Day 39 to 44

Previous talked about some very spicy noodles or ramen that I had for lunch. Keep eating and sweating, never eaten something so spicy before. These are the photos, can see how red the soup is. Really bad, the toilet next morning is even worse.

Tuesday is just another day in office. What is depressing about that day is that some health organisation set up a booth at the lobby of the office building. They provided free test on your blood vessels and so on. See how elastic or hard your blood vessels are and determine whether you are suffering from ageing blood vessel or not. Went to take the test and was told that my blood vessel aged 26. What the hell, 2 years older than the supposed age. Was advised to eat less meat, and more veggie, beans, fibre, fruits etc... Therefore that night went home then go supermarket to buy natto, or fermented beans to eat. Damn it's damn erxin tasting la... BUT FOR GOOD HEALTH....

Anyway Italy beat France and thanks to Netherland beating Romania, we're through. yay!!!

Wednesday is a short day cos in the afternoon, I am going to the Shinagawa-ward office to apply for some alien registration card. That means I am a certified foreigner in Japan. Also set up a bank account in this Shinsei bank. Too bad everything is too late and I'll only received pay like end of July. Went for shopping after all the admin stuff. Bought some clothes and a shoe. The shoe is cheap compared to singapore. Think will buy more before coming back home.

Thursday again is another normal day in office. After work, there was this company dinner to farewell some guys. I was not even invited but i very thick skin so just follow along. Had yakiniku, 焼肉. The appetizer is some raw cow liver. Japanese really like to eat things raw.
The BBQ-ing of the meat.
Woke up in the middle of the night to watch Euro quarter-final. Germany dumped Portugal out. Marvellous display. I am so much closer to winning the 10000yen jackpot.

Friday, did something constructive in office. Tried out 3D printing as well. In the afternoon was trying to write the VIP report but then nothing was done. Guess I'll write it next wk then. Dinner is again free, company treating the pple involved in the previous N82 project. I was again not invited and went along cos i have thick skin. HAHA. Didn't take any picture of the food cos too many pple were at the table... After dinner, headed to Roppongi for some drinks. The crowd there was bad tt day.

Saturday stayed at home, did nothing much. Eat fermented beans, white rice and rest. In the evening went to Shinjuku and walked around without purpose. That's it. Midnight woke up to see Holland dio knocked out. YES!!! Italy will have a clearer path, if they managed to beat spain.

Sunday woke up late, went church. Then met up with colleagues to go to Saitama Stadium to watch Japan vs Bahrain. The last WC qualifier group game. Though both sides had already advanced to the nxt stage, it's still a matter of pride as Japanese soccer team would not want to lose in front of the home crowd. Anyway Saitama is like 1 hour+ away from Tokyo.

This is the stadium. Built for the 2002 world cup.
These are my colleagues, the one on the left is a korean and the right is a japanese. The Japanese is really nice person, always arranging stuff for the foreigners in Nokia, while the Korean is a damn funny guy.
The inside of the stadium before kick-off. The girl on the right seems quite chio. HAHA
Supporters waving the national flag.
The players introduction is damn interesting also. The announcer will just anyhow say all the Mahammed, Al Sayeed, Abdul bla bla bla of the Bahrain team. When Japanese team is announced, every player name is being shouted with loud music being accompanied by the PA system, animation on the big screen. Damn cool. Anyway this is Shunsuke Nakamura, Scottish player of the year sia...
And this is the substitute keeper. Dunno if anyone still remembered him, he is Kawaguchi, the first-choice GK in WC1998. That time he was damn handsome and a lot of girls like him. Even weiting's sister also say he shuai.
For the national anthem, they got this opera singer to sing. Cant really appreciate.
It's a photo of Nakamura taking a penalty, which he missed.
In the end, Japan won 1-0 by a very stupid goal in the last minute. Managed to take a photo with the pitch as the background at around 80+ min....
Anyway it's a very nice experience to watch such a live game. Can say that it's so much different from watching Singapore in the National Stadium. Hopefully when the new national stadium is built, the national team will also improved as well. YAY!!!