Havent updated this blog in a long long la la time. Was pretty busy emailing and calling those slow NUS tortoises and also settling some issues for SEP. So anyway, I arrived in Japan safely on the 13th of September. Yay~ The plane ride wasn't really pleasant because there was like air turbulence every half-an-hour or so(obviously exaggerating). Once there's air turbulence, an announcement will be made so yar, how to sleep when 1), the plane's shaking and 2), when there's like announcements constantly. In fact, the air turbulence got a little bad till the extent that the cabin crew had to stop serving meals and return to their seats for a while. Luckily they served me before doing that. Heh. Food onboard was good but the shitty thing was...I wasn't feeling that hungry. I normally polish off every single item served(what, I paid for it okay!) but this time I only managed to finish the main course. I didnt even get to finish my favourite item...the bread. Yes, I love the bread served on SIA planes.
At Changi airport. The other girl whom I went with had like a HUGE entourage sending her off and on the other hand, only my parents were there to send me off. When my father saw her entourage, he turned to me and asked, "Eh, you no friends one ar! Hahaha." -______________________________- wtf, like that also nice to laugh. Anyway, we took a photo right before I entered the departure hall/gate, whatever it's called. They wanted to find someone to take the photo for us but there was like practically no one there so I told them to do self-shot. Their first reaction was, "Eh~ Like that also can one ar!" -________________- Why my parents so like that one?! This was taken by my father and I think that my mum's damn funny in this picture. =D
Reached Osaka KIX airport, called the emergency KGU number because we didnt see the guy who was supposed to pick us up. One thing that I cant stand about SOME Japanese is that they insist on talking to you in English even though they know that you can speak Japanese and even though their English is not that wonderful. When I mean not that wonderful, I am saying that they dont even understand what they're trying to say themselves. Asshole...international calls are not cheap okay!!! wtf. He told us to wait at North exit and find a student wearing a blue polo tee with the school logo so I went all the way there. I was at the South exit by the way. It was a futile trip so I called him again and he said South exit(wtf) and that some guy wearing a T-shirt(he didnt know what colour...wtf) would be there waiting for us. Kaoz...
Anyway, managed to find that guy and took the 45minutes bus to Hyogo where I met my host family for the first time. I'm staying with a family of five this time round. Went to Takarazuka Revue to watch a performance that day. Takarazuka shows are shows put up by women (they dress up as men too) only and the majority of the audience is usually females. I even saw female fans waiting outside the hall after the performance to wait for their favourite performer to come out. Damn.freaking.cool. I've only seen those scenes in class before so it was damn interesting to see it in real life. The performance was really nice and it was a pity that I was quite sleepy that day(I just got off the plane remember?).
Me and my host family.
Had sushi for dinner and I was so impressed by the sushi shop. After eating, you just need to slide the empty plates into this thing and it automatically counts the number of plates for you. Next, you can order food from a LCD screen and when the food comes, the machine will beep to tell you that your food has arrived. Damn cool can or not!
For every 5 plates that you slide in, you get a chance to win this toy. We ate like 25 plates but we didnt get any...too bad. =(
Shall end this entry off with a picture of THIS sushi for my sister. Lalala...damn delicious can!
More picture here: http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=MG12u32I12GH8gWWF1rcfg%3D%3D.
Going to sleep now...have to wake up at like 6.30am Japan time tomorrow...OMG~!
At Changi airport. The other girl whom I went with had like a HUGE entourage sending her off and on the other hand, only my parents were there to send me off. When my father saw her entourage, he turned to me and asked, "Eh, you no friends one ar! Hahaha." -______________________________- wtf, like that also nice to laugh. Anyway, we took a photo right before I entered the departure hall/gate, whatever it's called. They wanted to find someone to take the photo for us but there was like practically no one there so I told them to do self-shot. Their first reaction was, "Eh~ Like that also can one ar!" -________________- Why my parents so like that one?! This was taken by my father and I think that my mum's damn funny in this picture. =D
Reached Osaka KIX airport, called the emergency KGU number because we didnt see the guy who was supposed to pick us up. One thing that I cant stand about SOME Japanese is that they insist on talking to you in English even though they know that you can speak Japanese and even though their English is not that wonderful. When I mean not that wonderful, I am saying that they dont even understand what they're trying to say themselves. Asshole...international calls are not cheap okay!!! wtf. He told us to wait at North exit and find a student wearing a blue polo tee with the school logo so I went all the way there. I was at the South exit by the way. It was a futile trip so I called him again and he said South exit(wtf) and that some guy wearing a T-shirt(he didnt know what colour...wtf) would be there waiting for us. Kaoz...
Anyway, managed to find that guy and took the 45minutes bus to Hyogo where I met my host family for the first time. I'm staying with a family of five this time round. Went to Takarazuka Revue to watch a performance that day. Takarazuka shows are shows put up by women (they dress up as men too) only and the majority of the audience is usually females. I even saw female fans waiting outside the hall after the performance to wait for their favourite performer to come out. Damn.freaking.cool. I've only seen those scenes in class before so it was damn interesting to see it in real life. The performance was really nice and it was a pity that I was quite sleepy that day(I just got off the plane remember?).
Me and my host family.
Had sushi for dinner and I was so impressed by the sushi shop. After eating, you just need to slide the empty plates into this thing and it automatically counts the number of plates for you. Next, you can order food from a LCD screen and when the food comes, the machine will beep to tell you that your food has arrived. Damn cool can or not!
For every 5 plates that you slide in, you get a chance to win this toy. We ate like 25 plates but we didnt get any...too bad. =(
Shall end this entry off with a picture of THIS sushi for my sister. Lalala...damn delicious can!
More picture here: http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=MG12u32I12GH8gWWF1rcfg%3D%3D.
Going to sleep now...have to wake up at like 6.30am Japan time tomorrow...OMG~!
