Nara Day

On this day, we left Kyoto to go to a famous area called Nara. It's famous for a Big Buddha, and guess where we went? That's right the Big Buddha. I'm really bad with names so I don't know what the temple's name is. But before we got there we had a little run in with Deers. There are deers everywhere. We bought some food for the deers and MHda, YYchi, and Me were trying to feed those animals. They get really aggressive when you do that. They start to eat everything up, and when you run out, they still come at you. It was a fun experience though. The weather was kinda weird, it was sprinkling and raining so the grounds were kinda muddy and slippery. We took many pictures of the Deer Ordeal. I'll post them all later.

We then started walking towards the main area where all the tourists go. We past the Museum and ran into more deers. YYchi was trying to get a picture with the deer and when we snapped it, the deer then tried to commit suicide by running into the street with oncoming cars. Actually this happened twice at different locations. It was really funny and we were picking on her for it.
We then got around the area where the big buddha is at. They have many shops for candy and things of that sort. But the most distinguishing feature was the tourists being attacked by deer. The deer were everywhere on the streets, and people were buying deer food, so they would naturally feed them. But they also ran out and to the deer that was unacceptable. It was funny watching a bunch of tourists running away from deers. Kinda sad too because the deers would also eat their bags and chew on their clothes. A lot of girls were screaming and the guys were taking pictures. Kinda mean, but then the guys would get attacked too so it was fair.

We finally got to the temple. It was raining pretty hard at this time and we didn't have an umbrella or anything. Even though it's raining, it's EXTREMELY HOT. That was the annoying part. We walked into the temple and I took many pictures naturally of the Big Buddha. We walked around and found a very famous pole. This pole had a hole in it the size of the nostril of the Big Buddha. And there is a story that if you go through it, you will be blessed with great things. So naturally there was a line of little kids going through it, more than 5 times. Bare in mind, these are little kids under the age of 10. MHda said, "Bryan why don't you try it?" Being the daring person I am, I did. At first I couldn't even get my shoulders in and gave up. But another person with an American tourist said, "Don't give up, you can do it. Just believe" I was like what the F*** but I gave it another shot, she was right, I fit. I got stuck for a little while too. MHda got many pictures of the ORDEAL. But I think it was fun and everyone gave me accolades for being daring enough to even try it. I told them yeah, that's because I'm a foreigner, I already look embarassing. I challenged the American watching to go for it, but We both knew it was impossible. He was about a Foot taller than me.

After that we found a little booth that was selling tiles. Doesn't sound interesting, but when we looked further into what it was, it was tiles for the restoration of the temple. It is believed that if you buy a tile, your wish will come true. So MHda, YYchi, and I bought one and wrote our wish, Name, Country and it will be put in the temple so I can see it for years to come. That's really cool that I've actually done something to help out. They need to money to restore it, and I get to put my signature in it. So that's my good deed for the year.

After we left, I bought some stuff, and then proceeded to another temple. There wasn't many people there. Maybe about 7 people including us. There was 2 ladies going around the temple over 150 times. MHda told me that they are praying for something. They were handed with sticks and told to walk around the temple to have your wish come true. We guessed that it was for the good health of an ailing person. It looked like they were mother and daughter. Everytime they walked around, they threw a stick into a bucket. They had a lot of sticks too. The temple was on an elevated ground so you coud get an amazing view of the city. It really was breath-taking. One of the most amazing things and feelings I've ever had. You feel sooooo at peace being there. I really enjoy that feeling since I'm never at peace being so busy and doing too many things. It was very relaxing.

From there we took off back to the Station. We stopped a little bit to get some ice cream... which is a big no-no for me. I ate it anyways, to see what would happen. That was a big mistake. From there we went to get dinner, I forgot where. Then back to MHda's house. We chilled there for a bit and getting ready to leave. We stayed up late talking again. Talking about San Diego and how things will be so different when they go back. Then Sleep.