A small getaway from Tokyo.

People who live in Tokyo always say they are tired of Tokyo. I guess I can understand how they feel, because Japan is SO HUGE, when you’re in Tokyo alone you feel like you are missing out the ocean, the far-reaching meadows, the vast farms, the human intimacy that’s not in the form of a crammed rush-hour densha.

This.

Kamogawa Kan (鴨川館）

Kamogawa Kan in Chiba is amazing. I could particularly appreciate it lots because of how children friendly it is. Top notch omotenashi I experienced the moment we were brought into our ryokan room. read more

YO I AM BACK!!!

With full force! And more! Hahaha.

Many people ask me how I balance my work, family, personal time, social life, etc. I say, WHAT BALANCE? Actually, F balance. There’s no such thing as balance. You just do it until you cannot, then go batshit crazy for a while, and then come back again stronger. That’s how you do it.

Anyway, all my batshit has been relieved. I am back now. Better and stronger.

There are also many people I want to thank for picking me up when I fell face-flat on that bird diarrhoea, thank you, you , you and you (I’m just gonna make it very vague in case I forget someone from the credit roll and they think I’m ungrateful hahaha. You know how it’s like). read more

I took a short break off the internet and my usual routine last week alone in Japan. Just meeting people I like, eating nice food I deserved, drinking a little (hopefully to wean for real this time), and seeking courage, truth, liberation, and love.

And I think I found them all. Pieces by pieces.

The magic of Japan. I finally allowed myself to be healed and freed. And there was no other place on this earth I could have done this at. Thank you.

But this post is about something else! This was our last minute family trip back to Japan on 1st June, 2018. Many people ask why I never traveled elsewhere other than Japan. I often ask myself that too. It’s a big big world, and there are many places I want to see. But even when I have that extra time and money, I always end up coming back here. I didn’t understand why, but now I think the reason why I keep being enthralled to return over and over and over again, is because I felt that it has the power to heal. The air, the water, the shrines, all the delicious food, the people… read more

First post of Aomori here.

Continuing from Hakodate….

We left Hakodate and bound for Aomori again, because it was the first day of Nebuta Matsuri Festival!! More on that later. ^^

To board Junya’s favorite shinkanse, Hayabusa. <3

Hakodate to Aomori – 1 hour 1 minute. To Tokyo – 4 hours 2 minutes.

And then we spotted the most luxurious sightseeing train suite in Japan – Shiki Shima, bound from Tokyo to the Tohoku region. You have to put this in your bucket list… only if you are even lucky enough to win the periodical lottery to reserve a spot. read more

This is another cheat post because I think I’m losing my mojo a bit lately haha.

Plus I wrote one fake post PLUS a real, long post last month that isn’t about unicorn cupcakes and donut floats, so I think it’s ok. 😀

Here are the old posts you can read instead of this one.

For Junya

Read Junya’s 1st month , 2nd month , 3rd month , 4th month , 5th month , 6th month , 7th month,  8th month, 9th month , 10th month , 11th month , 12th month , 13th month , 14th month , 15th month , 16th month , 17th month , 18th months , 19th month , 20th month ,21st month , 22nd month , 23rd month , 24th month , 25th month , 26th month , 27th month , 28th month , 29th month , 30th month , 31st month , 32nd month , 33rd month , 34th month , 35th month , 36th month , 37th month , 38th month , 39th month , 40th month , 41st month , 42nd month , 43rd month , 44th month , 45th month , 46th month and 47th month here. read more

This post is a brief account of our family trip to Hakodate!

This was summer 2017, almost a year ago.

Previous post was on Aomori.

We spent one night in Aomori, and ambitiously thought about visiting Hakodate, Hokkaido, since it only takes 1 hour 6 minutes!!! That’s the time it takes from my home in KL to travel into town haha.

We left our resort, Aomoriya and headed to Misawa Station with the resort’s shuttle bus.

Transit at Hachinohe, bound for Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto.

Bought this salted scallop, I used it as topping for my Ochazuke, it was so good! read more