Japan Photo Albums

Alright..... So, this is my first time that I ever used photobucket or any photo host sites... I didn't know that it takes forever to upload.... I have many more albums to go, but here are just a few to get a taste of Neck and Chres' adventures.....

Instructions:

1. Please click on the link below or copy and paste.
2. Once the window pops up for this address, please click on "japan" on the left side under albums. The pictures that will load up are pictures in Aizuwakamatsu (Amber's "hood")...
3. After you do that, other albums will pop up. If you don't know where to begin, check out the Yoyogi Park and Harajuku album first..... I thought it was a really fun and interesting day... You'll see... and then go ahead and look through the other albums at your leisure.... I will be adding more.... Enjoy.

http://s354.photobucket.com/albums/r425/chres_ten/

Top Ten Reasons why Japan had an impact on me..

First, I want to introduce my pal, Neck. We
shared this experience together. What a fun
travel partner. (Arrival day).
We went to Aizu, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.


Second, I want to introduce the main reason why I visited Japan sooner than I thought:

Meet Amber. She was on the JET program. She taught in
Aizuwakamatsu (which is North of Tokyo).

Top Ten Reasons why Japan had an impact on me:

1. The undying Genuine politeness, friendliness,
courteousness, and generousness the Japanese
shared with us---everybody.





2. The youthful and strong elderly

Climbing to the Kiyomizudera Temple.


3. The cute, spirited, and fearless children.

4. Their sense of "Communal Solitude"--respecting and sharing space, while enjoying the silence (usually in trains, buses, etc.)

5. A hearty and healthy meal. (oops. Imagine this pic. flipped rightside up). haha.

And the ceremony of drinking TEA!


6. Dedication to preserving historical monuments.
(Rokuon-Ji Temple/Golden Temple)

In Kyoto..

7. Their conscious effort in being eco-friendly.

In every possible way.....

8. Honoring NATURE.

(found in Fushimi Inari)



On the walk back down from Kiyu Temple..

9. Their sense of creativity and bold expression through various forms of art.....

Hip-Hop emcees at Yoyogi Park
(I'll upload their performance soon...)

Japanese Greaser?

Random street art..

A painter who air scratches and dances?! check out his equipment!
(I'll upload his performance too. haha. It's crazy!)

But most of all........


This guy beats all "Harajuku gals".. What is this!? haha. I love it!
That's crazy!

10. Their innovative, daring, well thought-out, and functional architectural design.

Kyoto Station. The craziest! Has a mall, a sky garden, movie theater, and hotel! What?! Now that's CRAZ-AY!

11. (ok... ok... I said top "ten" but I NEED to squeeze in the 11th):
Their EFFICIENT, ORGANIZED, and Punctual Public Transportation system! It's so mind bloggering how it's on time, crowded... yet organized! (Organized Chaos)


JR passes. A MUST! DON'T
LEAVE U.S. WITHOUT ONE!
TOOK US EVERYWHERE!!

Japan, Part I

It's been tough to accurately describe my experience in Japan. It's been difficult because it was such a transgressive and transformative experience for me. How can one really explain a photo like the one you see here with words? I promised all of you (dear friends of mine!), that instead of attempting to do injustice onto this world by describing Japan through words, I will share my photos and videos. Hopefully you all can see what I saw, or at least have some insight to the beauty of Japan.......


For the next few days, as I slowly organize my photo albums, I will be posting up sections of Japan.... I've organized it into themes.... So I will do the best I can to provide some background to what you see, but hopefully you will be able to take in more meaning as you look through the pictures....

Check back ever so often to this blog to see if I've updated with more pictures..... My personal favorite album, "The Youthful Elderly," will be up next week!!!!! Haha. Gosh, that album explains why I came back wanting to change my lifestyle here in the US..... I'll explain later...

In the beginning......

Ok. Here goes my first entry of "All Kinds of Crazy!"
I guess I should first explain why I finally decided to enter the blogger world and hopefully that will also explain the title of my blog.

2008, since the beginning, has been very unpredictable. It's an uncomfortable type of unpredictable (esp. since I'm the type of person who likes to have things mapped out ahead of time), yet, for some reason, has been one of the most exciting years I've experienced in a while.

Exciting because I really do not know what to expect..... and when it comes, the experience is just.....CRAZY!

Crazy, meaning, I do not know what to make of it at first.......
Crazy, meaning, it's mind boggling! or shall I say, "mind 'bloggering'" (ha!)
Crazy, meaning, I have not encountered such a thing like this before...
Crazy, meaning, I have to document this because I need to process this and share with people....
Crazy, meaning, it's way cool! (and I wish the homies were able to experience this with me)

So......... Summer 2008 has been such a CRAZY time. And it's only July. I must say I have experienced some mind-bloggering things and I have been able to capture those experiences with my camera.

What really prompted me to start a blog was these past two weeks since I've been back from Japan..... I attended events or done some things that were crazy-cool each day and everything happened so fast that I really didn't have the time to sit and process it all through and relish the moments. I also found myself wanting to describe these cool things with my friends, but couldn't find the right words to describe the feeling....

I also noticed that I documented these things and would import it all straight to my external hardrive, further tucking away these experiences..FOR--EV-ER!! I figured that I might as well find a space to post up, so I can share the experience through photo/video while explaining with a few words......

So I'll start off with posting pictures from Japan (I'm currently organizing them now into themes)....... and then posting up the ALL KINDS OF CRAZY thereafter...

Thanks for sharing worlds!