Fukuoka is quite cold now... though i expect places like to tokyo to be much colder. Heard that it was snowing. Wont mind seeing snow actually. Was thinking of mt aso but heard its below zero degC now and inconvenient cos bad public transport... Similar to natural onsens (hot springs) since they are usually not along the main road which means its better if you have your own transport. HmmMm rent a car in japan? Perhaps, perhaps not.

So far, i have not been doing much during the last 3 days (this is my fourth day morning), other than wating at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (or FAAM for short) visiting various museums and walking around downtown. He is working very hard at NHK which is the TV station here, editing his videos, so i hardly get to see him except during dinner. In the meantime, our friend (singaporean, who is coordinating his piece for the museum) and another japanese friend from tokyo (who had came down to liase and research in the museam) has been bringing me around for lunch and checking out the various museums. I even went to Kyushu University to have a look around and sat in for one of the art critic presentation in an old classroom (the uni was 100yrs old and nothing much have changed i gathered from the grime) because my friends were looking for an art journal there. Not exactly your usual tourist sport ya? Then there was checking out the xmas decos at the nearby canal city... expensive stuff there and coffee aint cheap... that`s all i can say... I think i have to rethink my souvenir strategy abit...

Anyway though i have only been here for 3 days, it certainly felt like its been more. Probably because i am not exactly doing anything that a normal tourist should be doing, hence there was no urgency to "milk the milage" of my visit yet. It has been quite relaxing and infact boring at times as i am really just waiting for him to finish. I think the gear will pick up in a bit when his finalize his work.

Okie dok. Time for lunch now... I think i am going to put on weight when i get home... Sigh...