Flowers in the Jungle: August 2010

Cute jersey dress

Hello,

I was just doing window shopping and I found this cute jersey dress of Paul Smith. One I saw this, I was like "I gotta get this"!! I think it's perfect for going around my house. It's not tight so you can relax with this cloth on.

What do you think?

xo H

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Oh-mihachiman city

Hello guys,

The other day my friend A and I went to Oh-mihachiman city by car. Just about 90 minutes away from Osaka central. You can go there (Oh-mihachiman) by train as well, of course ;) Oh-mihachiman is in Shiga prefecture.

In this city, many old and traditional buildings are preserved by government. It's sort of like Kyoto, you can say. The difference between the two cities are big or small and more people or less. But more importantely, in Oh-mihachiman, you can eat delicious beef which is called "Oh-mi gyu". Really famous. Where we had lunch is one, side by the river. The restaurant is called Hamagura. Here the pictures of what I had.

It costed $20 and it was SO GOOD. Thumbs up!!!

If you have time, you can try a boat ride which runs around a small lake. It's touristically, popular spots but the ride takes tooooo long. It's about 80 minutes. Our guide was an old guy who seened around 75 years or something. I think he is supposed to say something about the city, (like gondolier in Venice) but this guy was super quiet and just does his job, rows boat. So I got bored and tired. Considering of his age, he seemed pretty tough and young!!! Live long old guy!!

After that we popped by a new outlet (Mitsui Outlet Park Ryuo)in Ryuo city. It's just 10 minutes away. This mall has Paul Smith, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Diesel, Coach, Bruno Magli, Nike, Adidas etc etc.

We had so much fun!!

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New bag ;)

I didn't mean to buy but I just bought this Balenciaga limited edition bag!!!! What do you think of this bag?

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Saipan food

About gastronomy in Saipan:

I borrowed this from mymariana.com. They say "From haute cuisine to hot pizza, from the Far East to the Wild West, Saipan has more restaurants than you can shake a fork at. Because of its unique geographical location and ethnic mix, Saipan combines the best of Eastern taste with Western flavor spiced with local ingredients.

Chamorro, Carolinian, American, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Italian, Mexican, Cajun, Thai, and Indian are just some of the tastes you'll find in Saipan's many restaurants.. Be sure to sample some of the islands' fresh local fish and seafood specialties."

Personally, I loved Countryhouse Restaurant. It's a steak house, and prices are reasonable. Their steak is just great!!! Look at this following photo. It makes me drool.

Sirloin steak 12oz (330g): $29.00

This photo was taken in a cafe restaurant in Hyatt Regency Saipan. We had lunch there and spent a wonderful time. It's a buffet style and there are so many salads and you can pick up some cheese as well. They have soup and cakes and ice cream for dessert. We can choose a main dish. I don't remember well but they had beef, chicken, fish, pasta etc. It was $22.00 each.

The view was also great.

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Small island (Saipan)

Hello, everyone.

It's been a bit while since I uploaded this blog in June.

Here is a picture of Saipan where I went with one of my best friend Erica in July.

Saipan is a small island of Northan Mariana islands. You can enjoy marine sports, swimming, cycling and so on. If you are looking for a calm place to just relax and chill out, Saipan is exactly where you want to go. Hawaii is a popular destination for who wants to enjoy beach life, but tends to be busy.

Comparing to Guam, they are almost same but Saipan has less beach you can swim. Of course, there are many beaches but most of them are not deep enough to swim which is a bit shame.

For swimmers, I definitely recommend Tank beach. It's on the South East of the island. Tank beach is kinda unique. There are rocks around the beach and where you can swim is surrounded by rock walls so it's more like, I say a pond or pool in the ocean. It's really interesting, you should check it out.

Anyway Saipan is good for diving. Laulau beach is like the best diving spot. I heard so.

Other place you need to go is The Grotto. It's popular for Saipanese. You can swim and dive there. As you recognize by the name of Grotto, this is really grotto, cave. The colour of ocean is clear blue and really beautiful.

When you go to Saipan, you should rent a car. Without a car, moving around the island is a bit difficult. 2 days rent costs just around 140 bucks, not expensive and most of stores are offering car park for free! Many drivers go amazingly slow, safe drivers. You don't have to worry about.

I'll talk about food later!

H xoxo

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