tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72018295977806916222024-03-04T21:16:24.234-08:00Mint x Cloudpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-37477208519531863652016-06-03T02:48:00.000-07:002016-06-03T02:54:10.679-07:00Nagoya in Spring 2016I could take some time off work to travel and after doing some research online, Nagoya is a foodie heaven!<br />
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Here's a documentation of what I ate and I was sure to try most or all of the famous Nagoya delicacies.<br />
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Hitsumabushi - Essentially grilled eel eaten 4 ways. </div>
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Restaurant: Atsuta Horaiken<br />
Price: 3,600yen<br />
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Unfortunately I did not enjoy it as the grilled eel has more of a burnt aftertaste.<br />
I would much rather prefer the usual affordable Unagi don available anywhere.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Second Day</span></b></div>
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Local breakfast</div>
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Restaurant: Komeda Cafe<br />
Price: 800yen (Coffee 400yen + Free Toast, 400yen Shiro Noir)<br />
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Shiro Noir is a warm danish pastry topped with ice cream and to be drizzled with maple syrup.<br />
I enjoyed this very much as the ice cream complemented the pastry very well.<br />
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Misokatsu - Deep fried breaded pork topped with miso sauce</div>
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Restaurant: Yabaton - The popular chain restaurant<br />
Price: 1,188yen<br />
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This was a decent dish, I was glad that the sauce weren't too salty.<br />
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This is the softest thing ever! Melt in your mouth goodness and it's not too sweet!<br />
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Shop: Kawaguchiya<br />
Price: 310yen<br />
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Tenmusu - Prawn tempura in the rice ball</div>
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I enjoyed this more than I expected as it's simple and delicious, none of that fancy stuff.<br />
The pickles at the side (Kyarabuki) was just too little, I needed way more of that delicious pickles.<br />
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Restaurant: Tenmusu Senju<br />
Price: 720yen<br />
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Prawn Sandwich</div>
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Restaurant: Konparu<br />
Price: 930yen<br />
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Much pricier than expected, however it was really really good eaten immediately!<br />
The prawn were really juicy! Though it was messy but it's worth the mess.<br />
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Sugakiya ramen</div>
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Restaurant: Sugakiya<br />
Price: 320yen<br />
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It is indeed a comfort food. Was interesting eating it using their special spork.<br />
I would eat this again and again!<br />
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Ankake Spaghetti</div>
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Restaurant: So-le<br />
Price: 650yen<br />
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It was an awful experience for me, firstly hating the sauce did not help as I didn't like the gooeyness and taste of it. I felt bad to leave the restaurant with a plate full of spaghetti.<br />
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Oyakodon - Chicken and egg with rice</div>
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Restaurant: Torisanwa<br />
Price: 1,167yen<br />
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Hands down the best meal I had in Nagoya. The egg was soft and apparently the chicken is of the Cochin poultry, which is a top quality breed from Nagoya. It was indeed very very delicious.<br />
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Crispy caramalized sweet potato strips </div>
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Shop: Imokaren<br />
Price: 594yen<br />
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Took 1 from the tester and I was hooked. I bought 2 packets of those home.<br />
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Red bean pocky - Super delicious!</div>
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6 pieces of chicken wing (990yen)</div>
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Just had to microwave it for a little bit, it's soft but not too salty, perfect with rice!</div>
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Chicken wings flavoured Jagabee! However it's too peppery for my liking. </div>
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That's all for my Nagoya trip, I can't wait to plan another gourmet trip to another part of Japan! </div>
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March was exceptionally busy for Niseko! We didn't expect this rush of guests, we were wondering why so many people decide to come during March? </div>
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Snow condition during March aren't as powdery as December to February, it even rained heavily one day. But to our surprise, after the heavy rain, the next day we had heaps of powder and it was actually the best powder day for this whole season! I went skiing and actually enjoyed myself despite falling down and had my ski buried under the powder and I spent quite some time to dig it out. Fun times!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">March has been quite a sweet surprise to us! We're glad! </span></div>
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Organised farewell party for one of our colleague. Happy to see plenty of food on the table!</div>
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Also organised end of season's staff party! </div>
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It was super fun to plan the party, go shopping, and prepping for the food. Great bonding time between the girls as well :) Overall, spent about 20,000yen for everything! </div>
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Also baked brownies but failed miserably! But so happy that some of my colleagues mentioned it tastes good that it's so chewy! :')</div>
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Brought Yee Sang from Malaysia for my friends who missed CNY. Great bonding session among us, also to invite other foreigners to try this out, I would say all of them were pleasantly surprised that it's delicious!</div>
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Tried out cooking Korean food! Chicken and toppoki in spicy sauce. Success!!<br />
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Baked brownies together with friend and it was superb!<br />
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Perfect with a scoop of ice cream!<br />
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Roommates gathering again, korean style soup!<br />
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Spent my last night in Niseko at a sushi party!<br />
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Continuing on my journey in healthy eating. </div>
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(Leftover strawberries by guest, and left over milk by guest, mix em up for a meal!)</div>
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Found hairy crab in the guest room!</div>
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Hairy and yummy. </div>
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Not a single cent spent on any of the above shown pictures. Super blessed!</div>
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Dessert buffet at my favourite restaurant! 2 savoury food were served as well - Curry rice and hamburgers. </div>
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Started off with desserts!</div>
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Massive udon!</div>
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The day has come!!! Finally it's White Day!!</div>
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Can safely say I didn't expect to reap such reward! Definitely made my day to be showered with sweets!</div>
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The above is self-rewarded though :) Can't get enough of cakes!</div>
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Also self rewarded! My fav lemon tarts!</div>
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Towards the end of March where the snow was pretty icy and it was so foggy!</div>
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I miss Niseko terribly and miss my workplace, my colleagues, my roommates, and the unforgettable 3 years in Niseko. Those 3 years has no doubt been the best time of my life.<br />
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After having not spend Chinese New Year for 2 years in a row, I told my boss I really must go home for Chinese New Year this time as I have already missed it twice and I can't bear to miss it again! </div>
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Thankfully bosses approved of me to take leave during the busiest time of the season. I felt really bad to my colleagues of course but if I don't get to go home, I would have quit work anyways so there's no difference to that. </div>
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Prior to going home, work started to get so busy that I didn't have time to fully absorb the fact that I'm going home. And it's a long journey home as well, having to transfer at Osaka and then wait for flight back home, I was exhausted when I arrived. But first thing to do upon arrival is of course to head for food! </div>
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After unpacking my stuff at home, next thing was straightaway head to hometown. Food galore ahead!</div>
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Giant curry bun</div>
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Sea cucumber and chicken stew</div>
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Fish head curry</div>
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Best of both! </div>
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Coconut shake / ice blended</div>
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It's ironic that the weather was so hot yet the tissue box's picture is of winter snow.</div>
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Was craving for Niseko's weather right then!</div>
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So so good! Prawn sambal and porridge</div>
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Luggage back to Niseko was just full of food</div>
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Last meal before my flight, my favourite Pan Mee!</div>
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Mum's homemade Pineapple tarts! Unwillingly shared a few with roommates and promptly devoured the rest. </div>
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Overall, CNY was slow and relaxing for me. Mainly I did nothing except eating and just hanging around with family. I missed this even though there's really nothing exceptionally special that all of us did together. Being together is good enough for me.</div>
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The annual Sapporo Snow Festival is a big event and millions flock over to Sapporo over the course of 1 week just to see the amazing snow sculpture. There's this long stretch of garden in the middle of the city and that's where all these snow sculptures were, and also stalls after stalls of delicious food sold! </div>
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For guests that are staying in Niseko during this period of time, we always recommend guest to head over to Sapporo for a day trip just to witness these snow sculptures. And it's so easy to get to Sapporo from Niseko, you can take a public bus or hop on the train and takes you straight to the city.</div>
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Since it's such a huge event, I visited it every year and it's been 3 times now. Frankly I wasn't interested in the snow sculptures anymore, I firstly hunt for food when I arrived!</div>
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The most talked about snow sculpture this year has got to be this Star Wars one!</div>
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Thank to my friends for willingly being dragged by me to dine here~</div>
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But it was really too cold for us and we stayed for just a bit before catching the next train back. </div>
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Cheers to the 66th snow festival! </div>
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But we get to relax only for about a week in early February, after that things went uphill and finally reached the peak during Chinese New Year time. Best part was I was relaxing back at home in the sunny Malaysia during CNY. </div>
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And why do I miss home while I'm in Niseko but when I'm back to Malaysia, I missed Niseko so much? It's this love hate thing that I still can't get around with. Also the drastic difference in weather made me so grumpy when I was back home too.<br />
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Feels so good using the kitchen as if it's ours!</div>
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Baked very very successful banana cake! Got compliments from other colleagues that tried :)</div>
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I'm totally bragging but I really was reluctant to share it and could finish all of it on my own!</div>
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Also had another baking session at friend's house. We baked peanut cookies!</div>
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Brought back peanuts all the way from Malaysia just to make peanut cookies with friend!</div>
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Oden with roommates again. Easy to cook and yummy!</div>
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Unlimited lamb barbeque with colleagues! So delicious and I really missed it..<br />
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After I came back to Niseko after CNY, one of the lovely Malaysian repeat guest knew that I missed Milo so they brought all that for me all the way from Malaysia ;)</div>
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We chatted during last summer when they were here and I mentioned to them that I really missed Malaysian food. They remembered and brought this for me when they came back again, I was speechless when they gave it to me! Such sweet people really made all the hard work worth it. This is also especially special to me because I didn't manage to bring Milo back from Malaysia as my luggage was already overweight, and to receive this I just felt soooooo blessed!! Milo is my absolute favourite drink since I was young, other country's Milo tastes different compared to Malaysia's! Sounds odd but it's really true!</div>
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Enjoying my Maggi for lunch break!</div>
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To balance out my unhealthy eating habits, oats every morning for breakfast plus any random fruit found in the staff refrigerator (Collected from guest's leftovers)</div>
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The same guest that left me the Milo and Magee also gave me pineapple tarts! </div>
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I have so many different kinds of teabags lying around and it's time for me to finish it all.</div>
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Interesting design! Since Sakura is coming soon so most of the brand will spam Sakura designs or Sakura flavoured food / drinks. </div>
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Brought this all the way back from Malaysia for colleagues to try and I regretted sharing them cause it's so good! (Selfish much..)</div>
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Folded cranes to wish a colleague to get well soon!</div>
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I'm still not used to the idea of Valentines day in Japan where girls will be the one to give gifts / confess to guys. Then it's the guy's turn on White Day (14 March) Just still so strange for me. </div>
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February is over now, I'm having mixed feelings for March as I'm happy to go travelling in Tokyo yet I'm so sad to leave a job that I love. I'll be doing quite a lot of travelling from April onwards yet I feel a bit unsettling to not have any plans for my new job. Gosh. But I don't wanna think too much about looking for new job yet as I have loads of planning and research to do for my upcoming holidays! </div>
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I've put a hold on my part time dish washing job to focus more on my day job, and I felt less tired and best part is I have more time to hang out with friends after work! Since I eat out more often now, my expenses shot up to 60,000yen for January. But I kept consoling myself that since it's my final season, it's okay to go all out and enjoy myself to the maximum. And I am doing just that =)<br />
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January was also the month where new staffs are more comfortable with the job and knows what to do now without asking for much help. It makes me happy that new staffs are more comfortable with the job now. As for myself, I have to start thinking of how to pass over my duties to the next person in charge. I actually feel quite sad to part ways with what I've worked on since the beginning. There's so many minor details that I need to pinpoint so hopefully I can organize everything and make everything smooth for the next person in charge.<br />
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I've also realized that one of my weakness is, it's hard for me to delegate jobs to other people. Firstly, I feel bad to ask someone to do something. Secondly, I will worry more if I were to delegate jobs to others, I will keep thinking how did it turn out. Thirdly, I feel that it takes more time for me to explain what to do and how to do, might as well do it myself. This kinda concludes that, either I won't be a good boss to others or it's better for me to be my own boss.<br />
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Now I actually feel quite sad to be leaving this job. I really like this job but I need to go somewhere new. Also kinda feel like I can't fully enjoy my last season because I need to search for new job after this...<br />
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Moving on to a topic that will never wipe the smile off my face - FOOD.<br />
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Free authentic nasi lemak!</div>
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Well, in the end I gave half to colleagues and half to share with my Indonesian friend.. I was given 5 packets and I ate probably just half of a packet... It's fine.... I can eat all I want when I'm back to Malaysia....</div>
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And some were on a totally random time like 7am or so, because all of us have different shifts, and the only time to cook was 7am.</div>
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Oden with udon at 7am. So so good though, warm tummy in the morning.</div>
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Cheese fondue dinner with pizza!</div>
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Smoked duck and stir fried pork! SO GOOD.</div>
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Surprise teatime snack during work, how awesome can this be?</div>
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Before (Potatoes with chicken skin)</div>
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Cooked Bak Kut Teh for my roommates and colleague as well!</div>
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Solo attempt in baking potatoes. Not too bad but needed more oil to crisp up.<br />
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Attempted baked lotus roots, success!</div>
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All time fav, Korean barbeque!</div>
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Awesome part was this is an all you can eat buffet for 60 minutes.</div>
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Crispy part at the top are deep fried potatoes. I like how what Kutchan is famous for apart from the snow, which is potatoes, are incorporated into this dish.</div>
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Interesting cheese I had! Chocolate cheese which was surprisingly really delicious.</div>
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Can't believe this karaoke place is so well decorated and designed!!<br />
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And I went SNOWMOBILING with my colleagues!!<br />
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So much fun, the thrill of speeding through the snow was just amazing.</div>
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Epic ice bar have this half egg shell thing where you can pose inside!</div>
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While waiting for the bus, I felt so nostalgic and I can't believe I'll be leaving this place for good soon. Niseko really is very special to me, I had many first times while I'm here. But I believe it's time for me to try something new.</div>
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There's actually a huge part in me that wishes to work in the kitchen, I love food so much and I think having to do with anything relating to food makes me very very happy!<br />
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So I took up a part time job as a dishwasher. Personally I know that I won't be a good waitress so the only other job available was dish washing. </div>
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For my day job, I'm already so tired mentally so I'm not looking for another job that involves me to think too much as especially being a waitress, you'll need to learn about the menu, learn about types of wine, learn about service sequence and etc. I just don't have the strength to learn that all especially when I'm already so tired mentally. </div>
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Dish washing is so physically exhausting though and my whole body aches so much especially my shoulders. I totally underestimated the job scope as besides washing the dishes, it involves time management such as when will the next big load of dishes coming and then when should I focus on washing, drying and putting back the dishes.<br />
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The usual drill is, rinse away any leftover food on the dirty dishes, placed rinsed dishes onto a tray and into the dishwasher. While it's washing (less than a minute), get another tray ready with the rinsed dishes, once the first batch of dishes are cleaned, take it out and put the second batch in and then dry the wet dishes from the first batch and place it aside. </div>
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On the first day of my job, I was briefed by my colleague on what to do and where will the clean dishes be placed and the whole briefing lasted for just about 5 minutes and then I was left in charged of the dish washing by my own for the next 7 hours. It was surprisingly not too bad as no one was there to instruct me, and I just went about washing the dishes on my own. And it was really a good first day for me! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the time, I washed dishes for 7 hours straight with no break at all. </div>
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But couldn't say so for the 2nd day as that's when the actual long term dishwasher came to work and we have such different working style that we sometimes clashed. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">There's no right or wrong but more of which style is more efficient in our opinion. </span></div>
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And the best part of this job is, sometimes we have to help the chefs like chopping the vegetables, plating up, or cook. The restaurant owner once asked me which section I'm most interested in and immediately I answered dessert!</div>
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Then one day I came to work all ready to do dish washing but he told me today I'll be in dessert and I was overjoyed! And it was so so fun where I learnt about prepping and plating up. Head chef will yell the orders and we have to answer 'hai!' (Yes in Japanese) </div>
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I helped out until the last order of desserts were called and I had to do dish washing after that. Still I was so happy and when my senior asked me how's everything, I said that day was the happiest I've been.<br />
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All in all, I'll get to help the chef 2 times of out 10 times only, so going to work was unpredictable for me. But my main priority was still to take care of the dish washing. The part I dread the most is closing time and we have to wash all the big pots and pans and all the other heavy items. If the male dishwasher is there, he will usually take over this part, but there was once when I was alone (again), it was really really tough.<br />
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I don't wanna be seen as weak but yet I was really really tired and really could use a helping hand. But I didn't want to ask for help as others are not in charge of dish washing and it seems inconsiderate of me to ask someone to do my job for me. So I sucked it up and just went all out.<br />
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But overall, I'm really glad I managed to experience working in a kitchen. Though I don't see myself working full time in such a hectic environment, well, we'll see how it goes. Preferably in the desserts section anyway.</div>
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One habit I've picked up is to say 'Coming In!' whenever I turn a corner, or about to enter through the curtains. And if someone is in front and I'm about to walk past them, I always have to say 'Behind You!' Once I was at my day job and while I was entering an empty guest room, I said 'Coming In!'<br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-62126981368138135912015-01-28T05:00:00.000-08:002015-01-30T02:59:07.030-08:00New Year's Resolution<div>
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The only new year's resolution I have is to go out more. Kinda odd resolution but I have a severe case of cocooning myself in the room and sticking to the laptop all the time. Truthfully I always look forward to go home to my laptop after work because I love watching dramas. English dramas especially. But I've spent the last 6 months (June-November) doing just that, so from December onward, seeing there's more people in Niseko now, I've no excuse not to hang out more often.</div>
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December I spent most of my time working, after my day job, I worked at the restaurant at night time <i>(Post about this coming up next)</i> and then during certain days, I <a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.jp/2015/01/part-time-babysitting_26.html">babysit</a>. Sometimes when colleagues plan for a staff outing, then I'll make sure I've nothing scheduled for that night to spend time with my colleagues. </div>
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December passed like a flash and January was slightly calmer. I've taken the initiative to invite people out to hang out at night since I've more free time during January after putting on pause for my restaurant job. </div>
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Some nights were great especially if there's more native English speakers to hang out with. Certain nights I was the only non-Japanese speaker among all and I did felt left out. Jokes in Japanese where thrown around and everyone burst out laughing, I was there just smiling and sipping my drink and ate my food. Throughout the dinner, whenever they were speaking in Japanese, I tuned out and just enjoy my food.<br />
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Though my Japanese friends could speak very good English, this still do not stop the fact that they prefer to converse in Japanese. It's weird to hear them speak in English to each other anyways. I can say the same for myself, even if I speak to non-Malaysian English speaker, it's still not the same if I were to speak to a Malaysian English speaker, I'll just instantly feel closer to the person! Same goes to Singaporean and all Singaporeans are considered neighbour to me!<br />
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Then this incident brought me back to thinking during university days where most of my classmates were foreigners, did I make them feel left out when we were hanging out with more Malaysians than foreigners? Truly isn't a nice feeling so I'll be sure not to do the same to others in future.</div>
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So, pros and cons of going out. Do I feel happier hanging out with more friends and then feel left out during dinner and spend so much for dinner versus staying home and watch my favourite dramas and not spend any money?</div>
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I feel like I have to hang out just to show others that I'm not a loner. But at the end of the day, who am I really impressing? </div>
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I got stood up twice by my friends as when I suggested to go out, they said yes but when it's time for the outing, nobody turned up. My effort to hang out more just seems not worth it? More so for new friends as I've friends that I've known for years and are working in Niseko and I've no problems scheduling meet ups with them and they will not bail on me.<br />
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Well, so far my new year's resolution seems to be going well, I've enjoyed most of the meet ups and the trick to not feel left out when I'm the only non-Japanese speaker is to invite more non-Japanese speaker! Not a ground breaking solution but it seems like the best solution for me.<br />
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February will be even more exciting than January and I'm so looking forward to go back to Malaysia for CNY!<br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-75925993714973451542015-01-26T05:31:00.003-08:002015-01-26T05:31:43.683-08:00Part time babysittingPrior to taking up a part time job as a babysitter, I actually had no interest in babies as I realized I don't know how to entertain babies at all. But after my baby cousin came along,<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> I don't feel so awkward around babies anymore!</span><br />
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She has got to be the BEST parent to babysit for, I have so much freedom!<br />
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And in case you're wondering, Nope I did not use the ipad or ate any of the food or completed even one crossword puzzle or obviously take any sort of nap. I just browsed the web using my phone. I didn't want to watch TV or listen to songs as I want to be more alert in case the kids cry (They didn't)<br />
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I'm fortunate that I have more good experiences to bad ones. A few memorable ones has got to be when I spend time playing with them and observe the kids and just marvel at how well they behave and interact among the siblings. There was this little boy, he's the oldest child and probably just about 5 years old, he's hands down the most caring kid that I've ever seen! His sister was a bit upset that the parents left for dinner and she didn't throw any tantrum or anything, just kept quiet to herself. Her brother kept checking on her, stroking her head, and asked her what would she wanna play and they can play together. He's doing a much much better job in babysitting than I am. The whole night I just observed at how well behaved they are and that even though the parents are so rich (Stayed at the penthouse) but yet they are not spoiled at all.<br />
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Sometimes, instead of leaving them as they are, I'll join in playing with them and keep them entertained. There was once when I went to the accommodation, I chit chatted with the parents, and then watch over the kids a little and after the parents left, 2 kids started wailing like mad. It took quite some time to calm them down. Though I'm just thankful they didn't run after the parents or screamed at the top of their lungs or start abusing me. But they were just standing, together, and wailed. It was actually so cute to watch but I can't spend the whole night letting them cry so I successfully distracted them using the magical Ipad. Played a movie and the wailing slowed down, then stopped, and all of us started watching movie together. In the end we played together and had so much fun, then they dozed off and I waited patiently for the parents to return.<br />
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The worst babysitting experience I had was honestly wasn't that terrible, it's just that I failed at my job in taking care of the kids. The little girl had a glimpse of me when I arrived for the job and she was too tired so the parents send her off to bed. After the parents left, I then spent some time with her elder sister playing some games and watch a little bit of TV then sent the elder sister to bed. Just when I thought it was time for me to relax, the little girl fell off the bed while sleeping and started crying. I rushed to pick her up and put her back to bed but probably that wasn't a good move to make as she went hysterical once she saw me. No matter how much I consoled her it didn't work at all and she just want to escape and stay away from me and cried for her mum. I believe she cried for about an hour? Even though her elder sister consoled her, it didn't work. I called her mum and passed her the phone and she refused as well. So in the end, the best thing is to stay away from her and let her cry until her parents return.<br />
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I truly felt so terrible when the parents return as I clearly didn't do a good job in taking care of the kid. But the mum actually said she has never seen this strange behavior by her child before and assured me it's alright. I got paid and then left promptly.<br />
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And probably the worst part is this is a 2 days job and I have to babysit her again?? The parents initially requested for the same babysitter for 2 days. And I'll feel even worse if I bailed out on this 2nd job. With much reluctance, I braved myself and went back for the 2nd night and surprise surprise, the kid was so sweet to me! We cuddled together while I read her and her sister a bedtime story. Put them to bed and then it was smooth sailing until the parents return.<br />
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And through babysitting, it really opened my eyes to observe on how the parents communicate with the kids, and I would say 8 out of 10 parents would talk to the kids and kiss them goodnight before leaving. And when they are back from dinner, they would want to hear from me on how did the kids behave. It's nice to also be exposed to how different cultures raise their kids.<br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-71073840370954363122015-01-15T06:10:00.003-08:002015-01-15T06:18:59.187-08:00Seoul Trip - NovemberHad a short getaway to Seoul as I managed to book a super cheap jaw dropping flights! Seriously couldn't pass up the offer as it's just too cheap<br />
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After weeks of research, we've came up with a packed itinerary and have planned breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. What we didn't really plan was the activities to do in Seoul as our main motive was to eat. We threw in some shopping time, some typical touristy things to do and basically just chill apart from that. </div>
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8 flavours of pork and will be cooked one by one. My favourite was the miso flavoured. The stew provided beside the BBQ was included in the set and we didn't really touch that as we were too full.<br />
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After shopping we chilled in our room and then went for supper after that. It's something I really wanted to try for a long time but unable to do so when I was alone. The minimum portion to order in <b>Kyochon</b> is 24 pieces of wings and drumlets. That's madness for one person! And even both of us couldn't finish everything. We each ate 8 pieces and had another 8 pieces for takeaway. 3 person would be perfect for this. Or probably we were still too full from dinner.<br />
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The next morning, we headed to the fish market, the famous <b>Noryangjin fish market</b>. We already knew what we wanted, just that we couldn't make up our mind on which stall to purchase from! Eventually we just bought what we wanted from a random stall and headed to a random restaurant and passed our goods to them to cook / butcher.<br />
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Horrifying <b>Gaebul</b>....</div>
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The food I bought were meant to be eaten raw so it got served real quick. But I overestimated myself and I had a real hard time shutting my brain and just start eating. Till now I still can't bring myself to try it again if I were given the chance to do so. It was the first time ever for me to put something that's still moving into my mouth! </div>
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<b>Mies Container</b> was recommended by my friend and it was really really good! Western cuisine meet Korean and it worked! The bulgogi cream cheese was fantastic, generous cheese and best eaten hot! </div>
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The famous seafood spaghetti was delicious as well, do be warned that it's deceptively spicy!<br />
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Later on we went to do some shopping at Myeongdong and then back to Hongdae. Hongdae really has everything! Cheap shopping, street food, night life. My friend and I joked that we really don't need to leave Hongdae at all, everything we need is there.<br />
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Dinner place is in Hongdae itself, we tried the cheese spare ribs by <b>HongBrick</b>! From the picture we researched on the Internet we were already drooling, and it was indeed very delicious!! Be warned that it is very very very spicy. The staff asked us do we want the normal spicy or less spicy, we went for less spicy and it was still like volcano in your mouth!<br />
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Best part of the third day's meal was this! The much hyped <b>Myeongdong Gyoza</b>.<br />
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After my early dinner, I went for a stroll around Dongdaemun and spotted this pomegranate stall. Freshly squeezed pomegranate juice?? I'm so up for it but it was too expensive! I couldn't bring myself to pay so much for it...<br />
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It was so fortunate for me that during the period I was there, Dongdaemun Design Plaza has a LED lit roses for display for a limited time.<br />
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Truly truly beautiful sight! Ample sidewalk space to take pictures too!<br />
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Went for my all time favourite street snack at Ewha University. Fried chicken with rice cake in sweet sauce!<br />
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Ended my night with patbingsoo!<br />
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It was such a short trip but I truly did managed to recharge myself and get myself prepared for winter. It was also one of the rare trips where I traveled light. Brought only 1 small luggage and 1 backpack. For the past few years, most of my holiday has 1 huge luggage and 1 small luggage plus a backpack involved. So this trip I could really just travel light and didn't pay to check-in for luggage! More money for shopping then!<br />
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Hope for more holidays to come!</div>
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Started winter with lots of restaurant tasting invitation, best thing ever!<br />
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As I'm helping guests book restaurants (Not the best job ever), the good thing about this is i'm in frequent contact with the restaurant's reservation team so they will remember me and invite me to the tasting party!<br />
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Tasting 1: Cheese raclette on warm potatoes. Best dishes in my opinion.</div>
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Tasting 1: Seafood and vegetables terrine<br />
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Tasting 1: Apple pie and brownie brulee (My favourite brownie and brulee in one. I am speechless)<br />
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Tasting 2: Abalone and risotto. Best dish of the night for me! Best abalone I've had.</div>
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We had a lot of snow in the beginning of december and then it kinda stopped snowing after that. It even rained one night for goodness sake! I can understand when everyone's not in a good mood with no new snow. The weather picked up only towards the end of December with lots of fresh snow. But still I find that this season's quite slow and the snow is just not meeting our expectations... </div>
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Apart from the snow, it's so great to have more friends to hang out with as compared to summer. I'm totally enjoying myself with my roommates! Thank God for my funny roommates and all of us get along so well with each other. Also for ex-university mates that's also working in Niseko, we had a few cook off session already and I truly appreciate my friends inviting me over and prepare 3 course meal for me (no joke). I'm truly blessed.</div>
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My favourite part of it all was to hang out together and just chit chat, snacking, drinking and playing games! Last season I found a pictionary game left by a guest and i took it home with me, I didn't touch it at all during summer and when winter came, I played it for the first time with my roommates. We laughed so loud and so much! Definitely a great way to bond. After that I took it with me to for the staff party and we had a blast. Now I know my drawing skills needs more improvement.<br />
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And of course the fact that most of the restaurants are opened by mid of december, yay to more food choices! But surprisingly my total spending for Dec was only less than 30,000yen!<br />
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Work wise, it's quite nice to finally meet the guests that I've been corresponding with for months. I really like the fact that I took care of them from the beginning till the end. Beginning would be when they enquired about the room rates, then to booking guest services, then to check them in, and take care of their needs during their stay, and send them off when they check out. This is so awesome! Its something I won't get to experience if I were to work in a big hotel. </div>
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Thankfully most of the guests I've taken care of are super nice people, feels like I've known them for a long time now. For certain guests, I liaised with the secretary instead and we became really comfortable with each other! One Indonesian lady even asked her boss (that's coming to niseko) to pass me a gift which was a bag full of indomie. Likewise I asked the guest to pass some cookies to her secretary as well. </div>
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Since this is my third season, I'm already so confident with guests asking me any sorts of questions. Probably not like advanced skiing related question but I'm already very familiar with the basic information of Niseko. I had a few colleagues who were struggling with the sudden rise of numbers in guests and their demands and one eventually broke down in tears. It pains me to see them struggling and since then I've reminded myself to make sure to help them and just check on them if they are doing fine or not.<br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-56255143811114613202014-12-12T18:15:00.000-08:002014-12-12T18:27:23.079-08:00Living in Niseko during NovemberNovember was a pretty hectic month for me, I had to schedule my off days for Seoul & Tokyo trip thus I worked for like 9 days straight and then 1 day break and then 10 days of work. It was exhausting but it was so worth it in the end!<br />
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Nothing interesting happened in life outside work, anticipating for snow was the only exciting thing.<br />
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Interesting cute red bush sighted.</div>
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This is also the month where I will no longer live alone. I'm sad that I'm losing my privacy and freedom but I'm excited to meet my new roommates and have more friends to hang out with!<br />
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Healthiest noodles I've ever cooked! (I had no other ingredients)</div>
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Bought mushrooms for 100yen! Madness!<br />
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I miss any Malaysian food to be honest!</div>
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Fried 'baked' chocolate cake in the rice cooker.</div>
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Awesome home cooked meal with friends and ended our night with laughter as always! </div>
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I'm looking forward to the best winter yet.</div>
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Let's face it, Niseko's powder snow is so amazing that it deserves to be called a powder heaven.<br />
We have skiers from all over the world coming all the way to Niseko just for the powder snow!<br />
Niseko is such a unique village where you could experience what it's like staying in Japan and yet everyone speaks english. You may see more foreigners than Japanese, even my Japanese friend mentioned that she felt more of a foreigner while in Niseko!<br />
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To begin planning for a winter holiday is not an easy task at all, especially for first time skiers. I didn't know what it's like working in a ski resort, I didn't know how to ski at all. But after spending a few seasons in Niseko, I'm more familiarized and able to give some advice or two. Hope I can make things a little easier for you (Especially first timers!) in planning your epic winter vacation in Niseko!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First question is, which date would you like to come?</span><br />
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<b>Dec 1-15:</b> A low peak period where snow is just starting to build up, most ski lifts are not opened yet. Restaurants are still in preparation. This would be a good time to come if your main priority is not to ski but just to experience fresh snow and to stay for a few nights.<br />
<b>Dec 16 - 31:</b> Extremely crazy period. All lifts are open, all restaurants are open, all buses are running, most accommodations are fully booked. It's near impossible to book restaurants and accommodation during the Christmas and New Year period now. If you would like to coming during this time, it's recommended to book accommodations before June.<br />
<b>Jan 1 - 15:</b> Still very busy, most December guests would depart by now.<br />
<b>Jan 16 - 31:</b> Everything's starting to slow down, and anticipating the crowd for Chinese New Year period.<br />
<b>Feb 1 - 15:</b> It gets busy as CNY gets nearer.<br />
<b>Feb 16 - 28:</b> Absolutely crazy period. Close to Christmas period's craziness.<br />
<b>Mar 1 - 31:</b> Normal period and you'll see discounts offered by accommodations and ski rentals / ski lesson provider as they try to attract more crowd. Snow won't be abundant for this month and if you don't like heavy snow, March would be a good month to come. It's slightly warmer as well compared to Dec - Feb as well.<br />
<b>April 1 - 30:</b> Some restaurants would be closed by now, ski rental shops will start closing too. Certain lifts would be closed as well. If you prefer to ski on slushy snow, March to April would be a good time to come. You might be able to have the ski area all to yourselves.<br />
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1. Check for accommodation and flights at the same time.<br />
Once you've found a suitable date, try not to book the flights first. Look for your desired accommodation and ask them to hold the room for you before you book your flights. This is especially important during the Christmas period. Christmas period are usually booked out as early as June. So be extra careful and don't confirm the flights until you have a room on hold for you. After holding the rooms, usually you'll have 2 weeks to settle your 20% deposit, so that gives you extra time to search and book your flight tickets.<br />
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What if you are ready to book everything around June but there's no flights released for December period onwards yet? Well, book your accommodation for a longer period than desired and settle the 20% deposit. You could reduce the nights without penalty (Double check first) after you have your exact flight dates confirmed. The remaining 80% room payment is due just 45 days before check-in anyway.<br />
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2. If you don't know where to start in choosing your accommodation, you must firstly set a budget. And good sites to refer would be TripAdvisor.<br />
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If you just want an accommodation at a central location, best to download a pdf copy of the Niseko Map and scan through the map and then contact the desired accommodation to book your rooms. This is especially good too if you don't wanna arrive at your accommodation and find out you have to walk 30 minutes to the nearest ski lift.<br />
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I've experienced walk-in guests requesting for a room on the spot as they were very upset with the accommodation they've booked. Mainly because of it's far location and it's room view, they mentioned it was a view of a brick wall. To avoid all these drama for your holiday, don't hesitate to ask the accommodation for floor plans or additional pictures. You'll have no one to blame if you chose the wrong accommodation.<br />
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3. Once your accommodation are booked, time to arrange your transportation from the airport and back. This is a crucial step too especially if you are coming during the peak period (Christmas / CNY). We usually call transportation as transfers. And transfers are broken down to 2 types - Private & Non-Private. Private would be a vehicle just for you and your group (Private Van / Taxi). Non-Private would be Shared Public Bus / JR Train.<br />
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The pricing for private and non-private transfers have a drastic difference. The cheapest private transfer starts around 30,000yen for 2 people while for non-private transfers, buses are about 3,500yen per person and trains are about 3,000yen per person.<br />
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4. Once transfers are confirmed, time to move on to your Ski Hire, Ski Lesson and Lift Passes booking.<br />
Various companies offer ski hire so this part is pretty straightforward.<br />
Ski Lessons are split into Private or Group lesson. Various companies offer ski lessons too, most of the ski instructors speaks in English.<br />
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5. Lastly, Restaurant Bookings. I would say this is the most troublesome part of all as restaurant bookings are not easy. Niseko is not a huge place, thus restaurants are mostly booked out for the night especially during the peak period. If you are on your honeymoon or are in Niseko to celebrate a special occasion, be sure to book the restaurant in advance as you wouldn't wanna be turned down when you arrive at their door step.<br />
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Most of the accommodation provider would assist in restaurant bookings. Ask them nicely for their help, you would need em'!<br />
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You are left with only one last task to do, get on the plane to powder heaven!<br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-81907072325479706842014-11-07T05:05:00.002-08:002014-11-07T05:07:47.753-08:00My love for Milk Kobo<span style="font-family: inherit;">Regarding food, ever since I was young, I was a huge fan of dairy. And after coming to Japan, my dairy addiction elevated as Hokkaido is by far the best place to enjoy anything dairy related. Fresh milk, cheese, butter, cream, custard, yoghurt, pudding, gelato, ice cream, am I missing anything? Well, you can get the best of it all in Hokkaido. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">To be more specific, a must visit in Niseko would certainly be <a href="http://www.milk-kobo.com/">Milk Kobo</a>. Milk Kobo is the heaven of dairy. They serve ice cream, gelato. cream puffs, pudding, yoghurt, baumkuchen, cream roll, cookies, cheese cake, sponge cake and their newest addition, cheese tart. I've tried everything and I was absolutely addicted to the cheese cake few years back, and then I was addicted to their cream puffs and I'm currently addicted to their cheese tart. My addiction is so severe that I finished 12 cheese tart in 2 days. I could eat more, but I've ran out of cheese tart. </span><br />
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Glorious cheese tart, crunchy skin and dense filling</div>
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To date, I've consumed 64 cheese tarts for the past 5 months. Each tart is 190yen. Oh gosh. </div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>At my accommodation, the upper floor has a small Milk Kobo cafe, but they serve really limited items so I had to travel all the way to the main Milk Kobo on my off day to satisfy my cravings (15 minutes bus ride away). Nothing can stop me from having good food!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Beside Milk Kobo is a restaurant called <a href="http://www.milk-kobo.com/prativo/e/">Prativo</a>. They serve vegetable buffet and 1 main dish with a choice of meat, fish or pasta. M</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ost of the food served are super milky. Creamy potato gratin, cheese cabbage salad, free-flow yoghurt, pudding, sponge cake, rice cake in milk, etc. Delicious but I'll be more excited if they include meat dishes and not just a vegetable buffet.</span><br />
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Deep fried pumpkin - So good when it's freshly fried, it's tastes very "powdery"</div>
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Creme caramel</div>
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Sponge cake</div>
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Free flow yoghurt!</div>
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Beef</div>
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First round</div>
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(Clock-wise) Half boiled egg with cream, potato bean salad, cabbage cheese salad (My fav!), deep fried pumpkin, honey mustard brinjal, potato gratin, creme caramel, sponge cake.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I like my tea overloaded with milk</span></div>
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First round - A lot of my favourite cheese cabbage again</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Third Visit: </b></span><br />
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Tomato mozzarella or something else with pepper (Not a fan of pepper)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">October 28th marks as a historical day in Hirafu now. Everyone is talking about it the day before and on the day of snowing and after it snowed. I'm just so glad to have a chance to experience the first snowfall in Hirafu!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Second most exciting thing happened for me would be <a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.jp/2014/10/guide-to-hiking-mt-yotei-for-beginners_17.html">my hike at Mt.Yotei</a>! By far the most extreme thing my body has ever endured. The non athletic me is so proud now. I wonder what I can take on next...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>During October, sadly I didn't spot any pretty flowers, nor had any exceptionally good food. Though I did visited my all time favourite restaurant and satisfied my cravings for pork steak!<br />
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There was a dessert buffet going on but I came all the way for the pork steak, I couldn't leave without having it. After I ordered, I found out that it's the last day of buffet for that particular day! Super regretted not having the buffet....<br />
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Carrots being all autumn... Too pretty.<br />
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Mutant inception pyramid broccoli!<br />
First time seeing such broccoli and I was fascinated by it for a loooooong time, just staring at it and going, WOW. It's amazing how each pyramid has a miniature pyramid that has a miniature pyramid. True inception indeed.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">How awesome is this purple broccoli?? And why am I so fascinated with broccolis?</span><br />
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Continuing the streak of disappointments, I bought this chili beans in hopes of recreating my favourite baked beans with egg. But I was so wrong, chili beans and baked beans are two entirely different things.<br />
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And it gets better, I found home!!! This is THE Baked Beans that I grew up with!!!<br />
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Needless to say, I've devoured it.<br />
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And here's my version of fried rice with egg and korean seaweed! It was surprisingly enjoyably edible.<br />
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Perfect fluffy pancake! I miss mornings where I can cook pancakes and enjoy it while watching Friends.<br />
(I've finished my pancake mix & finished all 10 seasons of Friends)<br />
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Cooked another round of Bak Kut Teh!!<br />
First time cooking it with fresh shiitake mushrooms and it's so delicious!<br />
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Persimmons haul! So sweet and juicy, I love how crunchy the skins are and how soft the fillings are.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Final autumn scenery to sum up my October diary, can't wait for end of November, time for a short getaway!</span>pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-43097531305150490722014-10-17T07:16:00.002-07:002014-10-17T07:31:05.046-07:00Guide to hiking Mt. Yotei for beginners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did something crazy. I can't believe that I actually managed to hike Mt.Yotei, alone!<br />
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By all means I am not athletic at all, I'm just a little crazily determined.<br />
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Before taking on this crazy challenge, I actually did a lot of research online as this is my first hike up on such a high mountain! The reason I did it was not really because I'm a hiking fanatic but it's just because hiking Mt.Yotei is a 'must do' in Niseko especially during summer. I've been telling my colleagues about my plan to hike Mt.Yotei since June and my colleague advise me to do it during September when the weather's less hot and there's less flies (?). So I waited till September and planned to hike it with my friend but the weather was bad on that particular day so plan's off! In the end, I decided that it's either I'm gonna have to brace the cold and do it on October or I'll not have the chance to do it at all. I didn't wanna miss out on it since it'll be my last summer here, so I just did it!<br />
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I'm so glad I did it, it was really challenging but I wouldn't say it's an impossible feat. <b>If a beginner like me could do it, a beginner like you could do it too!</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5 Tips before the hike:</span><br />
<b>1. Check the types of trail & weather </b><br />
Big thanks to 360Niseko for their detailed Yotei trails explanation!<br />
I had a hard time deciding between Hangetsu Trail (Most difficult) or Makkari Trail (Easier). Eventually decided on Hangetsu because taxi fare would be cheaper (Saving money is more important for me)<br />
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Click for <a href="http://360niseko.com/location/yotei-hangestu-hike">Hangetsu</a> / <a href="http://360niseko.com/location/yotei-makkari-hike">Makkari</a> / <a href="http://360niseko.com/location/yotei-kimobetsu-hike">Kimobetsu</a> / <a href="http://360niseko.com/location/yotei-kyogoku-hike">Kyogoku</a> & <a href="http://360niseko.com/location/mt-yotei-hut">Mt.Yotei Hut</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/JP/Kutchan.html">THIS</a> weather forecast website is the best in my opinion, you could see at what time will the temperature be and such. I planned a week ahead by referring to this website and thankfully it was a sunny day on my particular off day.<br />
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<b>2. Plan on what to wear</b><br />
A good hiking shoe is important! If it's a newly bought shoe please wear it around first before hiking as you wouldn't want blistered feet during the hike! Since it's autumn and I planned to hike early in the morning, the weather was freezing. I wore 3 tops and just 1 legging. During the hike it was okay but I couldn't stay at the peak for more than 20 minutes. Make sure to bring extra clothes if you are planning to circle the Mt.Yotei crater.<br />
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(Top left) I wore a Forever 21 Athletic top similar as shown. </div>
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(Top right) Wore the exact shown Forever 21 Sports legging / pants. </div>
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(Bottom left) Layer with Uniqlo Basic Gray Hoodie similar as shown. </div>
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(Bottom right) Finish off with a black waterproof jacket similar as shown. </div>
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<b>3. Buy or prepare food</b><br />
It'll be a minimum of 6 hours hike so bring enough food to keep you going. I bought 2 onigiri from the convenience store the night before.<br />
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<b>4. Inform others that you'll be doing the hike</b><br />
Especially crucial if you do not have a mobile phone that could make calls (Yes I don't and can't make calls). I would encourage you to inform others even if you are planning to hike with 10 other people. Really, you may never know what might happen.<br />
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<b>5. Get enough sleep</b><br />
I went to bed at 9pm the night before so I could wake up at 4am. I should have slept earlier than that but I had some last minute preparation to do. Well, please get as much sleep as you can.<br />
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<b>1. Sufficient water in separate bottles</b><br />
I brought 1.5 litres of water but only drank 1 litre. It's okay to bring more water than risk being dehydrated. I usually don't drink much water so 1 litre was enough for me. If you are easily dehydrated, please bring more!<br />
Also I brought 1 large bottle and 1 small bottle. Once I finish with the small bottle I simply fill it up from the large bottle. This provides easy access to the small bottle rather than yanking out the large bottle whenever you want a sip.<br />
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<b>2. Bring an extra jacket / pants, gloves, socks</b><br />
Bring light weight jacket or pants if you have space. I learnt the hard way by freezing at the peak.<br />
Socks was a just-in-case thing. I wore gloves just for 30 minutes at the beginning of the hike.<br />
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<b>3. Trekking pole(s) </b><br />
I brought my skiing pole instead, hey, get whatever pole you can find will do. I didn't use it for my ascend but I used it all the way for my descend. I can't stress enough on how important and useful the pole were for me. I slipped once during my descend but would be worse if I didn't have my pole. I might as well slip all the way down!<br />
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<b>4. Band aid / Medical tape / Other necessary medication</b><br />
In case of emergency, bring it. It's not even heavy.<br />
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<b>5. Money & ID card</b><br />
Again, just in case.<br />
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<b>1. If you're hiking alone, observe where the other trekkers go. </b><br />
I hiked a wrong way near the peak and good thing I spotted other hikers on another path so I found my way back. Should have waited a bit and followed other hikers instead of risking it.<br />
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<b>2. Keep track of the time you started, reached the peak, arrive back at base</b><br />
I recorded it in my Iphone Notes app. You could use the Stopwatch function but it will drain your battery.<br />
Another way would be to save a screenshot of the time. I wanted to record the time I reached each marker so used the Notes app instead.<br />
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I missed a lot of markers though, oh well..<br />
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<b>3. If you're bored, listen to songs. If you're anxious, calm yourself by listening to songs.</b><br />
It definitely helped me during my descend as I was quite impatient on why haven't I reach the bottom already?! While during my ascend I was breathing so heavily I couldn't really hear the music clearly anyway.<br />
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<b>4. Encourage yourself to keep pushing on.</b><br />
I asked myself a lot during the hike on 'Why am I doing this????' 'Oh my gosh when am I ever reaching???' So, please calm yourself down and keep pushing on! I succeeded and I don't see why you can't!<br />
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<b>5. Don't just keep your eyes on the ground. </b><br />
I banged my head twice because I was so focused on maneuvering my legs that I failed to avoid those tree branches. May I add it was once while ascending and once while descending. Look up (even when descending) once in a while. You might scare yourself silly if you suddenly realise someone is in front of you as hikers are descending.<br />
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This is at the very beginning where the trail was nice and easy. I remembered I haven't even reach the first marker yet at that point.<br />
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Almost missed the first marker! This was taken when I arrived at a difficult section and was wondering where was the first marker, I looked back and saw it.<br />
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From first marker to the sixth! I missed a few marker and there were some people at certain marker so I passed on taking pictures.<br />
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Towards marker 7, you can notice some frost! So exciting!!<br />
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And it gets more and more!!<br />
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Thumbs up for comfy hiking shoe!<br />
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Arrived at marker 9! You could use the help of the ropes if needed.<br />
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Turn left for the peak and turn right for the hut.<br />
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Beautiful autumn meeting winter.<br />
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Finally!!!<br />
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Perfect weather indeed, no fog and no clouds to block the amazing view.<br />
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Fanciest lunch location I've every had! Munching on my onigiri at the peak of the mountain~<br />
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Guys don't forget to jot down your details before the hike and after the hike at this little booth. You won't miss it but you might miss it if sky's still dark. Side note: I used the leftover gloves in the booth, so thankful for whoever that left it there, I returned the gloves after I arrived and hope it'll help someone else like it did to me!<br />
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Before the hike, I was worried that I'll be the only one there. But there were other people there too (Less than 10) so I was so so glad. Would say majority of hikers would prefer to start the hike sometime around 7am. But I wanted to avoid the sun so I went as early as I could.<br />
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Besides worrying whether I could actually complete the hike or not, I was quite worried if I needed to take bathroom breaks. There's no bushes for me to do my business! Thankfully I didn't need to use the bathroom at all.<br />
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I guess the hardest part of it all was to actually decide to do this hike. I took months to plan and even though I had no companion and my friend was advising me not to do this hike, I did it anyway. I'm so glad I safely completed the hike!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiking Time Frame:</span><br />
5:30am - Started<br />
6.00am - Marker 2 (Forgot to record Marker 1 & many more as you read on)<br />
6.18am - Marker 3<br />
6.56am - Marker 5<br />
7.15am - First sight of someone descending<br />
7.19am - Marker 6<br />
7.45am - Marker 7<br />
8.26am - Marker 9<br />
9.00am - Peak<br />
9.19am - Left peak<br />
9.52am - Marker 8<br />
12.19am - Arrived at base (I missed the rest of the marker and was too tired to record too)<br />
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I took 3.5 hours up and 3 hours down.<br />
I could descend faster but I didn't wanna hurt my knee and ankle so I took my time and I'm glad I did.<br />
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Well, this sums up my longest post ever! This hike could possibly be the most challenging and extreme thing I've done in my life!<br />
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Cabbage is one of my favourite vegetable. It goes well in soup, stir fry, raw or many more!</div>
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Cabbage soup diet is a popular recipe too but I can't commit to it due to work hours so I just did a stir fry cabbage during lunch break and it's quick, simple, and delicious!</div>
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1. Shred about 3 cabbage leafs </div>
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2. Pour a little oil and start to cook the cabbage<br />
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Stir it and you're done!<br />
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It's so delicious I promise, give it a try!pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-27744771307505161162014-10-12T00:50:00.000-07:002014-10-15T04:18:36.525-07:00Sapporo Trip (October)Previous trip to Sapporo I went because I had to renew my visa. Now I went back again to collect it.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Click <u><a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.jp/2014/09/sapporo-trip-august_16.html">HERE</a></u> to view my previous Sapporo visit post.</span><br />
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I was so excited to go Sapporo that I almost forgot to include collecting visa in my itinerary. Glad I remembered if not I would have to go back to Sapporo again (Would be a good excuse though but all the money I'll be spending....)<br />
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As usual, my first meal would be fast food! I'm always fast food deprived as I'm living in a non-fast food existent place - Niseko.<br />
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Tried their Clam Chowder. Well, not too bad.<br />
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Had Tantanmen for dinner at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/denotantanmen">175 Deno</a>.<br />
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北海道札幌市中央区南1条西6-20 KYビル 1F<br />
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And can I just describe what a bad experience it was?<br />
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It was my first time eating tantanmen and all I was expecting was noodle in spicy broth but I was so wrong. Tantanmen gives a numbing effect to the tongue and mouth so once I had my first bite, I was very shocked on why is my whole mouth numb? What could they have possibly placed inside this?<br />
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It wasn't spicy at all, and my whole mouth was numb. I could taste a whole lot of pepper. (Which I'm not a fan of) I took a bite, then drank a lot of water and kept going but I wasn't enjoying at all. So all in all, I gave up.<br />
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I looked around me and everyone was slurping their tantanmen joyously while I was really really suffering.<br />
I doubt I'll be trying any kinds of tantanmen any soon.<br />
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Then I moved on to my next restaurant - <a href="http://horumon-syokudo.com/">Horumon Shokudou</a>.<br />
They have many branches so do visit their website for more info.<br />
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Most people would go for the Tabehodai - All you can eat. It is indeed very very affordable! Only 2,380yen for everything shown above. I didn't go for that as I know I'll over-stuff myself... Next time I'll definitely go for that with an empty stomach.</div>
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The must order - Horumon. Which is intestines. In the white bowl were thickly sliced horumon while in the black bowl were thinly sliced horumon.<br />
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I'm a HUGE fan of the thickly sliced horumon as it was just more juicy.<br />
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Order the beef short ribs too (Beef Kalbi)<br />
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After the barbeque, I just sat and chill in Starbucks.<br />
Was pretty bummed when my favourite Matcha Brownie Frappuccino weren't available anymore...<br />
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Next day's brunch! My all time favourite <a href="http://tokyotonteki.jp/">Tokyo Tonteki</a>, only 1,000yen =)<br />
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札幌店<br />
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札幌市中央区南1条西5-17-2 プレジデント松井ビル100 1F<br />
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Then I had dinner in <a href="http://journal-cafe.jp/">JS Pancake House</a> in Stellar Place.<br />
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札幌ステラプレイス店<br />
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北海道札幌市中央区北5条西2-5 札幌ステラプレイス イースト3F<br />
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I know this placed is usually packed and raved about, I just had to try!<br />
I ordered their autumn special - Chestnut & Nuts Mont blanc Pancake 1,100yen<br />
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It was very good, now I know what this place is popular.<br />
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Had Tokyo Tonteki again the next morning! Heaven on a plate.....<br />
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Went to Otaru as a stopover and did a little sight-seeing.<br />
The above is almost a replica of Malaysia's Kaya Ball!<br />
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I miss Kaya Ball so much after seeing that so I ordered one.<br />
I know it won't taste anything like Kaya Ball but.... I had to try it anyways.<br />
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It was pretty good though.<br />
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Even the cheese is Black! How can I get this in Malaysia??<br />
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It was really really good! Made fresh and it was still smoking hot, surely burgers are best enjoyed fresh and hot.<br />
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Kopiko candies!!! This was my childhood favourite and of course I had to buy it home!<br />
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Giant sized potato chips! Inside it are 5 or so small sized potato chips.<br />
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I HAD to try this cute little balloon pudding. How smart are they to come up with this idea?<br />
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Poke the balloon with a pointy object and out come the perfect round pudding!<br />
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* The caramel sauce was in sachets. You can see it in one of the picture above.<br />
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Ending the post with a creepy face mask. Oh the typical things you find in Don Quijote.pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-31595895697567988712014-10-10T04:44:00.000-07:002014-10-10T04:44:29.561-07:00Lake Shakotan Trip (September)Before going to Sapporo, I joined a tour to explore Shakotan!<br />
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I figured it would be a good time to visit during the beginning of autumn and I definitely should visit before winter comes. But probably the best time to visit Shakotan should be on summer, as there's more sunshine and it's less cold. The time I went it was raining a little bit, and it was freezing. Oh well.<br />
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Entrance to the Shimamui Coast.<br />
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Beautiful view awaits you after the tunnel.<br />
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The wind was super strong and the weather was really cold. (Didn't wear enough layers) Only a few people walked down to the shore. I stopped half-way and couldn't take the cold anymore so I went back to the bus instead.<br />
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The end of the tunnel at the Shimamui Coast's side. Apparently that day that I went was the last day visitors are allowed as the tunnel will be under construction.<br />
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Lunch set ready upon arrival to the restaurant. It was a delicious crab stew in that pot. I really enjoyed lunch that day.<br />
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After lunch, we proceeded to Cape Kamui. Which is the highlight of the tour!<br />
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Really breathtaking view! Pity that the weather was cloudy that day, most of my pictures were quite dark.<br />
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But still, awesome view.<br />
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Ended the tour with a visit to Yoichi Nikka Whisky Distillery.<br />
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Sipped the (Complimentary) Nikka Whisky and I had a lot of the (Complimentary) Apple Juice too.<br />
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Here's a video taken that day:<br />
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My mission for this month is to not spend money until the 30th September, which is the day I'll be going to the city to collect my visa. It was so challenging to not spend money at all. And it was my first time ever not leaving my room on my off day. Usually on my off days I'll be out and about visiting my favourite restaurants. </div>
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I had a lot of rice and spaghetti collected from previous winter. Guest will leave a bunch of stuffs after they check-out and I collected all those stuff and kept it for summer. My effort did not go to waste as I actually do have a lot of spare food!</div>
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So for the whole of September, I spent 25,000yen inclusive of one day in Sapporo. Can't believe I can spend so much when I'm in the city. All those shopping and good food really gets to me. </div>
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Why is this weeds plant thing so beautiful? It was really calming watching them swaying when the wind blows.<br />
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The blue flowers turned purple! Oh still so pretty...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.jp/2014/09/living-in-niseko-during-july_15.html">HERE</a>'s how it looks like being blue.</span><br />
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Melon season might be over but I was still blessed with melons by my colleague!<br />
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Also, I'm only into orange flesh melon instead of the green flesh ones as seen above.<br />
The green ones I had actually tastes exactly the same as the orange flesh ones but I'm just spoiled like that. Colour do make a difference doesn't it?<br />
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My first restaurant meal for the month. Deep fried breaded pork steak. It was amazing.<br />
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And I rewarded myself with my favourite dessert from my favourite dessert restaurant.<br />
The cream fell as I walked 30 minutes back to my home. But it still tasted so good. So so good.<br />
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All time favourite meal - Soup Curry.<br />
This is a Hokkaido specialty, please try it when you visit Hokkaido!<br />
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Wanted to cook Adobo (Filipino Dish) but the vinegar that I thought I had weren't vinegar after all, so it's just pork in soy sauce. But it's surprisingly good! Super proud of myself. I shall train harder to improve my cooking skill.<br />
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Refer to my previous post on <a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.com/2014/10/diet-recipe-1-porridge.html">Diet Recipe - Porridge</a>, this is a continuation on how to store your porridge.<br />
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After cooking, I would leave my porridge to cool for about 30 minutes, but even so, the porridge can still be very warm but I didn't wanna leave it to cool completely as the top layer could turn dry.<br />
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5. Line the container with cling film again.<br />
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6. Fill the remaining porridge into the container. (If you have extra left in the pot, lucky you!)<br />
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7. Cover it tightly and you're set!<br />
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8. This is how it looks after it's frozen and removed from the container.<br />
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My microwaved porridge with a lot of soy sauce during lunch.<br />
* Feel free to add water if you like your porridge less thick.<br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-10154807118171719832014-10-04T04:58:00.001-07:002014-10-15T04:23:40.290-07:00Diet Recipe #1 - PorridgeI had a lot of rice leftover from the winter guests. I think I had like 3 bags of 2kgs each.<br />
Then I thought to myself like, how can I be on a diet with rice?<br />
Rice is like the first thing I should cut out if I'm on a diet.<br />
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Then I did some research online and just concluded porridge should be the healthiest I can go with rice. (Provided you put in healthy ingredients)<br />
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1 Cup of cooked rice<br />
Chicken breast<br />
Carrots<br />
1 Egg<br />
Sesame Oil<br />
Salt<br />
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* Cooking porridge with cooked rice lessens the cooking time so I usually cook a batch of rice, portion it out, and freeze it. When I wanna cook the porridge, I'll just take 1 portion of the rice to cook the porridge.<br />
* The carrots I used were blanched and then freezed. This is because I bought a batch of carrots and since they can't be kept for long, best way would be to blanch them and freeze them. By blanching them would keep them fresher than freezing them raw and also lessen the cooking time when you are using them in a dish as well.<br />
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1. Prepare a pot and place 1 Cup of (frozen) cooked rice and around 2 cups of water and start boiling it under medium heat.<br />
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2. Chop up the chicken breast and carrots into cube size. The portion of both ingredients is based on your preference. Place it into the pot.<br />
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3. Cook until the porridge thickens and chicken breast is cooked, then crack an egg into the porridge. Crack the yolk then scoop some porridge and cover the egg. Don't stir it first.<br />
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4. After like 10 seconds, lightly swirl the egg around and don't stir it for 20 seconds. This is to let the egg have some texture.<br />
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5. Once egg is cooked then add some sesame oil and salt, stir it around and it's done!<br />
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I'll leave the porridge to cool for about 30 minutes then I'll start to pack it into the container to freeze it.<br />
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The size of my pot is the exact size of my container so that makes it really convenient.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.jp/2014/10/diet-recipe-1-storing-porridge_8.html">HERE</a> to view on how to freeze your porridge.</span><br />
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pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-90378195240505361512014-09-18T05:09:00.002-07:002014-10-15T04:26:52.806-07:00Living in Niseko during AugustGotta say August was the most happening month for me.<br />
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But my level of 'happening' is just solely because I had more excess to yummy food.<br />
And I had to go to the city to renew my visa one day so I was going all out doing research on the best restaurants in Sapporo. My research certainly did not end in vain. I had a blast in Sapporo.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://mintxcloud.blogspot.jp/2014/09/sapporo-trip-august_16.html">HERE</a> for my Sapporo getaway.</span><br />
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This happening month did ended me with 70,000yen lesser in my pocket. Ouch.<br />
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Anyways, shall start with the flower sighting.<br />
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August is the month of Sunflowers! How gorgeous are those sunflowers!<br />
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No idea what is this.<br />
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Fluffy poisonous looking thing? Very pretty but didn't dare to touch it.<br />
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I've never seen such flower before?? It's so unique and pretty!<br />
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Next up... Food pics time!<br />
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Deprived of good pizzas, this was fresh out of the oven and tasted so so good.<br />
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August is the month of melon. Sweet glorious melon.<br />
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Bought the left melon while the right was gifted by my colleague. She knows I'm CRAZYYY about melons.<br />
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Bought cut-up melons too as it was half priced and it's so ripe!<br />
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Juices were overflowing! Wanted to keep half for the next day but, who am I kidding? One whole melon wasn't even enough for me!<br />
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Half priced haul! (Except the cheesecake) Was circling the food section and waiting for the store staff to smack a half price sticker on items I was eyeing. I certainly did look desperate and a little scary I suppose.<br />
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Red ladies finger???<br />
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Homecooked eggplant and some vege. It was surprisingly edible!<br />
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Meh. It's just a snake.<br />
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Except I was freaking out and exclaiming how huge is it to my colleagues. They merely responded with 'Erm, that's just a baby snake'.<br />
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Ending my monthly diary with my FAV restaurant! Korean BBQ.<br />
And yes I ordered 2 portions of meat and I finished everything. Heaven.pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-86322759831348506412014-09-16T04:38:00.002-07:002014-10-15T04:28:51.838-07:00Sapporo Trip (August) I had to go Sapporo to renew my visa. I could go to Otaru to do so but I needed to feel the city life again. I need to see big tall buildings and have easy access to fast food and I need shopping!<br />
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Told you I needed fast food. As it was breakfast time and only breakfast menu available, I just settled for hash brown. I did went back the next day to grab the special avocado burger! No pics but it tasted just average..<br />
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I was actually quite pleased with my accommodation! It is <u>Sapporo International Youth Hostel.</u><br />
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Advantage:<br />
- Hospital style curtain to shield your bed. 4 beds per room. It was very cozy and felt like I had a room to myself.<br />
- 2 private shower cubicle at the lobby.<br />
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Disadvantage:<br />
- Quite far from the city center, had to take train if not I'll need to walk 40 minutes to get there from Sapporo Station.<br />
- Quite expensive though, <b>3,000yen</b> per night.<br />
- No wifi in the room!! Only in the lobby =(<br />
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Hmm, though there's more disadvantage than advantage but if the price can be lowered and if they would kindly provide wifi in the room, I would have been extra happy.<br />
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Girafe crepe! I always go for the plain crepe with butter. Quite expensive though, <b>390yen</b>.<br />
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Happiest thing that day!!! <span style="font-size: large;">Singapore Kopitiam</span>! Oh how I missed food back home....<br />
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I ordered the Chicken Rice, though I wanted to order the Hokkien Mee, Bak Kut Teh, Fried Rice, Porridge....<br />
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And I was really happy that the Chicken Rice tasted really authentic! Very friendly staffs too! 2 thumbs up to Kopitiam!<br />
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But I can't help to compare the price to back home's. <b>920yen</b> for the Chicken Rice where I can get it at less than 200yen back home...<br />
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After Kopitiam, I went straight to Jingisukan Daruma Rokuyon.<br />
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I did my research and this place and Kopitiam are included as the must have in Sapporo. Of course I had to try it!<br />
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The queue didn't look long from outside the restaurant, but little did I know there's a long queue inside the restaurant too! Goodness... I waited a total of <span style="font-size: large;">90</span> minutes. I was the only non Japanese there and I felt really intimidated as I had no clue what to do.<br />
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Once seated, no question asked and the server placed onions on the hot plate and served the lamb and sauce. Then I just started grilling the lamb.<br />
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Gotta say the lamb were really fresh, there really weren't any 'smelly' lamb smell at all.<br />
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I would have left all onions untouched but I didn't wanna waste so I ate everything.<br />
Though the onions were sweet and not too hard to eat. I would have preferred beansprouts.<br />
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Total was <b>793yen</b> for 1 portion without rice. One experience is enough, I'm glad I've tried it!<br />
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My next day's lunch. It was super bloody DELICIOUS!<br />
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I love how tender were the pork steak and how well the sauce complements the steak and how can you not love the crispy fried garlic! It was really really delicious and I would rate it 10 out of 10.<br />
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I raved about this to my colleague and he tried it when he came to Sapporo, he loved it too!<br />
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http://tokyotonteki.jp/<br />
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Look at this awesome invention! I was so fascinated that I took a video. Also check out the Samurice at the top right! How cool is it? Freeze your desired popsicle flavour and eat it as a shape of a Samurai sword. Would have bought both the container and the Samurice if it was cheaper...<br />
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Ending my Sapporo post with a non-relevant cute pineapple.pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201829597780691622.post-46914779938129800012014-09-15T07:44:00.003-07:002014-10-15T04:29:46.091-07:00Living in Niseko during July<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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How cute are these flowers! Bright blue and oh so fluffy!<br />
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First 2 pictures were taken early July while 2 pictures above were taken late July.<br />
Looks like it shrank a little bit but still bright blue!<br />
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No idea what this is but looks like fireworks! Too pretty.<br />
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Was doing my daily evening walk and so many crow were there flying about. Scary experience.<br />
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My self awarded birthday dinner at one of my favourite restaurant which consists of fried rice, pan fried beef steak, and ever awesome chicken skin.<br />
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One night I didn't feel too well and was craving for comfort food, and cooked up this simple Baked Beans with Eggs. It was my one and only can of Baked Beans and I was savoring it for the right moment. It was perfect. I miss it. </div>
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Cherries everywhere and I had to grab one! Absolutely sweet and ripe! That costed me 300yen.<br />
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Had a cup of kahlua milk (Fav alcoholic drink!) almost every night before bed. I'm turning so fancy out of a sudden. Big thank you to my colleague for this birthday gift!<br />
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Second hike of my life! This time I reached the peak because I took a shorter and easier course up. Previously I managed to hike only halfway at a different course.<br />
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Ending my monthly diary with this awesome rare sunset.pyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356469177444463386noreply@blogger.com0