Archive for May, 2008

伊王島 – IO Island

Posted in Life in Japan 日本の生活, My Story 私の物語, Travelling 旅行すること with tags , , on May 24, 2008 by Mervin

伊王島 – IO Island

Walking down the sandy beach, humming our favorite song…
Enjoying the mid-spring Sun, listening to the music of the Sea…
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Quote of the day – Sure-thing-Taking

Posted in Quote of the day 今日のせりふ with tags , , on May 23, 2008 by Mervin

“Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.”

– Tim McMahon

Dontaku Festival – 博多どんたく祭り2008

Posted in Life in Japan 日本の生活, Travelling 旅行すること with tags , , on May 6, 2008 by Mervin

博多どんたく祭り or Dontaku festival is one of the 3 biggest festival in Japan.
It’s a must-not-missed event if you are in town in early May.

Fortunately, me and Kae managed to go on Sunday. The place was overwealmed with people from all over Japan. Every years Dontaku Festival attracts more than 2 million crowd. Unbelievable @.@

Indoor performance
Indoor performances are held in various places

for more photos read on.

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Nagasaki Tall Ship Festival -長崎帆船まつり2008

Posted in Life in Japan 日本の生活, My Story 私の物語, Travelling 旅行すること with tags , , , , on May 3, 2008 by Mervin

Last Saturday we went to ‘Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival’ in Nagasaki Port.  I wonder how tall must the ship be to be categorised as ’Tall Ships’ haha…

Anyway, Sailing vessals from Japan and abroad gathered in Nagasaki Port for this Spring festival and giving Nagasaki Port a rather unique port scenery.

I had a great evening that day although the weather was freaking cold. The fireworks were great and so i decided to go again on Sunday night equipped with full gear for the fireworks shots!

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Ultraman returned…

Posted in Insight 洞察力, Joke lar 冗談, Life in Japan 日本の生活, My Story 私の物語 with tags on May 2, 2008 by Mervin