♥ Sunday, June 22, 2008
DAY 8
so sad... it is the last day of the trip.
went to the airport.
had trouble checking in cos our teachers had loads of paintings (which were by us for the exhibition, could be easily 80). and paintings are HEAVY.
sowe split up the weight and eventually managed to past through. there were boxes and cartons of stuff. so imagine.
bought tokyo bananas which are super famous and sayed good bye to gigi. i think that we will really miss her cos she is so fun and entertaining and nice. fortunately, cos she is a singaporean, she will be coming back for a while soon. and we all exchanged contacts.
sat the new airbus on the way back. it had a main deck and an upper deck. it was huge. and individual space was SLIGHTLY larger.
however, the turbulence during the journey was CRAZY throughout. and the plane, being a huge one, was rocking and jerking a lot during the whole 6 1/2 hours... :(
many people puked. i think, easily 20 out of the 80 people from our group. i didn't. i puked on the way there... there was also a lot of turbulence and it was a midnight flight...
anyway, school reopens tomorrow and i dun want to go back to school! sigh... just have to bear with it. and everything will be alright once you see your friends.
Listened to music @ 11:55 AM
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DAY 7
went to the museum of arts today. all the art exhibits were beautiful! although it was only 1 storey, we took 2 hours to go through it. (partly because we spent a lt of time at each one. ^.^)
then we went to this toyota factory and a shopping mall.
we decided to try this hybrid car. you pay 200 yen (about $2 sin) then you get to sit one round.
thought we could drive the car and hence went for it.
in the end, it drove automatically at between 6km/h to 15km/h. and you just sit in there... :(
then we went to the arcade. and one of my friend won a middle sized stich soft toy. (you noe... lilo and stich...) while the other won 2 HUGE ones!
so lucky!!!
Listened to music @ 11:49 AM
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DAY 6
OHAYO GOZAIMASU! oh... it should be KONICHIWA! :D
i am in such a good mood today.
cos we went to disney sea! & there were not many people there.
1) indianna jones
2) storm rider
3) raging spirits
4) tower of terror
5) 20000 leagues under the sea
6) parade
1)indianna jones was ok...
2)storm rider was a stimulator...and...we got wet.
3)raging spirits was cool!!! it is a roller coaster that goes 360 degrees. sat it 3 times.
4)tower of terror was fun too!! but sitting it once would be enough. heehee. the whole ride is just full of vertical drops indoors in the dark several storeys high. it feels as if your guts are coming out and you are flying off your seat.
5)20000 eagues under the sea was quite boring. you just sit is this "submarine" and go around in a slow ride.
6) the parade was magnificant!! unfortunately, cos it was performed on water, an alternative was performed due to wind conditions.
BEST DAY EVER!
P.s. i guess the tour guide was sad cos she said that she wanted to see us coming out of the roller coaster weak in the knees cos it is very funny to her (lol, sadistic). unfortunately for her, all of us came out bouncing up and down happily, saying that we wanted to go again. :D then my friend's mother pretended to be weak in the knees ad the tour guide said that she could be the best actress of the year. :D
Listened to music @ 11:39 AM
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DAY 5
took the bullet train today. so cool! 280km/h. itis so fast but you can't feel a thing. in the near future, the bullet train is going to be able to go at 500plus km/h!!! and it is already on trial.
after that, we visited the wine factory. adults tested many different kinds of wine (about 10 types).
and my friends and i tried 2 types of wine and grape juice.
then, we went to a waterfall. is was very scenic and beautiful. took loads of pictures.
being on an art trip, we visited the shadow pictures museum.it was so intricate!!
following, we went to this rose garden which is SOOO beautiful and huge. i would want to live in such a place! there was a playgroung there with lots of stuff. boys, girls and even our parents started playing! the adults looked as if they had gone back to their childhood days. lol...
at night, we wore the Yukata for dinner. (it is a japanese summer robe) it was a little weird but fun though.
then we played fireworks which singapore doesn't allow. nice but loud.
sleeping on tatamies are going to be so comfortable!!
Listened to music @ 11:30 AM
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DAY 4
went to the morning market today. saw some sweets that are decorated so nicely like in the shape of sushi and flowers! :D
then, we visited the bamboo forest. beautiful. we had to climb up many slopes and it was tiring.
forgot what else i did today. :O
Listened to music @ 11:28 AM
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DAY 3
went to the world's biggest aquarium in osaka today. it was unbelievably 8 stories tall! all the marine animals are Sooooo cute!!! KAWAII!!
after that, we went to the Osaka castle. nothing much though. went there mainly for lunch. usually, me and my friends get high only during dinner. but we were crazy during lunch today. :)
anyway...
ate ice cream after that. it was grape flavoured which tastes like f&N grape. IT WAS THE BEST!
went shopping AGAIN after that. most puzzles and technologies are cheaper in japan than Singapore. and their stuff are all so cute!
ate pork and vegetables for dinner today. it is like steamboat. so full that felt like sleeping.
P.s the tour guide Gigi is really SSOOOOOO funny!! she can talk for hours on the bus and everybody is still wide awake. haha... not like bus B, they fell asleep once they got on the bus. (there are 2 buses, bus A and B and i think our bus is super bonded)
Listened to music @ 11:21 AM
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DAY 2
Art exhibition + shopping was all we did today.
Not fair! me and my friends all wore skirts and dresses while the others just wore t-shirt and jeans. :(
the teache had told us to wear formally cos the Japanese will be very nicely dressed.
they were severly underdressed in the end though.
their opening ceremony was super formal.
then we proceeded to view all the art pieces. both from us and the Japanese artists which i reckon were about 3 times our age. :p
and YAY!!!!
I WON THE NEW SHAN ART AWARD!!! Lol.
it is given to the top 20 art pieces in the exhibition! Haha!!!
can't really believe though...
i painted a pomegranade and my teacher titled it "fruit".
anyway... we went shopping after that and of course i changed my skirt to jeans b4 setting of with the group of 84 people.
dinner was buffet style of steamboat.
we are really eating a lot! buffet after buffet...
after that, we went shopping again. realised that some stuff in japan are actually much cheaper than Singapore.
walked back to the hotel ourselves (of couese with a few other friends and their families). and...it sarted raining... =.=
we had no umbrellas and could not really find the way. so we ended up walking in the rain for about 1/2 hour...
Listened to music @ 11:11 AM
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DAY 1
Yay! Today was fun! but tiring.
the whole day was spent at universal studios.
it is a saturday, so there was an overcrowding of visitors. for every ride, we had to wait for at least an hour, sometimes 2 hours. >.<
sat "spiderman", "ET", "Terminator" abd watched "Water Works"(which i think was the coolest).
did not get to sit any fun roller coasters though cos of time constrain. :( :(
dinner was buffet. and i ate like 5 servings of food. i think at this rate, with all the delicious food, i will at least put on a few kg before heading home. =.=
oh! forgot. played 2 carnival games at Universal studios too! and for both games, we won a soft toy each. :D
one is a giraffe which looks like a monkey.
the other is an elmo which i helped to win.
tomorrow is the art exhibition! i dun want to wear a skirt!!!
Listened to music @ 11:05 AM
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Hi! i am back from japan!
And i enjed myself a lot!
1) ate lots of yummy japanese food
2) bonded with my art class friends
3) learnt about the japanese
4) loved the tour guide cos she is super funny and nice. (she is from Singapore and so understands us better and is able to communicate better rather than just facts)
5) ENJOYED MYSELF especially at universal studios and disney sea.
Listened to music @ 11:02 AM
