Mr. Happy Dai Phuong…
Cherry and I working on our part, the PYs’ Impressions..
Here we are at IYEO.. Oddie and Siti working on the final draft…
Finally it’s here…
My subway ticket to IYEO
Waiting for the train…
Hide and Seek style with Fang…
Our yummy green tea ice-cream…
Me and Mr. Hara..
No different from me, P’ Eak also couldn’t help giving a few shots…
Top view of the Ministry of Finance..
Opening speech by Mr. Watanabe…
Arisa, one of the SSEAYP ‘05, was also there with us…
The other corner of Kasumigaseki Bldg.. The forested area you see here is the Imperial Palace…
The streets and skyscrapers… The Cabinet Office is hosting a luncheon at the tower of this building for us.. Again, more photo opportunities for me..
Welcome to Kasumigaseki Building…
The cabinet office staff.. This is a Japanese office arrangement with the supervisor sitting at the far end and his subordinates opposite each other…
Cherry with Mr. Hara, the Cabinet Office’s Mr. Handsome.. (According to Siti)…
Meeting with the Secretary General of the Cabinet Office…
Group Photo with Mr. Ohashi…
A closer look of the Diet…
Me with the Diet in the background…
Trees in Chiyoda-ku, the government ministrial area of Tokyo…
The Diet, the Japanese Parliament Building…
Breakfast with PYs from the Philippines..
Closer shot of Fuji-san..
Tokyo under full ray…
CPYs…
Daytime Tokyo… from the tower of my cozy hotel..
Early morning glimpse of Tokyo with Mount Fuji in the background…
Guess what this van is for… It’s a mobile sweet potato shop.. One piece of sweet potao can cost u from around 200 to 600 yen, depending on its size..
A real business district…
Shinjuku Southern Lights…
With Bong Rathan and Bong Onn…
X’mas shopping…
OBSC gang with Bong Ratha, a colleague of mine who is doing his master at Waseda University…
Lighting for X’mas at Shinjuku, the business hub of Tokyo…
“Welcome to Shinjuku!” said Mommy Cherry…
Lovely twin sisters.. Kayo-chan and Siti-chan.. :p
The crowd in the subway…
OBSC gang leaving for city tour… Here we are at Marunouchi Station heading for Shinjuku…
The colors of the Tokyo night…
Finally at New Otani Hotel…
Vodafone..
Neon lighting begins to take over town…
Shibuya Vs. Yokohama…
Traffic jam.. :p
First sight of the town..
Golden sunset…
All the naughty boyz and galz…
Our bus to city center…
Ms. Yurie Watanabe…
Country program orientation with Ms. Atsuko Honda from IYEO!
Country program orientation for PYs in the Dolphin Hall..
and now Mongkol the Cool…
Alex the cool…
OBSC family…
Welcome Ceremony in the main terminal by JPYs…
and then Sothea and Heang said, “Hey, let me be cool too..!”
Cambodian family picture…
Nelly wanna be cool too..
Cool model…
With Cambodian and Lao PYs…
Our final stop, the International Terminal of Harumi Port…
Downtown Tokyo.. on the western side of the bay..
With Chamreun, me and Visithyro…
Another glimpse of the rainbow…
Rainbow Bridge…
Fang, Me and Siti…
Harumi Port…
Tokyo on the eastern side of the bay…
Finally, we arrived at Harumi Port, Tokyo Bay..
Honshu islands…
Man of the horizon…
Rooftop corner…
Top deck…
Relaxing spot onboard the ship…
Me and Kayo…
Oddie and Kayo..
Another favorite shot of mine..
Guess what? This is the famous Mount Fuji of Japan…
Sunset…
Despite the wonderful beauty, it was freezing cold there..
With my close friend, M&M..
The stormy sea of Japan…
Our official beauty crowns from Japan and the Philippines…
The best traditional costumes went to Miss Cambodia, Miss and Mr. Brunei…
Contestants waiting for the final result…
OBSC performance… Follow the leader dance..
Contestants from Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia
Mr. Nippon Maru’s first round of audition.. Here are our contestants from Japan, Indonesia, Cambodia and Brunei
Miss Nippon Maru contestants from Laos, Japan, Indonesia, Cambodia and Brunei
Contestants from Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines…
Supermodel always..
Miss Myanmar..
Miss Cambodia and Mr. Cambodia
What made tonight’s program special was the Mr. and Miss Nippon Maru Contest.. Smiling here are Miss Lao (Lina) and Miss Cambodia (Lida)
After over 40 days of crusing, here comes our Farewell Party..
My batchmate, Atchee.. She was a youth leader of Japan in 2002.. This year, she came back to SSEAYP with a bigger position, the hottest National Leader..
With Socheata, the Indo-Khmer lady…
My new friend, Celina (FYI, she’s half English-half Bruneian)…
With Shin, the Japanese youth leader.. Well done, bro.. U guys are supercool..
Cherry, Siti and P’ Eak go with the beats of J-night..
Finale dance…
JPYs singing their ‘Kizuna’ song…
First course of the day.. the Okinawan Dance..
Honshu Dance..
Kyushu Dance..
Hot OBSC members in their traditional costumes…
What I admired most about this dance was the beautiful rhythm of their drums..
Welcome to Japan Night!
Cherry, P’ Eak and Fang enjoying their meals.. Eat slowly, P’ Eak!
Time for yummy lunch after all the hard work..
Our excited audience..
With CPYs…
Our quiz winners.. Great job, guys..
Report on SSEAYP International activities by Fang, Singaporean OBSC…
Introduction to SSEAYP history by me..
Introduction by Taufik, Malaysian OBSC representative…
SSEAYP Meeting.. The most important OBSC program with PYs…
Long Live the Kingdom of Cambodia!
OBSC 2005 Delegation.. Who is the most handsome?
Our Bruneian Siti Nurhaliza is also not bad.. Kool, sis..
Our special guests from Cambodia..
Big congrats from Cambodian OBSC..
Time for party.. Let’s rock n roll…
Here is ur special gift, the key to ur honeymoon room (Cabin 107)…
Gifts from friends…
Our lovely couple.. Guess what? Though this is juz a demo wedding, the two are real lovers…
Gift presentation from the groom’s father..
The guests of honor.. They are all fellow NLs…
The Parents (Kim Anh VNL and Dai Phuong V-OBSC)
Gift presentation from the bride’s mother…
It’s Okinawa…
First Glimpse of Japan.. Guess which city this is?
With CPYs cuties…
With Singapore NL, Rambo…
With my long lost bro, Rick.. Great job, bro! I really love ur Sugar Sugar dance..
Another cool performer from the Singapore Contingent, Soky… Besides being a great dancer, she’s also a great musician…
With Fang (S-OBSC) and Irene (SPY)
Finale Show..
Chinese Dance..
Eurasian Dance..
Indian Dance..
Malay Dance..
Uniquely Singapore song…
Siti, Cherry, Me and the Ship Captains just right before the Singapore Night began..
The Nippon Maru chimney..
The deep blue sea from a different ray corner..
The morning ray on the deep blue sea.. The cloudy thing in the background is Luzon, the northern most island of the Philippines..
Flag Hoisting Ceremony…
And last but not least, the coolest of all… THE OBSC…
Brunei Darussalam..
Mabuhay Filipinas!
Shin Chau Vietnam…
Sabaidee Laos!
Sunny Singapore…
Our supercool Cambodian Contingent… Aren’t they wonderful?
Indonesian Contingent…
Myanmar Contingent…
Japanese Contingent…
Daddy Bird, PNL ‘02, this year became a host family.. Over here, his family and his JPY foster son..
With children from the Japanese Association in Manila…
With the lovely CPYs (Chanthol, Dana and Susu)…
OBSC team in action…
PYs coming back from homestay…
Oddie and Taufik getting themselves ready for the Open Ship…
A world of souvenirs…
With Kayo (J-OBSC) and Oddie (I-OBSC)
Eak (T-OBSC), Kayo, Taufik (MA-OBSC) and Fang (S-OBSC)
The view of the Church Port and the surrounding Metro Manila…
My little cabin..
Nippon Maru swimming pool.. The water is refilled everytime the ship is on cruise…
Back to my home sweet home, Nippon Maru…
Everybody says hey! Let’s go with the beat…
Ivan, Steve and Nona..
My Thailand homestay mate, Steve.. Still as funny as ever..
Welcome to Manila, Philippines! Wow! Philippines..
Meeting up with old PPY batchmates.. Goodness! It’s already been 3 years..
Picking my luggage…