Japanese culture..

Japan is part of Asia but they do not resemble anything near most of the countries in Asia. Their thoughts, culture, beliefs and cuisines shape their own unique identity and that makes them different. To me, Japanese is vain and they desire to be pretty.

I have a few arguements in hand.

1. Beauty Products Invention. Japan is one of the most innovative countries where they have lots of crazy and wild ideas basically about everything, for instance, air sex competition (sex without a partner, the male acts as if the woman is there). When it comes to beauty products, the demands are never disappointing even in this economy slowdown. It is because most of the Japanese regardless gender put beauty as their top priority. Most girls will not face the world without their make-up on, in fact, this applies on some guys as well. They will work their ass off to buy expensive luxurious beauty products to be looking good. That's the reason companies like Noevir never go under eventhough they sell expansive beauty products in this economy crisis. Their latest facial cream costs 100,000 yen for only 50 grams, which is more than RM3,000. Can you imagine that??
2. Bikinis. The Japanese girls enjoy wearing bikinis whenever they go swimming or a visit to the beach regardless of how good or BAD they look in it. From a Japanese friend of mine, it is a norm for girls to wear bikini. In Malaysia, the bikini industry is still growing but in Japan, it is at the maturity stage. Only if our culture is same as theirs. Sigh~~
3. Plastic surgery. To be fair, who doesn't want to be looking good in front of others!? Will anyone ever complain and get sick of the compliments he/she receive about how good-looking and gorgeous they are!? Who wants to be the thorn among the roses!? Literally speaking, everyone cares about how they look like in front of the public. But the extent of making yourself to look good is different for the Japanese. Can you imagine, Japan owns more plastic surgery firms than Korea. Yet, a lot of Japanese flew to Korea for plastic surgery because the price is 50% cheaper than in Japan. To me, it seems like Japanese are willing to do anything to 'beautifulize' themselves.

If you do not agree with me, feel free to bombard me with uncountable comments.

Cairns, Australia..

わたしはBrisbaneでいきました。

I went to Brisbane as well.
わたしのおばあさんはBrisbaneでとまります。

My aunt is staying there.
2日におばあさんのうちでとまりました。

I spent only 2 days in Brisbane and I was staying at my aunt's house.
Brisbaneでいって、Cairnsでひとりでいきました。

After Brisbane, I went to Cairns alone.

これはCairnsで公共のスイミングプールです。

This is Cairns's public swimming pool.
とてもおおきいときれいです。

It is quite a big and beautiful swimming pool.

一等最初、わたしはskydivingをしました。
The fiirst thing I did after putting all my stuffs at the backpackers' hotel, I went to skydive.

Skydivingはとてもたのしかったです。
It was freakingly fun at first~~~~~


~~~~~ until a couple minutes before you actually jumping down from the plane. The plane looks fragile, old and it doesn't have a door. So, you can feel the wind in the plane.

でも、ちょっとこわかったです。
It was a bit scary as well. When you jumped down from the plane, it was an undescribable, adrenaline rushing experience.

But after a while, you stomach feel nothing and you feel like floating in the air. The view of Cairns from the air was awesome.
とても きれいでした。

The photo below shows how happy I was, eventhough the 'me' in the picture looks idiotic..

じの日、わたしはGreat Barrier Reef のNorman Reef でscuba divingでした。
The day after, I went scuba diving at Great Barrier Reef, to be specific, Norman Reef.

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Great Barrier Reef はちょっときれいでした。
Great barrier Reef was disappointing. It is not that great afterall. I have been to Redang, Perhentian and Lang Tengah Island and the corals and marine lives in the islands are way richer than Great Barrier Reef.
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White water rafting をしました。
I went to try white water rafting as well.

とてもきけん、でも、すごいいたのしかったです。
It was very dangerous yet fun. You can get drown easily and countless lives were taken by the seem-harmless-river. Besides, there are crocodiles in the river and the biggest crocodile they caught in the river was 4 metres long.

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When we were rafting, suddenly my boat-mate who sat beside me dropped into the water and instantly, I threw away my peddle and I held him tight. Yet, I was not strong enough to pull him into the boat. After a couple seconds, we managed to pull him in.

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When he was in the boat, we realized that there is a hole on his leg as stated in the picture below. It was very deep. When he was hanging beside the boat, his leg must be knocked onto a sharp rock and I believe this will leave a scar at his leg for a long long time. A souvenir from the river.

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First aid session..

Some videos about the fun stuffs we experienced.

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Cliff-jumping..

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Small yet cool waterfall.

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I love these kind of activities and am craving for more in the future.

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That's a little bit about my trip in Cairns.

Sydney, Australia.

わたしはSydneyでともだちのいとこのうちいでとまりました。

When I was in Sydney, I stayed at my friend's cousin's house.
これはいとこのむすめです。

These are her daughters.
かわいいですね。

Cute, right??
なまえはAntoinetteとReneeです。

Their name are Antoinette and Renee. Antoinette is the elder sister.

Sydneyのうみはとてもきれいです。

The beaches in Sydney are very nice.

これはPelicanです。Pelicanはとてもおおきいです。
This bird is called Pelican. It is a huge bird.

わたしはBlue Mountainでいきました。
This is Blue Mountain.

Sydney TowerとOpera HouseとHarbour Bridgeはいきました。

I have been to Sydney Tower, Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

みんなたてものはとてもおもしろいです。
All these buildings are very interesting, especially the Opera House. It is uniquely shaped and it deserves to be in the top 10 of the world's most remarkable buildings.

わたしはサーフィンがだいすきです。

I like surfing very much.

サーフィンはおもしろいとたのしいです。
Surfing is fun and interesting. Bondi Beach in Sydney is quite a nice beach to chill.

わたしはSydneyで6日とまりました。でも、たのしかったです。

Eventhough I only stayed in Sydney for 6 days, but it was fun.

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