Vampire Heat

It is July! While the FIFAWorldCup fever is still going on, there is another heat is coming. The VAMPIRE heat is coming!

Vampire is defined as a person comes out in the night to drink the blood of the living humans according to the Oxford dictionary. In more details, vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the blood form) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are a living person or undead. Transylvania is the famous vampire place. It is a territory of central Romania.

In the old time story, people will be freaked out upon hearing or seeing the vampires. But as time goes by, the vampire is now a fixture in popular fiction, and people are enjoying the stories of vampire instead. There are many tv series or movies about vampires. Eg. : Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Twilight, Sherlock Holmes, Interview with the Vampire : The Chronicles, and the popular vampiric series, the 'Twilight Saga'. It has been made into the triology movie series. Guess what?! This movie is really CRAZY by the people all over the world.

Besides the English tv series and movies, I have found out that there is a heat vampire animation from Japan. It is called the "Vampire Knight". Well, this animation is adapted from a comic and it is very popular in Japan nowadays. The animation is very well demanding too. There are 2 seasons of this animation, ie. "Vampire Knight"and "Vampire Knight - Guilty". The fans of the comic/animation are request for the third season of the animation. Well, if you are interested in such comic or animation, you can enjoy them online. Personally, I myself really enjoy this Japanese animation, and I am also looking forward to the movie 'Twilight 3 - Eclipse'. Thus, I believe the vampire heat will on again sooon!!!

Niece's Hip-Hop Dance

The videoclip of my little niece's hip-hop dance performance.

Shinkansen Snapshots

Shinkansen Snapshots

View of Mt. Fuji inside the train

The staff selling the snacks in the train

The seats of Shinkansen

The seats of Shinkansen

Japan Trip - Bullet Train (Shinkansen) Ride Experience

Bullet train also known as Shinkansen (新干线), is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. The speed is about 581km/hour.

I took my first bullet train ride was back in year 2008 while I travelling in Japan. I was very excited for my ride as I used to hear how the speed of bullet train is. I took the bullet train ride from the Shizuoka Station to Mishima Station in Tokyo. The ride was about 30 minutes if I'm not mistaken.

While I was waiting for the train, I saw there are souvenir stores which selling small souvenirs and bento (lunchboxes). I also saw the bullet train passed the station, wow, the speed was fast and very loud sound. When the train arrived, we hopped in the couch, it was very spacious and clean. I started my bullet train rider journey then. I saw the outside views, I could see the Mt. Fuji, and I could feel the speed as it was fast. There was a staff pushing the trolley to sell some drinks, snacks and newspapers in the train. I guess the passengers could buy their breakfast during their ride to work.

Although it was a short journey from the Shizuoka Station to Mishima Station for the bullet train ride, I enjoyed it very much as I have experienced it in my lifetime.

My Niece's Hip-Hop Dance Performance

My 10 year-old niece was having her first hip-hop dance performance at last Saturday evening. My family and I went to see her performance and we enjoying the performances very much. There were other groups of kid performers too for various dances. But i think my niece group of performers are the best due to they are the most energetic group and also had the most applause from the audiences.

Well, these young hip-hop dancers are danced with the song of "Sorry, Sorry" by a Korean boy band named Super Junior and it is a hit song of the year. All these young hip-hop dancers were enjoying it very much. Guess what, they have only learnt for 2 months (once a week for the dancing lesson) and developed a good performance. I guess all of them are having the potential of being a good dancer in future. Haha!

I was seldom to see my niece to practice the dance at home, she only showed me a few steps of the dance upon my request, she would not show me the whole dance before her performance. So, my mother and I were managed to see her whole hip-hop dance performance was at the nite of her performance. It was a nice performance indeed. My family and I are happy and proud for my this little niece! You are the best! :) Keep it up and do your best for your dancing and we all are looking forward for more performance from you, my lovely niece! We love you!!

Japan Trip - Snowing Experience

Enjoy the videoclip of snowing that I took at one of the big temples in Japan.