Sad, sad sky

View from my very quiet dorm. Waiting for the supposedly coming typhoon closing in from the Pacific Ocean. Nothing happened of course.

Burn, burn!!

Heisei Yodogawa Fireworks Festival in Osaka, 5th August 2006
(formerly known as the least-favourite city)


The CROWD at Yodogawa, Osaka. Unbelievable. Most of them must have camped out here under the scorching sun from 6am (an exaggeration, I know). Arrived a little bit earlier at 7pm and found no vacant space at all. Had to climb up the retaining wall, sat on where the slope began and prayed hard that I won't lose my balance. Gluteus maximus muscle overwork.


The calm before the storm. Had to admit that Osaka "can" be beautiful at night, even after my numerous attempts at denouncing it. One of the many definitions of "existence" that I remember vividly is that "Life exists in the presence of light, without its presence, there is nothingness". Errrr... Osaka looks better in the dark.

Oh, and of course, when there are fireworks.




















Raining gold.



It was well worth the pain, sore butt and all.