Our Wedding song - At The Beginning

I have a friend who is currently planning her wedding and was talking to her about her plans. She mentioned about playing her wedding music and the number of songs she has. This made me think back to my wedding.

I think most weddings now have the music Canon D, OMG, it's been played too much and I feel bored of hearing it really, hehe! :P Apart from that piece, me and hubby also picked a very non conventional song to play during our vows exchange and signing of the registry. The song is called At The Beginning and sung by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis, aka Anastasia theme song too. We love the lyrics as it reflects our relationship and love for each other! :)

Here is the lyrics to this song.

We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming
What we'd have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

No one told me
I was going to find you
Unexpected
What you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start

And...

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Never dreaming
How our dreams would come true
(BOTH)
Now here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

And...

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart

And...

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
(BOTH)
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

(BOTH)

Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is a river I wanna keep going on....

Starting out on a journey
(BOTH)
Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is river I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

My Christmas nails

This evening, I got the whole house to myself as hubby is off to his company party and will not be home till the next day. He hates the smell of nail varnish. I usually have to paint my nails in the kitchen or conservatory.

Anyway here are my Christmas nails! I got the dotting kit from Japan, so I was trying it out. The kit is called Dot Artist by Beauty World. I bought it from Matsumoto Kiyoshi. This drugstore is everywhere, almost outside every subway or train station in Tokyo. I cannot remember how much it was but it was probably not that much! The kit comes with 3 nail varnish colours, purple, glitter green and gold. The consistency of the varnish is not thick but required a few coats. The dotting tool was very easy to use, it has a large ball tip and a smaller dot tip on either ends. Definitely worth playing around.

Why I love Japan!

It has been a while since I has blogged and with a busy December, I hope that I try my hardest to find time to blog more and get this blog a bit more active.

I have just come back from Japan with my hubby and although I have been to Japan way back in 2007, this trip proved that Japan is still my favourite country to visit. I absolutely adore Japan!!!

Here is a list of reasons why I love this country!

1. People in Japan are so friendly. We travelled through Japan for a few weeks and everyone we come across, whether it was the train inspectors or cleaner in our hotel, they were really polite. I knew limited Japanese but when approaching people in restaurants, hotels, train stations, not a problem and they were really helpful and always said 'Thank you very much' and give you a little bow.
2. Food is so delicious. Some people think Japanese food is just all about sushi and raw fish. Wrong! Our trip, we came across so many different type of Japanese dishes. Even noodles dishes you will find a large variety to choose from. From the different types of noodles: udon, soba and ramen!
3. Cleanliness. We booked budget hotels 3 star hotels in most places in the cities we visited and were very surprised and impressed on the level of cleanliness in our rooms. Each hotel had body and shampoo liquid soap, hairdryer, tea making facilities, yukatas (Japanese dressing gowns), clean beds and towels.
4. Safe! We thought so safe throughout our travel. We also saw quite a few backpackers and single travellers around. To give you an example how safe it is. We went to Starbucks quite often, sometimes just for a sit down and a drink. Once we walked into Starbucks and there were lots of empty tables with bags and shopping on the seats. Basically people just leave their belongings and go to the toilet or get their coffee and it is completely fine to them, no one touches them.
5. Great customer service. We went through a lot of eateries and shops and I must say, the customer service we experienced was great. I cannot fault it. One example, we went to the 21st Century Contemporary Arts Museum. My hubby wanted to see the exhibit called The Swimming pool. Anyway, to cut a long story short, the exhibit was closed and we were only there for that day as we were leaving Kanazawa. The lady at the ticket counter was so apologetic, I thought she was going to burst out crying in front of me, as I explained that we were only there for that day and it there was any chance just to see it.

I love Japan! I would go back there. One moan I have though, is that I would never go via transfer, the journey just took too long and I was knackered and jetlagged. ()_() Next time, I want to fly direct.

That's it for you.