Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K27

Sherlock Holmes

Finally, I bought the books that I have been always wanted to buy, The Complete Sherlock Holmes. 4 novels + 56 short stories, in 2 volumes. It was a long long time since I started reading Holmes................

Back in secondary school Form 1 I think. Started to read this novel because of CK. That time I was just borrowing from school library, and I don't know what I'm reading too, here read abit, there read abit. But I remember one of the 4 long novels, The Hound of the Baskerville. I think it's the best. I read that particular novel for so many times that I couldn't remember already.

And then, I went to buy The Complete Sherlock Holmes, in chinese version. Ya. That time, I couldn't read english well enough to understand a novel ha. And I spent more than one year to finish reading all the 4 novels and 56 short stories. On and off, on and off, that's why took forever to finish them.

And so it was during my STPM and NUS period when I started to read novels again, in English version, and since then I wanted to buy Sherlock Holmes to read again, but in the original english version. Translated version always got some problems. The characters name is so hard to remember.

So last week, when I went to Vivo City to watch New Moon, I found several edition of Sherlock Holmes in the book shop there, but they are all so expensive. SGD70+. Very tempted to buy though, but I didn't. Luckily I didn't. Yesterday I went to Malaysia City Square popular, and I found it. Cost less than RM50 for two volumes, and it's hard cover, and the cover is even better than the SG version which costs 70 dollars.

I think most people know who is Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, he is a fictional character created by the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and published in UK magazine back in 1880+ until 1910+ if I'm not wrong. It's about detective stories.

There is a Holmes movie coming soon this month, and the actor who acts Holmes is the Iron Man, ha. From the trailer, this version of Holmes movie looks more like those funny funny movie. So, don't know how original is this movie to the original novels. Anyway, it's the movie that I will not miss this year. Looking forward~

Scarlatti Sonata in D Major K491

Liszt's Un sospiro

Dearly Beloved ~Kingdom Hearts

Just finished another great game - Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, on NDS. It is an interquel game in which the story takes place between Kingdom Hearts 1 and Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2). In short, Kingdom Hearts is a RPG that let us control the protagonist Sora and we will visit many Disney worlds. This is not a game for kids although Disney worlds and characters are involved. The story is deep and interesting. Among the worlds that we get to visit are Wonderland (Alice in the wonderland), Peter Pan's world, Beast Castle (Beauty and the Beast) etc etc etc.

The main theme of Kingdom Hearts is Dearly Beloved, a very sweet song that can be heard in the game menu as well as within the game various cutscenes. This is the piano arrangement of Dearly Beloved.

The opening of this version of Dearly Beloved reminds me alot of the Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto. If you watch Nodame Cantabile, in a episode, Chiaki performed a piano concerto, and there is a scene showing Nodame wearing the bear costume and walk into the concert hall while Chiaki was performing that piano concerto. Ya. That's the song.

The similar part of these two song can be heard in 0.10 sec - 0.45 sec of the song.

Eternal Sonata

Recently start to play a PS3 RPG called Eternal Sonata, a game related with the famous piano composer Chopin. In fact, Chopin is the very reason that makes me buy this game. Anyway, I decided not to talk about the gameplay itself, despite the fact that Eternal Sonata, as a RPG, is actually a very great game to play. The music in the game is what this post is about.

This game is basically divided into several chapters, and each chapter has the theme that is related to one of the piano piece of Chopin. What makes the game interesting is that, it tells the story behind each of the piano piece, as in when the piece was composed, under what circumstances etc etc.

So far I'm in chapter 4, and each chapter has it's own title, for example:

Chapter 1: Raindrop
Chapter 2: Revolution
Chapter 3: Fantaisie Impromptu
Chapter 4: Grande valses brillante

This game has certainly motivate me to play those songs again although I have the piano scores of those song with me for all these time. The first song that I'm currently playing is the chapter 1 song, Raindrop. It is actually the Prelude in D(flat) major, which is named Raindrop prelude. The raindrop prelude story is related back to Chopin's illness tuberculosis and a raining period.

Chapter 2 song, Revolution, is actually the famous Revolutionary Etude, Opus 10, Number 12. Well, I'm still not sure if I wanna learn this song XD.

Chapter 3 Fantaise Impromptu. I think everyone must hear this masterpiece before. You might not know the title, but I'm quite the tune is not unfamiliar to most people.

Chapter 4 Grande valses brillante, is a waltz. I remember this is the first Chopin's waltz that I started to learn last time, among his other waltz. Time to learn back this piece soon~

This is it. Fantaisie Impromptu, performed by Li Yundi.




The other day, I saw my boss play this piece, Fantaisie Impromptu in the show room. Speechless. It is so so so.................. GREAT.

oh, by the way, just 'sunbian' introduce another great piece, performed by Li Yundi. It's La Campanella, composed by Liszt.

Piano teacher. PS3. Sick

For no reason, I have been trying to post something in my blog for couple of time already since last week, but I never get to complete and post it at the end. Have the heart to start writing something, but no heart to finish the post. Sometimes to post something really need to have the right feeling >_<

Anyway, time to do some update. First of all, I finally ended my 享清福 days and started working last Monday. I'm a piano teacher now, ha. Actually becoming piano teacher is what I plan to do, but only for part time. Original plan was to get a full time Monday to Friday job in Singapore, then teach piano part time during weekends in Malaysia. So, it has been a week since I start teaching. I think it might be too early to comment, but I enjoy the teaching very much. Really happy about the fact that now I can everyday play piano, listen to piano, teach piano, discuss piano, etc etc etc, everything piano XD.

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Another great thing also just happened, and it happened alot sooner than I have expected. It is - I just bought a PS3!!! lol. PS3 slim version is just coming out, so bought it together with friends. Thanks alot la Wenfu, for bringing all 3 heavy PS3 to Woodlands XD. And also Cynthya, for bringing my PS3 all the way to Ang Mo Kio to me. The problem is, I cannot play it now because I don't have TV in my sg room, ha. Very bad, having a PS3 but cannot play it ~.~

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I wanted to talk about ice skating in my previous posts, but they never get posted anyway ha. Anyway, just want to say there is this ice skating place in Kallang Leisure Park, the last ice skating place that exist in Singapore, after the one in Jurong East has closing down. Nothing spectacular about the place, but well, as long as there is a place to skate. Anyway, I had a weird sick after we went to skate. It was Thursday when we skate, and I fell sick on Friday morning, until the next Thursday. It's weird because I was feeling just fine in daytime, but at night, I become terrribly sick till cannot wake up. And for many days, all I could do is just sleep all the time. And what makes it worse is that, I start working when I was still in the very sick condition, and I couldn't bring myself to apply leave on my first day working >_<

Yet another post that sounds like I'm trying to promote some games

Have been neglecting this blog for some times now, especially since I started playing the new released FF games and Professor Layton puzzle games like no day no night. After all, without realizing it myself, I was completely addicted to the games again, just when I started to think, maybe I reach the time when I start to lose interest in them. Apparently, I'm wrong about myself.

Anyway, I have finished both these games. Dissidia FF last week, and Professor Layton just yesterday. Both are definitely my top favourite games now, especially Dissidia. It's a fighting game (in 3D environment, not the traditional style like Street Fighter) that gathers 22 characters from Final Fantasy 1 until 12. So it's 10 heroes and 10 villians from each FF, and two extra unlockable characters from FF11 and FF12. To be able to fight the FF characters with any combination as we wish, I believe it is the 'dream comes true' for all FF fans. Squall (FF8) vs Cloud (FF7), or vs Sephiroth (FF7) are interesting. This game is very classic, although the review and rating by the website and magazine varies. I need to charge my PSP at least 2 times daily, sometimes 3 times, and I don't even want to think about how many hours I spent in this lol. Anyway, recently I have nothing but 'times'.

And next is the Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, a sequel to the famous DS game Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Lotsa classic puzzles to solved but they are presented in innovative way. Great animated cutscenes, great soundtrack, more than 150 puzzles to solve. It's a game good enough to justify why you should get a DS now, if you haven't had it.

More games (and good one) are coming up. The silly me used to worry about no good games to play. But the video game industry has never fail to deliver good new games or sequel games from time to time. Kingdom hearts for DS, Mario and Luigi 2 (or 3, forget already) are coming soon before end of September. Guess these two games can last me at least one month, and Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed Bloodline are coming up in November. Hopefully by the time, I have already own a PS3 la~

One night in Singapore

I have already forgotten how boring it could be to stay in Singapore sometimes

Dinosaur

Fried Salmon with '点鸡肉' sauce

Fried salmon


Sauce consists of only 3 ingredients: onion, garlic, ginger


Salmon with the sauce

'Home alone' for two days since Thursday. Decided to make a simple dinner myself. Just a piece of salmon, added with the sauce.

Pomegranate

More Michael Crichton!!!

终于决定尝试用中文来写一次。不知道从什么时候开始，就觉得好像不会写了。利用部落格来练习一下也不错啦。。。

还记得在不久前，刚写了一则有关Michael Crichton (是啊，不是那个会唱会跳的Michael) 的死讯。是去年的事了。今天早上随便在买书网站逛了一下，竟然发现了两本Crichton的新书。 年低开始推出的 , 还有明年2010年还没有被命名的一本。

到了Crichton官方网站查了一下，原来是他的助手在他去世后，在整理文件时发现的。

很期待~

Shadows of the Empire (X-Files and Harper's Island)

Yet another Star Wars novel. Story happens in between that of Episode V and Episode VI. Suddenly feel like to rewatch all star wars movies again XD. 又开始发star-wars疯了。

Bought the Collection of Episode 4,5,6 last year. Quite expensive, but very worth it. Gonna get the Episode 1,2,3 collection soon if got chance (that chance will only happen if I'm in Singapore i think, hope it won't be very far away XD).

Also like to buy a few others DVD included the remaining X-Files season (season 7,8 and 9) that I have yet to watched, and another old drama series called The Lone Gunmen (I doubt I can find this one anyway).

I started to watch X-Files from the very beginning Season 1 Episode 1 since last year I think, and I'm half way through season 6 now. Just wanna say this is a really good show that worth to watch it at least once for everyone. Got a series of books sold in bookstore, title is what "1001 movies you must watch before you die". I think if got another book called "1001 dramas you must watch before you die", I think I will vote X-Files number 1 XD.

The main plot of X-Files is rather heavy and dark, revolving around colonization of alien on Earth. But this show is I think one of the funniest show I have watched. It's not comedy, those kind of show purposely make the audience laugh. But the content of X-files, their dialogues, somewhat funny enough to make you laugh. And many of the episodes, have profound meaning behind the stories one. That's why I like it i think.

9 seasons and 2 movies of X-Files so far. and I heard 3rd movie might be coming soon. I hope it's true.

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There is another show that I must mention, the one that I recently just finished watching. Harper's Island. This show reminds me alot of 金田一. It's about the serial murder happens on the island. This is a very violent show I think. The scene is disgusting is one thing, but I think the more disgusting part of this show is its plot. Have quite 'some' plots in this show, which I think is 儿童不宜. How can the killer be still calm and smile when he kills, how can her husband cheats on her, with her mother.
Almost everyone in the show, got a pretty good character development. Everyone has their story, and has given enough attention I think. Like Lost. Guess that's why I like it ha.
This show is short, 13 episodes in total. Heard there is Harper's Island 2. Wonder how the story can be continued. I thought it was a pretty well done ending in Episode 13.

Cactus family

4 more new cactus were added into the cactus family.

MJJ

This afternoon, I was just happen to have a 30 minute waiting time (for the swimming pool to open at 2pm), and was just happen to walk pass the Season cake cafe, then decided to go in, and then just happen to listen to several good songs played in the cafe. A series of Michael Jackson song combined together into one long one. I remember I heard Billie Jeans, Thriller, Beat It and quite a few more. A pretty nice arrangement.

So it has been more than 1 week. That day, I was in Cairns, on the car to the Bungy Jump tower. Didn't really pay attention to the radio, until I heard the 'magical word' - Michael Jackson. Few seconds later then I realize it was actually his death news.

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and so the radio started to play Thriller. The 2nd MJJ song in my ipod playlist, right after Billie Jeans. Also my favourite MV of his. It's classic. And so I told them: see, we gonna listen to this song for many many times in very near future, want it or not.

And so we reach the bungy site, and right after we step into the premise, we heard Thriller again.
And at night, we walked around shop in Cairns, and it was Thriller again.

It happens everytime when a singer pass away. Everyone seems to listen to his songs again. Even my brother who never listen to MJJ songs, just asked me yesterday do I have any of his CD or video that I can borrow him (well, I have all of them XD). We can always hear about MJJ news on the newspaper once in awhile, but I don't remember any of them being a good one. Anyway, I don't really care about those news, since I like his songs, regardless of his personal life. I have never stop listening to his music for all these time. Well, the only albums (with lyric one) that appear in my ipod are MJJ album and Faye Wong's XD.

I'm glad that he gets the attention like we can notice now for the past week. I don't know about those whatever news like heritage issue, his debt issue bla bla, but I'm just happy that his songs get such attention now ha. Well, it's about time for MJJ to get such attention, a good one.

For me, his death doesn't change anything.
He never die, and never will.
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(well, at least as along as I still have his songs in my ipod XD)


Protection for gangs, clubs and nations
Causing grief in human relations
It's a turf war on a global scale
I'd rather hear from both sites of the tales
See, it's not about races
Just places. Faces
Where your blood comes from is where your space is
I've seen the bright get duller
I'm not going to spend my life being a color

~a part of lyric from my favourite song Black or White, whose theme is to promote racial unity. As sang by MJJ in the last line of every verse, If you are thinking about my baby, it doesn't matter if you are black or white~

By the way, I just watch the Black or White MV again, and realize something. If you are familiar with this MV, you will remember the last part of the MV, there are many people from different races, changing from one face to one face. And the second lady appears in that series of face changing, is Tyra Banks XD.

Hell Island (Reilly) and Eldest (Paolini)

Hell Island. A short novel by Matthew Reilly. I have read all his novels except for this one, Hell Island. Never thought of able to get a hold on this book because this short novel was only released in Books campaign in Australia, and never get to be published to sell in book store. So I have given up searching for Hell Island for a long time.

But I found it~
In a small book store in Darwin airport, in the transit area. We flew from Cairns to Darwin, and after few hours waiting, flew to Singapore. I was just doing some quick look through the bookshelf, and I notice they have a lot novels of Reilly in store. Make sense. Reilly is Australian author. And then I saw Hell Island. I immediately took the book and bought it XD. Didn't even open the book or read the synopsis of the story. Was 101% it's a good one.

It is not a long novel. Around 100 pages. Short enough that both Andrew and I manage to finish the book before we reached Singapore.

It is a surprisingly good short story. Pretty straightforward plot. Action pack. Trademark of his novel. Action, action and non stop action. The main protagonist is the same guy called Shane Schofield who also appears in 3 other books Ice Station, Area 7 and Scarecrow. It's about their mission to investigate Hell Island where they later discovered some secret research and test done in the island by the government. Some of the old ideas (which appear in his other novels) were reused here. For example, the research of super soldier. And the subjects used in the super soldier research is not human, but something else. Their aim are to create a group of soldiers who are stronger, more resistant, intelligent, and most importantly, they will obey the leader no matter what. Means they did something to the subjects and are able to control them.

Also, of all Reilly books, Hell Island is the only book that remind me of Michael Crichton. Some ideas mentioned in Hell Island were also mentioned in Michael Crichton's novel Congo. Congo is a great book mentioned about animals' right. Crichton's book, compared to Reilly's, have less action (but still very good), and with more in depth storyline (not to say Reilly's don't have storyline, some of his novels have very good plot too, like Temple and Seven Ancient Wonders series).

Ok, I think I almost sounds like I'm trying to promote their novels.




Eldest, the sequel of Eragon. Just finished this novel tonight. A pretty lengthy and details novel, but not to the extent where the reader will find it boring. On the contrary, I think it's the minor details which are interesting. Enjoy very much on the parts where history of various races are introduced. Human, Elves, Dwarfs, Dragons, and the bad guy counterparts Razac, Urgal etc etc. It's also until today then I realize an amazing thing. Christopher Paolini was 21 years old when he wrote Eldest. And he started writing Eragon when he was 15. Simply amazing.

Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the sepia~

Sepia is a tone used in photography which makes the photos resembling the effect of aging in old photographs. Took quite a number of photos in sepia mode. Click to enlarge.






















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Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day1~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day2~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the people~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the sepia~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the homestay~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~final words~

Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day2~

This is the continued post from the previous one Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day1~

Day2

~Angkor Wat~ (Angkor = cit, Wat = temple, thus Angkor Wat = Temple that is a city)


~Bayon~
This is one of the trademark in Siem Reap which can be found abundant in Bayon temple located at the center of the Angkor Thom. Angkor Thom is a fortified city with numerous structures within it, including Bayon.


~(to be verified)~ XD
This is another temple within the Angkor Thom area.


~Takeo~
Pronounced as Ta-Kay-Yo. Climbing up and down the steep temple was exciting. This photo was taken by Jimmy, and I guess I'm in the photo (the top one). Too small, till I can't even recognize myself XD


~Ta Prohm~
Another must go place in Siem Reap, which is famous with the giant tree around the temples with its root penetrating from the rooftop all the way to the ground. Always wonder how the tree actually start growing there in the first place. Tomb Raider movie has one scene shot here, where Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) fought a live lion statue. (also appear in the movie are Angkor Wat and also Angkor Thom).

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Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the homestay~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~final words~

Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day1~

At first I thought I will be showing all the 'selected' photos of the temples in Siem Reap here, but after I finally went to select them, I realize it's too ambitious to put all of them here XD Alot of nice one, including photos from Jimmy and Yinfong's camera. I shall post a few here, and for the rest, please visit my facebook account XD lol

Day1

~Pre Rup~ (pronounced as Prey Rub, if I'm not wrong)
It's a place where cremation took place, as suggested by scholar. This place is one of the popular place to see the sunset although we never get to see sunset because of the cloudy sky.


~Banteay Srei~ (also mean Citadel of the Women)
This is very far from the classic route of the temple visiting (like Angkor Wat, Bayon etc etc). Tuktuk car journey took about 30 minutes (or more) to reach. What's so special about this place is the sculpture. As for the sculpture and carving, I would say I might not be 'artistic' enough to actually enjoy and appreciate them. Nice or not, please check my FB and you can see it yourself.


~Eastern Mebon~
This is the only temple that we didn't actually go in.


~Ta Som~
This is a corner of the Buddhist temple Ta Som, with a local child posed for the shoot.


~Preah Neak Poan~
This is quite a nice place where the center temple (as shown above) is surrounded by another 4 square pools (each pool signified with different statue of animals). I was not able to capture Preah Neak Poan in photos to justify how nice it is. Anyway, this is one of my favourite for Day1 temples.


~Preah Khan~ (means Sacred Sword, nice name)
The biggest temples that we had visited for Day1 (biggest of all should be Angkor Wat). It started to rain awhile after we arrived. This is also the place we started our 'sepia madness'. Check Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the sepia~ for more photos. (coming soon)

End of Day1

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Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the homestay~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~final words~

Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~final words~

First of all, I want to say, this trip is not what I have expected it to be, and definitely one of the best trip I have had.

2 days in Siem Reap (Cambodia) and 2 days in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) were short (too short!) but great and memorable. This is my first backpacking trip, and I think I prefer this more than traveling with tour group with travel guide. Temples in Siem Reap are great to visit, shopping in HCM City are fun to do, but I realize it's the people that make a great trip (people you traveling with, and people you met during the trip)

Without a travel guide, we actually get to know more about the place we traveled to. Although it's only temples (alot, alot, and ALOT!) we visited in Siem Reap, and we had Rithy to bring us around in his Tuktuk car, it's another kind of satisfaction when I realize I slowly recognize the different roads and streets, and how to go to several temples.

[Siem Reap] is a small town with lotsa temples including the famous Angkor Wat. Things that are worth mentioned include:
- although the are sand and dirt everywhere on the roads, I realize that their road condition actually better than that in KT XD, and it was not rare to see workers cleaning the sand/dirt by the road
- they fill the petrol inside normal mineral water bottle, and sell them by the road
- they even have a concert hall, nice one from the look from outside
- and there are certainly temples everywhere (most of ruins)

The thing that I think I enjoy doing most would be get to know and interact with the locals (which I didn't get to experience in previous trips). I shall dedicate another post for that topic I guess.

If Siem Reap is best described with 'temple', then [Ho Chi Minh City] would be associated with 'motorbikes'. Riding in HCM City is certainly one of the 'different' experience I have had. Riding with Cong in his motorbikes across the roundabout full with motorbikes coming from every direction was exciting. The 2 days in HCM City was more of like homestay in Cong's house. Something that was not what I have expected.

In short, this trip has definitely changed my impression about Cambodia and Vietnam. Really want to thank Yinfong who suggested this trip and also for her effort to make this trip happened.

~Journey started on 24 May 2009, and ended on 28 May 2009~

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Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day1~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the temples Day2~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the people~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the sepia~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~the homestay~
Cambodia and Vietnam trip ~final words~

Finally it's here~~~

Distant World is tomorrow!!!! Finally. It was 2 months ago when I bought the ticket, phew.. Waited for so long, and IT IS TOMORROW~

recently watched quite some movies. X men Origin, Star Trek, Angels and Demons, and Night at the Museum 2.

[X-men Origin] is about the story of Logan, the wolwerine, on how he become to what he is, in X-men 1, 2 and 3. Well, Wolwerine, not exactly my favourite character in the series. Don't really like characters with ability associated with 'pure violence'. I think it's nice, if you have been following the previous movies.

[Star Trek] is what I think one of the best of this year, so far. Alot of new concepts are introduced. The tele warp thing is interesting. Time traveling story is always one of my favourite. Remind me alot of star wars, but I still prefer star wars more ha.

[Angels and Demons] is not what I'm looking forward the most, but maybe because of that, turn out that this movie is really good for me. Always good to watch the novel in live version, although I have already forgotten most of the story. Read the book in sec school period. Hmm, so long ago XD

[Night at the Museum2] is quite a decent one, although I'm sure it wont please many audiences. Lotsa talking in the movie, which I find it quite interesting. History, history, and more history. Alot coming back faces from the previous movie, but most of them are 'kay lay fay' in NatM2.

Finally, Terminator movie is going to show too, end of this month. First thing to do right away after coming back from Cambodia next week.

Life in Vana'diel

One thing that I always like to do when I'm playing FFXI is to take the screenshots of interesting stuffs. Here are some:





Getting "Paladin Testimonial" for Koe


Me in Ru'Aun Garden


One of my favourite place: desert


Phew~


Climbing mountain, took us like 1hour? but at the end we didn't make it to the top, made a wrong turn, and we reached the deadend XD

Birthdays and Manpuku

Went to Singapore again for the first time after I finished school, for birthday celebration for both Sili and I. Went to Manpuku restaurant in Tampines 1. (eh,, is it "1" or other number? I don't remember)



Got the queue number, and it was 87. But it wasn't a long wait. I think less than 10 minutes before our number was called.



Our seats were beside this row of trees. Nice~ Got Japan feel abit XD



A glance at the food we ordered. Not alot though.



and then came the birthday cake brought by Serene and Alvin. We 4 people finished the whole cake, lihai?



After that, we shopped around, took some more photos. Walked for whole evening till my leg almost break XD.

Nice getaway from my home and FFXI, but I got sick the following day. Guess I lacked of rest and water ha.