Thursday, August 14, 2008
Oh my god! I'm so in love with him. I think I'm turning into a gymnastic freak soon. Today's men's artistic gymnastic finals was awfully fantastic, with twists and turns like roller coaster ride.
Although I know Yang Wei won, but I think this guy over here, Kohei Uchimura deserves a slap on the back too! By the way, he’s only 19 years of age, a great star to catch in the gymnastic world. I love his high bar and floor routine. He’s made such a great comeback after sitting on the pommel horse twice. His fighting spirit and composure is awfully inspiring and he looks so 可愛い~
Can't wait to catch the women's individual all-round tomorrow. Do hope that Shawn Johnson would get it. She's such an explosive gymnast.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
After a long lapse, I've decided to start blogging about Gion Matsuri (祇園祭)Basically, it's a huge agricultural festival celebrated yearly in Kyoto and ranks as one of Japan's top three must-see festivals. I had to take a look at it myself and it was certainly an eyeopener.
The summer weather in Japan was BLISTERING which accounts for the azzure blue sky that makes the pictures look way too perfect.
The Matsuri spans over a month, and the peak of the festival was during the mid of July on the 17th. During that day, there were gigantic floats that paraded around the busiest streets of Kyoto all manually pulled by men (species and sex).
As you can see, the floats are a few stories high and made entirely out of wood. The structure looks damn solid and is simply lashed together with ropes only. (WHAT!)
And people from all walks of life, which includes the young, the hippies and the old are all eligible to be part of the parade. Not to mention the cute policeman who was dutifully stopping lunatics from being part of it.
But personally, the best part of the whole festival was definitely the night before, also known as the Yukata Night. Yukata, as you can see from the pictures, is the traditional Japanese summer costume that many would don on that night, coupled with thick makeup and wonderful hairstyles.With everyone looking dainty and pretty, the streets are lined up with food and games stalls that suit the likes and palates of all of us! My sister and I were dying to try everything that we could see there. The mood was so crazy. We ate, drank beer and tried to squeeze our way through the few hundreds and thousands of people. I was in a massive party mood!!!!!!!! Wish I was back there!
