one box fits many sizes

have pillow, will travel

la la mood

despite the fact that i got rejected by "a certain company who doesnt recognize talent when they see one", on wednesday, i am still perky and almost unaffected by the bad news

i guess it's due to looking forward to lavender trip

7 more days

already drooling at the pictures of genghis khan lamb hotplate bbq

4 meals to 3

finally, managed to convert the gang from 4 meals a day to 3.

the cunning brood, used to meow at different people at different times of the day, resulting in them getting fed 4 times.

1) 7am - mum feeds after wake up
2) 4pm - mum feeds when they meow to demand
3) 7pm - mum feeds when they meow to demand
4) 8pm - i reach home at 7ish, 8pm, they meow to demand after i settle down (well, sometimes they dont even let me take my dinner first)

now, this is standardised to

1st feed - 7am
2nd feed - 4pm
3rd feed - 9pm

non-negotiable!

"we want to faint liao, no supper for us"

asahikawa

i'm finding more and more english websites, asahikawa

and getting information overload!

so many places, so little time

more flowers

this is 四 季 彩 の 丘 in biei 美瑛

updated itinerary

due to some foreseen and unforeseen circumstances, our itinerary has been tweaked slightly, to save on one night accomodation and gain 1/2 day in tokyo.

ready? here we go again...

day 1 we arrive in narita at 2pm, take a 1 hour train to asakusa. the toyoko-inn is a little out of the way, but we get business twin room, own queen bed and own tv! also, coboypb wont have to endure my snoring. hee..

day 2 asakusa 浅草, jimbocho　神保町 (book town), yanaka 谷中(cat town)

day 3 going to take the 7am train from ueno, and reach sapporo at 5pm so that we can check out susukino for good food like genghis khan lamb or ramen

day 4 day-trip to 層雲峡　sounkyo, which according to kxbc, the waterfall is very small! we should have more than sufficient time to go for hotspring. we're spending the night at asahikawa, which will make it easier to go to tomorrow's destination

day 5 set out for furano 富良野　and 美瑛　biei at 7.30am. night at no picture ryokan with a cat

day 6 continue to tour furano and biei, before heading back to sapporo for attached bathroom and personal bed and tv! (ryokan usually has common bathroom only)

day 7 going to odori park, bake cookies, bring coboypb to famous (but over-rated) tokeidai and sapporo factory (which is really a shopping mall)

day 8 this day is open, maybe we will go back to furano, maybe make our way south down to hakodate. whatever we choose, our night will be spent on the shinkansen train

day 9 which brings us to tokyo at 10am. hey, we have gained 1/2 day from original plan!

the rest of the itinerary in tokyo is more or less the same.

counting down to 11 days!