OK! Photo blogging! (P.S. Some photos are from Joey's blog cos my camera died on me on the first day and i had to use my handphone camera which was rather inadequate. So most of my photos are with Joey, Clarissa, and XY)

Day One of Osaka:

The SIA group met at about 10pm at the airport the day before. Photos before we boarded the plane (:

The plane ride from singapore to osaka was about 7 hours. Our flght was at 1am so we had to catch some shut eye during the ride cos in the morning we would be starting our tour. I <3 Singapore Airlines, haha! I got the window seat  and was sitting with clarissa and xiangyun. Thank God for window seats cos i had somewhere to put my head. I slept till about 6 plus and it was already bright outside. I chose the jap breakfast (: and it consisted of jap omelette, rice and 2 pieces of mackeral that would become my staple breakfast in the hotel (more on that later). Rice in the morning! =/ Of course i got really full and it was short of impossible to walk around the airplane so i got super bloated.

We touched down at around 830 at Kansai International Airport.

No photos, so this is from nazreen's blog

We then met with our tour guides. My bus's was a woman called Toyota. Yes, like the car. Haha. We were supposed to address her as Toyota-san. OMG. So Jap! My first taste of japan and its culture. We were all so excited (:

So we got onto the bus - my seating partner for the day was clarissa.

Oh. And the weather in japan was P E R F E C T. Like aircon everywhere you went. Not hot like singapore but not cold till you need bothersome scarves and gloves. Hence my NYJC windbreaker came in very handy every day there (:

Ok, back to topic. We were on the bus for about an hour, including a rest stop. The scenery was really quite nice.

On my first day there i was so squirmy with excitement because it was my first time in this foreign land which i had heard so much of before, and which i heard was full with rich culture.

We were on our way for sightseeing at Nara, where we would visit Nara Park and Todaiji Temple. According to the tour guide, deers at revered animals in Japan and hence they were allowed to roam freely in the parks in Nara. In Nara Park alone there are over 1000 deer roaming freely. I got a bit  when i heard it.

Deer aren't that bad. At least i won't run away screaming when i see one, just quickly dodge away when i see one making its way towards me. I snapped a photo of cladys posing with a deer. Haha she looked... apprehensive.

The is the shops part of Nara Park. It does look so quaint.

After that was our first meal in Japan - lunch! It was so pretty! (:

Lunch was SUPER filling. I think i got twice as bloated as i was before halfway through it =/

After lunch we went to Todaiji Temple for more sightseeing. Bought souveniors for my sister (:

I don't want to post much photos of scenery cos its getting tiring :(
This is todaiji temple.

After that, to my delight, we headed for the hotel. Reached there at about 5 plus.

I was to share rooms with Xiang Yun and Kyou Un. Our room was small but cosy. The beds were quite low!

XY's bed was near the window, mine was next to hers (:

There's Kyou Un's bed, next to the chair. You can see the 3 chairs and table in the middle. So with our 3 suitcases open, there really isn't much space to walk =/

About 545, we met at the lobby and we walked to our dinner place. Now, if it had been thailand or any other tropical country, i would have complained. A lot. But here in Osaka with its beautiful weather and cold breeze in my face, i was happier walking than riding on the bus. (I miss the weather there already. *sigh* )

Dinner was steamboat! I ate with XY, KU, Joey, and Jessica. The view from where we sat was rather nice.

The food was alright, but not very japanese. It was like something you'ld get from marina bay. Haha. The only thing jap in there was the rice.

Since it was the first night, we were exempted from studying xD
So XY, Kyou Un, Clarissa and I went about exploring the shops. The shops there close really early. About 8 plus! =(

We couldnt find much to shop due to many shops being closed, and we got slightly lost and couldn't find our way back to the hotel, so we decided to take a look at their macdonalds, find a seat, look at the map, and try to figure our way back. Clarissa and I bought McFlurries

Jap people do understand a bit of english. So when we just told the cashier 'McFlurry' (anyone know whats it called in japanese?) and held up 2 fingers, she understood what we were talking about (;

Yup, so we found our way back to the hotel in the end. I bathed, then fell asleep cos we were supposed to meet quite early the next morning.

Ok, thats it for day one.

Whew! Blogging is VERY exhausting =/

OHOH. Edit here! Before we met at the airport i went for AMKSS POP. A little messy but overall rather touching, esp. during the recollection concert.