... hahahhaha! The next day, 29th of March... in the mid of spring... ice falls as hailstones in Shizuoka City! pheeew... weird! What's happening to our mother natures? lol... April 2... Sachan went back home again from Niigata City. Shizuoka Festival's 3 days event started that day up to 3rd... and we've heard that her former classmates from Futaba School is one of Miss. Shizuoka that will be featured in the parade... and was sched to appear on stage that YOZAKURARANBO night stage show in Sumpu Park... so we tried to catch her up... unfortunately... we came late already... so missed her classmates appearance. Next day, April 3rd... was the 1-day Bus Tour event of Philippine NAKAMA in Universal Studio Japan in Osaka. I was not able to sleep for 24 hours... that's what i hate in bus tours! Ummm Sachan did not join us too coz she hates long bus trip... I agree... :P The event was participated by about 25 members and families... it was a very long trip and very tiring but was a FUNtastic and memorable tour for us :) I was really tired and wanted to sleep a lot the next day but Sachan woke me up early to accompanied her to Shimin Bunka Hall... coz she had this invitation by her former Brass Band group of Futaba School to watch their performance. Yearly since she graduated from high school, she was being invited by the group... and this year.. she doesn't wanna miss it this time but her other co-graduate mates were all out of town... no company... and who else she can asked for... of course... it's meeee... so even i'm still sleepy... i went with her to watch the performance and geeee... i did not regret it... me and Sachan were surprised and amused to their performances... they're great... ohhh... they're really super compared to Sachan's generations... ummm they have a great instructor this time... sorry no offence to Sachan's former instructress but the instructor this time is really awesome!
Sachan got the chance to meet her instructress and some of her graduating junior mates... and after some greetings and picture takings... we went to Sumpu Park to meet some other friends. It's still Shizuoka Festival... so after the concert... on the way to Sumpu Park... we happened to see the parade of the event and Sachan saw her former classmates... one of Miss Shizuoka and greeted each other... "hi and otsukaresamadeshita" :)

We met Belinda and Uncle Jo in Sumpu Park's Hanami ground having Hanami with some friends... and it was surprising to see same faces who were also in USJ trip... aside from Dang... Sarah and Yuta were there... of course Yoko and Yoshi, Olive and Mona... hehhehe. Walang kapaguran! Dang and I invited our relatives... Abby and Miko to watch the Shizuoka Festival Yozakura ranbo and we were happy to see that they came with the whole family all the way from Kakegawa.. It's nice to see again Miko's mama and of course it's nice to meet his papa, Jen and Jenny and kid Michael. We also invited them for dinner in Jollibee Tropical Restaurant.

Oh it's nice to have some bondings with relatives from time to time! Hope to be with them again in the near future or maybe Dang, Jo and hopefully with Sachan should visit them in Kakegawa in exchange :P

March 12... was raining hard but the gathering at Alisa's new home in Shimizu was not postponed hahahah! She gathered all her friends for a house blessing-like party. The house is subarashiiiii... ummm lucky you Alisa :)

It's nice to see some of my girl friends there... almost all NAKAMA huh! heheh... oh love u all girls and heeey what's happening to you Ajie... as in Lucita... hmmm she's currently addicted to her iphone's FB... ummm love is weird lol! Ohhh... there are more memorable happenings on this spring... was quite hectic spring vacation... but it was great... more pictures are in my FB profile... :)

By the way... below pics is papa's 1 year old sakura tree. hmmm... i don't know what type of sakura is this... heard from pappie that it's magnolia... magnolia??? lol

Hope you are all enjoying the rest days of your spring season!

missed blogging...:(

Waaah... i can't update this personal photo blog of mine lately... too busy busy busy!!! What keepin me busy? hmmm ... my work ... home ... personal and voluntary activities... ummm... and playing... hahahha! Well... we worked hard so after that we need to play... right?! :P

Besides... i got some problems with photo uploading here... hmmm can't fix it soon due to my occupied sched... sigh.

Hope to be back asap... really missed blogging... and sharing my silly stuffs... heheheh.

See you all soon... muah and hugs!

Funny CM... :D

Compilation Funny Commercials - Click here for more home videos

Poor Old Lady!

…sooo FUNNY! LoooL!


Defense Attorney:
Will you please state your age?

Little Old Lady:
I am 94 years old.

Defense Attorney:
Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened the night of April 1st?

Little Old Lady:
There I was, sitting there in my swing on my front porch on a warm spring evening,
when a young man comes creeping up on the porch and sat down beside me.

Defense Attorney:
Did you know him?

Little Old Lady:
No, but he sure was friendly.

Defense Attorney:
What happened after he sat down?

Little Old Lady:
He started to rub my thigh.

Defense Attorney:
Did you stop him?

Little Old Lady:
No, I didn’t stop him.

Defense Attorney:
Why not?

Little Old Lady:
It felt good. Nobody had done that since my Albert died some 30 years ago.

Defense Attorney:
What happened next?

Little Old Lady:
He began to rub my breasts.

Defense Attorney:
Did you stop him then?

Little Old Lady:
No, I did not stop him.

Defense Attorney:
Why not?

Little Old Lady:
His rubbing made me feel all alive and excited. I haven’t felt that good in years!

Defense Attorney:
What happened next?

Little Old Lady:
Well, by then, I was feeling so ’spicy’ that I just laid down and told him,
‘Take me, young man. Take me now!’

Defense Attorney:
Did he take you?

Little Old Lady:
Hell, no! He just yelled, ‘April Fool!’ And that’s when I shot him, the little bastard.

Try this one... LOL!

To all my kababayan...

Just to make your day.... bigkasin sa abakada ng pinoy.
(Recite this using the Pilipino alphabet!)

B K W L K M G W
P R M S Y, T W K ........ H H H H
M S Y K N B ?
T W P ........H H H H H H
T M N, P R K N T NG !!!!!

This Too Shall Pass

Very awesome and creative music video by OK Go band.
I'm sure this is only a one single take shot.
Good Job! hahahah!

Try to see their "Here It Goes Again" threadmill music video... it's one full take too... funny and great!

Alice Ochiai's bday bash in karaoke!

February 14th is Valentine's day... likewise it's Alice birthday celebration too held in karaoke near our place.

We all had fun fun fun... and everyone rocks... lol

Thanks Alice... i think i drunk too much wine... but it was cool... hahahha!

Happy birthday my dear friend Alice and cheers!

Fun day with friends!

Yesterday was our group first meeting for this year and since we still never held our Shinenkai or New Year's gathering... we also celebrate it together ... and of course ... the birthdays of Sarah and Cecil too... as in package deal! hahahah! The gathering was held in Japanese meeting room of Aicel 21.

Well... the meeting went fine... there were many suggestions too... and what everyone looking forward is our group bus tour in Universal Studio Japan in Osaka on April 3. Gonna be tough work again especially for the people behind this activity... ganbarimashou Precy! heheh!

Oh well... the whole gathering was really a success! More than 30 members and friends joined this gathering... i just did not notice some of our Japanese members around... hmmm where are they... did anybody contact them? Anyway, thanks a lot to everyone's cooperation and support. That was a great meeting... really! Oh... not to forget Dang's goodies... they are truly good!

After the group gathering... I went with some friends in Jollibee Tropical Restaurant for dinner. Every first Sunday of every month is TABEHOUDAI day in Jolibee... eat-all-you-can day for only Y1000 yen! Seem's like fiesta on that day coz there were lots of yummy Pinoy foods!
After our dinner... NIJIKAI desu heheh... the next gathering!!! Amie invited us to Ryo's part time job bar... the Boozer! Yes that's the old Boozer we used to know here in Shizuoka City... only it was a totally new Boozer... heheheh. They renovated the place into a cozy place... well there's still billard games and darts... and i love the atmosphere. Of course Ryo did a good job too in making us a China Green cocktail drinks. We'll definitely go back there... hopefully with Sachan!

Ohhh... what a day... really i enjoyed everyone's company... see you all again guys!

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I'll post some photos later... it seems i exceeded my limits on photo sharing... so i am studying now some alternatives or possibilities on how to get more free storage... or else i will be forced to purchase some storage... grrrrrr!!! heeeelp! LOL!

That's life!

I am touch to this video... funny and very inspiring.



Kudos to the Japanese artist who made this! Great idea and great job!

and yah... the background music... "Heaven and Hell" ... nice lol!

My new girlfriend!

Finally... :)

It took me some months on which to buy coz i was torn between ipod nano and sony walkman. Both of them released their new editions last year and yes... with build in video camera !

I used to have this Sony which i gave to Sachan already and maybe just for a change...before X'mas ... i finally decided to buy this 5th edition of ipod nano... yup, my new girlfriend... heheh! Oh well... i'm still learning how to organize, share, grow and browse musics and videos with itunes.^^

Lately... she's my great buddy... wherever i go and whatever i do... we are always together. My great partner especially when i'm stressed and disappointed! hahah!

Out with the devil, In with the good fortune

It's February 3! Well it's my brod Teddy's birthday today... happy birthday buddy! heheh:)

Oh well... here in Japan...it's Setsubun day... meaning the first day of spring and they celebrate this day thru beans throwing ceremonies. It is a traditional celebration here in Japan although it's not a national holiday. They throw roasted beans around the houses, temples and shrines while shouting "oni wa sotto, fuku wa uchi"-- meaning out with the devil, in with the good fortune! In another words... it's to bring in good luck and drive the bad spirits out. It is also a custom to eat the same number of beans as your age to bring happiness and health. Well... i did not take the chance this year... imagine... i'll eat more than 40 beans ahhh!!! lol!

Eating fortune sushi rolls-- called Eho maki is also a part of a custom... and here's some pointers on how to eat the fortune rolls, face toward the good fortune direction of the year at first. The good fortune direction is where the fortune god, Tokutoku-shin, stays. The good fortune direction changes every year. This year is facing west-southwest. Then, hold a sushi roll and eat it, making wishes. You shouldn't talk until you are done with eating a whole sushi roll. It's said that good fortune will be gone if you talk.

Oh well... my family did this tradition every year... just lately without Sachan... hoping that blessings really comes to our homes! Good luck to us all!

Uncle Jo's night on stage!

The Kojima Taro & Hip Band with JO jazz concert in Eufonia Concert Hall here in Shizuoka City was held last Sunday, January 11th. It was totally amazing especially the original latin style jazz of Taro san.

One of the most awesome part of the concert was the special song number of uncle Jo. Singing the version of "Just Once" by Quincy Jones... that was really great! Wooow... uncle Jo is back to real stage! Congrats uncle... i am happy for you that you are still active on your singing profession. Keep on singing uncle... !!!

　 Taro san... you did a great performance!
Some friends who was around the concert.
After the concert... we all went to Carol's Phil Restaurant for gokorosama gathering!

Oh... really... what a night! ^^