I convinced myself that i m in Japan, by staring around my bedroom...haha...that feeling of waking up in somebody's house...
my room in Tanaka's House..
Had a beautiful breakfast....prepare by Mrs Tanaka.(haha..where got such thing at home wor...my mum will said: 'nothing better to do r??!!'..haha..)
Breakfast~~
After breakfast, went with Mrs Tanaka and her two staffs who are same age with me, erm to accompany me lar...that's very nice of them..--Miyuki and Sanae. Mrs Tanaka drove us to , erm, she mention Coke factory...but halfway through she called the weather forecaster to ask if there is snow on the mountain, and we went up.It was a 2 hours drive and was like going up Genting Highlands. Never Ending. And for once, i really felt like vomitting.. I am so lucky, for the first time in my life, i see snow!!( jakun's comment..) but it felt quite similar.....haha...like ais kacang in Malaysia!! no wonder lar...(i played around with the ice kacang machine before that..) fingers freezing.... Mrs Tanaka even made a snow man!!! haha...it was fun!
Sanae and me....
okaasan's snowman...made by twigs and snow..plus stones.
Then eventually we went to the Coke Factory, according to them, the Coke Factory in Miyazaki can be visited by anyone.it was meant mainly for school kids, but at that time, so coincidently at our session there's only 4 of us. We sat at the big auditorium hall and listen to the emcee about production of coke and watched the slides. when we came out later, there is a big group of visitors which enters after us, which filled more than half of that auditorium...They are really erm...sincere?? dunno wether is it the right word..
spend time to entertain us although there was only the 4 of us..
We went to have Udon mee at a shop after the trip. IT WAS DELICIOUS!! The best i had ever tasted....
Went home after that.
I gave them the -- i call it" well devided" presents to my Tanaka family, where there is only Mrs and Mr Tanaka. I even made coffee for them! er,...it is the well-known Malaysia's Nescafe 3 in 1, --Almond flavor..Haha...
I was told that there will be a Lions meeting of this Prefecture( something like Kuala Lumpur/ Puchong/ etc../) Before i went out, i took a bath. And for the first time in my life, i was told to use the bath tub, and in Japan, EVERYONE uses the same bath tub. No changing of water. Of course, took shower properly before entering la...dun dirty the water..I stepped into the bath tub, and immediately jumped out. The water was really HOT!!!! LOOK at the temperature meter, and found that it was around 40 c ...Still, i went in, jumping around.. it was really relaxing when u got use to the temperature. When i looked up, found that the ceiling was dripping with water, ....vapourised water, then condensed, which drips on me later ....cold...
i learn from them that their ceiling is made of some special material so that the vapour wont damage it.
We, both host parents( i have two hosts-Tanaka and Yoshino::ref: part 1), gather at Sushiya( Sushi house). A traditional restaurant where chairs are not provided, --low tables with flat cushions to seat on--correction>> kneel on. for girls, it is impolite to sit cross legged, so everyone were on their knees, including me. Mens can choose, but those i saw, they kneel at first when meeting each other, and sat cross legged later on.I met with another girl -Chika who is departing for Malaysia, going to Subang Jaya,Selangor the day after tomorrow, and her family.Then more or less 20 ppl came fore the meeting. We had both country's theme song..er..i sang for Negaraku, but was not heard...erm, more correctly, i open my mouth to sing, but was not heard. i m the only Malaysian!! And the radio does the good job..really loud.We knelt through the whole process, around 45 min.. haha...i felt like screaming already.. So glad when time's up, to dine in the other room. i STOOD up actually, without falling over... But my mouth really drop when i saw the dinning room. The same arrangement, no chairs. So, continue kneeling through the dinner. I was praying for it to end soon, so that i can stand up!!! I actually ate raw fish..all sorts. Just try EVERYTHING. That's what i told myself before i came to Japan. But just a bit of everything la...the red chunk of raw fish taste horrible, the white one is ok though..We, me and Chika was served with sushi without wasabi.They actually melt wasabi in the sushi there.
The Japanese ate really fast. And all with chopstick, even when drinking soup. Seldom see spoons there , nor fork. Just plain chopsticks. Otousan(* Mr Tanaka, which i will mention as Otousan( father) fr here onwards) has a large collection of chopsticks, --chopsticks lover. Okaasan( * Mrs Tanaka (mum)) will buy a pair for him everywhere she went. Otousan was really cute when he shows me one of his favourite collection..
my host parents!! - Mr and Mrs Tanaka
By the way, this is only the 2nd day, and i had already experience the famous ground shaking of Japan...--earthquakes....It was around 3am in the morning and i was half asleep..The whole situation around me was shaking ...not vigorously, and i thought i was dreaming...bad dream. so just covered myself with blanket..and tell myself--forget about it...as long as i dun see extra things in front of me, its all right... but the sound of pebbles falling from the rooftop was drilling in my mind...so, thats how i know i m not immagining things. I didnt brought the topic up immediately to my host parents, untill two days later...haha...i wanted to ask so much, but, just....cant remember.
PS:Just finish my trials..so hope to finish posting my homestay in JP as fast as possible before the next exam....my homestay in Japan is around 21 days...haha...i will post day by day...
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