SEP in Hyogo: December 2008 Archives

USJ Part 1

By
Jhui
on December 30, 2008 5:54 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
Did all-night Karaoke last night and I'm about to die now...seriously.

Anyway, I went to USJ last Saturday~ Instead of paying the usual price of 5,800yen for our tickets, we bought it at only 4,600yen because Eri had lots of discount tickets~ Thanks Eri!!!


The last time I went to USJ back in 2006, I went with my cousin, i.e., only the two of us. This time round, I went with nine other people...so ya, there were ten of us in total. Haha~ There were 4 Japanese, 3 Singaporeans, 2 Canadians and 1 German. wtf~


Saw Betty Boop at the entrance and Robyn and Mika wanted to take photos with her. Neil, who was supposed to be the cameraman, got forced into taking photos with Betty Boop. She was feeling how much muscles a guy had before she decided if she wanted to take photos with him or not...wtf! Haha.


Wanted to go take the E.T. ride but the waiting time was fucking 90minutes so we decided to go for Spiderman instead.


I'm way taller than the height restriction for the Spiderman ride!!! Hehe. There was this cute Japanese kid in the queue behind me and I really wanted to steal him back to Singapore. He was really scared of Neil though...probably because Neil is an ang-moh. wtf. Most Japanese are like really afraid of ang-mohs or something. Once, I was with a few other white people in a train and there's no seats available so we stood and starting talking. The people seated down started to look really horrified and most of them literally ran away to the next carriage...WHY?! I dont understand their fear but whatever la, we got to sit down because they ran away. Haha.


Alvin bought the Spiderman photo~


Us looking at the photo in the middle of the restaurant walkway and hence, blocking all the people who wanted to get cutlery and stuff. Interestingly, nobody had the courage to chase us away but just stood there, holding their trays in their hands, hoping in silence that we would go away or something, so that they can go get cutlery...wtf.


Had pizza for lunch~ The pizzas were really good~


(Left) Alvin, Zhongwei, Mika, Neil
(Right) Tomoko, Robyn


Me posing with the plate...erm...yeah, I dont know why I did that.


Me and Robyn posing with the plates...erm...yeah, wtf.


Me, Tomoko, Mika, Robyn


Us acting stupid in front of the mirror in the toilet, because that's what you are supposed to do in toilets...hehe.

関学・西宮ガーデンズ・カラオケ

By
Jhui
on December 29, 2008 4:00 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
Zhongwei and Alvin who are touring Japan right now came to visit me on Friday and Saturday~. Since Zhongwei wanted to take a look at Kwangaku, for reasons I dont know why, we brought them there. One thing good about visiting Kwangaku during the school holidays is that there's no one there, except for some random uncles, so you can basically walk around the school in peace. The bad thing? Everything's freaking closed so you cant enter the buildings.


After the tour of my school, we went to Nishinomiya Gardens, the biggest shopping mall in West Japan. On the way there, it started to snow!!! The first time I ever saw snow in my life was during the Geography fieldtrip to Hikone and Sekigahara. The snow I saw that time was a little watery and it lasted for a short time. Nevertheless, I was really enthralled by it. This time round, the snow was a little more solid and it's really exciting to see the snow just melt away in your hands. Walking in the snow was also pretty fun~ although the stuff inside my bag got a little wet :P.


Nishinomiya Gardens~


The elevators in the mall. I think that they change the designs every month or something because when I went there last month, the designs were different.


Ate Oyster Okonomiyaki at this restaurant called Botenju. Apparently, they have Botenju back in Singapore as well..wtf.


Sky Garden on the fourth storey of the mall. One of my friends told me that it was a very romantic place but erm, I dont feel it. Probably it's because he went in the night and I went in the day?


There's this cooking class in Gardens as well. Tiffany and Connie made Gateau Chocolate when they went there on the opening day, which was on the 26th of November. They didnt have to make reservations at that point of time but now you have to make reservations if you are planning to go there. =(


Went to sing Karaoke in Umeda after shopping and we could see HEP Five's ferris wheel from the room we were in. Cool~ I like looking at ferris wheels but I dont like riding them because the nightview of every place looks similar to me...Haha.


Zhongwei belting out a tune.


Takaaki and his interesting way of singing songs with a high voice.


Zhongwei going crazy. Haha, he was trying to make Alvin sing with him and Alvin refused so this was what happened. :P


Had dinner at the karaoke place as well. Pretty cheap dinner I guess.


Zhongwei, Alvin, Takaaki, Me.


Went to take neoprints after karaoke but there was a queue to take neoprints...wtf?! So to kill time, they started playing Taiko no Tatsujin. Why does everyone like to play Taiko no Tatsujin?! Haha.


Neoprint 01


Neoprint 02

KFC Xmas

By
Jhui
on December 29, 2008 12:10 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
As mentioned in my previous previous post, I had my Xmas dinner at KFC. Yeah, wtf right? Unlike Singapore, there are not many KFC outlets here in Hyogo. We went to this KFC outlet in Rokko, which is like about 1hour away from where I stay by train. The Rokko KFC was two stories high but really very cramped. The first floor is like the counter and only the second floor had seats for like what, 20 people? Anyway, since it was Xmas and there's this commericalised tradition of eating KFC on Xmas, there was a long line outside KFC that day. Luckily, everyone was there to buy food back and not eat there, or else we probably wouldnt get seats.
Robyn, Mika, Me in the line.


Ordered this Xmas set to share among 4 people...seriously not enough. I wanted to divide the food equally into 4 portions before we started eating but one of them apparently didnt want to do it. So if you're a slow eater, sorry too bad. WTF?! If you're going to share, dont you normally divide the food equally before eating?


Most of the people who were there that day. Me, Robyn, Mika, Brittany, Leslie's friend.


Brittany, Takaaki, Leslie.


Robyn with her Santa hat and cute expression. =D


Me looking horrified for some reason that I dont know.


Stupid expression~


KFC in Japan was delicious. They have the best cheese fries ever and they even have barbecued chicken! The original chicken was really juicy too. I dont remember seeing crispy chicken though...hmmm. Will go check out again since I want to eat the cheese fries again anyway. Hehe.

Takarazuka Hotel Party

By
Jhui
on December 28, 2008 6:18 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
My school organised this Christmas party for exchange students on the 12th of this month. It was held at Takarazuka Hotel, which is pretty close to where I stay so we took a taxi there~ Whee~


Went to the party with my host-dad and host-mum. My host-sister couldnt go because she was down with a cold and my host-grandmother couldnt go because we had to stand throughout the whole party. There were seats available but limited.


Tiffany's 4-year-old host-brother who is just so freaking cute. I seriously want to bring him back to Singapore!!! This is a picture of him doing a Kojima Yoshio "Oppappi" pose. =D Kawaii!


The were lots of delicious-looking food at the start of the party. The reason why I used "delicious-looking" was because I didnt get to try all of them. Japanese are seriously scary when it comes to buffets and most of them dont even queue up! Some of them just blatantly cut my queue lo! Oi! You think I cant see issit?! However, being Asian, I "fought" with them for the food. In the end, it turned out that most ang-mohs didnt get to try most of the food because they were just too nice to cut queues. My friend even commented that Asians are scary when it comes to buffets, especially Japanese obasans. Hahaha.


All of these was gone in a matter of 10minutes...and I'm not joking here.


Chieko, Santa Claus, Riko.
Almost everyone's Nihongo partners got invited to the party. Everyone, that is, except mine. I totally understand why they werent though...it's because they never meet up with me! Okay, I met up with one of them for like 3 times and the other for like for 5minutes before the party. Up till that time, most people had already met theirs for at least 10 times or so. After the party, after they knew that they didnt get invited, they never contacted me again. WTF! How shallow!


(Back) Bill
(Front) Ian, Someone, Hyo Sun, Me


Me with two high-school boys or were they in secondary school? I'm not sure. Then again, I dont even know them! My hostfamily knows them and told me to take photos with them because they're cute...wtf. Haha. All I know that one of them is the son of some famous guy in Japan. I forgot who though.


Tiffany's other host-brother who does karate. He's a black-belt!!! I would hate it if I had to get into a fight with him.


Kevin, Me.
We were like discussing on how to stop the teacher from conducting the exam one day before it. Conversation included throwing 10yen-coins at the teacher...wtf. =D


The fight for the cakes was horrible! Everyone went mad and tried their best to grab the cakes. It was chaos everywhere. I was pretty lucky because I was standing right at the spot where the waiter placed the cakes down. Managed to get 6 pieces of cake and I shared it with my friends who didnt manage to get any.


Shun, Me, Yusuke.


Me, Kwangaku Tiger.


Me, The other girl from Singapore, Michelle. It's interesting how most exchange students from the same country stick with each other but we dont.


Everybody started dancing when the music came on~.


Ouendan!


Everyone pasted their nametags on Bill after the party. He attracted lots of attention when he took the train to Nishikita. Hehe.


Host-mum, Me, Host-dad.


Went drinking at the Seashell Bar located in Nishikita after the party. I still dont know what's the actual name of the bar because we keep calling it by the nickname we gave it. =D
Trevor, Me, Roo.


According to my friend's Nihongo partner, it costs like 10,000yen per person at Takarazuka Hotel. Not sure how true it is but I dont think it's cheap either. I love private schools~ Whee~ Hehe.

Xmas presents/@ Dolce Moscato

By
Jhui
on December 28, 2008 1:00 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
How was Christmas for everyone? I went for a KFC party on Christmas but the pictures are not with me so I'll blog about it when the pictures are out~ Met up with friends from Singapore, Zhongwei and Alvin, for the past 2 days and it was really fun hanging out with them. Brought them to Kwangaku, Nishinomiya Gardens, Karaoke and USJ(Universal Studios Japan). =D
Received a few presents this year~ The first one's this CELLphone strap from Pastor Lee, whom I met in the Korean Language Study Club. I hate having to say "cellphone" whenever people look at me quizically when I say "handphone". Also, I hate having to repeat myself by saying "line" when people do not understand what "queue" means. Anyway, that aside, these are what I received for Christmas~

German cookie from Roo. It was pretty good just that the sugar icing was too sweet for me. =D


Not exactly a present but I did "receive" it so ya, let me count it as one of my presents. Haha. Bak Kut Teh!!! Somemore it's from Singapore...wtf. Got it from Connie who got it from her hostsister who apparently didnt like the smell. What?! Bak Kut Teh is like so delicious can! Then again, my host family doesnt like herbal stuff so I guess I'll have to bring this home and cook it in Singapore. =P


Presents from my host family~ which I unwrapped in a matter of seconds...Hehe.


I got a set of pink pajamas, pink fluffy slippers, pink jewel-studded earring holder and a Stitch sutffed toy!!! Whee~ I almost got myself the Stitch stuffed toy at the Disney Store the day before...haha. I really love the pajamas because it keeps me warm in this cold weather. My room is seriously really cold and I feel my hands turning into ice right at this moment when I'm typing on the keyboard. -_-. I could switch on the heater but nah, I dont want to waste energy.


The German cake called Christollen that I bought at the German Christmas Market. It's pretty much fruit cake with lots of sugar coating on the top. Pretty good though. Not sure if there's anymore left now...haha.


Out with Tiffany and her Nihongo Partners, Riko and Chieko

Ate at this place recommended by Chieko called "Dolce Moscato", which is near Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi. Me and Chieko posing with the freaking long breadstick.


Tiffany and Riko. I had a matcha-milk-butter-flavoured breadstick and it was so fucking good. My stomach was almost bursting by the time I was halfway through the breadstick but I forced myself to finish it because it was THAT good.


My prawn and octopus crab-cream-flavoured pasta. Could've been better if the sauce was a creamy one instead of a tomato-based one.


For dessert, I had this mixed fruits dessert topped with mango sherbet. Fruits included apple, orange, grapefruit, kiwi and banana. Erm...isnt this combination a little too summery for winter? Haha.


Took Neoprints at this arcade located at least 20minutes away by foot from the place where we ate at. Although the wind was really strong that day and it was freaking cold, we braved the cold weather and walked all the way to the arcade. The reason was because we really wanted to take neoprints(wtf) and we were soooo full anyway that we could've used the walk for digestion.


(Back) Chieko, Tiffany, Riko
(Front) Me


Tiffany has this ambition of being a ["Taiko no Tatsujin" no Tatsujin], which is basically a master at playing "Taiko no Tatsujin", so we played the game for a while after taking neoprints. Speaking of the neoprints that we took, the lao-kok machine that we used refused to print our photos out...after we so painstakingly decorated the neoprints...wtf. So we had to re-take neoprints...but this time we chose a better machine where you can send the photos to your handphone. Whee~


Chieko and Tiffany. Everyone basically lost to Tiffany because she was so pro at the game. :D

Xmas Eve

By
Jhui
on December 24, 2008 10:06 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
Had a really relaxing day today~ Slept till like 1pm today, showered, ate brunch and finally got down to doing my laundry, something that I havent been doing in like 2 weeks. Then again, it scares me that I have more than 2- weeks-change-of-clothes. How did I accumulate so many pieces of clothing?! I had to do laundry once every week when I first arrived and it slowly became once every two weeks and now it's probably once every three weeks. I guess this shows that I have too many clothes right now...damn. Spent the rest of the afternoon writing New Year cards to people who "took care" of me in Japan. I wrote like a total of 16 cards...OMG. Everything was handwritten, right down to the addresses so my hands really hurt right now.


The Christmas tree we have at home. Pretty small but everything in Japan is small lo. Haha.


Today's dinner. As it's Christmas Eve today, we had like chicken, with the bone attached. Apparently most Japanese eat chicken on Christmas, not because they like it but because there's this image of eating chicken on Christmas...wtf. I dont get it. Okay, maybe not most Japanese but at least the Japanese I know here do so. In fact, I'm going for a KFC party tomorrow...Haha.
We had grilled salmon, fried prawns with assorted capsicums topped with lots of mayonnaise, potato salad topped with cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, ham and smoked salmon and of course, chicken~. Since I didnt really eat lunch today, I practically gobbled up everything. I went for second helpings for the salad...loved it so much.


Christmas cake that my host mother made. I liked that the cake wasnt too sweet. She kept asking me if I wanted more whipped cream because she was afraid that it wasnt sweet enough. Haha.


I dont believe this but I ate such a large slice of cake today. Oh, and did I mention that I ate cake from C-cube as well during tea-time? Aah, ate too much today. Have been drinking a lot as well recently...shit...I dread weighing myself. =(


Two more hours to Christmas!!! Japan time~ =D

Norwegian Xmas Party~

By
Jhui
on December 24, 2008 8:24 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
Merry Christmas Eve to anyone who's reading this! Can't wait to open my presents...whee~!

Accompanied Tiffany for Christmas shopping at Umeda yesterday with Riko, who's Tiffany's Nihongo partner. I'm like chummier with other people's Nihongo partners than mine...wtf. I dont even know what happened to them anyway. The shoes at HEP Five were like sooooo freaking pretty and I wanted to buy like all of them but the cheapest pair was like what, 6800yen or something. WTF?! It's not even branded lor and I refuse to pay that much for a pair of shoes that's not branded and made in China. Ate at Yodobashi Camera during lunch and I had this fried chicken set. Taste -wise, it was passable and quantity-wise, it was just superb! I couldnt even finish the chicken lo! Luckily I offered Riko and Tiffany a few pieces before starting to eat.


Riko ordered this dish called "jyagamen" which is probably noodles made out of potatoes. The taste was pretty weird and the noodles were hard. I didnt like it though.


After lunch, we went to eat dessert and we ordered maccha ice-cream topped with red beans and shiratamas. My favourite combination! The shiratamas' probably the most delicious ones that I've ever ate in my life. While eating at the shop, I saw this little girl who was wearing like the shortest skirt ever. Seriously, her underwear was showing and the slit in front of her skirt basically exposed everything underneath. Why do parents dress their kids up like that?! It's like an invitation for paedophiles to prey on their children. Eew.
Me and Tiffany


Tiffany, Riko


After shopping, I went to Lasse's house for a Christmas party, Norway-style. There were like 5 Norwegians, 2 Japanese, 2 Koreans and yar, 1 Singaporean(me). Out of the 9 people there, I only knew like 4 of them and out of the 4, 2 came when I was about to go home so ya, basically didnt know alot of people there when the party started. Even though so, I had lots of fun during the party.
Used a peanuts wrapper in place of an angel/star because the tree looked so bare...wtf. =D


Ate biscuits from Norway...


...and Norwegian porridge.


Apparently, you're supposed to add cinammon powder, sugar, salt and butter into the porridge. There was this guy who liked cinammon powder so much that he sprinkled cinammon powder ALL OVER his share. Instead of white porridge, it became like brown. =D.


The guys playing Taiko no Tatsujin...what?! I didnt know that you can actually play Taiko no Tatsujin at home! Quite fun though and it's a totally different experience from playing it on DS or at the arcade.


Lasse owns this panda stuffed toy that you can basically turn its head 360 degrees. Sounds disgusting but the toy was just soooo cute! I even played this battle game where the winner gets the panda...wtf...but I lost. -_-. Then again, I refused to admit that I lost and held onto the panda. Whee~
Proof that the panda was really popular No. 1.


Proof that the panda was really popular No. 2. The panda got stuffed into the jacket so that I couldnt snatch it away but I managed to anyway. =D


What's a Christmas party without exchanging presents?! I was really sorry but I bought this really shitty present but whatever la...In exchange, I got this BL novel that I cant upload a picture of it because it's too graphic. Heh. So going to read it but I need to get a book cover first before I can read it on the train.


Drinking Norwegian alcohol~It was really sweet and I really liked it. I think it's called "Glogg" or something. =D


The mess after the party...okay, actually this was like what, 2 hours into the party. It got even messier afterwards but I forgot to take a picture. Had to like run towards the station after the party so that I could board the last train home. Luckily I managed to catch it. Last trains in Japan are like seriously way too early. It doesnt matter if there's other forms of transport back home but...taxis are so fucking expensive that I cant even afford to take them home. =(

Kobe Luminarie 2008

By
Jhui
on December 22, 2008 12:20 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
Went to see the Kobe Luminarie last Sunday. I havent seen the Luminarie since the last time I visited Kobe which was like 2 years ago. In 2006, I went on a Saturday so there were like tons of people there. In 2008, I went on a Sunday and although the number of people who went was lesser(471,000) than 2006's, there were still lots of people there.


However, this time round, we moved through the crowd pretty fast and in around one hour's time, we were already there! The theme for the Luminarie changes every year and this year, the theme's is Luce d' infinito. Initially, I thought that the lights would be the same as the ones I saw in 2006 but I was wrong! The structure was pretty different. =D


In 2006, I went to see it with my Hiroshima host family. In 2008, I went to see it with a few exchange and Japanese students. The feeling was totally different both times but both times, I went to see it towards the end of my stay in Japan. =(
Leslie, Robyn and Siao Kia posing for a photo in the middle of the walkway.


After squeezing through crowds and countless times of "Sumimasen", we finally reached the middle of the Luminarie! Whee~
Yuuka, Me, Alison.


Kanako, Me, Jean.


I'm not sure how many but there were only a few people posing for this photo intially but more people joined in the photo so we ended up having 7 people in the photo. Hehe, I was one of the ones who shamelessly added myself into the photo. Lalala~
(Back) Kanako, Me, Leslie, Thitiya, Jessica, Hyo Sun
(Front) Joyce, Robyn


After taking like dont-know-how-many-photos, we decided that we wanted to go buy some food from the little stalls there and we had to squeeze our way out. We made a chain of like 2 people(wtf) and tried our best not to block anyone who was taking photos. Then again, we laughed so much that some of them stopped taking photos and started staring at the two siao kias who were laughing like mad. =P Had a hard time deciding what to eat there.
Meat on skewers...Nah, too long a queue.
Takoyaki...Nah, nobody's in the queue so it's probably not good.
Baby Castella...Wanted to try it but forgot to do so in the end...wtf.
Kebabs...wtf?! 500yen?! No way man!
Wanton Mee...600yen for a miserable bowl of Wanton Mee that probably tastes nothing like the Wanton Mee I know? Nah.
After pondering for a long time, I decided I wanted Cheese Mochi and I'm so glad that I bought it. It was just so freaking delicious! In fact, after I bought it and let everyone take a little bite out of it, people started buying it. Hehe.


Hungry me bought Ika-yaki(squid) as well but it wasnt as good as I thought it would be. =( In 2006, because of time constraint, we only did Takarakuji(lottery) before heading home but in 2008, we had tons of time so we could try the food there~...and eat more at MacDonalds after the whole thing ended.


The humongous amount of rubbish there~ Kanako, Yuuka, Me and Neil posing with the rubbish bin...wtf.


As there were too many people there, we got separated and it was so hilarious when we were trying to find each other. Nobody knew where the other party was and it was so funny when Neil asked where Sogo was when it was right in front of him. In the end, we decided to meet at the easiest place to find...the train station...wtf. Haha.

I really want 48hours in day!

By
Jhui
on December 20, 2008 12:56 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
Long time no update! Have seriously been playing too much recently...to the extent that I'm not completing my homework on time...shit.

Had a takoyaki party last Wednesday at this Korean Language Study Club I'm in. It's really interesting to know that most people in Kansai own a takoyaki maker. In fact, I'm seriously comtemplating buying one back to Singapore so I can make my own takoyaki than buy the expensive "3 for $2.20" takoyaki back home. =D There were like lots of food and people at the party. Many Koreans and Japanese but one Singaporean...that is me.

Went to karaoke with my Geography class on Thursday because the teacher cancelled the class that day and everyone was free. Okay, didnt exactly go with everyone though. It was really fun because everyone sang different song genres and Lasse knew some really old Japanese songs. Cool! Too bad I had to leave early to go watch a concert. Oh, and one good thing about the karaoke is ... free-flow of drinks which includes a selected few alcoholic drinks!
Me, Rie, Chris, Lasse, Trevor, Keiko, Haruka, Victor


Left the karaoke early with Trevor, who offered to walk me to the station because he knew that I was going to get lost if I went by myself...-____-. Yes, I'm still getting lost in Umeda even though I've been there a couple of times. Then again, I still get lost in Orchard Road although I've been staying in Singapore for 21 years. So anyway, he decided to take the shortcut by climbing onto a pretty high stone chair and then jumping off it to crossover to the other side of the road because the normal walkway was just too freaking faraway. I climbed up the stone chair was chickened out when I had to jump off it. I was like practically screaming my head off going "Nooo! I dont want to! I will die!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Everyone outside Yodobashi Camera(the place we were at) probably got a shock or something. In the end, I sat on the stone chair and jumped off it instead of jumping off it while standing up...and yar, I didnt die but we got horned at while jaywalking across the road. -_-

Watched Asian Kung-fu Generation's concert on Thursday...without even knowing who they are beforehand...wtf. The concert was surprisingly good and I really enjoyed myself =D. It was a sold-out concert and they had like super- duper large number of fans, of both genders. Everyone was so high in the concert and no one seated down for the whole concert...note that the concert was 3 hours long and most, if not all, Japanese women wear high-heels. There was this seriously otaku-looking guy next next to me and he was literally dancing and screaming his head off throughout the concert...Yes, that's how high the concert was.


Did Sado on Friday afternoon and I'm really sad that I'm leaving soon because I wont be able to continue with practising Sado with Yui-san and Tamamori-san, who are like the nicest Sado people you'll ever meet. Okay, I've only met 2 before but whatever la. Went drinking with my friends in Umeda in the evening at this British pub called Hub and the fish-and-chips there were freaking delicious, not to mention cheap as well. Drinks were like going at half-price because it was happy hour. Damn worth the money. At night, I met up with another group of friends to go visit this German Christmas Market which was held under the Umeda Sky Building Floating Garden Observatory.


The Christmas tree there was soooo pretty!


Had this German sausage for dinner. It was pretty good but a little pricey. This sausage+bun set set me back 600yen, which is like around 10SGD because the yen is still so freaking strong. There were lots of cute stuff there and while some were pretty cheap, some were like horribly expensive...gah, cannot buy!


Bought this German cake back for my host family. It cost me 1500yen but the cake's really big and I get to eat it anyway in the end so lalala. Cant wait to eat it!!! I seriously hope that they dont wait till Christmas to eat it. Haha. The guy who was manning the cake booth gave me a small bottle of German vodka for free...hehe, so nice of him!


There were like many small kids that day and they were like soooo cute! Look at this one! His candy floss is like larger than his head! Awww...


Since we were already at Umeda Sky Building, we decided to go up to the Floating Garden Observatory. As mentioned in my previous post, there's this love measurer thing there so we decided to try it...all 4 of us together...wtf. The last time when I went there, nobody got a heart-shape but this time round, almost everyone got it and there was even one couple who got the words "LOVE" written across the heart-shape. I think it's rigged because it's Friday night and near Christmas...wtf.
Victor, Me, Yuuka, Eri


The beautiful night view of Osaka!


I seriously have no idea what this is but it was pretty interesting. There's like 4 shadows there because there were 4 of us. It's supposed to be some "become-a-fairy-thing"...IDK...


While heading down to the ground floor, I heard this familiar accent coming from this family and I was like..."OMFG...it's Singlish!!!" I told my friends excitedly that it's Singlish and they were pretty amazed by it. They were going "sugoi, sugoi" but I seriously dont know what's so sugoi about Singlish... Then again, I think the mother of the family overheard me saying the word "Singlish" and was staring at me. Haha. It's seriously damn easy to spot a Singaporean by hearing their accent in a foreign country. =D


It's Saturday today and I'm probably going to go drinking at night again, something that I've been doing every week...wtf. I seriously drink too much in Japan. Back in Singapore, I drink like what, once every year(?) but I've been drinking at least once every WEEK here...Going to karaoke on Sunday again although I have a final exam, report due and debate on fucking Monday. Shit, someone please give me 48 hours in a day!!!

I have more pictures uploaded on Facebook so if you're my friend on Facebook, go look at the pictures there. I'm just too tired to upload photos here and on Facebook...and Facebook is free anyway. Heh. Will update what I've been doing for the past few weeks sometime, when I got the time to do so. Till then!

Gah!

By
Jhui
on December 10, 2008 9:46 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
This post is just pure bitching. Tra-la-la.

Monday, on the way to the canteen.

X: Hey! I've been looking for you!
Me: Why?
X: I want you to check my English paper.
Me: ...erm...okay.

I seriously did not want to help him check his English paper but I'm too nice to say no. Damnit! Why am I always like that? I should learn how to say no. So anyway, I was supposed to help him check if the translation from Chinese to English was correct. While doing so, X started talking to Y, the other friend who had lunch with us.

X: My host family's friend translated this essay for me.
Y: What? You didnt translate it by yourself?
X: I found it too difficult so I asked someone else to do it for me. Anyway, I got the Chinese text off the internet.

Checking through translations is not something easy and furthermore, it wasnt my homework to begin with. I had to complete a paper by Wednesday and I seriously have no time to help others but fuck, I promised him already. Damnit. Towards the end of the essay, I just randomly doodled and drew question marks wherever I didnt understand the English but guess what? X kept telling me to write in detail where the mistakes were or else he wont understand when he reads it later...

X: Is the English translation correct?
Me: Yea, I guess...but there's a few portions where I didnt really get what the author was trying to say.
X: Which part? I havent read through the paper yet.
Y: What?! You havent read through the paper yourself and you asked others to correct it for you?!
X: That's because I'll only see the both of you today.

WHAT THE FUCK?!

Write your own fucking essay yourself! Copying some Chinese text off the internet, asking someone else to translate it and finally asking me to correct it...WHERE THE HELL DID YOU PUT IN EFFORT?! Fuck.

Tuesday, X was waiting for me outside my classroom. F.U.C.K.

Me: Yes?
X: What are we supposed to write for the Monday class' essay?
Me: Erm, go read the paper the teacher handed out on the first day of class. She wrote what she wanted specifically on that piece of paper.
X: I lost it. So what are we supposed to write?
Me: I havent started writing it and I have an essay due tomorrow so I dont really want to think about other essays right now.
X: But I take a longer time to write essays...Can you tell me now? (He's from China by the way.)

WHAT?! Who asked him to lose that piece of paper in the first place anyway?! And even if he did, he could always go ask the teacher for another piece lo! I dont mind giving him my piece of paper but I hate it when people hurry me when they're asking me for favours!!! Damnit. On the way home that day, X mentioned that I'm so relaxed because I keep going out during the weekends.....WTF?! I'm not fucking relaxed can. In fact, I'm freaking busy but just that I feel that I should take a rest during weekends considering that I've worked hard during weekdays. Who is he to comment how relaxed I am anyway when he just ripped his whole essay off others?! It's not my fault that he doesnt goes out on weekends...What the fuck is he busy with anyway?! People who dont go out on weekends doesnt automatically mean that they're busy right?! wtf...Pissed ...and sleepy because I stayed up till 6am to complete my essay. Bah.
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