Monday, August 21, 2006

Yay!!! i was selected to go to japan. woohoo!!! even though i totally screwed my test n interview. i guess hosting a youth exchange paid off. =) if i do go which i'll prob would, it'll be dec 16-jan 6. now i would have to look for cash (to not burn such a big hole in my parents' picket) & learn up japanese language. =D any available part-time job, lemme knoe k.

oh yar my hosting experience... i hosted a 20 years old japanese girl, Minami from aug11-18. she was here earlier but stayed with another host family. She’s majoring in English in university so communication was not a prob. =)

day 1
She arrived at my house around 10 something in the morning. My first impression of her was "omg she's soooo fair, small size & beautiful skin complexion". Lol soh poh told me nvm we have foundation. =D she seems like a sweet girl. (those goody 2 shoes kind) i went to university for classes. So my parents showed her around the house and brought her out for lunch. hehe she came home with a pair of new jeans. So i thought she's definitely the shopping type. At night, brought her to stef's farewell at FOndue House at Hartamas. hehe the place atmosphere didn't really turn out as what i expected but the food was good!!! Then we head to eeva's place for few games of mahjong. hehe thought her how to play. hopefully she remembers. =)

chocolate fondue + fruits + ice cream balls =)
cheese fondue + vegetables + crackers + seafood platter
*hehe i know ur drooooling*

group pic

day 2

minami trying out her knocking skills =)

twin tower made from beer mugs

hehe today is the trip up to malacca. i myself haven't been there for ages. since all of us woke up late, we only arrived malacca at abt 12 smtg. mum stayed at home coz she wasn't feeling well. our first stop was taman mini malaysia. thinking its good to introduce her how's msia like in other states. the entrance fee is like rm10 for adults. hehe thankfully there's half price student rate & for senior citizen. =p omg i didn't knoe traditional houses differs from diff states. we went into the first few ones made fr atap leaves n wooden floors with traditional doorway. it was basically the same for others except that the shape were diff or the sabah & srwk long house floors were made of bamboos. it drizzled a lil so we decided to stay for the cultural dance. hmm it was a good experience for her i guess as it save me the hassle to look for some cultural play to bring her. To me it was juz erm pretty lame as indian dances weren't perform by indians n the guys dancer looks freaking gay i tell you. => after that we had chicken ball rice for lunch. yum!! yuM!!! when i entered the shop, i was like why everyon'es eating fish ball? Lol =p apparently the rice shrunk size as i thought it would be wayy bigger. but it was all GOOD!!! definitely not to missed if ur in malacca. then we headed to the tourist attraction places like a famosa, stadhuys, st paul's church. hehe dun really remember the history n all =p oh trishaw in malacca is soooo commercialized. its sooooo decorated with flowers freaking everywhere! you cannot find a normal traditional trishaw anywhere. And we had to pay rm1 to take pics. wat a ripped off!!! We headed to jonker street later where its like petaling street of malacca. a whole street of stalls selling food food & more FOOD! they have like pineapple tarts, kuehs, chocolate fondues, onde onde, rice, cendols (which tasted much better than here. dad said they use the real gula malacca) and even this cutest adorable doggie for sale. we headed back home to have dinner with mummy. =) we had raisin naan, garlic butter naan & cheese naan. (minami's favourite)

Rumah perlis, i think

the lil boy is simply adorable =p

the famous & overly decorated trishaw.
A famosa. dad must be doing his silly jap-slang imitation. Lol =D
i wanna bring him home!!! =/

more to come in my next entry =)