Graduation Class of 2007!!
haha..ok i lied!! the key word was supposed to be update ONCE i return from Japan...but here i am almost 1 month later.....anyway, like i had given some clue....i have officially graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic.... Graduation Ceremony was held on the 3rd of July....at 3pm....same day as i had left for Japan at 8.45pm.... Lucky for me the ceremony ended at 5pm...so i rushed back changed and zoomed to the airport.....
It was very memorable to see most of my classmates wearing the Graduation Attire which was introduced for the first time for Graduation Day...and we took some picture....i shall upload it when i get home....cause i am at work now waiting for the Qatar Rowers to finish their Training...in the mean time...for those who want to look at the pictures now....i'm sorry u still have to wait...haha...!!!
Japan Cup All Japan International Lighweight Rowing Championship,
Toda, JAPAN
Reached Japan on the 4th of August at 8am..Japan Time( Singapore +1hr)....Stayed at the National Boathouse in Toda...this place looks like a dormitary for campers....but its nice...double beds...air-conditioning system and more...the only thing is that we had to walk about 10-20 minutes just to take food...and is quite a challenge to order food..cause out of 5 of us...4 are muslims..and we definitely cannot eat pork....and we have to make sure the chicken and meat has to be slaughtered properly.....therefore, the easy way out is to have seafood and fish meals....
and everytime we step into a restaurant...it would take us at least 20 minutes more to order...cuase all of us will be looking at pictures on the menu and thinking wat does the dish contain....and the worst of all, none of the waiter and waitresses can speak english....so we will have to point and point and point...and making all sorts of funny gestures just so they understand wat we want....On the second last day, one of the Japanese host brought us to the town area of Shinjuku, its similar to Orchard Road and the number of people there is just amazing.....
Left Japan on the 10th and i stopped over at Pattaya Thailand to help my dad conduct an Umpiring Seminar for new umpires....on one of the days we went to the Pattaya Beach and walked around and had dinner...walking thru the street which was famously known as the "Walking Street" there were alot of clubs and pubs with hostess in there..and most of them were standing out side the bar waiting to pounce on any men they feel like entertaining....haha...and a few were already happily dancing on the bar tops and tables...crazy night life....haha...i bought myself a Rugby T-shirt/Jersey....wanted to get 3 but two were out of stock....so had to settle for the South African Team Jersey....had wanted to Australian and NZ teams Jersey to go along with...its a pity.....came back to Singapore on the 14th and damn was totally wiped out once i reached home...and slept till next morning.....Visit my friendster photo gallery to look at the pictures from Japan....
