４月２９日 木曜日
It wasn't exactly golden week yet. Although 29/4 was a public holiday (Showa no hii), the next day was normal as usual. That wasn't the case for me though =P I skipped Friday class and decided to visit my Nagoya host mother from eight years ago! Call me a bad student, I don't care ♪ It's MY Golden Week! muahaha.
Although I'd confirmed everything with my host mother several times, I was still a bit worried during the trip to Nagoya. What if my phone battery died? What if they weren't at the station when I arrived? Worse still, when I got up the bus, I realized that I've forgotten to bring along the memory card for my camera! It's sitting happily in my laptop coz' I was deleting pictures the night before. =__=" After blaming myself of being so careless, I decided that I should get some sleep from the 5-hours bus trip. *dozed off*
I woke up and saw the text from Okaasan (my host mum). It was when I sighed in relief as they were already waiting for me at the station. ^^"~ I got excited, finally =D
Okaasan and Saori (my host sister) picked me up when my bus arrived. I recognized them instantly as okaasan didn't change much at all! And lucky for me, the station was located at the opposite of BicCamera, so I bought a memory card for my camera. I'm glad I got it coz' my previous card wouldn't have enough space for the whole trip.
My host father was in the car waiting for us. He didn't change much too except that he's gained a few kilos if compared to before. He was still as quiet and shy as before though. =)
Our first stop, Nagoya Castle.
Okaasan asked me if I'd visited Nagoya Castle and I said no coz I couldn't recall any images from it.
But when I stepped in, I thought I might have already been there with the exchange group coz some parts looked really familiar to me.
But I still had fun anyway ♥
お父さん＆沙織
Took this really nice picture when I was eating ice-cream with Saori. ^^
It was about 5pm+ when we were done with the castle and we decided to go home!
All memories from eight years ago started flooding into my mind when I gradually see more and more familiar places! Lovin' the feeling ♥♥
The tallest building on the right is our house!
Now that I looked at it, it's considered quite big in comparison to any other ones in Tokyo lol.
And I met Arang, the cute-hyperactive pet.
He's really nice to me.
We rest for a little while.
Saw a family picture that I drew back then. It was still on the wall at the same spot! XD
Too embarassed to show it though.
Finally, it's dinner time!
My stomach was grumbling like a grumpy old lady. =P
We picked up Hiroki (my host brother) from a station nearby and proceed to a Japanese restaurant!
The food was so yummy~ ♥
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I can't believe how time flies.
Had a big shock when I realized how much Hiroki and Saori grew.
It was just like yesterday when I was in Nagoya, playing with the two little kids.
They were only 8 and 3 back then.
Especially Hiroki, I remember him showing me his flag dance that he learnt from school. He was so shy and wouldn't dare to talk much to me though. But now he speaked with me like a grown gentleman!
Apparently I looked at the albums and found out that I've missed the period where he became chubby and big, he's slimmed down a lot now. Oh, he's 16 now by the way.
We didn't talk too much during the recent visit too coz he was busy with school and clubs.
But we had a little chat on the last night before I left.
I told him I'm glad that both of us have the same interests/passion in Drama and we both like Maguro (a kind of fish) a lot. He laughed =)
And he blushed sometimes when I talk to him too. So cute ♥
As for Saori, I guess our relationship has grown so much during this trip and we were like good friends instead of sisters.
She was still so young when I first met her. She's 10 going on 11 now.
But now, she's grown so much taller and prettier!
Still as bubbly as before though. ^^ I guess that's why we clicked with each other.
Oh, and I'm very sure that she will become a heart-breaker in a few years time.
She has a really pretty face. ♥
