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"it's a long holiday" i thought to myself on May 1st. but today, May 7th, i said "What a short holiday!". i am now back to the normal world with no more excitement, n no more holiday planning. but still i can feel the joy left from the so-called Golden Week.

it had a good start on Saturday May 2nd, when i enjoyed my day at TACHIGAWA with Tan and Bunnarith. Tan wanted to buy an electronic dictionary, so Bunnarith suggested Big Camera at Tachigawa. after the SHOPPING was done, lunch time came. i was thankful that in this modern n expensive foreign world there was still such a nice n inexpensive shop to eat. Bunnarith called it by a bit negative-meaning word, but i thought it deserved a better name. next we spent the rest of the afternoon in a CINEMA watching a nice animation. the joyful day ended after a DINNER gathering which Pheara n Lyda also came to join. we had a professional cook there. it was Bunnarith. i was a bit surprised at how delicious his food was. maybe i've got to learn more from him.

the next morning, May 3rd, we were expecting that it was gonna be a very nice day, cos we'd planned to go to ASAKUSA n TOKYO TOWER. n of course it really was a great day as expected. i'm really grateful that some kind japanese students spent their time guiding us around.
Asakusa was a really crowded place, esp on such vacation. u'll have a strange feeling when u get there. among lots of high rise modern buildings, Asakusa shrine was so old that i felt that i entered an ancient world within just a minute. n when leaving there i felt again that i came back to the present world within a blink.
Tokyo Tower too was a great place one should visit while staying here. it's 333 m tall, n looks similar to that tower in Paris. i was a bit sursprised for the first time when i saw the tower from the train station. i hadn't expected that it was that near.

May 4th, i found myself at KICHIJOUJI doing shopping with some cambodian friends. thanks to Lyda who took us there. it was a nice view with lots of interesting-looking people, n there were lots of sales for clothing n shoes. in the late afternoon, we continued our journey to SHINJUKU where i enjoyed my window shopping. i was a bit tired with walking then, but it was nice seeing lots of strange people with various fashions. in the evening we ended up in Gut' Soul at NAKANO. this was my second time in a yakiniku (grilled meat) restautant within just a few weeks. but it was a nice n joyful dinner, so we can think about our diet later. :-)

May 5th was a resting day with the rain. i didn't go anywhere. i had planned to do lots of reading but i couldn't cos of laziness. hope i can overcome this procrastination soon. :-(

May 6th was the last day of the Golden Week. i went to eat khmer food again at MACHIDA, but this time not with my friends. i went there with my boss's wife who used to live in cambodia. there, at the restaurant, i met some japanese n khmer friends, but i didn't join them. after that i went to visit my relatives at YABE. i met them at the khmer new year party at Sagamihara n asked for their address. i spent the whole afternoon with their two lovely sons. they were cute, but so sad that they couldn't speak khmer. the only word they knew how to say was "Chumreab sour". but it's better than nothing.

The Golden Week really went fast. i wonder if such holiday will come again soon. it really is a good change when everyday what we can think of is study n homework.