I didn't blog for so many days because my com was spoiled =.=
very irritating, cause i wanted to blog about my trip.
my roommate was Andrea =D
she is quiet, but easy to talk to.
have made some new friends, which is good.

Day before Trip






























































tell you what, i don't feel excited.
i know that i should be excited, but i don't feel the excitement.
i don't know what's wrong with it, so i prayed.

japan is a Buddhism country, which means, the spiritual atmosphere is quite bad.
i don't want to get spiritual attacks or to get out of focus.
i make sure i bring my bible and do qt daily.
through the trip, i was praying in the bus =D
thankfully, God protected me.

went to airport with syafiqah's family.
but i don't really mind this time round. weird.
i didn't cry, haha. at least i don't need to see my mum walking away.
i rejected mum to bring my over to the airport because i dislike seeing her walking away.
i don't want her to take mrt home alone.
and when i told her that, she told me that she actually cried in the mrt.
she see me off the door with watery eyes, haha.
my goal for this trip is to be independent, so i will try to depend on myself.

there are still some people who doesn't like me who are in the trip.
which makes me feel uncomfortable
but i tell myself that i should not stop making friends,
just because they don't like me.
i should just be normal and try to know them.

it is very hard for me to smile and chat to them,
when you know that they don't like you.
iya, its just so not me, but i need to change.
i cannot judge them and dislike them.

when i reached the airport, i didn't really talk to anyone.
but i try to be nice to them and make friends.
yah, and i get to talk to 'S' for the very first time.
i know we have some misunderstand, i am asking for forgiveness
i don't know what will happen next, but i know this must be done.
but its still hard for me to talk to them.

Day One

going around the duty free with adrea,
she was talking on the phone with her friend,
yah, so i was just walking around, finding a phone.
called mum, she didn't pick up her phone.
called dad, he didn't bring out his phone.
called home, nobody was home, except brother.
i don't know what to do... =.=

called pinfen, as promised. and weiwei. haiz,,
and suddenly dad called me =D
i just told him that i am going off.
the plane journey was 6hours long.
its midnight, but i watched a movie and sleep.
i am sitting w my buddy and miss tan.
one thing that really encouraged me.. 'tell me when you all prayer walk'
its like, she wants to pray with us too.

touched jap and knew paul, the tour manager.
and 'sya chou', our translator =D
its 8 degrees on that day.

we went to some factory to make our own lunch.
noodles! =D now i know how to make noodles.. haha.
its so easy lah.. hehe.
i think we should do it for fund raising.. yeah!

ate ramen and udon, we are really hungry.
'amotini' cannot take the sweet food, haha.
cause they eat curry too often, if food becomes sweet, its weird.
yah, jap food is sweet.. even the soup, the tau pok =.=
didn't buy the noodles, haha. its really very ex leh.
i think nobody bought it too.

then we went to hear the abomb survivor's testimony.
its very sad to heard about their life story.
especially when we are all living in such comfortable life,
which most of us thinks that it sucks.
i tell you, the 'lousy life' that you think you are living in,
is a very good life for her.

at least your family don't disappear suddenly.
at least you still have one friend who will be with you.
its a blessing for everyone of us.
i cannot imagine what will i do if such things happened to me.
she keep to herself for 40+ year, before willing to share about her story.
nobody will understand that feeling.
i don't understand, but its hurtful enough even when she say it to us.

went to peace memorial park =D
i love the fountain of peace, haha.
what they really want is to have peace.
i know that it sounds so impossible,
but when i see their face when they say it,
they didn't think about anything else,
they just hope. no more doubts about their goal.

the cranes are amazing.
i once wanted to collect cranes, but gave up.
and now i saw so much cranes, haha.
the trees and flowers there are very nice.

back to hotel for dinner.
first day was the traditional room,
which means, we have to sleep on the floor.
dinner was fine, except that i didn't expect it to be so full.
i ate everything, because its my upbringing lah.
mum don't allow me to waste food, not polite.

after dinner, we gather for debriefing.
and i teach the boys how to dance. =.=
i think that i am quite patience liao..

went up to the highest floor with mrtan, my roomies and the boys to tak pic.
its a very nice view, but all i can see is lights, haha.
its extremely cold up there..

Day Two

didn't really eat breakfast well,
cause like, the girls eat so little. haha
hmm. i don't like to eat alone, so i also nv eat loh.
the buffet also not very nice to me.
but its nice to see milk, haha.

went to the samurai museum,
the wax model are so real! they have expression know! xD
but no pictures, urhh..
then knew about the story of how they fight in jap.
then go to their grave yards.

have bento for lunch! =D
we sing bento song and go around to sit on the grass.
actually i wanted to sit under the yellow tree,
but the girls head, there.. lol
so, i just sit with miss chua loh.. xD
we sit at the sunny spot, cause it too cold.. haha.
the bento is really nice and big.

then we head to kumamoto castle!!
andrea and i climb up the castle and took pics, haha.
iyo, her camera spoilted leh!! irritating lah,.
if my camera spoilted when i go jap, i will go crazy.
she is so calm.. =.= pro..
then we went to the traditional castle,made with wood only.
no nails, nothing, only WOOD.

ahhh, the best part of day two is hereeee!! haha.
we are going to the school!! yeah!.. lol
we were invited in by the principal and teachers.
then climb upupupup to a small hall
diao, how to dance? haha
in the end, only the first 4 roles dance.

then we are divided into 3 people in a group.
me, 'amotini' and adrea.. =D
then we are moved to join a group of guys., xD
at first, we are all so shy and lookig at one another.. lol
then i started to introduce myself, then allow my 2 friend to intro themselves.
adrea did a good job, but amotini did want to try to say jap.

then we drag a while and i see the guys started pushing a paper around.
then they passed the paper to one of the guy,
and he started to introduce himself, haha.
after tt, they started to push the paper around again,
they are so shy lah! haha. so funny.
then i point one of the boys, who is holding the paper to introduce himself.
they are so excited, lol..
i still can understand their english, =D

then i started to ask them what subjects they have in their school etc.
that was when we all stare at each other for too long.
my 2 friends have nothing to say.
iyo, how to keep the conversation? haha
later, i just move aside and lean against the wall.
the first guy i pointed to intro asked if we have bf, lol!
i was so shock by this man.. haha
but we still answered them.. he was laughing away.
iyo, its so hard to talk to them, but i want to talk to them =.=
its fun lah.. and i spotted a cute guy.
i think everyone spotted their cute guy and girls.. haha
gave them my email and gone to art class.

dinner at some nice restaurant =D
its chinese food. haha.

Day 3

breakfast at hotel again.
drank honeydew soft drink!
then we went for coastal studies..
i nearly sleep when the person is talking, haha.
so paiseh.. but i try to listen.
the rocks at the coast is very nice!
'cher don't allow me to pick.. argh..
then to a museum, saw many kids. xD
take photos and smile smile. haha..
when i told them that we are from singapore,
they were so crazy and talking very loudly... don't understand.

oh, then we went to eat lunch at a farm.
amazing, everything is made up of recycled materials.
the food is nice, but i don't like corn cream soup.
i mean, any corn cream soup.. not theirs.
then taste a lot of spreads.. bought 2 bottles!

went to see some of the disease patients,
hey, they don't look sick lah..
they just look so normal and living a nice life.
i don't know what really have they struggled through,
but i can see that they really forgive and live on.
they live on! =D
made a bookmark! yeah! super nice..

back to hotel, traditional ones..! Aso hotel.
wore the traditional clothes for hot bath and went down for dinner!
today dinner was my favourite!! =D
its like steamboat lah.. but the 'liao' is different.
after debriefing, i went to the hot bath!!
i can't believe it! i went in, lol.
i love myself, for trying this man.. haha.

Day four

breakfast at hotel,
went up the crater and haiz, too misty.
but thank God, He really let me see the thing i really wanted.
i see snow!! =D hehe.
cause crater view cannot see,
we went upup for snow.. yeah!
it was on the floor, so everyone was like picking it and throwing.
some do snow man =.= a small one.
then we went into a building and paul san started treating everyone icecream!!
i ate chestnut icecream, i think no one tried that.
i have never eaten chestnut icecream before, haha.

yeah, i love this day.. went to see waterfall. =D
the place is so beautiful, its like a fantasy thingy.
i can't believe that i see all that real!
then we head straight to fukouka!!
eat dinner, then SHOP!! =D
i wanted to shop on my own, yah..
and adrea wanted to shop w e guys.
iya, i am just so confused by her, sian diao.
then, i started to stare into space and cry.
i was thinking of olevels.. i feel so stress.
and that made me very sad, which i think chase adrea away. ha
went into the first shop, she gone off..
then i waited for her sia! iyo.
went to find paul san then i shop alone loh..
its fine with me.. =D HELLOKITTY!!!
i bought a watch from sanrio, nothing else.
the price make me avoid them.. but its nice lah!

went into a store and bought canmake stuff =D
then back to the hotel.. yeah.
we are in the same hotel as bedok view sec, haha.

day five

i am so excited to go home, i miss my parents!
breakfast, the best! =D
its really small and not really a lot of food,
but i love today's the best, cause.. i don't know =.=
i tried eating rice, its really nice.. haha.
plane home and saw parents!!
went to eat prata, wahahaha!! CURRY!! T.T
went home and unpack all the food.

JAPAN TRIP, rocks! =D
all thanks to the Lord..
all the 'chers and friends.

pictures to be continued..

-Xiaowei

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