Osaka 3rd day

Today, there are 2 places on our itinerary we must go!!

The national park where there will be plenty of flowers to look at and Osaka castle~~!

Our navigator for the day. Baoli!!


At the traffic lights waiting to cross..

fei looked so striking in this pink jacket..n cuddly.


Going up the shopping arcade near our hotel..

My fav vintage collectibles..


At a shop where there is plenty of mini coin machine where u can get cute little toys..
fei go gaga over the machine..see her collection.

she look like the 'kio4 sam3 pa4' lady. rubbish collector.

AFter rotting for some time, we proceed to the train station.


At the train station, fei and the mrt mascot, a duckie.. so cute hor..some more it got a sling coin pouch.


Guess which boots is whose?



while waiting for our train, this train to Universal STudio arrives..Spiderman, wenqing laoshi fav!

haiyo baoli so unglam!! lol.


We were walking from cabin to cabin to find seats and took a pic of sin in the connectors where there are 2 doors that u have to push open to get from one cabin to another. so she was being 'tapped between the 2 doors haha.


In the end we give up n stand by the door..


fei like an emo kia. but she looked so dreamy in japnese context. in spore her emo behavior wil b detest by ppl. like dreamy for wat. wake up leh. haha.


Finali we got seats of 4!!




Baoli really kena suan by me. she tot that day no need bring alot stuff so she brought a small bag to minimize weight. I told her u stupid girl, big bag is good!! sometime when u dun feel like wearin yr hat/ear muffles/gloves u can just shove it into your bag n no need hold in hand.

Ended up she bot some stuff along the way n have to borrow fei/sin Osmose tote bag to put her smaller bag among with her purchases. = =




Purchasing tickets..ahha baoli color theme blend into the machine.


Inside the train saw this poster, They suan me, say i not as pretty as her. Oi. at least my psoe 100% like her lor.


As we need to change train at the interchange station, we came across Mister donut shop!!! was very excited n i keep nagging i must eat it if not i will have regrets, ahaha.



i got myself a strawberry n choco flavor.


wah...there is still a layer of chewy choco inside the donut..yummy~~


We continue with our journey after the donut break.



When we came out of the mrt, saw this cute wall picture. so i made the 3 of them pose as the girl in the pic. sin nf ei got it. oni baoli, she tot i askin her to pose as the mini ponyo creature. = =

finali 3 of them got it right. this scene was seen by the mrt station conductor a ah pek, he cannot stop giggling at one side.

When we came out of the station, all we see is clear sky, peacefulness n human-less. guess at this time of the day only old ppl like us would b gg to a park. lol.






admiring the flowers..when it's yellow..i'm always attracted to it. cuz my fav is sunflower=D

We are finally making some progress as we stop cam whoring at station..

Passed by this pretty floral shop when we were walking towards the park.


Japan wiring can b quite hazardous also..see the amount of wires hanging in the sky???


The kindergarten gate so cute got a bear face de.

As we head into the entrance of the park, all i see are withered trees n leaves...



Where are the flowers that the website promise to have?? flowers all four season??

it was such an ironic when i see the sign below..

sea of roses. like where =/


Finali we saw some flowers!! like really very little.




When we saw windmill from a far distance we were like screaming with excitement.. Then i start to think of optical illusion pic..



Me trying to blow the windmill. since i have already used the most classic pose, the rest of them have to crack their brain n do something different from mine..they are quite creative actualli.


Baoli trying to 'diak4' the windmill away.

fei trying to spin the windmill.

sin had the whole windmill under her head!!


Finali we reached the windmill. i have to say, this windmill is a saving grace. if not i will find the park a great disappointment. wat flowers blooming throughout 4 seasons. con man lor the website.


I suggest to do some photos with motion. which is, turn yr head from windmill n face camera. result: natural n flowing hair. not bad hor.


Sin also did my suddenly turn the head to face camera tactic. see it was taken so naturally n pretty rite..like got wind blowing against her face n hair. out of everyone i like her best.


Fei always has to crack brain so she won't kena say she copy my pose pic..k la she got her own style. good.

Baoli is too shy to take cranky pic so she just pose properly.


I was like forcing one by one of them to do jump pose with me whenever i go haha. i like photo with moment captured. fei was like no legs.


While they are still cam whoring with the windmill, i got bored n start to take pic of myself. suddenly i was like 1, 2 then the moment i count 3 i will lift up one of my leg n bounce a bit with super wide smile. fei saw it n she couldn't stop luffing. follow by sin n baoli. wa liew..model also tk pic in this way one wat. they only give their best expression in split sec.

i super dig this pic!!!


wa chio =D

im gg to blow this pic big big n put all over spore..who want to adopt her???


Baoli got the 'big dog' effect, head big body small.


All trapped in bird cage.

when will we get out of the bird cage?? =(


so nice hor..any pic with withered trees n long flight of stairs is scenic.






fei with dum dum dun mess with my gum gum structure. oh 88.88% resemblence. 11.22% due to it's mouldy grey n fei is not. ok im lame. ahha


so ke ai~


Then i saw a slope down from top..so decided to ask sin to take pic of me from top so i am like in a forest..wa..challenging ii have to run down to the bottom so i can run climb up that slope..

end up my pic looked cheesy. ahahah

~Mysterious feel~ or i am lost feel

~ beaming + i love sunshine feel~ or my face is screaming in pain from sunlight feel

~modelled feel~ or i lost my ah ma glasses feel as said by fei n sin. tsk.


Exploring my cam with the foliage mode. turned out to b real rich green. chio!

trying to b posey. ahha.



Trying to take pic of me feeling tired from the running up n down the slope..but ended up my tongue is taken in such a funny angle.



ahahah keep seeing this structure when we were exploring the park i think it represent the wing of the windmill or wat la..but it kinda look like butt. =/




who took pic for us?? nobody!! i position the camera on some structure.. ahah.. everything need d.i.y.

ta da~ fei was pretty disturbed by the fact we are standin on the seats while taking pics. she dun wan dirty the bench later somebody wan to sit how. so considerate. i asked her to see open la..we rarely come tour dun miss the chance to take cranky pics. of cuz la if my boots got sai i won't stand on it also =X


Saw this man made waterfall..the water like so pathetic. i wan go Niagara falls!! roar!!

We are like 2 aunties nothing to do on a lazy afternoon..


Wow, 4 poodles on the leash at one go. As we do not want to b offensive, we ask the owners for permision before we take pic. but we regretted cuz the poodles start to fidget and the owners tried to b nice by forcing their poodles to look in our direction. kind of waste their time n our time cuz we took a long time n still cant get all the poodles to look at us.




As we are heading out of park, ran into a couple of dogs..

This one is cute!!! some more wearing a knitwear. how i miss pipi=(

It is too shy to come out even when the owner trying to pull it out. if pipi already dashed out n all over the place.




And then we had lunch at a ramen house. again. ramen. haha. Then we proceed to take train to Osaka castle.


Saw these 3 cats cuddly together when we came out of the station..but i wonder y the cats' eyes so small. Spore de so round n bright..over at Osaka the breed like very different. got the 'japanese' single eyelid look. haha.

Dunno y the cats always ignore sin especially sin is super crazy over cats..


We are finally 'starting' to walk in the direction of the castle. ALong the way we saw different shapes n sizes trees n bushes.



Wa saw this cat vomiting blood from its mouth..at first we were wondering wat happen..

Then not from far lie another black cat..it looked like it just had a fight with the earlier cat. but it never vomit blood. so maybe this stronger.
It looked like a bear to me lor = = Asked sin to rescue it she like also scared. = =


Saw this funny cat..its four legs are like hidden tight tight under its body.. n it's constant shivering..maybe it is trying to minimise its surface area exposed to cold air ba..ahha.


They want me do the random cranky pose n smile again. but it always turned out nice. HAHA.

On way up the flight of stairs to castle, saw this sign .
Haha their toilet sign also a bit fu yan...

Noticed those fallen leaves are maple leaves!! woohoo.. chio~~!

When we reach the top, saw this cat having its meal. it was pretty caution, the moment we get one cm closer, it will scurry away into the bush behind us, but when we back by few cm, it will pop out of bush again. it did it for a few times cuz we all are kind of fidgetive..ahha damn ke lian sia..can't have a piece of mind enjoying its meal. =X




Embark on our 15min walk to the castle.





For a split sec i tot it's real... so ke ai. usually in spore it will b real pigeons sitting on it waiting for ppl to feed it. those reali big n well fed ones. =X


I noticed this very beautiful flight of stairs n decided to pose for pics..so scenic lor.



Then copycat come out le. ahhaha k la..diff ppl diff feel. fei got the snowy cuddlily n dreamy feel.

I think we are not far from the castle le!!!

We are like stopping quite often on our way to the castle..no wonder we almost cannot make it in time again.

Like taking pictures of antique looking building...

cam whoring~~

Get distracted by cute dogs..
This dog got scarf de so ke ai!!! typica; japanese dog look. lol.


Saw this funny display and it's been a long time since we last had cranky photos..more worth than neo prints!!


Fei's face super kiam pa!!!


After a long walk from mrt station..n constant stop to observe cats, cam-whoring, finally we reached the famous Osaka castle!!! we nearly cannot make it. cuz last admission is 430pm and we reach like 405pm..ahha n before that i still nag i wan eat ice cream before we go in. wah scarly cuz of me all of us cannot enter i b damn guilty. =X


At the grand entrance!!


The moment we entered the castle, we feel kind of conned. it was a museum!! not wat we are expecting!! old artifacts or structure. tsk. blame it on ourselves for being assuming without doin research. oh i hate museum. Unless u r askin me to go see dead sea scrolls or Egypt artifacts. war stuff. nah not interested.


This display reminds me of night at the museum. AT night when everything comes to life. HAH.


As i was strolling aimlessly in the castle, not understanding a single word of japanese, stumbled upon this animation screen..at least there are subtitles in a language i understand..like finally. this castle is totally not tourist friendly.


I was pretty impressed that they have 2 tv screen just to contain 4 different language. English, chinese, korean n jap. power. but i kinda bored by history stuff so i stare at the screen for 5mins n gave up.

We also went to the viewing level~ but the view not very appealing also...nothing much to take pic. at elast tokyo tower can take night scenery of Tokyo. but nevertheless i take a few pics la..




The river used to b very useful last time..to prevent non-swimmers assasin from entering the castle. i guess.

there are actuali wired gauze that prevent ppl from falling off accidentally or intentionally. haha.

u can feel how strong the wind is with my messy hair.


HAHA..saw this cute little sign when i went indoors..a bit too late if im wearing hat just now. =p


AFter we about to leave the castle as it'd nearing closing time n there's constant annoucement to 'evacuate' the castle soon..so when we about to go out of exit, we bump into a mini gallery.

But i was quite puzzled why is there a world peace gallery there? hmm issit becuz castle last time alot war, so they sort of promoting citizens to thrive for a better world?? haha.

There are plenty of art works..but only took a few i really like de..


Out of all the pictures below, this one is the most impressive n best painting!! it requires alot of skills to squeeze in so many flags sia. n i can't find singapore flag. =X


What does world peace has to do with sotongs/octopus?? just becuz their delicacies or the sushi they eat got octopus?? *scratch head


I'm very impressed by the kid's creativity to squeeze all the nation's flag pic into the peace sign. wow. but like cannot spot singapore flag. =X


Super impressive coloring skills!!like nvr color out of border..de color is so vibrant...


The way they draw those animals, so cute~~~the monkey look like dar dar.


So cute the little people~~


My fav sunflower~~!



Before we depart from the castle, fei n baoli went to the stamp station to get some stamp for memberence. sort of the been dere done dat evidence. haha.


Stamps from Osaka castle as memberence. Usually i dun care cuz i will lose the paper eventually. i rather buy a keychain more meaningful leh. ahha.


After we came out of the castle, i was grumbling if the ice cream parlor is closed i would b very disppointed la..y we didnt eat before we go in blah blah blah. i think baoli pacify me by telling me they wont close so early while sin n fei can't b bothered by me. Baoli u so nice T_T

n yipee~~! one parlor still opens! so i was like dashing towards it! n we all got our ice cream!!! fulfill my dream of eating ice cream in winter like weather. reali chill cold sia.



oooooOOooo.


yum yum. *actually the green tea taste like not dere. either my taste bud frozen from the weather or i too used to spore green tea ice cream le..super thick the taste. =(


Each with diff flavor:
Sin - choco
Fei - vanilla n choco
Me - Green tea
Baoli - vanilla n green tea


As me n sin (i forgot where is fei at that moment, cannot recall. anyway..) were trying to get out of osaka castle area fast as it was drizzling, suddenly a dog passed by with its owner n 'ka jiao' sin..it seemed to like sin but ended up is me who want take pic with it..

I remember when i held the dog up, it smells good!! not when i held pipi up, it smells of nothing but perspiration. eeew. haha.

After we bid the dog owner n the dog good bye, we realise our Baoli is missing. OMGOSH. all along we didnt realise her she's missing when we were busy playing with the dog *palms to forehead.

Later we managed to locate her. SHe has walked so fast until she didn't care if we still behind. Partly she pek chek why we walked so slow. ahhahaha.

Finally we reached town from Osaka castle..all these biggie shopping centre can forget about entering n shopped inside. freaky exp can.


After the whole day of visitation of parks n castle, it's time to have dinner..however we decide to venture ourself out to a food street famous for local food but i made a fool out of myself. the food area is called 梅田something, so when i saw a building semi covered with its sign 梅田 i tot that will be the correct direction if we walk towards that building direction (which seem like 20-30min walking direction).

Ended up, it is not the 梅田 area we are heading so we give up. sin's legs are breaking into pieces from whole day of high heel boots. Baoli is very tired and she was quite pek chek.

So we quickly turned back mrt station n find a place to settle down for dinner. But finding a place to dine is a headache also. someone says dun wan ramen too much ramen le k fine. another says dun wan sandwich a bit lame for dinner ok... we keep walking rounds in mrt, unable to settle down. Partly is cuz we are shopping also. ahahah.

Finali we dun care le just go to a ramen shop n eat anything it offers. All of us are damn tired till legs aching, muscle aching n low energy..Baoli force herself to smile at the camera n got the sparstic smile on her face.

AFter she forced a smile..see her eyes are so tired. lol.


She suddenly become energetic again when her food is served. =X


Finally my soba came. I am a happy girl now =)


Seriously, day 3 is a no brainer day. go park la..cam whore. go castle la cam whore again. pretty relax! I Was really a brilliant plan to come up with the photographer schedule. each person in charge of each day, n realise that fei n baoli got alot of potential to take good pics. dun say me n sin la, we got camera so we are forever taking pics. I am glad that at least not full 6 days i taking pics liao = =

It was still a tiring day cuz this is the day we did the most excercise!! walked alot! the park is freaky big can. the journey from mrt station to the castle also freaky far. can u see we got so many unrelated castle pic before we even reach the castle? lol. dat's y!!!
Bye bye day 3 and hello day 4.