World Record
To complete our museum tour in the Tokyo Tower, we went inside the Guiness World of Record Museum.. Its not that big, and honestly, I was not able to take alot of pictures inside cause all of it was just facts or informations… At first, I was just walking, wanting to go outside, but then I realized, that I should read the facts that are written in there.. Well, I did, and it gave me alot of ideas of the different “most” or “best” in the world…
The museum includes those from normal people with unique talents, those with strange physical appearance, singers, actors, games, technology, animals, and many many more.. Here are some of the pictures that I was able to take:
Tallest Person
Biggest Hand compared to mine
Tallest Person compared to my height
Biggest Feet compared to mine
Hmm, bagay yung katawan
Fattest Person.. Yey its not me...
Fattest Person compared to me
Smallest Person
Person with most tattoos
Smallest Dog
Smallest Cat
Tallest Structures in the World
Well, it was worth it, because we were able to see some funny english sentences again..
Awtz.. Now Product Really Sucks
Kyeboard
Hmm, how can they know if there will be the fire?? It Gets there even before the fire starts.. ehehe
In the end, it was very educational.. I learned alot of new things.. But I already forgot it while writing this blog.. ehehe…
To see more pictures, just click this link…
Putukan sa Bagong Taon
It has been a very very very busy week… So busy that I was not even able to update this blog.. And since Im free on the first day of this year, I would like to greet all of my readers (5 of you guys 
) a very very Happy New Year to you and your family.. May this year bring you more joy and happiness compared to last year.. May this year be fruitfull to you guys and hopefully more success will come to your life…
Also, I would like to take this chance to update this blog on what I did for the past few days.. Im gonna start by saying that I safely arrived here in Kamakura last Saturday, december 27 2008, and took some rest by watching movies with my friends.. It took us until midnight to watch different movies and then we decided to take end the day after watching.. The next day, December 28, we went back to Sea Paradise coz there’s a Flea Market in there.. That was my first time going in a flea market and I bought these nice things in there for lesser price..
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One of the stores
Mini Store
With Dab and Glad
Snow Flake Necklace
Ring Necklace
Wallet
Those are all brand new, or used once or twice only, and those are all original products of disney.. I bought 2 necklaces, as shown in the picture.. I bought the 2 for only 2800 yen.. I really liked the design of those 2 necklaces because they are very simple but catched my eyes immediately when I saw it.. Then I also bought a wallet from disney, which only cost 800 yen… And it was not bad for 800 yen, because the inside of the wallet is very big, and I can put so many cards and IDs inside it, and still have space for the money… So its worth the pay.. ehehe.. Then one of the picture that I took was with my friends Dab and Glad.. We saw this sea creature shaped hat, actually, there were only 3 kinds, and we grabbed the chance to wear it and take a photo with it.. ehehe…
And of course what is Japan without the bloopers and funny displays.. We saw this sign in Yokohama Sea Paradise and it made me laugh for a while…
Parang tanga lang noh
O diba… Pag isa 500, pag 2 1000… ginawa pang tanga yung mga tao… wahahha… Pero yung iba naman kasi may kunting discount, like 550 pag isa then 1000 pag 2… Then we bought this dolphin cup which was 3 for 1000 only… Sakto sa aming tatlo.. Then inside the cup was sweets and small cookies.. ehehe…
After the flea market, we went straight to church that day.. I saw my crush there… weee.. We went back to Ofuna station to eat at a cheap Katsudon shop.. After eating, we went straight to home and watched japanese thriller movies entitled, One Missed Call… And again, we slept really late that night…
We woke up early the next day, December 29, and we went shopping for our supposedly Party for the New Year.. That was very tiring because we bought alot of foods, and using our bicycles, we put all of those groceries on the baskets of our bikes.. That day was not that special, but it was very fun.. And of course,our day will not be completed if we dont watch any movies… So we watched the second installment of the japanese movie One Missed Call… Since we were all scared that night, we slept together on one room… ehehe..
Then on December 30, we were invited by the tita of Glad to go to the birthday party of his son that day.. We were supposed to arrive there at 12 noon, so we decided to take a look at Akihabara… We arrived at akihabara at around 10.30am, and we searched for cheap laptops, ipods, psp, and hdd.. So we bought alot of stuffs that day… I myself, bought a d40 DSLR for my friend.. The 3 of us bought this1 tera byte hdd which costs around 7kphp which was the most important thing that I bought that day… As of now, I already used 150gb in that hdd.. ehehe.. Anyways, continuing, my friend Dab bought a laptop for her brother.. Then she and Glad bought an IPod Touch 32GB.. I also wanted to buy an Ipod Touch but I ran out of cash that day… ehehe.. Then my friend Glad bougt 2 psps for his brothers’ birthday this month.. Imagine all of those stuffs in just one day.. Napakabigat bitbitin.. ehehe…
Here was the picture of the birthday celebrant named Jun-kun… Click the thumbnails to enlarge the image:
Cute noh.. After eating we chatted with each other, kasi kami kami lang din naman ang andun.. Then ate Marissa, the mother of Jun-kun, invited us to go to a Karaoke Bar that night, which we did, and we stayed there for 2 hours singing alot of english songs and some japanese songs.. The daughter of ate Marissa, Maki-chan, came with us that night.. She sang famous Japanese songs that we know like Soba ni Iru, Kiseki, etc… Then after that, we went back to the mansion of ate Marissa and stayed there for the night…
With the Girls at the Karaoke Bar
December 31, we went back to Akihabara, because we were still in Tokyo that day, and then bought some of the things that they needed… Oh, this was the day that they bought their Ipods.. We looked for cheap Ipods there, and finally, they bought the 16k php 32 GB Ipod touch.. Thats the cheapest in Akihabara that we saw that day… Then after the tiring day, we went home at last.. We arrived at the apartment at around 6pm and of course, the first thing I did was to transfer all of my files in the hdd… Thenwhile doing that, I started to torrent all Jdramas, movies, and series that I liked… ehehe…
Our friend kuya James invited us to spend the new year with them.. So I, along with Dab and Glad, met up with Kuya James, kuya Rommel and Kuya Clint at Sakuragi-cho, Yokohama for the countdown event of the new year.. So we left our house at around 9.15pm and arrived there at 10.10pm.. We ate ate a chinese restaurant, and then we searched for a good place to watch the fireworks… here was the picture..
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With Glad, Kuya James, Kuya Clint, Kuya Rommel and Dab
Here’s a video of the event.. Courtesy of Dab.. Click here to watch the movie..
Well, it turned out the the event in Yokohama was not that big.. The fireworks display lasted for 3 minutes only, and sad to say I didnt enjoyed the event… The fireworks was very far from our place, and it didnt even reached the sky… That was supposed to be my first Fireworks Display shots, but I failed… ehehe.. But the most important thing was that I was with my friends on that special day.. ehehe…
After watching, we were supposed to wait for the sunrise that night, but we didnt know were to stay for 6 hours.. We roamed around the place, because it was an amusement park, but sad to say we didtnt find anything.. So we just went into a restaurant named Moss Burger, ate there, and then went straight home after that… We arrived at 4.10 am this day, and then thats it… ehehe…
So what are my plans for this year, well, I want to do real diet this time… I want to lose weight.. And to start it, I bought this japanese tea which to help me lose all the fats I have inside me.. Hope it works.. ehehe… Then later today, we will celebrate New Year and we will have a mini-handaan along with my batchmates… So there.. No big plans for this year yet… ehehe..
Ja, thanks for reading this blog.. Till next time..
Funny Japanese Words
We dont regret the things we Did.. We regret those we didnt….
Well, as a Filipino, it will be easy for us to learn and study Nihongo because of so many reasons.. One, the alphabet they have is like tagalog, example, a e i o u, ka ke ki ko ku, sa shi su se so, ta ti tu te to, etc, etc.. Some of the construction of sentences are also the same.. Like Maganda na Babae, Kirei na Josei.. And as you guessed, Maganda = Kirei and Babae = Josei.. And the funny thing is the “na” which is also used here in Japan… It is much easier to translate Tagalog to Nihongo compared to English to Nihongo.. Because as I said, we have almost-identical sentence conctructions.. Then being a Filipino, I find some of the Japanese words very amusing.. Amusing in a way that if they say those words in the Philippines, people will look at them of laugh at them.. Here are sample of those words that must not be said in the Philippines:
Kike!
yes with an exclamation point.. In tagalog, it means “Kepyas”.. But in Japanese, it means, Listen! in an imperative way..
~Kiki ni ~
Well, if I translate this in tagalog, it means “Ang kepyas ni ~”.. But in Japanese, the speaker’s purpose is to listen, whatever he will do (with regards to going or coming).. For example listen to concerts, or singing contests… Something like that..
Kippu
In tagalog, Yas-kep.. Well, ang ibig sabihin nyan sa Japanese ay Ticket.. ehehe.. Bus ticket, or movie ticket..
Waa
In the Philippines, this is said when you want to act childish and show that something bad happened.. like a crying baby .. But in here, that is said when you are amazed with something.. So in Japanese, waa is equivalent to Wow.. ehehe.. Since they dont have a single ‘w’ letter in their alphabet, they cannot create the word Wow.. maybe Wawa.. ehehe.. but its different..
Futa
in tagalog, Bitch!!… But no, that is a word to describe the covers of the bottles, or any covers.. Much like a lid..
~Beki ka?
in tagalog, Bakla ka? ehehe.. And in here, it is like, should it be ~?
Suso
Hiyas.. hehe,.. Saktong sakto naman tong word na to.. Pero dito, ang meaning nyan ay skirt, or trousers.. ehehe..
Sekiyu
Hehe, sa atin guard ang ibig sabihin nito, pero dito, ito ay Oil..
Senpuki (c/o Glad and Kuya Pot)
Uu nga, salamat kala glad at kay Kuya Pot, nailagay ko to.. Ang senpuki ay electric fan dito sa Japan.. Using it in a sentence, “Mahilig ka ba sa malaking Senpuki?” or “Inde ako mahilig sa Senpuki.. Mas gusto ko ang Aircon… Hehe..”
Baka (c/o Kuya Pot)
Ang Baka sa pinas ay isang uri ng hayop na kinakain.. Masarap itong gawing ulam lalo na kapag ito ay isinama sa Nilaga.. Pero dito, pag nasabihan ka ng baka, inde ibig sabihin eh masarap kang kainin or something, pero ikaw ay stupid.. hehe.. Yes, ang Baka dito means stupid.. hehe… Kaya wak kang matuwa pag nisabihan ka ng Baka dito…
As of now, yan yung mga napansin ko na nakakatuwang Japanese words.. Kung may alam kayu, sabihin niyo sakin.. ehehe…
Ha, anu Daw?
Grabe, pati public aquarium inde ko pinatawad.. ehehe.. Well, I went to Sea Paradise Yokohama, with 4 of my friends to have a good quality time together, also, to practice some more shootings, and most of all, to experience riding roller coasters and other rides here in Japan…
So basically, I just shoot whatever I like… Never did it crossed my mind to read every english word wherever I go.. Then One of my friend told me “dba nangongolekta ka ng maling english” and then he showed me this menu:
- Plane Dog.. Airplane? Plane ng geometry? anung klaseng food to?
And then I just burst into laughter.. Then i thought that it was all over… But i was wrong… Well, there were alot more..
So while walking and exploring other places, we entered a mini aquarium for dolphins.. It not that big.. Its like a cave where the walls and ceilings are glasses and you will see the sea creatures there.. So its like you are under the sea.. Well of course, I dont have time to idle my self, so I started taking pictures.. The funny thing was that, the first time I took a picture, I never noticed that I the glass was near.. It was very clear, and guess what?? I scratched the glass with my lense.. Luckily, I have a Lense Protector (I dont know what its called), with rough edges (actually not edges kasi circle siya.. So lets say na rough circumference) and inde na scratch yung mismong lense and protector.. yey… Then after the scratch, medyo lumayo na ako sa glass, then naghintay ng mga 7 seconds before looking for other subjects…
Ito namang mga friends ko, talagang nihanap pa nila.. tapos nivideohan pa… ahahaaha..
In the video, ako yung nasa gitna, then papunta sa left, then inde na ako kita sa camera.. then at around 0:14, you will see me again na nagpipichur… then on 0:17, you will hear me swearing at the glass… and at around 0:25, you will the voice of my friend kuya Pot saying “ay nagasgas”… and on 0:55 Glad focuses the video on the gasgas… so here was the script:
*scratch sound na narinig ni kuya Pot
Ako: ay siet nagasgasan..
kuya Pot: ay nagasgas
Dabbie: ha?
Ako and kuya Pot: nagasgasan *pointing to glass
Kuya James: asan??!!??
Kuya Pot: Ayan oh!!
Xave: Kunwari inde natin tinitignan..
… inde ko na maintindihan yung next, basta may bata na akong narinig, then tumawa kami, then si Glad nivideohan..
Glad: ni-narate na yung gasgas at nifocus pa.. ahaha
Then after taking pictures of almost all of the fishes there, pumasok kami sa loob.. Then ewan ko kung anung tawag dun sa animal na yun.. Parang dolphin na mataba na color white.. Inde ko siya mapichuran ng maayos kasi ang kulit niya. Para siyang baliw, kasi paikot ikot lang talaga siya… Taas, then baba… Taas, then baba.. Ayun.. then nililinis pa ang kanyang aquarium.. Kaya parang kadiri, ang daming nagflo-float na mga pupu… ahaha…
- Pupu sa aquarium
And then on the way out, nag group pic pa kami, actually, sila lang pala kasi ako yung kumuha nung pic… ahaha.. then andun na din yung pic with the fishes.. hehe.. talagang huli lagi yung mga personal pics weh.. ewan ko ba kung bakit.. parang yung place muna, then after ng lahat, personal pics… buti nalang maliit lang yung place kaya inde na malayo yung nibalikan namin.. ehehe.. And on the way out, ito yung nakita namin.. Napansin to ng friend kong si Glad, kasi siya eh mahilig sa color blue.. ehehe..
- Anu ba talaga kuya, Blue o Bule??
And then after this, papunta na kami sa sea show.. Hmm, dun sa building ng sea show, medyo madaming sea creatures din.. 4th floor ata yung show, then below nun is mga aquariums aquariums.. hehe… The show started at 3 pm, and mga 2.30 palang nun.. But we decided to go there kasi madaming tao sobra.. So as to have good seats, umakyat na kami.. And ayun, buti naman at ok yung napuwestuhan namin.. Tamang tama lang for 55mm-200mm lense.. Kaso inde ko masyadong nakuha yung pinaka buo nung stage.. Lalo na nung super performance yung dolphins.. Eh nahihiya akong umakyat pa, ang dami din kasing tao.. kaya nagfocus nalang ako sa isang side.. ehehe..
- Sexy Pose
Natatawa ako dito, kasi ang laki laki nyam tapos ang bagal nya maglakad.. heehehe.. Pero komedyante to, at magaling din umarte.. Panalo.. ehehe..
- Darna!!
Natutuwa ako.. Kasi ang hirap kunan ng shots yung mga dolphins.. Inde mo alam kung saan sila lalabas.. Kaya dapat mabilis kang mag tutok at mabilis ka din mag click.. dahil kung inde, putol lahat ng shots na makukuha mo.. Kaya ang nigawa ko, nakatingin ako sa baba, then maga-assume ako kung san sila lalabas depende kung saan sila papunta, then ihahanda ko na yung camera, then sisilip sa view finder, then biglang click… ehehe.. all of that, in just 2 to 3 seconds.. At syempre, pag nahuli ka ng shots, or pag nagkamali ka ng ayos ng camera, ganito ang mangyayari:
- Toinks, putol
ahaha.. dapat patayo yung orientation na nigawa ko.. inde ko kasi nafore-see yung gagawin nilang act… ahahaha… Putol tuloy yung babae…
Then after the show, nagpichur pichuran kami sa ibaba.. Sa mga aquariums aquariums… And dun na namin nakita ang talent ng Japanese pag dating sa English.. ehehe..
- Kung ay Patrick Star sa Spongebob, meron ding LobSTAR
- Ha??… eating… then… Ang gulo mo kuya!!
- Ito inde ko talaga magetz… ahahaa
- Hmm..No Comment
Sa totoo lang, sa sobrang dilim nung place, ang mas finocus ko is mga wrong grammar kesa sa mga sea creatures… ahaha.. Ang hirap kasi kunan ng pics yung sea creatures, kaya mga signs nalang.. ehehe..
Then nagulat kami, inde pa pala tapos yung show na pinanggalingan namin.. Kahit dun sa ibaba may ibang shows pa..
- Best Show of All
Kaso sa sobrang tagal ng kanilang show, umalis na din kami.. In fairness, ang daming nagstop sa area namin, at nakikinood din.. Kami naman ni kuya Pot, nagvoi-voice over sa kanila.. Grabe.. Adik lang… ahaha…
After this, napansin namin na medyo late na pala.. Around 4 or 4.30 na ata yun, and inde pa kami masyadong nakakapag rides… Kaya nag decide kami na magrides na at masulit pa lalo yung binayad namin… So sumakay kami dun sa parang umiikot na disk… Well, pataas baba lang siya.. Inde siya nakakatakot or nakakasuka.. Inde naman kami katulad nung babae sa picture na to
Left most Gurl sa Pichur
Mabagal yung ikot nung ride na yun, at makikita mo talaga yung buong Sea Paradise.. Sabi nga ng isa samin, sana yun daw muna yung nisakyan namin para alam na namin lahat ng places… It turned out na inde pa pala namin napuntahan lahat ng lugar dun.. Sa sobrang lake nung place.. ehehe…Then ang panget pa, gabi din kami sumakay dun, so inde ko din napichuran ng maayos yung paligid ng Sea Paradise.. Kahinaan ko kasi ang dilim, kasi inde pa ako sanay magpichur ng gumagalaw na bagay sa dilim.. Kaya inde maganda yung iba kong pics.. ehehe.. But the good thing is nakapag pahinga kami dun, lalo na’t ang isusunod namin na ride is yung roller coaster na.. ehehe..
So after nun, nag roller coaster na kami.. Medyo inde din siya nakakatakot, pero masaya kasi ang daming paikotikot… ehehe… Then ayun, as expected, may pichur din while riding the roller coaster.. Kaso inde namin alam nung una kung san naka locate, pero buti nalang maayos yung pose naming lahat, kaya bumili kaming 5 ng remembrance.. Nasakto din na nasa isang frame kaming lahat, kaya go na.. ehehehe..
After nung roller coaster, nag isang ride pa kami nun, and then we decided to ride the last one.. The Blue Fall… Ayun, medyo nagdalawang ulit kami nun, and we decided to go home.. Actually, not home yet.. Kumain muna kami sa TGIF.. and in fairness, ang tagal namin dun… At ang masasabi ko lang, panalo ang pagkain dun.. As in.. Masarap siya sa masarap.. Ewan ko kung anung drugs ang nilagay nila dun at talgang magugustuhan mo lahat.. Hehe..
After nung kainan namin, ayun, umalis na kami at nagpahinga sa kani kanilang mga bahay… ehehe..
Dinner sa TGIF
yan yung dinner ko sa TGIF.. pero before pa eating that one, grabe, nagpakabusog kami sa Appetizer.. Kasi super sarap at ang daming serving kaya appetizer palang busog na kami.. ahaha…
Well, mauulit pa tong TGIF namin.. ewan ko lang kung kelan… ehehe… maybe this christmas.. ehehe
Redundancy is the Best Policy
well, I learned from my filipino teacher back in college, the saying “Redundancy is the best Policy”.. Back then, we also learned alot of things from her… Like the tagalog of “/” is “chak”.. Also the URL, http://wwxyz… ehehe….
Lately, alot of commercial posters had been posted inside the malls here in Nagoya, one of them is this famous Matsuri somewhere in Inuyama, and others are just normal posters.. But what caught my attention was this poster:
Merry na Happy Pa!!!
And so I wonder how they enjoy christmas season.. I thought to myself, how joyful their christmas is.. Kasi Happy n, Merry pa.. ehehe..
Then another poster that made me look twice was this:
Look at the team name
At first, I thought, wow, she is beautiful, if she was a girl.. then days passed until I noticed the team name written in her uniform… They are called the Golden Golds.. And so I wondered, are there any other kind of golds out there?? ehehe…
Well, up until now, I keep on noticing other funny things here in Japan.. Just like this one:
Beware!
I pass that sign everyday, but I dont read it… hehe.. I just noticed it lately, when I notice other funny stuffs posted… ehehe..
Hope this made you smile… Sure made me laugh.. ehehe
Anti Terrorism
Terrorism exists even in the most peaceful country, or in the most technologically advanced country… We cannot completely eliminate terrorism…
Here in Japan, terrorism exists though you will not notice it that much.. Crime rates are low, but the suicide rates are high.. Its seldom that a person here in Japan will steal something in a store… Most stores here dont even mind theft… Because its rare to happen.. Thats why, alot of stores here dont have someone to look after their stocks even if its outside the store..
Safety in Japan is secured.. They rely on the help of America to clear the enemies away from the country.. They dont make war stuffs anymore… And they dont worry about terrorism or attacks.. One good proof of that, is in the train station, or even at mall entrances, there are no guards that will check your bags for bombs or illegal weapons.. Also in the train, no matter how big your baggage is, or how suspiciously looking a person and his baggage is, people dont mind it..
I thought about alot of reasons, and last day, I found the main reason… Its because of this:
Safety First
hehe… Masunuring tao pala ang mga hapon, kaya ala masyadong umaatake at nagdadala ng bomba dahil sa mga display na ganito.. ehehe.. Panu kaya pag sa Pinas naglagay din sila ng ganyan.. Susundin kaya yun ng mga tao?? ehehe…
Can’t Smile
You know I can’t smile without you
I can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
Smile makes the world go round as they say.. And smile can make someone’s day… What if you cant smile?? Or you dont have that big smile that someone else have?? So you have many options… One is to practice to smile daily.. Or if you really want to make a very big smile, then use this:
Slim Mouth Piece
This is a mini-device that will make your smile better… Or kung gusto niyo lang lumaki ang bibig niyo.. lalo na sa mga becky… nyahahah…
I was surprised to see this… Nakita ko to sa isang shop na malapit sa office namin.. Nakapila lang ako, then tumitingin tingin sa paligid ko, and then I saw this.. ehehe..
So, gusto mo bang abot tenga ang iyong ngiti?? then buy one of this… It comes in many sizes depende kung ganu kalaki ang gusto mong kalabasan ng bibig mo… nyahahah…
