day 37 : golden week begins

this year golden week is  3-6 may.
that means that there is a massive holiday for tonnes of japanese from friday(today) until next monday.

usually i have free day from sat to tuesday.
plus golden week, that would give me one additional day to travel.
hence i finally decided on visiting hiroshima because i thought it would be interesting.
only thing: I CAN'T GO.
because of golden week, all the hostel all filled up.
NO SPACE.
haiz.
such a let down.
guess i'll be hanging around my area abit then.

still, having seen some of hiroshima on the net, i will go in future.
currently my list of things to do and see in japan include:

watch a j league soccer match
go to a concert
visit a castle
climb a mountain
go to ghibli museum
go to hiroshima and stay a few days
go northern japan(haven't decided where yet) and stay a few days
see an old town
go to a forest
see a beach

like that so far.
if got more i will add or if got suggestion, please let me know.

been joining the soccer training the past few days. as a result, my toes have not been very happy

ouchie

got blisters on my feet cos of the training...haha. but it is ok, i think maybe too long never play this hard...
will be resting the next few days cos of golden week. my muscles also pain haha, so need to recover.

i've been cooking the past few days cos i thought i should clear my stock before golden week comes in case i'm not around during the period(turns out no need of course) and my food turns bad.
so here is a sample of what i cook. it is hard to take pictures of me actually cooking, and asking a friend to take picture of me is a bit silly. so i can only show my ingredients and the transformation.

first i take some vegetables and mushrooms

and then some pork strips

and then i make MAGIC

like real.
no la, i chop up my vege and stir fry whatever i have.
the oil recently ran out, so i have been using an unclaimed butter to fry.
haha.
what i really get is this.

close enough