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| Rey Ian\\\\\\\'s Personal Blog |
| Personal Blog about the Philippines, Davao, Makati, Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Mindanao and everything about the Philippines. Anything also about Japan, the language, which is Nihongo are included in my blog. |
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| Tabehoudai (食べ放題) Eat-All-You-Can |
| 2009-06-18 10:09:00 |
Last Wednesday was an Eat-All-You-Can lunch since most teachers were with their respective sport teams for an athletic meet here in Saitama. The daily meal that should be shared by 20 people were shared only by me and my two other colleagues. The result was some kind of lunch buffet with a bonus of take home snacks. The picture above with the meat is stuffed with carrots, potatoes in miso stew. The golden brown cubes are fried salmon cubes. While the one with a shrimp and peanut drawing is our "dessert." Of course, our meal is not complete without the Saihoku Fresh Milk. Oh, I love Japanese school lunch!...
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| Nissin Milk Curry |
| 2009-06-14 08:04:00 |
Probably one of the unusual flavor from Nissin Ramen is this Milk Curry. Can you imagine the combination of curry soup with milk? I actually liked the blend. The overall taste is a mixture of mild curry with the creamy kick of milk. This is actually better than seafood flavor. Definitely only in Japan....
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| Planting and Harvest Time |
| 2009-06-07 09:18:00 |
Summer time is indeed fast approaching. Summer time is the season for harvest for these rice planted in Japan. I envy things are done here. Planting rice is done by machine and even harvest. Everything is mechanical....
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| Creative Hands |
| 2009-06-07 09:15:00 |
This cut-out artwork is from my 2nd year student. He gave this to me as a remembrance to his continuing passion for artwork. Well, cut the crap out... Actually, he never listens to our English class and this is his was of making the class silent instead of wrecking things up. Poor boy. But I admire his skills in drawing. Apart from this, he is also passionate in his loved sport, Baseball....
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| Burger Day |
| 2009-06-07 09:08:00 |
For the past weekend, I have been craving for that delicious American cheeseburger and fries. And I did eat it for two consecutive days. A while ago I ate double cheese quarter pounder with fries. Ohh... Sometimes you tend to get sick with eating the same kind of food. But now, I crave for ramen. Hehehe... McDonalds in Hanyu AEON Mall....
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| Aizu-Wakamatsu: Castle, Sake and Akabeko |
| 2009-06-03 06:29:00 |
Aizu: Castle, Sake and AkabekoThe day was filled with so much excitement as me and my friends embarked on a road trip towards Fukushima Prefecture. It was my first time to traverse the Tohoku Expressway and I was filled with anticipation on the route that we took as I have been traveling mostly by train. It was relatively very cheap to travel since ETC’s exit toll charge is only 1,000 yen. And surprisingly, there is no traffic at all. From our place in Hanyu City in Saitama, we took the Tohoku Expressway and changed expressways at Kooriyama Junction and turned left towards Ban’etsu Expressway and finally exiting at Aizu-Wakamatsu junction. There were numerous places of interest in Aizu-Wakamatsu but we only visited two of them as it was only a whole day trip.Tsurugajo CastleAlso called...
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| A Tale of Two Spiders |
| 2009-05-11 05:29:00 |
French company La Machine brought this gigantic-sized mechanical spider in Minato-Mirai Bay Area in Yokohama City. Entrance fee is at 2,800 yen per head which includes one day unlimited access to all of Y150 amusement facilities. Yokohama commemorates its 150th opening of its port to the world. Can be seen until September 2009.Another spider is at Roppongi Hills.Free entrance as this is part of the garden in Roppongi Hills Tower....
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| Saitama Museum of Natural History |
| 2009-04-30 07:47:00 |
Museum of Natural HistoryJust a few meters from the riverbanks of Arakawa River is somewhat a secretly-hidden museum. The Saitama Prefectural Museum of Natural History is a small museum dedicated about the ancient history of Saitama Prefecture. We were amazed to see that fossils of ancient sea creature which resembled like a dinosaur, humongous shark and mammoth elephant named Akebono elephant, were actually excavated within the vicinity of Saitama. Furthermore, the museum houses real-life preserved models of different kinds of species found in the region such as monkeys, different kinds of bird species, other mammals like deer, fox and many others. The museum also has an exhibit of the different insects and reptiles. The numerous collection of different metamorphic rocks and Earth mineral...
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| Nagatoro |
| 2009-04-30 07:29:00 |
Arakawa River in NagatoroWhile we were on our way to Chichibu, we saw this very scenic river with several small boats cruising along. By then, we decided to go to this famous river in Kami-Nagatoro. After getting off it took us around 5 minutes to reach the riverbanks. Countless people enjoy the spring-warm water in the riverside. Moreover, there were several curious people who also got off at Kami-Nagatoro and tried immersing their feet in the waters of this gushing river. From the base of the river, the railroad bridge can be seen. While taking random pictures, the famous black SL Steam-Engine Locomotive of the Chichibu Railways passed by and we were lucky to have taken a picture of it. Steam-Engine trains in Japan are slowly making a comeback to boost local tourism especially in deep pr...
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| Shibazakura 2009 |
| 2009-04-30 07:09:00 |
ShibazakuraShibazakura is a hill near Hitsujiyama Park in the west Saitama area in the city of Chichibu. I was truly stunned with how they have carefully and artistically designed each moss phlox plants in a manner which is very pleasant to your eyes when it’s in full bloom. Different colors of pink, lavender, white, and violet amazes you upon seeing it. This wide-open park in Chichibu has been frequently visited by moss phlox enthusiasts both local and foreign tourists within the Kanto Region and surrounding areas. Upon entering the area, we were stunned with how the flowers were lined up to form specific patterns. Most of the flowers within the field are in their fullest bloom and some were just about to do so. The pack of overcrowded people filled the air with too much enthusiasm and ...
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