9 days left! *drum sound*
- but that's not the main topic of this post.
It's currently 12:28am (9th of Nov,Sydney, Aus) as I type this sentence. and I've just returned from my Skype video call with my younger host sister, Chika, and host mum, Yuka. *crowd cheers* Yes, thank you, somehow I managed to not faint and remain calm enough to type this post.
Prior to the video call, being the paranoid person I am, I prepared a few generic questions/greetings/phrases that I thought I could use - yes, THOUGHT I could use, but only ended up using 2 out of the whole list. Some words were in Kanji that I was quite familiar with so I THOUGHT I had no problem reading but I blanked out during the call and ended up making random pronunciations. Why, oh, why Angel?
For the first few minutes of the video call, I was just like o_o and started doing my little self-introduction. Then I went on saying thank you like a million times while furiously bowing at my laptop. > <;; When I sort of calmed down, I totally forgot about my list of prepared questions and winged it. I think I have a clearer idea on what to get for my host family now - oh, I can confirm most of the items on my list. (e.g. Tim-tams, oh and add Macadamia nuts).
Oh and yes, I think I did some embarrassing things....
- and it's now 8:45pm (9th of Nov). Didn't get to finish my post. Glad I didn't cause I would have listed out all those embarrassing things I did - all I can say now is, that I was trying to use all this random body language actions that popped into my mind to express what I wanted to say cause all the Japanese I've ever learnt just disappeared from my mind...fail. Oh, and they have a dog! - I think his name was Yu-kun.
Other things that we talked about included:
- Plans for a family trip to Tokyo Disneyland! 8) * celebration dance*
- Chika-san (younger host sister) and her friends are planning to take me to a nearby amusement park around where we live (Hirakata City). Oh, I'm a bit nervous about meeting her friends ^^;
- Chika also told me that the English teacher said 'Angel looks very cute.' - Well, he's going to get a nasty surprise when he meets me. > >; lol
- Um, what else... oh yes, host mother said they don't have any particular house rules but that if I have any problems or concerns, to tell her honestly (ngaw! at how friendly she is). I also said that if she had any concerns about me, including any habits that she has an issue with, to feel free and tell me as well.
- and a lot of other random topics that came to mind. ^^; can't exactly remember...
Okay, time to move on to the next topic before I forget,
I went shopping today for all the things I needed to pack including the omiyage. I shall announce that I was very satisfied with the results. 8) Bought most of the things I needed, just need to buy the food omiyage and magazines - then I'm pretty much done! (I think)
I left the house at 10:30am and came back home at 6pm - lol, it was a long day today. I also bought some jewelery for Ayaka-san (Older host sister) - Thank you Steph for the suggestion!!
Shall continue post tomorrow, too tired right now~
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