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Autumn-Winter in Japan

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AUTUMN! WINTER!AUTUMN!WINTER! A man looking @ me taking picture of him -NOT- trees ... To be honest, I don't know if I should call this Autumn anymore because I feel it's winter already. The coldness sharply pricking into my skin and no matter how thick my jacket is I seem to be unable to get rid of it. Sorry, but winter is never my thing even in Australia. The winter in Australia is pretty mild compared to Japan. At most it got up to 2 degrees ONCE in my 11 years in Australia. But on average it is almost always around 6-7 degrees in Sydney that is. Anyways, when I was still doing my exchange, it got up to 0 degrees in Chiba and it was beautiful because it snowed and all of us went to the 'Star Area' and played with snow well them not me, I was just a bystander.. Told ya, I don't really like coldness. :D I remembered commuting to school with my bicycle and wearing gloves but at the end, my knuckles still went blue. Now I get it, wear leather gloves! :P ...

Ueno Ueno Ueno...ScHoOoOoOOoOOLLL.

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B BBaa...ba..... Oink.... Oink..... ... ... * ZOO? YES, WE WENT TO UENO ZOO...!! That, ladies and gentlemen, is a very smart gorilla! HE KNOWS how cold it is and decides to wear a stylish yellow hoodie for himself LOL. Now, if you all know it's winter and still not covering up like my friend here, you know who's smarter by now. HE HE HE HE Cut the story short, I went to Ueno Zoo on the Sunday of the... 2nd! So it is almost 2 weeks ago and please forgive me I have not been updating due to various reasons. I had to say it was one of the best days in my life.... Not because I was led around by fugu-chan but it was because I had the opportunity to eat in Ocha-ya (Tea houses) like in the olden days. Anyways, let's start with Ueno Zoo. This zoo opens at 9:30 am- 5 pm (Ticket office closes at 4 pm) and viewing for some animals ends at 4.30 pm so if you are like me and Fugu, you have to pull the English map suitable for quick reading before the time runs out. LOL The admission ti...