Cycling Around Mount Fuji

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Note that this photo is a posed shot. You are supposed to cycling anti-clockwise around the lake! Haha If you are deciding between taking the train to Kawaguchiko or driving, you can check out the car rental prices at   https://www.nipponrentacar.co.jp/english/user-guide/reservations.html   and train prices at   http://www.hyperdia.com/ It depends on whether you’re staying overnight at Kawaguchiko and the number of people travelling. Remember to add toll fees of about ¥4200 one way. We decided to rent a car but forgot about the toll fees so it ended up being more expensive. I’d say if you’re staying for one night and there are at least 3 of you, renting a car is a good option. If there are two of you and you want more freedom to move around (such as going to neighbouring places like Oshino Hakkai, Chureito Pagoda, Yamanakako etc) it is also better to rent a car. You should also be warned that traffic is congested upon leaving and arriving at Tokyo. We parked our car at our ryokan Kozan

Adorable Ah Ma

We had Mothers' Day dinner at T3's Imperial treasures so Ah ma had to miss her favourite taiwanese drama series with theme song that goes, "I ask sky! i ask sky!..."

time: 6:53pm... ah ma sat quietly and looked a little uneasy...

FIL: you can watch channel 8 on your phone right?
me: ya... you want to watch?
FIL: your grandmother wants to watch her "love"!
me: oh, the i ask sky i ask sky show? ok...
FIL: that's why she is not talking... she misses the show...

so chris passes my phone to ah ma and once she got it, she was completely engrossed...


nothing could tear ah ma away from the screen... not scallops, fish maw, sea cucumber. here, you see ah ma holding her peking duck wrap with one hand while devouring the plot... peking duck can wait... plot cannot LOL


if you want to talk to her, sorry, wait for the commercials baby...

and the plot thickens... ah ma needs close-up view...



gwyneth: if my mum were here, she'd be sitting beside ah ma watching too...
me: ha? then when she goes overseas how?
gywn: miss lor!
me: but it wouldn't make a diff right? LOL
gywn: ya, 3 weeks later the plot is still at the same place HAHAHAHA
FIL: the plot is always the same! every once in a while they add in a new bad character... and then someone gets pregnant... haiz... always the same...

at about 8 pm, ah ma looked perplexed...

ah ma: *turns to gwyn's dad* zor ni oo gor mek kia? (why is there something on the screen?)
gwyn's dad: orh! ah ma! bor battery liu! (no battery already!)
gywn: ah ma toing gah bor battery! (ah ma watch until no battery!)

so funny... ah ma is like a kid... usually it's the kids who take their food from the table and sit in front of the TV to watch cartoon but here we have grandma totally hooked on this taiwanese drama...

hahaha...!

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