UBC.. defeated!! Muhaha... + Hokkaido !
"Carol, I've got a chance to verify Co-op Japan's requirement. Rosalynn
is not required to provide a work term report for SU2006 but should
provide her student evaluation. "
SO wanted to reply the email with "I told you so".... =P
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Group meeting???
which means my area is completely empty right now.... and that means the group beside me can be loud and noisy? ermm.... すなわち, Hokkaido trip update time! XD
北海道
Day1
Met up with Clem and Billy to fly to Hokkaido... had a MOS Burger at Hokkaido airport, then met up with Anton and Vincent to find our ryokan. It took us a while but we finally found it... for $30 per night I'd say that is a GREAT place!! Although the rooms are not as big as the Mount Fuji ones, it was still really nice. All its missing is an お風呂 and a shower curtain.. hehe After getting to our ryokan, we got hungry so we had dinner @ at nearby ramen place.
Had Hokkaido's infamous Miso ramen and it was mmMMMMmmmm soooo yummy!! XD After that we headed to Moiwayama but the cable car was closed so instead, we carried on a chinese mid-autumn festival tradition-- BOU LARP! haha in fact it was my first time doing it, and under the guidance of Vincent we melted a pack of 100 (?) candles in half a beer can. I guess we had some fun doing that, although Billy's attempt to throw rocks in the can almost took out the fire completely. hehee...
we headed to an Izakaya afterwards, had some yakitori, played a game where you had to connect words based on the last letter of the previous one (but you also have to memorize all the previous ones), had a few drinks, and called it a night.
Day 2
Waking up after getting 7 full hours of sleep, we headed back to the ramen shop for some brunch. They had a 700￥ set there which includes a bowl of ramen, 3 gyoza and an onigiri!! This time I tried butter ramen... Hokkaido is suppoesd to be famous for their dairy products, and this one didn't disappoint me at all. It was sooo goood!! =)
*sorry clem, gotta steal ur picture cuz I forgot to take one myself =P
After our brunch we headed towards Ishiya chocolate factory. I LOVE it there the buildings were so westernized and I felt like I was Charlie. hehhee.. and Ishiya is where they make the infamous 白い恋人 (white lovers) chocolate... which is mouth watering-ly yummy...
throughout the whole factory tour (in which we got to see the assembly line of the chocolate in making) I was just craving for a piece of 白い恋人!! ><
Anyway... after grabbing a whole bunch of those in the Omiyage seciton, we headed towards 小樽 (Otaru). Since the typhoon loves me, Vince and Billy and followed us all the way from Okinawa to Hokkaido, it was pouring rain that day. We managed to find the Orgel Museum (which apparently appeared in TVB drama Chung seung wun siu), and the best part of that museum was decorating my own orgel (music box)!!! Hehee I haven't done any arts and crafts in a long time and it was definitely tons of fun doing that. After the orgel museum, we headed to すし街 (Sushi street) which is a street filled with sushi shops. We found one in a little street and we all tried yet another food that Hokkaido is famous for-- ちらし (chirashi), which is sashimi on rice. Since the city is near the ocean, seafood is supposed to be really fresh there. And of course the chirashi was SUUPPER tasty but also quite pricey. ><
*Very yummy chirashi don that we had
Anyway, after getting warmed up and refreshed there, we were ready to head back to our hotel after grabbing a few drinks from the local Lawsons. There's seriously one Lawson every 2 blocks there! haha...
Day 3
I love having ramen (again) after 8 hours of sleep... =) This time I ordered 五目ラーメン which is seafood and veggies ramen.
It wasn't as good as the other 2 I tried but it was still pretty damn good!! After ramen lunch, we headed to 登別 (Noboribetsu) for some ONSEN!! XD We visited 地獄谷 (hell valley) and hiked all the way into the hot spring lake.
*"HOKDO"!
Unfortuntely we could not onsen at the lake so we hiked back and went into a hot spring resort! The one we went to was a bit expensive, but it was GREAT. The inside hot tub area was huge.. there were all kinds of hot tubs like 美人の浴,鬼の浴 (which was VERY hot),万病の浴, but the best was definitely the 露天風呂 (outdoor hot spring)!!! I was sitting in the outdoor hotspring enjoying the beautiful view of trees outside while the rain pelted on my shoulder... that feeling is so sensational!! XD After onsen, we headed to 薄野 (susukino), the red light district of Sapporo. After searching for a while we found a place to have 毛蟹 (hairy crab), but that store ran out of rice (wth!) ANd green tea (WTH??)... haha nonetheless, the crab was great (makes me misses cold crab back home ><) and sashimi was really fresh!
After dinner came the best part of the night-- we went to an izakaya type restaurant, but aside from AYCD and AYCE, they also have Karaoke in the room!!! So all of us got to sing quite a few songs and it was cool hearing Anton rap... XD You did a good job Anton!!! And I finally got to hear Vincent sing... he has a great voice!! Hehee let's sing again someday!!! The only down side to the night was that all the "drinks" seemed to have little to no alcohol content so none of us were even slightly buzzed after downing at least 5 drinks each. Anyhow... that was a great night, we returned to the ryokan at 3:30 and walked through 道り公園 which, according to Vince, is another scene that showed up in Chung seung wun siu.. lol...
Day 4
Unfortunately Anton and Vince had to leave early today, so the crew that's left is only me, Billy and Clem. We toured around downtown Sapporo, went to the clock tower, TV tower, walked through 道り公園 again in daylight, and I had the BEST BUTTER CROQUETTE in my life!!!
OMG that was so good.. the milk icecream I had was not bad either!!! XD Then we visited Hokkaido University and then to Sapporo Beer museum where I tried Corn flavored and soup curry flavored icecream.. the first was good but the latter was.. meh.... And after all that tourist-y things, we headed back to Susukino and tried Ghenkis Khan (yes, as u have guessed, yet ANOHTER delicacy of Hokkaido).
*ps. no "no more icecream la, little fattie" comments plz! XD
...
It was definitely a trip filled with FOOD... and I loved it!!! XD
This trip is just as good as the one in Okinawa, and hopefully next week's trip to Kyushuu will be just as good as well. =)
==================================
Junk food note:
For cheap and yummy junk food, look for Bourbon brand ones... for 100￥ you can already choose from a LOT of variety!! Oh yeah... I should start a junk food blog soon, but maybe when I get back to Van with nothing to do... lol.
Mmm.. had 長崎ちゃんぽん (Nagasaki Champon) today at lunch.. it tastes exactly like chinese fried noodles (the ones with crunchy noodles)!!! XD 3 hours after lunch and I'm still savouring the after taste in my mouth... man this sounds gross.. but it was THAT good.
Studying for JLPT...
trying to cram everything in within these 2 months.
Need... more..time!!
is not required to provide a work term report for SU2006 but should
provide her student evaluation. "
SO wanted to reply the email with "I told you so".... =P
===========================
Group meeting???
which means my area is completely empty right now.... and that means the group beside me can be loud and noisy? ermm.... すなわち, Hokkaido trip update time! XD
北海道
Day1
Met up with Clem and Billy to fly to Hokkaido... had a MOS Burger at Hokkaido airport, then met up with Anton and Vincent to find our ryokan. It took us a while but we finally found it... for $30 per night I'd say that is a GREAT place!! Although the rooms are not as big as the Mount Fuji ones, it was still really nice. All its missing is an お風呂 and a shower curtain.. hehe After getting to our ryokan, we got hungry so we had dinner @ at nearby ramen place.
Had Hokkaido's infamous Miso ramen and it was mmMMMMmmmm soooo yummy!! XD After that we headed to Moiwayama but the cable car was closed so instead, we carried on a chinese mid-autumn festival tradition-- BOU LARP! haha in fact it was my first time doing it, and under the guidance of Vincent we melted a pack of 100 (?) candles in half a beer can. I guess we had some fun doing that, although Billy's attempt to throw rocks in the can almost took out the fire completely. hehee...
we headed to an Izakaya afterwards, had some yakitori, played a game where you had to connect words based on the last letter of the previous one (but you also have to memorize all the previous ones), had a few drinks, and called it a night.
Day 2
Waking up after getting 7 full hours of sleep, we headed back to the ramen shop for some brunch. They had a 700￥ set there which includes a bowl of ramen, 3 gyoza and an onigiri!! This time I tried butter ramen... Hokkaido is suppoesd to be famous for their dairy products, and this one didn't disappoint me at all. It was sooo goood!! =)
*sorry clem, gotta steal ur picture cuz I forgot to take one myself =P
After our brunch we headed towards Ishiya chocolate factory. I LOVE it there the buildings were so westernized and I felt like I was Charlie. hehhee.. and Ishiya is where they make the infamous 白い恋人 (white lovers) chocolate... which is mouth watering-ly yummy...
throughout the whole factory tour (in which we got to see the assembly line of the chocolate in making) I was just craving for a piece of 白い恋人!! ><
Anyway... after grabbing a whole bunch of those in the Omiyage seciton, we headed towards 小樽 (Otaru). Since the typhoon loves me, Vince and Billy and followed us all the way from Okinawa to Hokkaido, it was pouring rain that day. We managed to find the Orgel Museum (which apparently appeared in TVB drama Chung seung wun siu), and the best part of that museum was decorating my own orgel (music box)!!! Hehee I haven't done any arts and crafts in a long time and it was definitely tons of fun doing that. After the orgel museum, we headed to すし街 (Sushi street) which is a street filled with sushi shops. We found one in a little street and we all tried yet another food that Hokkaido is famous for-- ちらし (chirashi), which is sashimi on rice. Since the city is near the ocean, seafood is supposed to be really fresh there. And of course the chirashi was SUUPPER tasty but also quite pricey. ><
*Very yummy chirashi don that we had
Anyway, after getting warmed up and refreshed there, we were ready to head back to our hotel after grabbing a few drinks from the local Lawsons. There's seriously one Lawson every 2 blocks there! haha...
Day 3
I love having ramen (again) after 8 hours of sleep... =) This time I ordered 五目ラーメン which is seafood and veggies ramen.
It wasn't as good as the other 2 I tried but it was still pretty damn good!! After ramen lunch, we headed to 登別 (Noboribetsu) for some ONSEN!! XD We visited 地獄谷 (hell valley) and hiked all the way into the hot spring lake.
*"HOKDO"!
Unfortuntely we could not onsen at the lake so we hiked back and went into a hot spring resort! The one we went to was a bit expensive, but it was GREAT. The inside hot tub area was huge.. there were all kinds of hot tubs like 美人の浴,鬼の浴 (which was VERY hot),万病の浴, but the best was definitely the 露天風呂 (outdoor hot spring)!!! I was sitting in the outdoor hotspring enjoying the beautiful view of trees outside while the rain pelted on my shoulder... that feeling is so sensational!! XD After onsen, we headed to 薄野 (susukino), the red light district of Sapporo. After searching for a while we found a place to have 毛蟹 (hairy crab), but that store ran out of rice (wth!) ANd green tea (WTH??)... haha nonetheless, the crab was great (makes me misses cold crab back home ><) and sashimi was really fresh!
After dinner came the best part of the night-- we went to an izakaya type restaurant, but aside from AYCD and AYCE, they also have Karaoke in the room!!! So all of us got to sing quite a few songs and it was cool hearing Anton rap... XD You did a good job Anton!!! And I finally got to hear Vincent sing... he has a great voice!! Hehee let's sing again someday!!! The only down side to the night was that all the "drinks" seemed to have little to no alcohol content so none of us were even slightly buzzed after downing at least 5 drinks each. Anyhow... that was a great night, we returned to the ryokan at 3:30 and walked through 道り公園 which, according to Vince, is another scene that showed up in Chung seung wun siu.. lol...
Day 4
Unfortunately Anton and Vince had to leave early today, so the crew that's left is only me, Billy and Clem. We toured around downtown Sapporo, went to the clock tower, TV tower, walked through 道り公園 again in daylight, and I had the BEST BUTTER CROQUETTE in my life!!!
OMG that was so good.. the milk icecream I had was not bad either!!! XD Then we visited Hokkaido University and then to Sapporo Beer museum where I tried Corn flavored and soup curry flavored icecream.. the first was good but the latter was.. meh.... And after all that tourist-y things, we headed back to Susukino and tried Ghenkis Khan (yes, as u have guessed, yet ANOHTER delicacy of Hokkaido).
*ps. no "no more icecream la, little fattie" comments plz! XD
...
It was definitely a trip filled with FOOD... and I loved it!!! XD
This trip is just as good as the one in Okinawa, and hopefully next week's trip to Kyushuu will be just as good as well. =)
==================================
Junk food note:
For cheap and yummy junk food, look for Bourbon brand ones... for 100￥ you can already choose from a LOT of variety!! Oh yeah... I should start a junk food blog soon, but maybe when I get back to Van with nothing to do... lol.
Mmm.. had 長崎ちゃんぽん (Nagasaki Champon) today at lunch.. it tastes exactly like chinese fried noodles (the ones with crunchy noodles)!!! XD 3 hours after lunch and I'm still savouring the after taste in my mouth... man this sounds gross.. but it was THAT good.
Studying for JLPT...
trying to cram everything in within these 2 months.
Need... more..time!!
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