玩转Disney Sea, Japan ~27 Nov 2011

This year Disney Sea celebrates it's 10th anniversary.
The park is so huge with 7 themes inside a world of aquatic wonder.
However the crowd is also huge where every corner of the park is filled with people and people.
The queue for every single ride and show is so long and the waiting hours marked 2 hours in average.
For the whole day, only managed to watch 2 shows and took 5 rides.
Anyhow, the Disney dream is fulfilled and I am satisfied.

搭上迪斯尼海洋公园庆祝10周年的列车，
在不同的主题乐园里伴随着冷风、人潮、卡通人物、舞蹈烟火...
完成了一场回归童真的梦之旅。

Kamakura ~ 镰仓一日游

Good weather (although still very cold) + multinational participants (although unable to know all of them) + nice volunteer guides from "Kanagawa Systematized Goodwill Guide" (although majority of them are at their golden age but still walk as fast as youngster and shared great stories along the way) + Spectacular scenery + Great Buddha = Wonderful one day trip in Kamakura.
美丽的星期天，很棒的团友及向导，配合无敌海景和怡人景色，还有各具特色的寺庙和日本国宝级的佛像，成就了完美的镰仓一日游。

what am I doing in Japan?

There has been many friends asking as we are here in Japan for official purpose or personal travel in actual...
Well, I do admit that we are indeed grabing every single opportunity for travelling around but that's only after office hour or weekends.
Most of the time, our packed traninig schedule is full of lecturers, study visits (manufacturers, hospitals, pharmaceutical universities, government a...gencies etc), discussions, assignments and presentations despite some other cultural activities and sports that are provided in the JICA centre.

在排得满满的课程中还是硬挤到一些时间在东京四周走走看看吃吃玩玩。
在这里的每一天，早出晚归，真是再充实也不过呢！哈哈！
看看马来西亚代表在呈现Country's Report时的英姿，可是挺认真和专业的哦！
Working hard and playing hard at the same time, my motto of life desu ne. LOL :p

White Christmas in Japan

等了整个晚上，直到离开富山，我们住的地区虽然终究没降雪，
但是沿路回东京经过山区时，窗外白茫茫的一片雪景映入眼帘，
那惊叹连连的窃喜，算是已经感染到白色圣诞的欢愉了；

White Christmas in Toyama, although the snow is unreachable but the spectacular view has already embedded in our memory.
Came back to Tokyo in the evening and continued our exploration to Odaiba, the artificial island. Enlightened by another amazing snowing of light rays in the Pallette Town and made 'Snow Wish'.
"When your wish touch the sky, snow will dance in the air with happiness".
Yes, the happiness pursued by the surprise to witness Eclipse on the way back, right in the middle of Tokyo.
Certainly, a special day to remember. :-)

有窗外的无敌雪景，有广场内的荧光雪花，
更有在地铁站外忽然发现月食而站在东京市中心的的夜空下和一众路人观赏此大自然奇景的意外收获。
好一个非同凡响的白色圣诞！

快乐之铃 @ White Illumination Toyama

Today is a happy happy day!
After having fruitful plant tour and visit to the research institute, touring around the White Illumination Toyama under the temperature of nearly 0 degree was just 'shiveringly' exciting!!!
Scrumptious shashimi and shabu-shabu dinner ended the day with 'burpingly' satisfaction...Yokata-ne!!!
I have rang the HAPPY BELL and wish all the people that I love stay happy always!!!

夜晚的富山市区大街耀眼迷人不已！
明月高挂，彩灯满佈；气温很低，情绪却很高涨！
在繁星般的彩灯照耀下用力的敲响了快乐之铃，祝我身边的人都要快乐幸福哦！
当下期待的，倒是快快下一场雪让我在这梦幻般的乐园体验一下早来的白色圣诞吧。。。。。。

Little speech in Toyama ~_~

This morning had meeting with the Board of Directors of Health & Welfare Department, Toyama Prefecture Government, felt so honoured and amazed by their great hospitality.
All the directors were queuing up in a line and bowed to welcome each of us, few photographers and videographers surrounded us with non-stop flash and spotlight, just like hosting celebrities! Haha!!
I represented all delegates in delivering ‘thank you speech’, not really well-prepared but with my sincerity and spontaneous the outcome seems to be quite satisfactory. LOL
富山地方政府相关卫生局各局长以挺隆重的排场欢迎我们这来自各国的9位药剂师研修员，还招待我们吃了一顿很丰盛的午餐，受宠若惊之余更是感激连连。
以几句简单的日语开场再配以诚意拳拳的致谢词，小妹我的表现应该算是不负众望吧！
~仅此骄傲地作一个小小的记载。呵呵！~

Weekends Getaway in Japan ~Hakone 箱根 +Kamakura 鐮倉

箱根湯本富士山下，天涼水暖泡湯最爽；
鐮倉大佛壯觀莊嚴，風光明媚心曠神怡。

4 Dec 2011:
Visited Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture and enjoyed the remarkable view of Mount Fuji standing behind the Lake Ashi, glittering under the sun due to reflection of the sunlight from the snowy top.
Picnic at the lakeside, wandering around the picturesque town and not forgetting to visit the shrine, then finally the grand finale of Hakone trip was soaking in the hot spring while enjoying the starry sky.

11 Dec 2011:
Kamakura is located in Kanagawa Prefecture as well.
There was a group of volunteers, namely "Kanagawa Systematized Goodwill Guide" be our tour guide for the day trip this time.
With their accompany, we visited Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine (鶴岡八幡宮), the largest Shinto shrine; Kōtokuin (高徳院)- home of the famous Great Buddha (大仏 Daibutsu); Hasedera (長谷寺)- home to the largest wooden statue in Japan, representing Buddhist deity Kannon.
We had story telling session, gaming session and continuous interacting session along the walking tour.
In the temple, we were taught to pray with the ‘5 yen’ (五元=有緣) coin to get blessing for love.
Along the walkway, we were told different kind of life experiences and cultural sharing which indeed very enlightening.
When the dusk arrived, the sunset at the seaside bid farewell with us, leaving us a fun-filled day full of sweet memories.