Suppose to post this yesterday:
I intended to bring my Galileo and my V10. But for some reason, I cant my Galileo, hence I am forced to bring my Pontas instead. Hopefully I will use it sparingly and not climb with it every single time.

Dear Galileo,
Are you angry with me? Ever since I bought Pontas, I have cast you aside. Is that the reason why you disappeared? If you are reading this post, please return to me and together Pontas, you and I will work out a compromise. I really need you. Come back!!

Dear readers, I will be embarking on a 3 week long holiday in Krabi Thailand. Been waiting it my whole life actually. 5 years as a climber and finally going to Krabi haha. I will be back on the 19th of July, darker, tanner and hopefully stronger. Till then!

Oops! Been so lazy that I dun wanna post anything, or is it cuz I have no pictures to upload? Whichever the case, here I am now! Wordy post.

Lets see. Oh I handed over my post as manager to Kenneth. He got the highest number of votes. While I cant immediately tell him what the roles of a NUS Climbing Team manager are, I shall slowly let him know what to expect and what to take note. The rest is up to him. I know he will do a good job! Someone wanted me to stay as manager. I wonder who and why. Will the person tell me in private? Please? I am really curious to know!

Oh and yes. I am in open. One of the 2 birthday wishes came true. The other one is *ahem*, well still in the making I guess. Anyways yes nobody, including me, expected that. I was, and am still injured, though I can safely say that I am about 85% recovered. There is still slight pain at times but it aint pain that I cant endure. Entering open at this stage just before the holidays also gave me a breather for the whole of June. I thought that I was a goner and had to postpone my Open cat dream by 1 year. Therefore, my intended holiday plan was to train like hell. Instead, I am now climbing at my own pace. Climbing hard when I need to. And resting well on other days, which is also good cuz my tendons need time to recover. My hardcore training program will officially start the moment I start climbing in Krabi(flying off this Sunday 29th June). 3 weeks of intense climbing. I am definitely looking forward to it.


Wanna make a guess?



Ops manning from 24th June - 1st July. A shitty time to be on standby. Team dinner is on 28th June at Hog's Breath and I got a call from my Detachment IC saying that the chances of being activated are 99.999999999%. "The entire brigade is on standby" he said. I could care less if it were any other week but since mobilisation takes place at the weekend (higher chance on Saturday than Sunday), I could miss my team dinner argh!! I am praying with all the faith that I can muster that the mobilisation will be on a Sunday cuz by the time the button is pushed, I would be somewhere over Thailand Hehe!! Please Please Not On A Saturday!!

HK cafe for supper. Met up with the usual gang. 6 of us. Never a dull moment when I am with them. Lame old jokes that last a lifetime. New jokes that are constantly made up. This strong bond between us will last forever.


Screw you Starhub for wasting my time.


Random Picture time:
This was taken at one of the toilets in terminal 3. There is a "fly" in the middle of the cubicle. I guess thats for target practise. haha


Is this shop founded by Wu Yi Liang Pin? Taken at Aeon Shopping Centre, Tokyo.

A day out with my camera. It is time to utilise my Canon EOS 40D. Its weird but before my dad bought it, I never really had any interest in photography but once I got my hands on it and starting taking shots, I found it particularly interesting. Talent is one thing. But with enough practice, everyone can take pictures which are near National Geographic standard. My dad says that he intends to buy a new lens. Can't wait to use it. My current one is only 18-55 so I cant really zoom in much. Ok enough said. For your viewing pleasure:









There was a Chevrolet Exhibit so I thought why not?



Went to meet my parents for dinner. Our initial plan was to go Ang Mo Kio and eat Melben Seafood but upon reaching we were told that we had to wait 1 Hr and 45 mins (we reached at 7pm) so my sister suggested we eat at Ichiban Sushi.




I didnt know that I had to dip the noodles into a sauce.. NOOB!





Happy Father's Day!!

My family took a total of more than 800 shots while in Japan. But of course, it will be quite difficult to put up every single shot so I will just summarise the trip while trying not to leave out too many important details. Here goes:

Day 1
Our departure was at T3 and the place rocks!! I caught a glimpse of the A380 which I did not take.





Day 2
We arrived at Narita Airport at Tokyo and took a bus which ferried us to their domestic airport called Hanada. From there, we took a 1 hr flight to Chitose Airport and we finally arrived at Hokkaido! The first thing we did when we touched down was to go have lunch.



After that we went to the Sake production factory. According to the tour guide, water that is used flows from the mountains, which is why the sake produced is award winning. Apparently lots of people actually come and take the water, myself included.



Then it was off to the hotel. We arrived rather early so we had some time to go to their public bath. It was compulsary for us to wear their "outfit" then we went to the public bath and since it was a hot spring hotel, you can wear that outfit everywhere you go!! This particular outfit has the nickname "ninja turtle" and it needs no explanation.


Dinner!! International Buffet!!


Our hotel room.


Day 3
First stop was this 2 waterfalls, one masculine and the other feminine.



Farm Tomita, where tourists would go in the month of july, the lavendar season.



Chocolate Factory cum Museum.



Dinner yum yum!!



Hotel's "Outfit"



Day 4
Toilet break. Even their stopover destinations are beautiful.



Samurai Village. The guy at the entrance is damn funny!! It was freaking cold over there.



Ninja Show


Geisha Show. One of the guys in my group was being called out to play a Warlord.



Lunch. A fishbone got stuck at the back of my mouth. Took me 15 mins and a lot of puking to get it out.


We then went to this place called Hell Valley. Its actually an area with volcanic activity.. You can actually see and smell the sulphur. Also water from the ground vapourising every second.



Next was a bear ranch where we can buy apples and feed the bears!! The bears know how to "act cute" so that you will feed them. They are huge!!




Check out the size of the apples. The strawberries are very sweet!!


The hotel that we stayed for the night had an outdoor area for us to soak our feet in.



Day 5
Our next destination was the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido's Central district. A rather cool place. Lots of shopping and it is not as crowded as our orchard road.

Pachinko!!!



Tempura for Lunch!!! Yum Yum. My first time eating that btw.



Our hotel room. Damn big.


We had Ramen for dinner.. Check out the size of the pork!!



Day 6
We went to this place which has some significance, but then again, I forgot what the guide said about it.


We were then brought to the music box museum. Its just like what the tourguide described. There are so many on display and they are all so cute that you wanna buy every single thing back.





After all that viewing, we took a walk outside.



Highly anticipated lunch!





After lunch we went shopping and dinner awaits.




Super ultra ATAS Kobe beef. SGD100 per plate. We ordered 2, I finished 1. And that is on top the spread that we already have. (pardon my smile, my mouth was full at that time)


General Knowledge time. 99% of the water closets there are high tech. They have buttons on the side. One sprays ur butt with water. Can't really remember what the others do. Oh and the really high tech ones have heated toilet seats. So all ur "rubbish" will not rush back up when your behind touches a cold toilet seat, especially in a winter country.


Day 7.
Back to Chitose Airport. We roamed around here and there, doing some last minute shopping.


Even their escalator handrails have their award winning chocolate.


Touched down at Hanada Airport and we were brought to Aeon Shopping centre.


Had our lunch and then off we were to Narita Airport. We said our goodbyes to our tourguide and checked our luggage in. However, we had some time so we walked around the airport's shopping centre.


Home sweet home.