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Nagoya Homestay Chapter 2

Monday, December 29, 2008 speech bubble

WEDNESDAY 17 / 12 / 08

Day 1 in NAGOYA

Sweet Nippon air!!After 7 hrs 15 mins of flight…we’re finally in JAPAN!!A heavy backpack strapped to my back,an over-sized luggage in hand,plus a bag full of omiyagek.ALL of us dashed out from the departure hall to kiss the sweet air of Japan.And whad’ya know.Fani & Ryouz’s family / okasan was there already.Banner in hands.Good for them!! I stuck close to my friends an hadn’t realize until I heard some people calling me.
“Jo!Your family is here!!”
And I was like…“WHAT!!?”
I turned around frantically and spotted a fine-looking couple,with 2 kids and a picture of them in my okasan’s hands.
“Aa!Okasan!!Otosan!!Hai~!!”
I bounced all my way there.Gosh..I was feeling so WOBBLY!!They looked TOTALLY different from the picture they’d showed me!My Otosan looks so hawt,while okasan’s slim!Even the kids looked much older than the ones in the picture!

So,Otosan kindly pushed my VERY HEAVY luggage for me to the lift.He had to leave us half-way , ‘cause he’s got to work.
Sayonara Otosan!!
My friends were all like…“BYE JO!!HAVE FUN!!” Its seriously nice to have friends like them man…

So…okasan & I awkwardly found our way back to the car park.We just kept smiling at each other along the way.Oh,by the way,did I mention?The weather was so freakin’ COLD!!Samui…and to think that I was only wearing ONE layer of clothing!We got onto her HUGE car and buckled ourselves in.Along the way, okasan turned on some weird channel,only to find out that it was just a CD containing nothing but malay conversations. (sweat)

We occasionally asked about each other’s favourites…hobbies…and stuff already written on the “info about us”Her English wasn’t exactly well,so we communicated using broken English (Who cares? ) and some sign-language.I had to be VERY slow.Else,she couldn’t catch up onto what I’m trying to say.

My foster brothers,Makishi,5a.k.a Ma-kun & Hajime,1 a.k.a Pa-kun were so…CUTE!!! Hajime was really special when I saw him at first,because he sucked TWO fingers(2nd & 3rd) at a time.Kawaii…Makishi was more of the rough type.Always in his own world of Ultraman.But he can be EXTREMELY CUTE when he wants to.So…SO adorable!!(>w<)!! It takes a total of 15 minutes-drive from the airport to our home. Dropped Makishi at the kindergarten.The view infront of the house was NICE.You can see the sea from here.All 4 vehicles can be seen.Plane,train,ship and car.Sugoi…Okasan helped me carry my luggage (together with me) to the 2nd floor.Phew! Okasan showed me my room.which turned out to be the kid’s.The room was so cute.The floor matteress was soo CUTE!I shoved my luggage under the cabinet and my okasan showed me…the FUTON. Omg…this ‘so-called’ ‘Japanese tilam’ has Three layers!!The bottom,middle,soft thin layer and finally,the ultra-thick blanket which felt like a pillow.I pounced on it,sinking down comfortably,making my okasan laugh.(^^) After unloading my poor luggage for a while,I went downstairs.

Their staircase was damn narrow man…Small house.but not traditional (was hoping for one).Found Okasan sitting on the couch.I went to her,sat and started chatting.And on.And ON…AND ON.Gosh…for HOURS .Seriously.About food.Malaysia culture.Where we’ve been to.And even planning our schedule.Blah blah…dida dida.

Then,Okasan made lunch (It was 12pm by the way.WAY early for fellow M’sians to eat) Anyway,I was hungry.The smell of Okonomi Yaki filled the room. Okasan was making the “Japanese pizza” Eggs.Cabbage.Cucumber.with eggs. Plus a lil’ bit of Japanese noodle.The pizza was nice at first,but somehow I lost my appetite soon.Din’t mange to finish my food.Summore,its rude to not finish it.But Okasan kindly took my dish away understandingly.Ah well, lil’Hajime could n’t finish his too. Later,Okasan was trying to make Hajime sleep ,upstairs.And I was left to wait.and WAIT in the living room until I’d almost fell asleep.Okasan came down and found me fast asleep on the couch,so she asked me whether I wanna put on her kimono.

*Eyes gleam all of a sudden,all weariness gone*
Okasan went to her lil’ TINY store under the staircase.(Sampai have to crawl in wan..) and pulled out a bag of clothes. Its pink.The kimono is pink.With hell lotta ribbons. She spent nearly ONE hour to dress me in it.And my breathing gets harder every second!!Gosh!I tried counting the layers and steps.But soon lost count.Gah…Oh,did I mention that my okasan LOVES kimono?Heh…so did I! Soon after everything’s done.We
camwhored around.

Front of the kimono...

Back of the kimono...

Voila!! Okasan & I posing at the camera.

Drat it…I tak boleh move man!!Its like tying a rope at your feet and walking.Lost my balance for dunno how many times XD. Then we both settled ourselves down in the living room to have some Japanese tea.The Tea was…awesome.Had never tasted anything like it before.Bitter at first ,like any other tea,Then sour &salty comes along.We had some Japanese rice cakes too.
“I’d always wanted to have a tea in a quiet place with my daughter,WITHOUT my noisy little sons running around”
Okasan laughs.

-*Chatting goes on until 3.00pm Okasan had to go fetch Makishi back from kindergarten,so I was left in the house in case lil Hajime wakes up. Waited..waited..and WAITED.
Until I’d fallen asleep. (>///<)!!zzzZz… Things were delayed,I learnt later,because a kid in Makishi’s school fell down from a swing and bruised the lips pretty badly. Yikes… Anyways,all three of us went to a nearby Supermarket, BEISIA to get some things.But before that,Okasan stopped me at a really cool Video-rental store. *Flash back* “Okasan…I LOVE to watch anime and Manga!!Daisuki!!(^^)” Walked around,and saw NANA.Hajime chose Ultraman (No duh…the kid’s crazy over it) Lil’ Pa-kun somehow,kept throwing up.So,we sped home. Okasan tengah masak ,kids tengah watching Ultraman,Okasan brought Hajime to the clinic. (Somehow they call it Hospital here) and I was in charge of baby-sitting Makishi (tengah tidur dy).While she was out,I took the opportunity to clean up the mess around her dinning table,kitchen table and floor.It was MESSY.Well,I think its because she had no time to clean them,because she had to entertain me all day.Cleaned the table,washed the dishes,placed them back,swept.mopped.I'd even took a chance to snoop around.Was damn SHOCKED when I walked into their toilet.

Toilet bowl was Automatic.Sensed my movement when I got in.Automatically raised its cover up.

SUGOI~

Mum came back an hour later.Was falling asleep again.Darn,couldn’t feel my legs too. Alas,dinner is served.Had rice with pork & some sauce on it.Again,I couldn’t finish it.Man,Im feeling so bad.Couldn’t adjust to their food.

*My FAVOURITE moment is…
*Drums rolling…dum dum dum…*
The bath.
There’s this cute chair you have to sit on and bathe yourself clean with soap&shampoo.There’s even a full-length mirror to admire your naked body .Heh heh…After the body is cleaned,I took a dip in the bath tub.It was 42ºC

One word.
SUGOI~!!!!

After bath,Okasan shoo-ed me to bed.Since I hadn’t had much sleep on the plane.

Futon.
Nice.THICK.WARM!!!!!