Monday, December 20, 2004
Just came back from Japan!!! Yeah... so fun. haha. Mark, u wanted me to write about my experiences right? ok, here goes. . .
Japan was very cold but I really enjoyed the weather. We left Singapore on saturday but reached on sunday at around 8am. My host, Aki, had tennis competition so her parents came to pick me. We went to the sky garden and then for lunch. I could not speck jap and they could not speak much english but we still understood each other in the end. haha. went to their home, unpacked (I got my own room) and fell asleep. Later i found out that amanda fell asleep on her luggage while unpacking. Haha... we did not sleep much on the plane ride to japan. I wanted to sleep but i did not know how to set up my bed. so embarassing, my jap parents had to set it for me. heheez... then, i fell asleep. Later Aki and her sister, Mika, came home from tennis practise. wah! they are SO pretty! especially mika... both can become super models. the little brother, masaya, so cute! we had a delicious dinner. the mother cooks well. only Aki and papa(my jap mum is mama and jap dad is papa) can speak english. they got a shock when i said that my mother works and my father stays at home and takes care of the house. complete role reverse from the japanese. We had to wake up at 5.30am to go to school. 1 hour train ride and a very tiring 15 mins walk. crammed in the train and have to walk a very long flight of stairs to the school. The lessons were conducted in japanese and we were placed at the back so we basically slept throughout the entire day except lunchtime. no canteen, packed lunch. 45 min for lunch. haha. on wed we went to chinatown instead. that was the coldest day in the winter. but it was fun. everyday, the school ends at 3.30. Aki and i go for tennis practise until 5.5o and rush to get changed cos the school closed at 6. by the time we reach home it is around 7pm already. we eat dinner, talk bathe and sleep, around 10.30pm. w managed to go shopping om thurs cos they dismiss early. not much cos everything was so expensive. On Friday, there were any talks but it was all in japanese so the singapore students did not understand anything. we ended up sleeping at the back of the lecture hall. the second talk was by a blind lady. my host and i were sitting at the front but we still fell asleep(she was blind!). when mama asked what we did in school that day we just said that we slept the whole day. haha. at night, we went shopping again but the things were cheaper so i really shopped. haha. got things for my mother, father, sister, cell leader and best friend(dalston). haha. japanese stuff. mama bought an entire tea set for my family cos my mother likes green tea, so nice. she also bought jap biscuits for me. i wanted to pay for it but she kept on saying it was a present so i could not refuse. paisae.... haha... on sat we went sea paradise. it was un. not as crowed as disneyland or disneysea but very little rides. my fav rides is free fall, jet coaster and viking ship. i sat jet coaster 2 times in a row and viking 4 times. then i was dizzy and felt like vomitting. haha but it was fun. sunday we had to wake up at 5am cos the airport train arrives at 7.26am. We were so sad. aki cried but i'm not the crying type even though i felt sad. the jap girls gave us so many presents. i really miss then... I want to return to japan agian if possible
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