Kyoto - tis one MUST READ 31 May 2005 Tue

now is 10.30pm.. miho, my fren, areadi slept.. m stil hanging on d net, hvnt take my bath yet

woke up at 6.30am tdy.. reali tired.. coz gota reach ohara at kyoto at 10am. ohara is an hr journey by bus fr kyoto station

we made d reservatn to wear ohara me kimono at 10am. tdy is d last day of d ohara me matsuri (festival), where we can wear d kimono for free. normal days take abt 2000 yen ohara me (ohara woman) at olden times r farmers. they brought wood to sell to rich people in kyoto. kind of poor pple. they put d wood on top of their heads, d kimono is short n dark color, unlike d normal rich pple kimono.

tdy those old ladies helped us to wear.. wah reali suffocating n chim..we took pic n got free entrance to sansenin (a famous temple). of coz we hv to work. we serve as attractns for tourists. mani old man askd us to take pic wif them or juz take our pix. quite funni.. oni 2 women askd us to take pic.. luckily its weekdays, if weekend, we will sure get bz but its rather interesting n refreshing for me to wear such a traditional clothes n walk on d street..luckily no handsome guys ard, if not i lost face man

we ate cold soba at d restaurant outside sansenin. then went back to chge our clothes n went to ohara onsen. abt 20min walk.. tiring, but gd coz can c sceneries along dway.. beautiful flowers, old houses, streams, padi fields,so nice.. n d weather is cool, oni a bit warm when there was sunlight.

we went for day onsen, oni onsen n a drink.. abt 2 hrs.cost 1oooyen. few pple at onsen coz a few of d other onsens were closed to prepare some buddihism festival tmw. we went for indoor n outdoor onsens. oni 2 of us. too bad my camera was wif d receptionist, if not i will take a pic of myself at d onsen

abt 4pm we reached d main shopping areas in kyoto, wana chge another bus to kyomizu temple. i was hungry n requested to take tea break. i managed to eat chocolate cake n drink royal milk tea. wah so delicious. of coz on d way, saw quite a no. of handsome guys ard. not veri stunning as masha but still consider gd looking coz of their sharp features. well, wat rose said was true. there are more handsome guys at kyoto.

reached kyomizu temple ard 5pm. they closed at 6pm. so rushed inside n take pic. saw alot of young school kids.their excursion trips. but as it was near d closing time nsunset, not tat mani pple ard. went ard to take pic etc.. n walked to d pagoda.

while walking back to d main stage(there is this term where they call kyomizu butai (stage),a big area at d temple), wah, i finally got to meet a veri veri handsome n cool guy. i hv noticed him fr quite a distance away. tall n slim, wearing black long shirt wifstrips. blond hair.. n when i look closer, oh my god, he is an ang moh! reali nice looking n young. while they were facing us, his fren (tink a jap wif US accent askd me if i can help them to take pic. so happily agreed, i took for them. then tok d opportunity to askd him can i take a pic wif his fren, he said ok. d ang moh looked at me,smiling..n i askd him, can i take a pic wif u? he smiled so charming n happily n said yes. so miho (stunned by my action) tok d pic for us, but it was too dark. m a bit disappointed, his fren said, i try to take. m soo surprised. wah lau, d ang moh stand next to me, veri close u noe, smiling so charming (of coz i secretly lok at him lah) n i was in my heart laughing loud, trying to hide my happiness. his fren lok at my camera n said it is brighter(tink he is surprised of my high tech camera). n my newdigital camera had tis fuctn where they will adjust d Dlighting auto, ie make it nicer. of coz take a while lah.so i tok d chance n askd d ang moh (who was smiling all d way) where did u come fr? he replied America. I told him, I come fr Spore. He was like Oh Singapore.. wah.. too bad i din askd his name. juz said tq n bid gdbye.. but i guess his fren knew lah, din disturb our conversatn. n d ang moh is like happily smiling all d way.. wah lau, i cant stop laughin n smiling after we walked away. miho was surprised n speechless. i told her d ang moh is kakoii (cool n handsome in japanese). she said must tell Su. hahaha.

we took some pic in d entrance. n noe wat, my camera battery went flat!!! Luckily it got to take wif d angmoh. saw a few females who wear kimono n act like geisha(?) taking pic at d entrance. of coz took pic of them wif miho camera. actuali hor, m trying to buy time n c if d ang moh comes out. hahaha . tink m hopeless. if miho not ard, i will offer to join them.. hahaha tis ang moh reali stunned me. d 1st n oni ang moh i tink is handsome n stylo.. aiyo, cannot forget him man. everytime tink of him i will smile.. u noe, kind of proud tat i tok pic wif him.. hahaha of coz, tdy oso tinkin of masha conct lah.. still cant get over d conct n him.. aiyo, meetin d ang moh is reali a blessing to me... reali interesting trip so far. coz i tot kyoto is like kamakura(which i dislike wif a lot of temple). but kyoto is nice..gd scenery, quiet.. hses veri neat.. n of coz got handsome guys ard.. my eyes kept swinging ard every moment at kyoto.tink tis time i reali met a no. of cool n handsome guys..not oni in kyoto, but oso a few in osaka. wah.. cant wait to go back kyoto again tmw.. for hotspring at arashiyama.aiyo.. maybe meet d ang moh again. hopefully. aiya, tonite cant sleep again...hehe

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