Around my Dorm...

I woke up at 12 today, slept like a pig... still insisted on my breakfast. I love breakfast now, the easiest to prepare but the most delicious. Toast some ヤマザキ(Yamazaki) bread, nice bread which is endorsed by Matsu Takako (松たか子). Sighz, falling for some lame marketing trick still. Had coffee, milk, really felt like in heaven.

My cooking still sucks... I was cooking my lunch today, I had rice, beef and vege (onions, potatos, carrots). Rice was a bit too hard, beef was overcooked and the vege was undercooked, sighz, really need to improve fast.

Did a lot of things that I usually hate to do. Had to sew a button on my jacket and to mend a hole in the pocket. I made a mess of the sewing kit, wonder if I can actually use it again. Then I was doing my laundry, handwashing my jeans and red top as both colours would fade, also washed other stuff... hate doing all these things but I got no choice.

Yes... around my dorm. Opposite my dorm is a center which cares for the disabled, so I see special vans and people on wheelchairs in and out often. Beside it is a clinic... nice living opposite a clinic, you know where to get help when you are sick. And the best thing is the doctor lives above his clinic... I like this idea, if he's a morally upright doctor, you can go knock his door at 2am if you are running a high fever...House clinic, probably we can have that in Singapore. But there are many clinics and cleaning stores around here... from the subway to my dorm, a 7 min walk, I've seen 4 clinics and 4 cleaning stores.

Finally at dinner time, I went to this Bento (弁当) shop, they have full meal boxes or you can pack the different dishes in the boxes and bring it back. Nice idea, and it's much more affordable too. So I bought some salad, fried chicken and deep fried crab. All at 300 yen which is about S$4.50. Cooked my rice, and I had a decent meal. It's like the zup cai pheng (什菜饭), and the best thing is that it's open 24/7. This shop is pretty popular as it changes it's menu everyday, introduce new lunch boxes every month and keep at least 25 different lunch boxes on the menu. This means you can have a different meal box almost everyday.

Going back to school for some lame orientation tomorrow. Sianzzz.. looking forward to the anime expo on Sat

Since Youreng asked about bad english signs... I shall share one of them with you guys
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In My dorm....

Finally I am settled down in my dorm. After running around the area to get stuff, food, and cooking utensils, blah blah, i can now finally say that this room is ultimate comfortable to live in.

The hottest topic of NUS gotta be that Maths lecture saga... well ask around and you will know what is happening... I watched the clip since the lecture is webcast...That guy watched too much of My Sassy girl lah, giving flowers during lecture haha, that only happens in movies where the rest of the theater is going to clap for you. This thing reminds me of what happened when I was at the Fish Leong concert a few weeks back, where Zhou Huajian and Liang Jing Ru helped 2 guys to propose to their girlfriends. One of the girls did not look convincingly won over by that. Now this thing happening in NUS LT haha, anybody wanna go Shenton Way or Suntec City to declare their love over those giant sized TVs? Talk about Giant Size Tvs, I think those TVs hanging around Shinjuku should be around 4 times the size of the one that we have at the Suntec City facing the large main road junction. Do check it out sometime if you guys ever come to Japan.

Mainland Chinese come into mind when you say about commuting in bicycles. However, Japanese do use the bicycle a lot too. This poses a very bad problem: Illegal parking of bicycles, if you think that the japanese are an obedient lot, this is obviously not the case, they park their bicycles in front of the "Do Not Park your Bicycles Here" sign.... I will take some pictures later. Same things are happening to the cars too. The illegal parking problem here is extremely bad. People park their cars all over the place, even at junctions. Amazing I would say, considering my impression of the Japanese are obedient people. Imagine a car parked at the junction of Orchard Road and Scotts Road, yes it's that bad...

I experienced the full force of rush hour traffic today when I took the subway to school in the morning. My station is just 2 stops away from Shibuya, the main transfer point. Therefore I had the luxury of jumping onto the human cushions when the door opened., it's amazing how much space you can make out if you want to. The people just kept squeezing, even at the next stop when I thought that the train was at capacity. It's pretty fun for the first try, but I think eventually I would get sick of it. I pity the ladies though, having to squeeze with all these men, and we are talking about face to hair and back to back proximity. You really need some skill to keep your balance, and never never stick to the wall because you will suffer when you squeeze again the wall, but against a human wall, it's probably not that bad. The high school student standing next to me dropped a bookmark while the train was moving, it eventually disappeared in the sea of legs, and he "flowed" into the train after more people squeezed in, therefore, leaving the position where he dropped his bookmark. It was impossible to squat down to pick up anything. That's the end of the bookmark, so I told myself never to drop anything in the rush hour subway, cos it's the same as throwing it into the sea, you have no chance of retrieving anything.

Talk about rush hour traffic, in some subways and trains, especially in Osaka, there are designated compartments that only women are allowed to board during the morning and evening rush hours. I found it amusing, but I think that really helps to curb some of the molestation problems they have on trains. If you are a lesbian, think that is some pretty good news. The next time, I am gonna take the picture of the Subway platform during rush hour. It's beautifully arranged in 2 straight rows outside everydoor. No Cluster Fu**ing, seldom people cut the queues...another classic case of social order...

Japan being a Train Country, they love their cars as much as well, otherwise we wouldn't be getting our reliable and value for money Toyotas. Considering that the Japanese are pretty rich people, the highest bracket earners do splurge on cars. I saw a black Lamborghini Diablo at Ginza Kabuki Cho, well known for the yakuza, booze, Dope, Sex, and Pachinko,lining up with 2 black Mercedes S600, and 2 Black BMWs 740... you will never see that in Singapore but I don't wanna risk my life by taking a picture because there a few handsome men, with the nicely pressed black suits standing by the cars. Seen only a couple of Ferraris, but they really like the Mercs Coupes over here, seen a few SL600s, and the other coupes. Porches are pretty common here too, with the Boxters taking up the main chunk. They love their vintage sports cars, I already saw 3 AE86 Truenos, affectionately also known as the Tofu car in Initial D. A handful of the Nissan Classics like the S13s, S14a, The Mazdas Rx7 series are still very popular here, the old Celica GT that dominated the World Rally Championships in the late 80s. Surprisingly, the Mit Evos are not so popular here as with the Subaru WRXs, exactly the opposite of the Singapore driving community. People here mostly opt for the Subaru Legacy GT Wagon, looks good and packs a punch. Great to do car watching here as the variety of cars sold are extremely large. Toyota itself has about 30 kind of new vehicles on sale currently, add that to the old models, wow....

This is like an extremely long post, can't believe I got so much to say today. Watched the last episode of Prince of Tennis, so sad that it is ending, School Rumble has also ended yesterday. looks like I need to look for other good animes. Cooked my first meal tonight, I had beef stew for dinner, and then made egg toast for supper. I realise that I am a decent cook, hah... Looks like I am going to get fat over here....I am going to slack the whole day in dorm tomorrow, I have Orientation of April Fools Day and then going to the Anime expo over at the Tokyo Bay area on Sat. My camera is a bit tired, gonna give it a bit more rest before making it work out on Sat. Anyway, saw that Winning Eleven 8 Live Evolution is out a few days ago for PS2, hope the english translation comes out quick enough, pretty good improvement from the last version, had a go at it at a shop in Akibahara.

Enjoy and work hard for the coming exams!

Nice toilet and big bath... but I am going to get the toilet seat cover so that I don't freeze my butt off
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Part 2 of the room
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It's pretty big and spacious here... anyone wanna come visit?
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My room! comes with a cooking area!
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Finally my Dorm

I love this dorm... it's so cosy and it's got everything that you need....
Anyway, on sunday when I was in Ueno Park, though the sakura was not blooming yet, the whole park was filled, As with Shinjuku area, there are always some homeless vagabonds around the place taking a nap or washing up at the nearest toilet...what surprises me is that none of them actually begs.
Anyway maybe until I travel in London or New York or Europe, I would never get to experience a better transport system. I am totally impressed by their trains, subways, and buses... they practically cover every inch of their land... even the most remote Northern Cape of Hokkaido. They still have a bus running through it. The timings of their trains are also impeccable. I still wonder how they got everything planned out and to keep it working day in day out.
There are still many things that i want to see and want to do around here.... Sakura season is coming so do look out for those wonderful flowers coming your way!

Matsushima, the final of the top 3 scenes in Japan... Lots of pine tree islets, you would have to take a ship tour to get the best view, since I was there late, there was no boat tour. Maybe the next time...
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Amanohashidate One of the top 3 scenes in Japan as they say.... Like a bridge in the sky....Line of pine trees in the middle of the river
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Kiyomizu Temple One of the nicer temples around kyoto area
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Kinkakuji Some temple made of gold in Kyoto
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Super nice sushi, fresh from the fishing port. yes, I went all the way to the central market...
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Back in Tokyo

Finally I am back here in the Capital. Time to share some more nice photos with all of you. Ok it's pretty late so I am going to just share some photos. So tired from travelling all over Japan these few days, right after I settle down, will write down more stuff about what I think about Japan.

Kyoto

I have reached Kyoto today, but this hotel has only a shared computer in the lobby for internet access so I don't think I am going to write anything till I get back to Tokyo in a few days. Pictures are guranteed.

Osaka has lotsa good food!
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Shinkansen = Bullet Train
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Osaka & Himeji

Today I went to 2 places after getting my ass out of Hiroshima. First up was the town of Himeji, where it's castle is said to be the best in the whole of Japan. Spectacular was a better way of describing it. Both the inside plastic bags when we reached the inside of the castle to protect it. The castle is mainly wood from the inside, so if water gets into it, then the life of the castle would be significantly shorter. It was raining none stop today along the whole coast of Japan. So sad...

Anyway if only China would adopt some protection measures, Himeji castle, as a very famous sightseeing spot in Japan, has only a few shops along the way and it is still outside the main castle. They take great efforts in maintaining all these treasures, making sure they are still available to the next generation. All these while making Himeji castle look great but not old. China's famous 万里长城 has lots of vendors along the way, it looks more aged than great. Like the terracotta army has sorta been destroyed due to lack of care. So why Singapore is shifting it's merlion and those 2 merdeka lions all over the place?

Reached Osaka in the afternoon, it's another busy city. Known for it's food and shopping culture, we went to a Japanese restaurant somewhere hidden in the city. It's udon (udon suki) is even a registered trademark. Not so amazing if you know that this shop has been around for 80 years. It's udon is just fantastic.

"Kuidaore" as the Osaka people call it, eat till you drop.... that's the sort of food culture they have here.. ok till tomorrow then, so tired. I really need a good sleep. Off to the Fish market early tomorrow morning to grab some really fresh sushi, till then~!

Himeji Castle was spectacular both the outside and the inside
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Miyajima

Just for a starter... I remember reading a report saying that Japan has the most Vending machinse per capita, but I can't remember the ratio. So just to share some pictures of these things that sell drinks and cigarettes beer wine and even condoms, but i haven't seen the condoms yet... I wonder why do they even bother to stick the "people below 20 are not allowed to smoke" at the machine.

Anyway today I visited Miyajima, one of the 3 most beautiful spots in Japan as they said. Sadly the main shrine was damaged by the typhoon last year and are still undergoing restoration works. But the main "torii" is still pretty magnificent. Very tired today, don't think I am going to write a lot, do just take a peek at the pictures. Thanks for the comments people, I got some replies typed in. Leaving for Himeji tomorrow, another "world Heritage" status attraction, update again in 24 hours!

Low Tide
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Medium Tide
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Cigarette Automatic Vending Machine
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Hiroshima

Finally reached this little town with a sad history... Due to an earthquake somewhere more in the south, the train was travelling slower due to rail congestion.

After reaching Hiroshima, we took the cute Street Tram to our hotel, I wonder how many cities still have trams running in the city's road, sharing the roads with the cars...then we went to the Atomic Dome and the peace park, which vows to keep out another war, and to give prayers and the blessings to those who have suffered or died in the war. Many children and old people and women died when the bomb exploded.

The debate goes on if the Americans should have done that, but the simple fact remains that nobody wants any of this to happen again. So this place attracts the Japanese to pray for those who have perished, and foreigners who are here to have a look at this famous place. Another hidden agenda of this park, as I speculate, was a response to the Peace Park at Hawaii, built by the Americans to "commemorate" the bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese. Unwilling to be the "aggressors", Japanese built this to remind the Americans what they have done for retaliation... A mass killing of civilians. So the modern day terrorists took from this example, killing of civilians is much more hurtful than attacking military installations, so in a sense, the Americans have shown the way for the terrorists which such a tactic 60 years ago.

The Japanese have taken a back seat on the modern military balance of power, and Hiroshima has been serving it's pursose of reminding the Japanese, so probably the Japanese have no nuclear weapons and refuse to be part of any armed military action around the world. But I think the Americans should just sink the whole Pearl Harbour Memorial as it is not serving any meaningful purpose except holding the Japanese ransom for their actions 60+ years ago.

Going to the famous Miyajima (Itsukushima) tomorrow... will bring back some pics too!

Omurice...that's what the Japanese call this dish... short form for omelette rice... one of the best kept secrets of Japanese food... I really wanna import this over...
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The Atomic Dome... the first A-bomb that ever exploded was detonated 600m above this building, which was the prefecture agriculture buidling... everything became ashes within 2 km radius...
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Through the arch, you see the Flame of Peace ( which will not be put out until the last nuclear weapon on earth is destroyed), and at the background is the A bomb Dome...
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A Street Tram
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year 2003, Tokyo's number 1 ramen!
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The queue outside the famous Ramen stall
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Keio's Entrance
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Keio University

Ok, finally went to take a look at Keio University today... It's what you call nice on the outside not so nice on the inside, another that the Japanese are good at, Packaging... We were there to settle the JASSO scholarship, each of us are entitled to 80000 yen per month and 25000 arrival allowance... Well expectedly, all of the people who were elgible were from good friends of Japan... namely Singapore, America, Korea, Australia. Well the people from other countries probably had no chance...what a realistic world...

Went to Akibahara　(秋葉原) to take a look at the electronics... PSP (value pack) is goin at about 400 bucks. Casio Exlim Z55 5 mega pix, 2.5inch LCD, is going at 450 sing dollars... both good deals I would say... But as they say, just like Sim Lim, after you entered one shop, you have entered all... unless you are there to drive a hard bargain...

Had lunch in a famous Ramen stall... Year 2003, Tokyo's no.1 ramen... 九州じゃんがら(kyuushuu jyangara). Had to wait like 15 min in the queue and squeeze in a super small restaurant, not a bad meal I would say, it's good but I am still not experienced to say if that is really good ramen...

Off to Hiroshima tomorrow, the city with a tragic history. To see how the Japanese portrayed themselves as a victim of the war. Well innocent lives were lost on both sides of the war, I sincerely hope that the Japanese built the A-dome to remind themselves the cruelty of war, and not to remind themselves of their city's tragic history so that they have a good reason to seek revenge...

Tired from all the walking today, think I can continue reading my Da Vinci's code on the Shinkansen 新幹線　(Bullet train) tomorrow

Plum Flowers
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Plum Trees in Mito
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CUTE!!
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Howl's Moving Castle
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Sprited away
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Hayao Miyazaki...
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Mito

Today I visited an area famous for it's plum trees and a splendid garden that dates back to few hundred years... I was served at the train station by the prettiest girl i saw so far in Japan at the Ueno station Midori no Guchi (Ticket office), Matsukawa-san. Ok enough of that...

At this place called Kairakuen (偕楽園), hundreds of plum trees and cedar trees make a beautiful landscape... and the best thing is that there is no admission fee. They have volunteer guides, which are mostly old people, explaning to tourists about the trees. They have special wheelchairs with wide wheels to let the disabled to travel more easily on the gravel paths. Somehow they know how to take care of the less fortunate people over here... You see guiding lines for the blind almost everywhere... lifts and ramps at most buidlings. Somehow these things were missing in Singapore until people made a fuss out of it.

This place is filled with local tourists, I did not even hear one person not speaking japanese. For simple commercial reasons, Very few or maybe not even one foreign tourist group can afford to include this in their itinerary, although the garden has been celebrating this plum festival for almost 200 years. This place is about 1 hour from Tokyo on the express train, and there are no attractions nearby. Making it extremely costly for groups to make a detour here. This is a pity, as this garden is one of Japanese 3 top gardens, and this is a highly respected festival among the locals.

After making observations on the train, I recalled that a Japanese old man told me that he thinks Singapore is much cleaner than Japan. I told him that I think both places are clean. After observing for this while, I got to say that probably Singapore looks more appealing with more colours and the green trees. Tokyo looks grey and black, really gloomy outlook to this place. There are very little trees, all the buildings are grey or brown, so that they are easier to maintain, and people on the streets on Tokyo like to wear black this winter/spring season... There are some places that have litter all over the place. I don't like Hong Kong for the reasons that I have mentioned, dull, grey and dirty. But why do I forgive Japan for these faults? Japanese never wish to add on to their already super stressful lifestyle, they try not to disturb people in any way, especially in those crowded trains and stations, they are usually well mannered and willing to help. Their shops make customers feel like kings. And these people really know how to enjoy good stuff... Especially having visited this wonderful garden, they really do know how to enjoy the finer things in life sometimes and they are willing to share those finer things in life. It's the people that make the place, not the buildings that make the place...

Fuji Hakone

Hakone is a sanctuary for those Tokyoeans who are rushing everyday to get around the city... it has great scenery and great weather.So actually lots of old people do go there. Unlike Singaporeans, they only like to travel after they retire, when their kids are all grown up and they can afford the time... whereas Singaporeans keep dreaming of travelling when they start work. But I must really give it to them, climbing those slopes at age 70 and above, i don't see myself doing it next time... Which leads me this question, why do Japanese live longer? Why don't I see any obese Japanese?

Is it their diet? is it their super fast walking? or is it just the fact that they walk and climb their whole life? Well you need to do some really deep research to find out more...

If Singapore is a fine city, then Japan is a trained city... I have officially lost my way again in the Parthenons of Shinjuku and Ikebukoro.... These 2 stations should be protected as one of the world's wonders as one of the largest, most complicated and busiest. Slowly getting used to the train culture here... it's hard but I should get there someday...

It was raining in Fuji area today so I couldn't get to see Mt Fuji today but I would get my chance again... Hakone was great, it's really a getaway from the busy and bustling Tokyo... highly recommended....

Till tomorrow... Do visit my imagestation at http://www.imagestation.com/album/index.html?id=2129398365

Check out those cute Hayao Miyazaki collectables!

Shinjuku (新宿) and Ikebukuro (池袋)

These 2 Railway stations are supposedly the 2 busiest stations in the whole of japan and i can understand why... just walking in there makes me feel extremely minute and getting pushed along the crowd was a really interesting experience to say the least. There ain't any pushing goin on, but somehow you feel this force of people's flow, and you would just flow along with it

Japanese are extremely "walkable"... they walk real fast and really a lot. An old man walks faster than my dad. Getting out of Shinjuku and looking for places around Shinjuku station is definitely not for the faint hearted... If you think Citylink Mall is big, wait till you visit these 2 stations, I reckon it has a whole Shenton Way under it....The number of exits are just amazing... and so is the number of lines. 12 Japan Railway lines run through Shinjuku, and many other subway lines, and railways run by other Rail companies... Leads me to a question... maybe Tokyo wouldn't suffer another earthquake, cos they really almost dug all the earth away...

Japanese are a decently considerate bunch of people. They are advised to switch off their handphones when they are seated near the "Priority seats" catered for the disabled, the elderly and the pregnant ladies... guess they didn't want the Electromagnetic waves to harm them. They are advised to switch their phones to silent mode in the trains and advised not to talk on the phones in the train... Well today I saw this guy alight the train just to talk on the phone and he just waited at the platform while talking.... Guess I wouldn't see that in Singapore in 100 years, where people speak on the top of their voices in the MRT.

You are to stand on the left side of the escalator or you would be kindly reminded by the person behind you so that he/she can walk up/down the escalator. They also have sort of this campaign that advises you not to smoke while walking along the street. So these 2 elderly men, braving the cold stood on the main street for the whole day and say their slogans when they see a guy walking past with a cigarette...
interesting yea?

Had Japanese curry rice today.... I really liked it, if I had to choose between indian curry and Japanese curry, Sorry man, I would have to take both. It got so bad that when a Japanese company tried to patent the word "curry" and their product, the Indian government lodged a protest and said that curry was invented by them, and cannot be patented by others, I have no idea what went on later... So do head down to try some Japanese curry if you have the chance and tell me if you can really make a choice....

Heading for the beautiful area of Hakone and Mt Fuji tomorrow... so yea... check out the next entry....

Lost in Translation...

Well, i know Japanese so you can't say that I am lost in translation.... Yes you are right, I have finally reached Tokyo for my 5 month exchange....If you think that this is the land of babes, you are only that teeny weeny bit correct cos' I haven really seen a really babelicious one around, even the stewardesses were so so only.... it's sorta cold here right now in Tokyo, prob around 5 degress at night. I live in a ryokan (Japanese style Inn) in 池袋 (Ikebukuro) somewhere northwest of downtown Tokyo. Guess what... this S$50 per night Inn has a 54 Mbps wireless connection, how cool is that? Try telling Singapore's IDA to liberalise the wireless market and up the internet speed we have over there... will try to upload pics on my imagestation, if you dunno my imagestation address, ASK!

Well it's late and I am tired... so that's all folks will update you people again soon

Concert

entertainers entertain... sounds simple?
Liang Jing Ru is a wonderful and emotional singer, Zhou Hua Jian is a great and humourous singer. Put them together, you get 3 great hours of music and laughter

Well, both of them were trying to play cupid and 2 couples were selected. The guys were to propose to their future wives.... There was something really "wrong" with those 2 couples, if you were to use the "KK parameters" to measure them....1 pair was too young, the other has just dated for 6 months.

Apparently, 1 of the girl did not expect it to happen as her boyfriend and her were asked out of the crowd by the 2 stars....while the other pair were in front of the stage with the best seats in front of the stage for the whole concert...In front of a capacity crowd of 10,000, and 2 famous Asian pop stars helping the guy.... can the girl say no? You really need to be extremely courageous though....both for the guy to propose and for the girl to say "NO". So everything went according to the script. Well the surprised girl did not look and sound extremely convincing when she said yes. Ah the power of the masses....

Back to "KK parameters",
No 1: Age: Age determines if I am ready to be married, well call it short sighted, conservative or whatever.... If I don't look, think, speak like a married man, I am not ready yet... Those 2 people didn't really convince me that they were ready...

No 2: Duration of Relationship: 6 mths, a bit too short if you ask me, I don't think that I can determine a person is suitable for me for 60 years just by spending 6 months,. I have never believed in Love in First Sight, that's bullshit for me. I am a loner, I like to be alone, it really takes a while for a girl to really come into my life. Well I am sceptical about this pair too, maybe the girl is going to cry and say that she's not going to marry him afterall. Who knows?

Proposing at a concert, a romantic and compelling way to make a girl marry you, it's sort of a gamble.

So many parameters in love for me.... are they really quantifiable? Do I say that I want to get married at 30 and after I dated for at least 3 years? So does it mean that the girl that I get to date when I am 27 is the girl that I want to marry? If only I can do some multiple regression for all these parameters.... sorry guys.... economics is getting the better of me

Gender Differences..

Many people should have tried and put up an argument about gender differences, they might be slammed for stereotyping woman and man, but inherently I feel there are definitely differences... Well i was looking at the Baby Blues comic strip... Dad sees a shopping note with "bread" on it, he walks into the super market and buys one loaf of bread, Mom sees the same note and exits with one trolleyof bread.... how true? You decide....

Men spend a lot of money on things they need... while woman spend a lot of money on things they don't need... how true? I don't know, at least the guys theory works on me. I am a miser or as some people say I am. I prefer to see myself as thrifty. Why bother paying T*psh*p their advertising fees and give them a bulge in their pocket when their stuff are overpriced and generally ugly? But this is how the real world works now: MARKETING. Now young kids are made to market themselves to prominent schools if their results fall short of the requirements: I can run, I can swim.... blah blah... I can't really market stuff... I see it as a subtle form of lying and cheating, maybe I think too much.

The A level results are out, I feel that something is different this year. I realise that the press is not harping on who got 4As, 2 S paper distinction and A1 for GP and the other AO subject. They are reporting about those students who overcame certain adversity to get a pass in A levels. Interesting, looks like top students don't get so much limelight... but i am still certain that they would get the top civil servant scholarships and be a high flyer in the public sector, and not those people who overcame semi-blindness and another guy who studied in hospital. It's realistic world, people would say oh my, this guy has great determination, I hope he gets into university...

If you missed Hotel Rwanda go shoot yourself, Oscars is bullshit, they didn't give the best picture to Hotel Rwanda, as I said, it's a realistic world, everybody wants to give Clint Eastwood some face.

Quoted from Hotel Rwanda : " Oh my god, that's terrible! After that, they would all go back and have dinner" A Western reporter on what would happen if the videos of the Rwanda Genocide by the Hutus on the Tutsies were to be shown on international TV....