My Japan trip ;)

 Dear blog, (LOL)
On the 10th to 17th November, I went to Japan with my sister for holiday. My first impression of Japanese people --- polite,considerate,helpful and efficient. 
   Love the friendly society over there where everyone is ready to help.Majority of them can't speak English but that was fine, my self learned japanese was sufficient enough to understand certain words and thank god I can read Kanji (mandarin words) .We always got help from them when problems occurred and they are extremely efficient (no exaggeration there) . We were early for almost everything and every single thing was either on time or earlier.
      First off, THE FOOD.
>ramen--check (one word--- YUM!  especially slurping ;) )
>okonomiyake--check (so FUN to make)
 and there are other random stuff and sweets i ate but idk the name =/ but still TASTY xD

   Next would be the accommodations . we stayed at 3 hotels ,1 semi ryokan and one ryokan with onsen xD.
I think my fav would be the semi ryokan, its called kimi ryokan situated at Ikebukuro and damn, that place makes you feel at home. Like the scenes you see in an anime where kids say "TADAIMA" when they reach home (meaning I'm home or I'm back) , I did that >.< , hahahhaha~ feels so nice i tell you. to have someone smile at you when you get home just feels damn good. *the dude at the counter was good looking too ,HAHAHAH~ jkjk *  There's a traditional japanese bath at that place :) you know, the ones they show in anime, where theres a bath tub and a few planks on top covering it ;) That.was.awesome. And futon (drool) awesomeness overload weyh.  something like the pic.
 
The ryokan had hot springs :D , and naked old women running around . lol, anyways, its just plain awesome. Yukatas and futon ,gawd... i know what my future life would be like already, wearing yukata at home because I'm too lazy and having a comfy futon.


  A quick go through bout what I learned there, I learned about tea ceremonies and other stuff (while my sis went shopping) from a lovely oba-san in an elegant kimono. I learned about the temples, the history and how to pray (theres a certain way to pray xD) from a nice oji-san who gave free tours. I developed some skills on how to walk around japan alone because being with my sis is frustrating. oh, and i talked to people from all over, from belgium, china, america , hongkong, malaysia ,taiwan and etc x) during the trip by myself.(sis went to premium outlet -.- ) mostly friendly people, the american spoke to me in japanese ._. -.- .. which i politely said sumimasen.wakarimasen. I'm chinese. (lol) He was like, so which part of china are you from?
._. .. (my bad,should've told him i'm malaysian ) I'm from malaysia.
o... so what is your main language?
.___. (shyt... i don't even think I have one) I don't have one, My mother tongue is mandarin and I speak english,malay and other dialects of chinese like hokien and cantonese.(such a brag,m i know xD)
whoah ,you are what japanese people call kyushu (idk the exact spelling) it means a mix of culture and (i forgot what he said, i was kinda too cold to pay attention).
   Anyways, I think what he meant was what we call it in malaysia la --- "ROJAK"
Had loads of people speaking to me in japanese ._. do i seriously look like I am one of you people .__.
Anyways,I had fun pretending like a local xD found out my family name LIM is HAYASHI in japanese. And I found my family crest too xD awesome right? xP update later bout the oba-san and oji-san's xD

back and off again soon ;)

 Went for "kem perkhidmatan" last friday to get my "perkhidmatan" badge, well DUH, anyways, it's a camp mostly based on first aid. I can now assure you that my first aid is officially better than any BSMM (red cross) in my school xD lol confident much xP
   So first aid includes saving people from various situations or reducing the damage as much as possible until professional help arrives i.e ambulance. And of course, other than the oh so boring theory and practical on how to give a mouth to mouth to a dummy (lol , most of the participant's first kiss went to a dummy, how ironic *jk*) , There are water activities as well on how to do first aid or at least how to stay alive in the water as long as possible. Guess what? Mother nature decided I should skip that and avoid water activities because she think its the time of the month already -.- such a draaaaaaaaag........  
    I stand there akwardly as my friends jump into water and do all those weird poses according to the instructor . Lolz, But then there was this one water activity I was allowed to go on, It was kayaking , And god damn that was FUN. But I was kinda emotional,lol.
   Here goes the story, The camps I go for right now are all routes for king scout. So naturally there are people from other districts as well since this is a state scout camp. I am from one of the strongest and most efficient district, PETALING district as I am very proud to voice it out. The thing is, our district is made up of majority chinese people and a few malays and indians.(no racism there :P as far as I'm concerned, we are one big happy family that only speaks english to each other even though we have our own mother tongue) The other districts are mostly made up of malays (no offense but I was from one of those districts before, I know)
     No matter how we try to avoid it , there is still racism in one or two of us. Camps like this are like the HUNGER GAMES, remember? districts 1, district 2 and so on either fight or work together to survive. We ,petaling scouts stick together and back each other up (I am very grateful to all the petaling scouts whom have helped me through thick and thin) Okay, enough bout the district thingy, moving on, so what has it got to do with districts? well, you see, majority  peopleof the other districts don't know this thing called manners. -.- ...
   I've been waiting for my turn to get on the kayak for like half of the day, and every time I swear I had a the chance of going up, one friggin' BUGGER cuts infront of me and goes kayaking away with another friend and guess what? they langgar jambatan dan langgar tiang (hit bridge and lose control of kayak)
       You deserve it BUGGERS Dx . The instructor, playful fella , splashed water a the crowd waiting for the kayak, and naturally, those BUGGERS retreated and started screaming and shrieking whilst I stand there poker-faced wiping the water from my face. (I wasn't in the mood) It was finally gonna be my turn with my friend, i waited there and there was a tap on my shoulder.guess what? A bugger asked me as if of booking or some sort,
"lepas kau sampai saya ya? ingat ya? " damn i was pissed -.-
    There I was waiting for a couple of hours watching the BUGGERS who came back from kayaking and hitting the tree pass the life jacket to their own districts and I'M LIKE THERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ALREADY. And so the story starts whereby I finally managed to get on the kayak with my oh-so-lovely friend of mine and suprisingly did an awesome job steering the kayak, by far I would say we were one of the successful ones out of the bunch. So we went one round and returned, when we were about to park the kayak at the "port" some BUGGER dude who wasn't a instructor but just a friggin' teenage boy slight older than me claiming he is a helper started making over kayak sway left and right. I got pissed off, and so I turned to the back and said :" are you in need of any entertainment? If so, I'm sure I'm not it" (in malay)
  looked back to the front and he swayed the thing a little more, I wasn't really bothered . But then... The bugger flipped the kayak 90 degrees, me and my fast thinking friend just poked the paddle inside the shallow lake and stayed on that position for about 10 seconds or so with the paddle as our support. Imagine the sight -.- we were so stubborn on not wanting to get into the water then. Seeing that we wouldn't budge, a few other "helpers" and even the friggin' instructor came over and flipped the kayak 180 degrees causing us to fall into the water with no other way out Dx I was so damn frustrated (rmb, i was having the time of the month and the ah-hem might leaked and cause some accident in the water if not careful )
    They were like .. " masuk air la"  while turning the kayak around pouring the water out.
me: -_- sengaja je... (kepala otak ko yang masuk air ! -.-)
  BUGGERS DX
 wah.. I typed so long ady.. a bit more la xD
  Its the rainy season here in Malaysia, So yep.. My campsite flooded. We were in the hall listening to a speech when the girls were informed bout the campsite being in danger ,lol.
I was expecting something like khemah masuk air je (tent leaking)
  The moment I went out, lol. The water level was up to my knee, Everyone waded to their tents to save their belongings. Whats so interesting about that that made me wanna post it here? Heres the deal, me and my "room mates" waded to our tent, opened it expecting everything to be wet, but instead, everything was dry and the tent was floating xD The only thing that kept the tent from floating away was the two big rocks me and mates ties to the tent out of boredom xD You know, It was very very very IRONIC as the water level was knee deep and all our stuff was dry. We were like the crazy ones out of the bunch as we were laughing so hard whilst other people were in the  midst of hardship , complaining about the stupid flood. What's next? We started camwhoring anf taking pictures in the flood , so FUNNEH XD 
      well, think thats it for now, gotta go. My plane to Japan is 2.45 pm but gotta reach the airport around noon. Hopefully I can get some scout badges and scarf in japan =) ugh..I'm hungryyyyyyyy ciao people xP