I still have no motivation to do my undone holiday homework even though school is starting officially on Monday.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I am Sec4. I am Sec4. I am Sec4. I am Sec4. I am Sec4.

...

I am old. I am old. I am old. I am old. I am old.


Shit Sec4 - 16 (!?!?!) sounds so mature, and I am not. (I admit =/)

All right, at least I feel pangs of guilt when I think of re-downloading Audi or clicking that Albatross 18 icon. 8D A SIGN OF MATURITY!

Anyoldhoooo, here's Day 3 of my Japan trip, in which we visited a temple called Kiyomizu and shopped aimlessly for the later half of the day because our initial plans to go visit the museum were ruined. At least I bought a pair of pretty shoes with nice Japanese print all over ~

DAY 3, KIYOMIZU

We had a better breakfast today; buffet style is always the best! Then we set off for Kyoto; the train station itself is so pretty already, like an airport...



My brother with his typical pose for the camera, clutching a can of his favourite Corn Potage,



Took the bus to that area, then we had to walk for ages uphill because the temple was nestled comfortable at the top -_o Pictures of our tumultuous journey,







The leaves there are gorgeous, eh. And all we get in Singapore is - okay, I should stop comparing Singapore to Japan lest I get sued, like everything else in Singapore is being sued for



Lots of shops, food, ice cream, and more ice cream... Roasted tea ice cream is delicious, tastes like both coffee and green tea!!!!! *drools*





Finally got to the temple area; the place was literally swimming with people



The geisha were not as pretty as books claim them to be



The entrances there are always so grand



And our temple, perched atop the hill!









Here's where people hang their wishes and blessings. I was supposed to look like I was surveying them thoughtfully and wisely, but I failed



Pure, drinking water for washing and drinking(tastes extremely clean!),



We climbed up,







Going inside (My sister is unbelievably adorable, I just noticed. ;_;),



The trees on the hill were mostly green but streaked with dashes of red, really lovely...





The scenery was really beautiful. Urgh, everywhere in Japan is beautiful. -_-



Deeper into the temple area, it was more infested with people





Random stone things... monuments... things? I had no idea what they were but they looked cool so my sister stood beside them for me to take a picture. 8D



This was an interesting little hut with many little thumb-shaped stones were dressed in red capes inside, and we had no idea what they signified... =/ But it looked cool so another picture was taken



Here, you toss a coin inside that wood thing and knock that long rope against it 3 times. Making a wish, blessings? I'm not sure; pardon my ignorance despite going there -_-



My mum + 4 children!



The long road ahead,



Abundance of lovely trees that shoot to the sky





Beautiful, beautiful Japan...... WHY CAN'T SINGAPORE BE LIKE -



Botak Bare cherry blossom/sakura trees, they only bloom in spring, pity in Spring we're slogging our guts out for SYF or something,



We left to try to go to the museum, so while waiting for the bus/parents+older sis to squabble over the plans, meimei and I died from boredom,



(OH BTW DID YOU SEE HOW MY MUM + MEIMEI + ME PINNED OUR HAIR? We used to same kind of hairclip too~!)

The museum closed way too early so we turned back to shop, (more pictures of um cool things)





And then after buying stuff, we went for dinner at a sushi place around our hotel area. The queue was extremely long so we sat around being retarded. My brother is so handsome, is he not?

Act-Cool pose



Candid biting-fingernail pose



:O



Shet he has dimples I don't have



Finally we got in. For some reason everyone's coats except my family's were taken by the waiters/waitresses to hang on the coat hanger. Excellent, eh? But the food was very good, I have to admit. Here's my drop-dead adorable sister feasting on her sushi! We had to sit apart because there weren't enough seats for us to sit altogether. I see myself stoning in the background. -_-



I... don't know what I was doing. Our side was still waiting around for sushi ~



The view outside the restaurant, dark and twinkly



So this is how I look like to shorter people (namely my brother who happily took this CANDID)! I was probably wondering where he was since he's so short...



Big fat adorable Lucky Draw bear who I tried talking to - "Hello, CAN YOU HEAR ME?" but did not acknowledge me. I poked its hard plastic eyes, but still no response. The person inside must have been rather pissed. =/ My mom won a $1000+ camera from the Lucky Draw, it's a scarily pro camera for pros with a million functions.



Then back to the hotel we went to sleep, etc...

Oh have I mentioned, I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban aloud to my younger sister every night.

"Crookshanks!" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled Ron. "LOOK. LOOK!!!!"

Snape's lips curled into a smile.
(imitates for younger sister to see)

It's really quite entertaining to read it out, especially when I try to put on a British accent and make McGonagall sound uncharacteristically high-pitched and squeaky for the fun of it.

All right off to 'study' as my mum's asking me to...


Oh wait. My epic Bella post!!!

/Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
Others only read of the love, the love that I love
Sing for me, love <3