Hakone to Tokyo+ 2008 new routine

Upon the second week of 2008, my daily routine is back into normal- wake up at 8, go to class at 920 sharp, short break at 11, have lunch with the lads at noon, coffee break again at 1500, drool in class till finishes at 1600, go to office and hang out to 1800, and then get stuck in taxi queue+traffic, go home, supper, watch cable, do homework+study, write blog, then finally snooze time around 1-2 in the morning... I must say its almost like going back to boarding school in England, you know like the kind in the Potter movie, only without the magic. I never thought i would drink that much of coffee either, two cap grande a day, thats ten grande a week. I know its nothing compare to frequent drinkers, but consider i used to be a 'tea person', afterall, i did have seven years of tea drinking in England. Some of you are wondering 'what kind of a course is victor studying', well i would like to keep it a secret if u dont mind, until the day when i actually pass the exam and qualify, so wish me good luck^^

Back to Hakone and Tokyo, what a wonderful experience, the scenery and food says it all, what a brilliant post christmas holiday to look back on. And i would like to thank Saki(the girl at the bottom picture), even though a friend of a friend, has been great as a host for taking me to dinner and dessert, and explaining what all the hirigana on the menu means. Interesting thing is that she mentioned something about Japanese girls make the best wife (or is it lover i dont remember), what do you guys think about?

little bit of palm reading, hakone hillside garden

sepia projects fall sentiment, huge park in centre tokyo

imagine the yellow leaves turn brownish grey

strolling through the woods, against mild breeze

getting close to sea of leaves

two in afternoon casts long enough shadow

this image look any familiar?

night before depart, delicious teppanyaki in steps street, shibuya

sashimi set plus king-size tampura, first meal of the trip, hakone hotel restaurant

well impressed by its exquisite display, apparently the restaurant used to be villa of royal prince, situated in hakone hillside

another fine display of raw tuna and squid

zaru soba, roughly translated as cold wheat noodles, with tofu on the side

for your info 小K, this is RAMEN, favourite food of both me and Naruto ^^/

container for multi flavoured chilly spice, not really chilly in my opinion

authentic soba restaurant, me reading a magazine on shogunate and samurai

incredibly busy flea market town, right outside the metro station of ueno, northeast tokyo

Saki, kawaii looking japanese girl, shibuya tokyo, september 2007