AFS Summer Camp!

phew~been quite a while since i touched my blog~ *cough cough* soo dusty...



anyway, jus came back from the afs summer camp in shiga state(near kyoto). there was around 20 exchange students and around 60 high school students plus 20 over afs staff.

we were divided into 6 groups and i was in group 5 ( pronounced as go-han in japanese with also means rice!)



i was so ceh kong to see all the other exchange students again! cos we haven`t met in like 5 months. and everyone`s japanese has improved so much! we all can`t speak without adding in the japanese 'ehhhh?!' or 'honto?!'. tat jus proved tat we are totally influenced by japlish dy.. T_T



but we had fun anyway! tat`s the law(in my world)-have fun during summer camp!

the most memorable activities is Haunted Mountian, cooking curry rice, CAMP FIRE, and talent show. the most important thing is tat we all enjoyed it together! all people from all over the world. btw, the camp`s theme is `ONE, EVERYBODY TOMODACHI!'






Gohan! our last group photo b4 everyone goes home T_T
gohan oishii!













cooking curry! si beh HOT! but curry very very delicioussssss >_<

yeah! gohan!!













right after Haunted Mountain!!
u still can see those "ghosts" following behind us. got time take photo together some more! =D

summer vacation!

Woo hoo! summer vacation starts NOW! V^_^V

it should have started last week actually but our school needs to ganti for the 1 week break we had during the influenza season. T_T

bad news is tat i have to attend 3 differents camps during tis summer break! phew~

7~9 ==>badminton training camp..in school only la.

11~14 ==> AFS international summer camp! *sounds fun!*

24~26 ==> school`s summer camp. need to do presentation on malaysia! @_@

in between these camps i have badminton practice and going out v frens also. guess it`s not much of a holiday for me then. i`ve counted and my free days are only 8days in total! gosh! *faint*

anyways, wanna intro some of my badminton buddies! so here r some pictures of them!

Gion Matsuri

my very 1st experience of going to a japanese festival!!

conclusion= FUN!

the festival lasts around 4 days. and on the last day there was a BIG parade around town.

for the 1-3 days there was something like pasar malam. starts at around 5pm. the police closes up ALL the streets then everybody party! haha..jkjk..but there was sooo many people there, esp aft the streets were closed.

i went to the festival on the 2-4 days. 1st day was with AFS staffs and xchange students lo. we wore yukata and those wooden slippers(geta). it was kinda fun but walking needs some skills..lol..cos it`s long and kinda tight around the waist. and those geta slippers! they`re rili kejam! T_T very hard and the straps are vry painful. now i noe why girls wearing yukata talk small small steps. lol..

saw a lot of gaijins(foreigners) at the festival too. haha..especially during the parade. cos parade was in the morning, so most japanese people are either at work or studying. me? hehe..got permission from teacher to go watch it! V^_^V it was vry interesting lo..1st time watch tis kinda parade. but there were so many people there..wan breath also difficult..haha.

well..if u wanna see photos jus go to my facebook lo..i`ll jus put a few here =p

speech in one week`s time!

oh gosh! i have to giv a speech about y thoughts of Hiroshima in one week`s time! gyaaahhh!! memorising it should be ok..but giving the speech in front of 100+ people is wat`s bothering me..@_@ phew~guess going on an exchange programme doesn`t involve going abroad only.
i have a make a power point too..walao eh..duno wat pics to put and wat to write. nvm la..it`s almost done anyway..jus hope it turns out well. >_<

having a busy week next week. going to Gion festivel-vry famous festival in kyoto, and my schol is having test. and then on friday we`re going to visit kyoto gakuen university. phew~busy busy busy. not to mention badminton practice somemore.
but good news is..in 3 weeks time we`ll be having SUMMER VACATION! one whole month off school. *sweet* have so many plans already laid out for summer vacation. going to climb mount Fuji, AFS summer camp, badminton camp in school, school`s international course camp. V^_^V all camp camp camp la..but i bet it`ll be fun! looking forward to it.

my 100th day!!!

1 week..2 weeks..3 weeks..........................eiiii!!! 14 weeks + 2 days = 100 days!!

jus found tat out last nite b4 i went to bed..walao eh..ceh gong! haha..can`t bliv it`s been 100 days since i cabut to japan. >_<>

meanwhile..let me share some pics from school...

oh! it's John`s last day in school yesterday..T_T gonna miss him lots. now the`ll be jus me in Japanese class..he'll still be in japan though..but in a place far far away~ don starve there alone k John? good luck n jia you!

anyways..i went to Hiroshima again last saturday and sunday. there were 5 exchange students from kyoto and 13 afs staffs escorting us. =_=" tell me if u think it`s a trip for exchange students or for the staffs?? hahaha..but they were so much fun and we learned so much together. they took vry good care of us and made sure we brush our teeth b4 sleep..LOL >_<

it's rili touching actually to visit that place..we don study about it much in school. so it's rili eye opening for me to learn so much about the world`s 1st atomic bombed city. to actually stand underneath the hypocenter and hear the alarm go off at 8.15am(A-bombed time) made me so much more aware of that incident.

the actual destruction is actually rili rili OMG-ing. people evaporating on the spot, get burned alive by the blast and many more suffer the after effect. we should all support japan and fight the production of nuclear weapons all around the world. guess how many nuclear bombs we still have on the earth?? ans------------->not 100------>not 500-------->it`s 9900!!

and these new nuclear bombd are a LOT worse than the one dropped in hiroshima 64 years ago.

250,000 people died back then....

conclusion=we want peace!!

p/s: pictures later..wanna go makan dinner..=P jaane!!

swine flu!!!

okie...i noe everyone is aware of the stupid pig influenza (or watever it is called) happening around the world rite now. and unfortunately japan is also very badly hit by it..in jus a few weeks the numbers of people down with the flu has shot up to 160!!! @_@
the result: the whole of osaka has been sut down(well almost). all the schools, libraries and karaokes has been closed for a week! phew~
now it`s Kyoto`s turn to get hit by it! arrgghh..jus bcos 1 little boy got the flu, all schools and universities has been closed for a week too =_="
so here i am..ended up blogging again..=P
it`s rili kinda scary though..given the tought that almost every japanese travel by bus/train everyday..so the flu is easily spreaded around japan. for me, everyday is like a mission-to escape the virus! cos before my town(takatsuki) got hit by the flu, the town right next to mine(ibaraki) was hit rili badly, and i have to get on the train that headed here straight from tat town...meaning=ibaraki-->takatsuki(me) @_@ it`s rili scary and everyone is wearing mask, EVERYBODY..looks like a horror scene from some freaky zombie movie*shiver*

bored to tears

today is a school holiday! apparently it`s the school`s birthday today >_<

but instead i don feel happy cuz staying at home alone is rili rili boring! 1st-ntg to watch on tv...2nd-other than tv there is ntg else to do..sooooo..on9 lah =p

bt then..i on9 also ntg much to do...T_T end up reading EVERYBODY`s blog..hehehe..it`s fun seeing everybody getting on with their own lives..feels like i`m stuck in a wierd time machine..cos obviously i`m way across the south china sea right now and doing ntg much about my studies..so everybody else is on PLAY mode but i`m at PAUSE...hahaha..

but good luck everybody in ur studies! i`m sure u guys will eventually find the right path so jus do ur best!

anyways...thinking rili hard now whether i sud go tobadminton practice today..cos seniors are having small competitions among themselves..so we juniors jus hav to watch and judge the comp...seems boring la...jus go there and stand around..haha..but stay at home also boring gok T_T hinz....

yesterday was a school field trip to Arashiyama(literally means storm mountain)...the winds there was STRONG! no wonder it`s called arashiyama..haha..

but the weather was rili fine..bright sun and not much cloud..feels nice >_<>

anyway..we were all separated into small teams and each team have to go to 4 checkpoints(temples) and finish by 2.30pm(we start at 10am)

guess wat? me and my team got lost for the very 1st check point! @_@

and the temple was the furthest away from the starting point..and we gotta go uphill all the way..T_T end up sweating a lot and my legs feels like there were 100 kg...but we made it eventually..jus follow the signs and ask locals..hehe..but then we still have 3 more check points and it was already 12 noon!!! nvm la..hungry jor..lets go eat soba! ^^V everybbody so tired liao..so all agree lo..i ate tempura udon~yummy>_<

guess wat time we finished eating? 1pm..huhuhu...1 and a half hour left to go to 3 other check points!! luckily aft recharging our batteries we were able to walk faster and end up shocking the teachers cos we were soooo late behind..bwahahaha =D -peace-

but don worry everyone..we did it all on time and end up having half an hour left!! u can imagine how fast we rushed! ^^V

when we reached the last meeting point, there were so many people there dy..guess we were amongst the last..hehe..but it was fun anyway >_<>

comclusion: yesterday was a fun day and today is a totally opposite day =_="