Sweets Expo 2013.

I wish we could go...
due to our work schedule, we can't go there anymore...=(

Mucha

I was lucky!
My mum got Mucha exhibition tickets from her acquaintance,
Mucha is the Art Neuveau's artist, one of my most favourite artist.

It was my first time seeing such many piece of this master art =D

68th.

This year, we could celebrate my mum's birthday together =)
(Last time was about 4 years back only).

Happy 68th birthday to my mum.

we always miss you and love you.

This year, I've selected her favourite cheesecake from Morozoff.

Disneying wedding

This trip's purpose is to attend one of my old friend's wedding.
She is one of the friends who came to Singapore for my ROM.

We are not only happy for her but also happy that we can celebrate her wedding in Japan! =)

Wish their happy couple life and hope that someday they can visit to Singapore together.

67th ceremony.

This year's peace memorial ceremony is special.
It just because my grandma's name will be noted into the Bomb-victim's list.


We are coincidentally in Hiroshima right now and I decided to bring shiu-chan to the peace memorial ceremony.

Always the day is very hot, people always say "hot like the day bomb was dropped".

It is good that shiu-chan could see the ceremony.




After the ceremony, we were walking towards main street and happened to see riot policemen.
I was first time to see them so closely.

Their ranks are shown in no. of cherry blossoms.
We thought, "They look like Ninja"!!

Shot gun trip.

Went back Japan for attending my very respecting friend's wedding.

It was really a shortest trip ever in my life!
Reached to my hometown in Saturday(Today) morning, attend wedding ceremony and reception, then return to Singapore in the evening.
Yeah, we were just there for about 8 hours.



But it was really a such meaningful, cannot be exchanged with anything, very nice happiest moment.







Thank you for inviting us to their wedding,
congratulation and blessing for them!! =D

5 years...

It's year of Rabbit.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!!


Thank you for all of you for last year and best regards to new year =)




erm...think back, I have not celebrate new year in Japan...




Being lazy in New year is such nice feeling...
Cold!!!

OBON

Annual Obon (Jap Hungry festival)...




This is a very important event that I have to let Shiu-chan know.
To visit my ancestors and families.

And to enjoy gathering with long lost my relatives =)

Pumpkin Mont Blanc

TRICKED or TREATED??









Halloween is becoming more and more popular
nowadays in Japan.



Especially sweets and snacks!! =P

rabbit or wife

It's Mid-autumn festival day today.
In Japan, it's known as '十五夜(Juu go ya)'.


In Singapore, peoples are guying and eating Moon cakes during festive period while Japanese may eat 'Tsukimi Dango (kind of rice dumpling, not mochi rice cake)'.

Tsukimi dango has old old people's believe that rabbits living in the moon.
Moon cake has a story of Chang Er, a little bit sad story...
Although both following lunar calender but takes very different way to celebrate this festival...
Which you like?




Tsukimi dango, bite size. old time people sit out side, look up moon and eat this.


Luckily today it's quite clear sky and I am able to look up full moon.



By the way I think Moon cakes are getting more varieties every year...

mid august.

ya lah! I went for baking class today also lah!!!


but today, it was something different from
previous classes.




because,




I learned,




Table bread!!!





YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! =D =D =D




I am the person who always look for simple
and nice bread.



I always prefer to eat plain bread.




So, I am so excited!





Of course, first bread 'Mocha cream bread' also nice.
but in my mind is only to bake nice table bread only.


mocha cream? more like 'KOPI' bread =P


Ingredients for table bread is quite simple and
this is very common lean bread I think.
Teacher asked me to knead and knead well.




I was happy as I was succesfully baked well done bread.





table bread called 'Pain de mie'



Today, It's 2nd day of Obon,
(our hungry ghost festival, every year 13-15 aug)

visited my family's grave yard and pray.
pray pray for alot of thing...haha, I prayed too much thing =P



14 aug is another thing we are looking forward to,
It is one of famous fireworks festival at Miyajima.
about 5000 fireworks will be displayed in the sky.


big big fireworks hor, about 1 hour of show time.

they reported that more than 350000 ppl are
there to see the fireworks.


taken by pro photographer (frm chu-goku news paper)


In Japan fireworks is only able to see or play during summer.
I watched it frm quite far place but it was nice fireworks =)





Miyajima tourist info
http://www.miyajima-wch.jp/index_e.html

Chu-goku News paper
http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp

it's been 64 yrs.

It is the day when first A-bomb was dropped above people.



It is the day when A-bomb taken away alot of peoples life.



It is the day when many people started to suffer after effect.







It is the day residences need to think
what our current life is based on...




after 64 years of time, the city, dramatically recovered.
but peoples who had after effect, still suffering...
64 years, keep hurting them badly.




that day, it was more than 6000 degrees of spark,
taken away more than 100,000 peoples life at short while.




we shold know, what was happened on that day,
what was happened on that day and now on...







PEACE is not a easy word, i think.





Dome and Peace memorial,
Quietly keep looking where the world going on.



Quietly keep saying
'NO more Hiroshima & Nagasaki, No more Hibakusha'






'Please rest peacefully, we will not do the wrong again'
This is what we have to promise to all of them.

five star wedding story...

it's their big day.
they took very long to plan.
we are waiting for this day.


we all happy for them...





the chapel,
was offically associated or something to Notre Dame.
Nowadays over here, many people prefer to have wedding in
guest house, villa or garden house.

this is also one of that.







pretty meals(usually french full course),
nice embience, everything is specially cater for couples.
a little bit more expensive than hotels,
but those makes people feel more precious.


dessert buffet is quite common nowadays.



...I think so...


interesting thing is,
there is hammer limousine...

don't know it's just there for display?


sooooo long! looks very grand =)


anyway, all the best wishes for them...
hope their love will last forever...


fivestar wedding
Notre Dame Hiroshima
http://www.notredame-hiroshima.com