After finishing all the emails at a manically rapid pace that made Benjie look at me questioningly, I managed to reduce the workload enough that all I needed was approval from the US and then the responses could be sent off to the client. However, since these would only be given to me around 10 pm upwards (meaning I had to come back before that time) I certainly wanted to make use of the gap and do my first round of sightseeing...and eating out :-)
Around 4 pm and upwards off we went, with empty stomachs and a repeat visit for Benjie and Joy to Glover Garden.
Most of the pictures here will show me with my newly discovered boyfriend - Mr. Tri Pod. I definitely spent more than an hour here with all the posing and stopping...I don't think I saw all the houses and exhibits, but if only for the sweeping view of the harbor, I definitely would recommend readers to visit this place.
After partaking of my first drink from the vending machine, I had the crazily whimsical idea of dropping in my 5 peso coin as it was mixed with the yen coins I had accumulated. I think the machine was shocked that somebody dared do it that it didn't give a reaction, not even returning my coin at once....*grin* After some knob turning though, it did spit the coin out disdainfully.
As a souvenir, I bought a tiger's eye bracelet from one of the shops. Although I did want to buy some more Nagasaki souvenirs, thinking of the higher prices here made me think twice. Consequently I wasn't able to buy the usual t-shirt or articles with Nagasaki's name or famous items on it.
In the evening we managed to squeeze into on an eat-all-you-can restaurant to combine lunch, afternoon merienda and dinner, and it was Joy's treat so I must thank him for the first eating out experience as I was stuffed like a sushi roll afterwards.
Even with the short time given to us (*sigh* I had to go back for the rest of the work to be finished or followed-up plus I had the usual late night phone conference), I think we still managed to do justice to the meal, to have the restaurant's attendants say that these "gaijin" are matakaw.
Photos are from my 2 cameras (Finepix and Kodak) and Benjie's Canon. Domo arigato gozaimashita!
- May 19, '08 1:17 PM
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ReplyDeletebubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
nice pic..Cuh to which country can you compare Japan...does it have something of European dash or American?...
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
sarap! sng mura..how much is the rate of dollars in Japan?
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
ganda ganda...
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
oo nga, their typical houses..they do still exist right? have they got an open air musuem for such cultural exhibits?
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08, edited on May 23, '08
uhm..actually, I was thinking in peso all the time..hehehe...a yen to be multiplied by .42 will give you equivalent pesos..teka..check ko sa converter site...
ok...as of...
Thursday, May 22, 2008
1 Japanese Yen = 0.009673 US Dollar
1 US Dollar (USD) = 103.376 Japanese Yen (JPY)
1 Japanese Yen = 0.006158 Euro
1 Euro (EUR) = 162.385 Japanese Yen (JPY)
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
ang ganda!!!
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
wow! this is what I like...
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
what about the Bonsais?
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08, edited on May 23, '08
Cuh, hahaah..did you place yen? wink wink...
I re-read your update, and there I found out you've placed pesos..loka ka rin ha..
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08
what do they mean "after being decorated by the Japanese government"...
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
bubu34 said
nice pic..Cuh to which country can you compare Japan...does it have something of European dash or American?...
in this place, more European ang dating sa Nagasaki...
some places like Kyoto cannot be compared I think, although maybe one could think of another country in Europe which has lots of shrines and temples too...
maybe Tokyo for example, esp in Disneyland, one can think of the US...but I think Japan is quite its own, just like how I can't compare the Philippines completely to other countries...but because of its different influences, I could say some parts of it resemble other countries...
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ReplyDeletecuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
eh? 2000 yen? namamahalan ako..if you compare it to how we eat here in the Philippines..but sabagay..worth it naman (at least that is how I view having to eat something expensive)....
if 1K is around 420 pesos..e di 840 pesos na...may eat all you can sa Cebu between 500 to 800 pesos yata..at a very nice hotel...so..well ...
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
in my other post..part 1 of the Nagasaki: Glover Garden album..I mentioned that Thomas Glover was given an award by the Japanese government for his immense contributions...remember he did start the company which is to be Mitsubishi group of industries today..as well as the one which became Kirin Beer :-)
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
bubu34 said
oo nga, their typical houses..they do still exist right? have they got an open air musuem for such cultural exhibits?
in Nagasaki, I wasn't able to visit the other museums...but there will be in some other places of Japan..like Kyoto most probably and Tokyo would be another bet...
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
oo di ba? and then I see a lot of old beautiful trees being propped up...nakakatuwa and nakaka-touch..its good they take care of these, part of history din...
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bubu34 wrote on May 23, '08, edited on May 23, '08
cuh888 said
eh? 2000 yen?
I dropped the meaning of K..hahah oo nga naman 2000 pala..well about 6Euros..pwede na rin...
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
bubu34 said
Cuh, hahaah..did you place yen? wink wink...
I re-read your update, and there I found out you've placed pesos..loka ka rin ha..
well, I only tried it after I got my first drink..hehehe..for fun's sake..it was almost the same size..malay natin di ba? *winky, winky*
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
ay, sorry Nonz..we didn't eat here, more Chinese looking kc..and nagsawa na rin ako sa Chinese food, I mean I have eaten a lot of it in Cebu..so I was looking for something more Japanese...*grin*
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ReplyDeleteoselle wrote on May 23, '08
Cute mo :)
Hi to your new BF.
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oselle wrote on May 23, '08
i like this
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yelena2745dragon wrote on May 23, '08
Thanks for the info - at least I am learning "something" about Nagasaki (he-he-he)
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
yelena2745dragon said
Thanks for the info - at least I am learning "something" about Nagasaki (he-he-he)
Ms. Helene ha..sayang naman nandyan ka sa Japan, tapos di ka umiikot sa ibang lugar....maganda din shopping don sa Nagasaki (hehehe, ok ba na motive to go there?)
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cuh888 wrote on May 23, '08
oselle said
Hi to your new BF.
yeah, and he turned out to be very useful and accommodating, never minding on how I twisted and slung him all around...:-)
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hugzone wrote on May 24, '08
Cute!
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hugzone wrote on May 24, '08
Hindi ka ba nagtampisaw mala Jack sa Las Vegas?
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hugzone wrote on May 24, '08
Red against green lutang na lutang. : )
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hugzone wrote on May 24, '08
Ganda ng garden.
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hugzone wrote on May 24, '08
Sanay na sila sa Pinoy, kanya siguyro may special detector for Pinoy coins. : )
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hugzone wrote on May 24, '08
There is always a feeling of victory everytime one gets acquainted with vendo machines.
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cuh888 wrote on May 25, '08
hugzone said
Sanay na sila sa Pinoy, kanya siguyro may special detector for Pinoy coins. : )
hahaha! I wonder what most Japanese would think of such antics?
I mean, in the onsen (pics to be posted later), our group (Filipinos) were the noisiest...and wherever we went...tsk..tsk...
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cuh888 wrote on May 25, '08
it would be nice to put a pond in your home...I was checking the pond in GB5 lately...and unfortunately I've not seen the cat which used to perch on top of some of the rocks...would have been nice photo op but it may have been made into siopao already...
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cuh888 wrote on May 25, '08
I think Jack's little pond was cleaner than mine...well, ok, I know the Japanese are almost fanatic about cleanliness..but dark, moss-green ponds are not really something I like to dip my toes in...I imagine piranhas waiting to nibble (despite how ridiculous that scenario would be in this case)...
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cuh888 wrote on May 25, '08
hugzone said
Red against green lutang na lutang. : )
*sigh* if it were autumn and autumn leaves abound...I would have worn ...green? hehehe...I would like to take pictures or see for myself how autumn would really look like...
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cuh888 wrote on May 25, '08
hugzone said
There is always a feeling of victory everytime one gets acquainted with vendo machines.
i have to say touche Sir B! para akong matsing or the first primitive man naka-discover ng fire..hehehehe...