DASH BERLIN night!

First zouk session of 2011 and it's MAN ON THE RUN!



Look at the crowd! First time that I actually had to wait outside Zouk for TWO HOURS before I could get in! And I had to sneak in because it was impossible to get any tickets and get anyone to bring me in!





The usual suspects!









Next up.. my first Osaka trip for 2011! Had a whole chunk of japanese crew on my flight and I took the opportunity to travel with them to the city. There's no way a non-japanese will ever get there by himself. The train network is CRAZY; everything is in japanese. Even my japanese friends had to ask for directions. It's that complicated!

THE OSAKA TEMPLE.





It was freezing cold, surprisingly Osaka was even colder than Tokyo and that's a rare occurrence! Caught out without my scarf and gloves, which was terrible!















The japanese perform a ritual every start of the year in the temples. They take this huge bolder and shake it vigorously, which a stick will fall out and their fortune be told this way.















There will be a code on the stick, which they will find the corresponding paper match on the table which spells out how their year will turn out.






Looks like good fortune for Takeshi and Miwa!



After which, they will take their fortune paper and hang everything on this huge tree.







Interesting stuff! Headed off the city of NAMBA for lunch.



The famous IPPUDO ramen!



Authentic and genuine shit ass ramen! I heard there's an outlet in Singapore and it charges like $16-17 for a bowl. What a rip off!



But since it's that good, I might head there to try anyway, hahaha.

HAPPY 2011!

It sure took a while to get my engine running after a long break from blogging but I'm back, fortunately, thanks to my hotel's unprotected wifi and I'm able to use the same password from my previous log in! So what's up so far? Of course I had a fantastic 12-day US trip to Orlando/New York where I'll probably write about it some other time due to the the copious amount of photos! And right now in the midst of yet another 12-day Australia/Japan return trips and it hasn't been all smooth but, what's new, really. You sign up for a job like this, you know the shit you're gonna get, so after almost 2 years, I'm gonna stop complaining!


Alright Christmas was almost 3 weeks ago and this was the annual buddy gang meeting at my place. You know our lives are so much busier when we actually had to hold this meeting on a weekday night! Not to mention Kun's heading off to the land of Taco Bell for 6 months so it was sort of a farewell for him.

My BLUE Christmas tree this year!







Awesome food this year, catered from SPIZE @ Simpang Bedok. Hahaha, where else duh. So convenient! And together with Ikea meatballs and my popular demand, shepherd's pie!







ROCK BAND!

Which was an ultimate fail!

























I should never attempt to sing Taylor Swift again. NEVER.

Monopoly deal, which the whole of Singapore is playing now. I don't see what's so fun about this game though. I never have patience to sit through an entire monopoly game.





GIFT EXCHANGE is always the most happening part of the night!



My daiso party hats!





Huge ass poker cards for the poker queen.





Jo gets my present this year, the ultimate fondue making machine!



WOOOOOOO panasonic earphones! The one which everyone was eyeing! Hahaha!





For the record, these are the best earphones in the world. I used it on my flights and I could hardly hear a thing. Bang and O, please go and close down.







Don't be so greedy please.







Indian poker with a twist. Can't believe Furong man, we laughed so hard until we cried!















Every single year, every single time. All of us! Cheers to many more years to come!