Knowing me, I normally don't do follow-ups of events so efficiently. But there has been many clicks to my blog due to searches on 'bon odori 2009' (which leads them to the previous post) so I think that to be fair to my readers I shall do a quick write-up on yesterday's events.
Although the event was due to start at 7, many people were there early. Like, much earlier. I read one of my friend's facebook update which said that he was 'going there now' at 3pm+ to get parking!
Anyway, we started off at 6pm and reached around 7, just the right timing! Parking was quite far away, had to cross a highway!
Reaching there, we grabbed a free fan each and excited posed for pictures.
Oh at least, the guys did.
Thanks YY for the ride. You seriously need to get used to signalling!
We went straight to the food area which had sooooo many people and I got separated from my friends for like 2 minutes and freaked me out so much it left me traumatised the whole evening that I had clinged on to Jer Yen the rest of the night like an obedient puppy.
Heh.
Found some empty ground for our picnic.
Is it me or is the quality of the picture really bad? =.=
Anyway, here's a shot of my RM6 noodles which was damn lousy. Even the mamak in front of my house's maggi goreng rocked more than this okay!
The reason why I finished everything was because I was hungry and it's not good to waste food okay? What more expensive food?!
Some jap rice with fillings wrapped in seaweed. Quite yummy (compared to the noodles, EVERYTHING else is yummy).
Alexis' expression on the funny tasting noodles ha ha!
Group pic!
After food, time for some dancing to burn off the calories.
Lanterns at twilight
There are 3 rounds of dance performance, in which the audiences can participate. We joined the last round. I was kinda excited seeing as this was the first time I ever came for this event, even though I had pre-warnings about the dance's lameness and such.
But before that, the guys were so excited to take a picture with some yukata-clad (japanese?) babes.
Sorry yea, this is the clearest shot I could get of them.
Finally, the dance podium!
Dancers and err musicians on the stage, people surround it in a circle and follow the dancers. Simple enough, eh?
A few rounds later I got very bored already and starting snapping pictures as the others go along.
By the way if you see in a newspaper or site of someone who looks like me making funny awkward dance moves, that's NOT me.
So bloody many photographers there, and I swear they were all aiming at me!
In the middle of the dance area
Finally Jer Yen and I made it out of the dance crowd to go sit at the sloped seats area.
Just a small part of the real crowd.
Finally they announced the end of the event, and we wanted to get some ice cream or ice kacang but then decided to go to McD instead. Was walking towards the entrance when Jer Yen spotted this really cute Japanese girl.
Kawaii! (Yes, that's the only Japanese word I know, other than
baka)
Overall, I was glad we went at that time, neither too early nor late. One thing was the haze that night which left a layer of dust on our shoes and clothes. God knows how much of it was in our hair, food... I left the place feeling sick, eyes streaming, nose stuffy ugh. Since we went to some pub for after-drinks and reached home kinda late, I woke up this early morning looking and feeling like crap that even my dad commented that without enough sleep I looked older than my mom wtf.
There were so many people there but I only saw a few people that I knew. However according to facebook there were many more of my friends who actually went.
What is this, people!
Shall we go again next year?
For more pictures of the event,
click here.
I still need transport!
