earthquake, whale shark, the lion king & videos!

i tried to sum up the last few days here in the title by the way. so weve arrived in kobe now and weve been having a great time. part of that great time was us experiencing our first big japanese earthquake! its not like those baby ones we get back home, this one shook our entire building for at least 10 seconds. it was really fucked up cause i was actually napping in the bottom bunk bed and was woken by the mad shaking and i didnt even move cause i had no idea what was going on. by the time i realized it was an earthquake, i just...also didnt move, which in immediate hindsight seemed super stupid but all is well and it was quite exciting! so that:s that.

back in kyoto we spent yesterday at this awesome aqarium where they have a whale shark, saw a 3D imax about ocean life narrated by johnny depp and kate winslet (yes, these are the kind of things that we get really excited about) and then went back to our hostel, lamenting the fact that we had to leave. we absolutely looooved our hostel cause its a converted penthouse apartment so we had a nice living room, kitchen, cable tv! it was the most homey place ive been in since leaving home. in fact, joolia says it felt even homier than her home in kumumoto!

anyway, we had our shit all packed up and we were struggling to leave when oliver, the owner of the hostel, convinced us to stay by offering the nite there on the house! how awesome is that!? so it was great, we curled up on the couch, watched the lion king and had a couple of gossip magazines within arms reach. and then today oliver took us and a couple other people from the hostel here to kobe and showed us around. it was also great being in a car again! anyway, shout out to oliver, cause i know he:ll be reading this!
but anyway, what i really wanna do is just post a bunch of videos that have been accumulating on my camera. im not so inclined to write an actual post right now cause dvds, a flatscreen tv and a couch are just a few meters away...

oook so im very hesitant to post these but i know theres some demand: its kyoto karaoke time. me and alex 1 doing barbie girl. i havent even watched this video in its entirety. i think id cry. do yourself a favour and not watch this but if you are so inclined, then be warned, its not going to be pretty.



joolia and ben doing the YMCA. i wish i had the much more embarassing video of her doing sir mix a lot:s i like big butts.


backtracking now, the little cambodian girl at angkor wat that embodies the reasons why angelina jolie became an adoptaholic she tries to work the whiny sad kid angle but then just looses the facade when she realizes shes on camera.


and heres 1 of 2 battambang bamboo train videos. i think this one was taken when the train was still going slow so it looks pretty lame but you get the gist. and i just cant be bothered to post any more videos, im just getting too impatient and id rather be sprawled on the couch. hopefully i can get my shit together and post more soon!