-Sunday, November 15, 2009-3:21 AM Y
Hi people, how's the new blog song?
I'm getting choked up right now as I type.
It feels like my heart is in my throat, ahhh, heartaches.
It's simply lovely, won't you agree?
It's no wonder the title is 'Love Song'.
Ah.
How sentimental can I get? You'll never guess ;)
Well, moving on to some updates...
The Osaka students this year seem to be better in English than the previous batch but there're only 3 of them this year (there were 4 last year).
Hmmm...what else?
Oh I went to this Japanese doll exhibition thing on Saturday.
Was with the twins ^^
As they were settling some club issues with the museum lady (she's really friendly, she smiled at me while i was coming down the stairs, haha), I had a look around.
Ah, the mice dolls were an Edo folklore and whoah, they had the mice in kimonos and arranged as if it was a real wedding!
The people who had a tag on and wearing kimonos and yukatas are Japanese.
They were like speaking rapid Japanese and our juniors were like gasping, lol.
Hmm...initially, I had wanted Daniel to help me take a photo with the ladies but they were talking soooooo long!!!
So we went and look around first.
Then, I asked this girl to help me take a picture of us....so I went over to the ladies.
Me: あの、すみません。
Them:はい。
Me:写真を取りましょう、いいですか？一緒に。
The one without specs:いいですか？
The one with specs:はい、いいです！*Bends down* 風船持ってますか？はい、これ。
Me：あーありがとう、はは！
Them:はい、カメラ。
Girl takes pic.
Me：ありがとうございます！
Them：はい、どういたしまして。＾＾
Me:あの、シンガポールに住んでいますか？
Them:ああ、いいえ。東京から着ました。*Shows me their tags*
The one with specs:いつか東京に来てね！
Me:はい、けど今お金がない、はは。
The one without specs:がんばって、ね！
The one with specs:がんばって！*Pats my shoulder, LOL* ところで、お人形が見た？
*The balloon she was pumping burst cos she didn't realise how much air was in it when she was talking to me and the other woman was shocked and said some super fast I dont know what Japanese, HAHA!*
Me:はい。
The one with specs:どうですか？楽しい？
Me:はい、楽しいんです！面白い人形ですね。
The one with specs:ありがとう！！*Shakes my hand, LOL!*
Me:じゃあ、またね！
Them: またね！！＾＾
Hahahaha, I was shocked too, when the balloon burst, cos it was right in front of me XD
Suggested to the twins that we went upstairs to try on the kimono.
As we came inside, there was a lady in yukata and smiling at us.
Me:着物を着ていもいいですか？
Her:はい、こちらどうぞ！＾＾
She began dressing me up and mumbling some Japanese to me, like to hold on to the sleeve or to lift one of my arm in a position.
Then while she was tying the obi around my waist, she was like
"日本語は上手ですね！！
Me:はい？いえいえ、まだまだです、はは。
Her:はい、鏡に見て。かわいいじゃん？？
Me:あー！！*Notices how beautiful it was* きれい！！
Her: そうですね！じゃあ、カメラが持っていますか？
Me:はい、持ってる。
*had Jia Xyn take my picture with her phone*
Me:一緒に？
Her:一緒に？はい、もちろん！＾＾
So, I took 2 photos, one solo and the other with her :D
Me: ありがとう！
Her:はい、こちらもありがとう！はい、次！ *smiles at the twins*
They didn't want to use it but at last after she kept trying to smile so much, they wore.
Me: この２人は二子ですよ。顔は同じでしょう？
Her:*Looks at them with great curiousity* おおおお、そうですね！さっきは気づいてないんですけど、今顔はなんか以ている！.......(she said some other stuff but I can't remember the Japanese she used ><)
One of the twin to me: What did she say? O_o
Me: She said she didn't notice at first that the both of you are twins and it would've been cool if the 2 of you had taken a picture together XD
As the 3 of us were about to leave...
Me: ありがとう、ね！
Her:はい、ありがとう！！またね！！＾＾
hahahaha, so much for speaking Japanese.
Mind you, it was more difficult with them than with youth cos they're old people =X
Need to mind my language and usage, hahahaha!
But seriously, they are really proud of their language that if you start talking to them in Japanese, they won't revert back to English thereafter ><
Guess the same goes with French.....they're really proud of their language as well.
It's considered quite exclusive.... T_T
Soooooo.....went home after that and man, it was sooooo embarassing, bringing the pink balloon with me cos I had a pink polo tee on and well, my phone is pink as well...sooooo....yeah, you can imagine the stares I got (I was walking at Clarke Quay area) from both foreigners and locals.
Sheeeesh! ><
Oh and had a long call on the internet phone with Noor...it's so fun talking and listening to her and her super strong American accent :)
And I actually told my Japanese friend that he looks like an actor.
yes, finally i had the courage to tell him that (cos he's 25, so it's embarassing for me to say it directly to him ><)
Had some chats with my Korean friend (ahhhh I missed talking to him so much! we're pals, you see XD) and also, another Japanese friend who is also a friend of my other Japanese friend (lol, they're from the same Uni and CCA, such coincidence, huh?)......
Soooooo, that's about it! :D
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