12.30.2005

Takayama, Shirakawa-go and Gero

Hee... this trip marks the end of a semester.

Went to Gifu prefecture last week with 3 other friends. 2 of them being new students from Taiwan were really pretty excited cus it will be their first time seeing snow. Yup, we were going to a super snowy place, (or you can say the white country as Japanese themselves named it.) But then we got much than we bargained for. Much much much more...

On the first day we reached Takayama only to find the streets piled with snow which made walking so difficult. But well, despite the supposedly 8 mins walk as written on the pamphlet which took us nearly 20 mins, the grand hotel took our minds off our tired legs. We paid only 8500 Yen per person ( amts to about 120 sing), we got ourselves a big Japanese style room, buffet steamboat dinner consisting of "Hida Beef" (p/s: this is high-class beef that costs as much as 3000 yen per 300g for the highest grade!) , a top facilitated hot spring and then buffet breakfast the next morning.



Our hotel at the back


The night view


Note: This is one person share!

And then all our happy faces...


12.27.2005

Trip to Inuyama Castle

Went to one of the 4 most famous castles in Japan. It is situated in Inuyama, Aichi ken, a few stations away from Nagoya.

The castle is really stunning! Boy, I just love castles in Japan. Each tells its own story.



The beautiful path leading up to the castle. Isn't it gorgeous?


The main castle building!


Bird's eye view from the top of the castle

Then it was a night out to Nagoya! Wow... the illumination was really great.. christmasy! By the way, I didn't know there was such a nice tower in Nagoya till now. Or that I never bothered to check things out... And something I must mention was the live band that were performing in the streets. Are they talented or what, I actually stood there for 30 mins in cold listening to them! Everyone was grooving to the music. Gosh, can't believe how talented people can be!


And finally... the illumination!

12.02.2005

His love...

His love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
Softer than a sigh
His love is deeper than the deepest ocean
Wider than the sky
His love is brighter than the brightest star that shines every night above
And there is nothing in this world that can ever change His love

Once I thought that love for meant for everyone else but me
Once I thought that no one knew the way
Now that only goes to show how wrong we all can be
'Cos now it seems He loves me more each day

Something happened to my heart the day that I met Him
Something that I never felt before
And that something is that He has buried all my sins
And everyday it seems He loves me more

How can I ever thank You enough Jesus...