Sayonara

I leaved Miyazaki. I was soooo sad. I love that lovely city. I love my friends around me. I will miss them all.

I`m in Yamanashi now. In my Auntie`s house. I`m going to go back home on 14th. It`s time for me to go back home. I will continue my life, I will study hard to graduate soon, then find a job. Wish me luck..

Thank you for my friends in Miyazaki. You`re all special for me. See you again someday

my Last Weekend in Miyazaki

This Saturday I will leave this lovely city, with lovely peoples around me. I know I`ll be sad. But life`s must go on. I will miss every single thing that I found here. I will miss every single moment of my sadness, loneliness, and bunch of happiness. I will not forget all the kindness of great peoples and my lovely friends here.

In my last minutes in Miyazaki, I`m still busy finishing my journal. I`m still preparing my presentation for Inter Cultural Meeting on Tuesday : Tomorrow. Ganbarimasu !!!

I`m lucky having great peoples around me. They made farewell activities for me in my last week in Miyazaki. Last Saturday Aiki Sensei invited me to see Yamabiko Hanabi Taikai (山彦花火大会)　or Mountain Echo Fireworks Festival in Nishimera. Needed 2 hours by car. The fireworks was awesome. It was the best fireworks that I ever seen.

a simple one

Then on Sunday everyone invited me to have farewell activity. I had lunch with Indonesian Families in Carino and than had interesting conversation, finished at afternoon. Then directly went to have dinner with Sayaka, Moemi & Asaki. Continuing with karaoke. Both of Indonesian Families and Sayaka`s family only have time on Sunday. (Pat-san & Wan-kun.. I`m sorry, I wasn`t able to go to AEON with you guys)

Today I go to Miyazaki Governmental Office to close my Insurance. Reserving the seat for my international fligt. Than continuing my journal & my presentation. I`m so tired today.

For the rest days in Miyazaki I need to do :

• Clean up my room
• Packing (aaarrgh.. !!!)
• Sending my suitcases to Narita
• Closing my Mobile Phone account and also bank account

Enough for today.. Need to continue writing my journal. Yosh.. がんばれ！！

Great Weekend With Great Peoples

Weekend again. I only have 2 more weeks here. I will leave Miyazaki heading Tokyo at 9th August. Then I will reach my hometown at 14th. I`m sad leaving Miyazaki, great friends, great activities, great new family.

This Weekend, we visited somewhere in Miyazaki (I forgot the name of the town, hehehe) to see Kayaking Tournament. Great !! But it was soooooo hot. It was raining when we were leaving Dormitory in the morning, so I only brought my rainy umbrella, and no Sun screen lotion. And you know the result : I was totally burned. T_T

Then Sayaka`s mother invite us to eat Kaki Kouri (カキ氷). Another special Kaki Kouri. Not like this one that I tried before, what we tried today was full with fresh fruits and japanese red beans. Nice choice in this hot summer :)

Moving to Miyako City. We ate Okonimiyaki, Japanese vegetable pancake. Thank`s to Sayaka`s funky grandmother. She was so energic and funny.

Next destination : Erikocha Matsuri at Tachibana Douri. A famous summer festival in Miyazaki. It was looked like a rush hour in Tokyo train station. So many peoples everywhere. Actually, I don`t really like the situation like that.

Before going back home, Sayaka`s Mother brought us some Yakiudon, and Pizza in the same Okonomiyaki house. I couldn`t eat no more. I was soooo full.

That`s all for today. I`m tired. But I`m happy. Thank you my lovely friends, for giving me this greet weekend with great peoples. It makes me hard to say good bye. T_T

I was Busy

I was so busy, that`s why there was no updates in my blog. And there was no new recipes for the previous 2 weeks. Actually not that busy, just didn't want to write something here.

Last posting was about MUFSA sport day. It was Saturday. The next day, we went to AEON. And then from Monday till Friday, I was busy preparing my report at Lab. But still, not finished yet. Saturday and Sunday always busy, going somewhere refreshing our mind.

What did I do on Saturday..?

• Visited A Price, AEON (Again..?), heard lot of horror story in Japan. Hardly believe
  
• Watched Matsuri in Kibana Kindergarten from 6 to 8 PM. The kids was sooo cute
• Had dinner (or party?) in Husna & Pja`s House. The grill chicken was delicious
• Stayed in Husna & Pja`s house for accompanying them, since Husna was still afraid bout "something". Yang, Ari and Me take all of our stuffs including our Electric Fan. (It was 35C btw)

Then Sunday..?

• Had lunch in Husna & Pja`s house.
• Studied at library from 1.30 till 4 PM. We wanted the AC, hehehe
• Went to Sushi restaurant for Dinner (Yippi... I Loved Sushi)
• Went to see Hanabi at Aoshima Matsuri at 8.30
• Played at the beach, till around 11 PM
• Decided to go to Game Centre at Round one. till drop ^_^
• Stayed at Husna & Pja`s house (still)s

My fave pic, from Yang`s camera
Back to our childhood at Round One

Monday...?

• Today is holiday. Marine day. I don`t know why Japanese Government create marine day as national holiday.
• Woke up, and hungry. hehehe..
• Cooked Bihun Curry for our lunch.
• Go back dorm. Need to study actually, but I didn`t. hehehe.. Try to order Omiyage from website that I got from Pja.

So you know that I was busy, playing not studying. Hahahaha

Wish me luck for this week. I will have 4 Japanese Tests. Starting from Tuesday until Friday. Ganbarimasu !!

MUFSA Sports Day

Last Saturday was MUFSA Sports Day. MUFSA belongs to Miyazaki University Foreign Student Association. This annually program was held in University`s Sports Hall. From 9.40 I did Badminton with Jillian as my team mate. And then there was Volley Ball match, I didn`t play bcoz I`m so bad playing Volley :p

Next was Basketball. It was horrible, boys and girls played together. And boys from Egypt, China and Libya were too big comparing to the girls. Once, one of them played unfair. I decided to be supporter, I scared. Last match was Futsal, I really didn`t want to join this one.

And then we went to river, relaxing. The river was so clean, we tried to catch up some small fishes, tiny crab and also cute river prawn. But we failed. Hahaha...

Next destination...105円 Sushi Restaurant for dinner. Ooow.. I`ve told you before that I loooove Sushi very much. At that night I ate 4 plates there and one more plate I ate at home. I Still, aburi salmon mayo was my favourite one.

At the next day I woke up, i felt that all my body was so hurt. Maybe, I did sports too much hehehe...

Tired.. Need massage chair or anyone would like to massage me..? v(^_^)

Updates

It`s been Tuesday. Time goes so fast. So many things to do at lab. I just have 1 month left here. Wish me luck...

I always love weekend. Refreshing my mind from boring routines at Lab. Thank you Pijah, for inviting me join Karaoke on Friday. I enjoyed it very much, especially the Massage Chair in our karaoke`s room. Hahaha..

On Sunday, actually I planed to stay at my room, wanted to chat with my boyfriend. But I forgot that he had planning to hang out with his friend :p So, I was so glad when Pijah invited me to go to the City. We went to AEON, our second house. hahaha. We also met Pat, Wan, Jillian an Rina there. And at night, we asked (pushed) Pat to make Thai Cuisines for us. But then, Ari, Jillian and me also made some food for our great dinner. I love something like this.

Photo courtesy of Pijah : Preparing our dinner

Anyway, I have new activity with my friends. Jogging at night, the weather is very nice at night. We need to burn calories. hahaha..

Last updates : Today`s tea ceremony class. I love this pic. It`s because Sensei & Park (my Korean friend using white shirt) are so cute in this pic. Today is Park`s Bday. Saengil chukha hamnida, Park !!

Party..Party..and Party

I`m so lucky being here. My friends are very kind to me. We do fun activities together. As I told you before, this week I have lot of parties. Party = cooking our own food, eating various food from another countries, doing games and fun activities, laughing together, getting fat together. hahaha. Party = Halal Food, no alcohol, no sake.

Lets start with the first party on Wednesday. Actually it was ICC activities. I`ve told you in my previous posting.

On Friday we celebrated birthday of Jillian (America), Rina (Taiwan) and Shoko (Japan). I loved Wan`s Pizza and Egg Tart made by Aileen ^_^

The next day we had earlier Birthday party for Sayaka, my Japanese Friend. My favourite food for that day was Choco Banana Birthday cake by Pijah.

I thought there was no more party. But on Sunday, Pijah told me that Pat (Thailand) wanted to cook Green Curry and Tom Yum for us. So, I had Thai Cuisine party on Sunday.

Photo Courtesy of Yang : very very happy face of party lovers ^_^

Another pics are available on my Facebook photo album. Thank you my lovely friends for another great days.

ICC Activity : Cooking Together

ICC = International Conversation Club. But for this week, it became International Cooking Club. LoL.. We cooked together in Dormitory`s kitchen. Very interesting.

My Japanese friends made the food very seriously. Hahaha

The menus : Fried Rice by me, Cheesecake by Pijah, Jemput-jemput by Husna, Daikon`s Food by Delphine (Ghana), and Daifuku by Japanese members.

Jemput-jemput? in Indonesian may be like bala-bala, bakwan or something. You can put in your favourite things. What we had : Kabocha (yellow pumpkin), banana, daikon (Radish), nato (fermented bean).
Daifuku ? Like mochi, the filling was Red bean, marshmallow, banana and Chocolate.

Here we are (minus me, i was taking the pic)

From left: Minoda, Mido, Akiko, Yuko, Husna, Marie, Pijah, Yang, Delphine
Pay more attention to the hair of guy wearing glasses, Mido-san.
He needs almost one hour to create that hairstyle. LoL

Oke.. That`s all. Owarimasu. Need to keep my energy for aother parties. Jillian, Rina & Shoko`s bday party for Friday. And Sayaka`s bday party for Saturday. What a busy week. Hehehe...

Fireworks and Volleyball Match Just for Fun

My weekend usually started from Friday`s night, like this weekend. My friends and I did our own firework festival at Aoshima Beach at the midnight. In Japanese Language we call it Hanabi (花火). The Kanji is consist of Hana (花), means Flower. And Bi (火), means fire. In Japan, we can buy firework equipments easily.

Some of our fireworks. I don`t have the pic of our skyrocket fireworks

In the next day, Saturday, we had Volleyball match. I played for ICC team. ICC belongs to International Conversation Club, not International Cooking Club..haha..I didn`t know that it was a big match, I thought it just only for ICC member. But in fact, there was many teams from various Club in Miyazaki University.

I also played. For the first time in my lifetime, I was succeed doing Serve. It was passing over the net. Really, for the first time in my life. LoL

I didn`t play well. All ICC`s players tried hard to do the best. Otsukaresamadeshita (Good Job). Even our score was only twenty something and the opponent score was fifty something, but we were very very happy.

Photo Courtesy of Pijah : How happy it was ^_^

Finished? Not yet.. My Taiwan`s friend, Rina, had 15% discount card at Joyfull Restaurant. So, all of us went there to eat. We burned not more than 100 KCal at volleyball match. But then we ate more than 500 KCal at Joyfull restaurant. It`s one of the reason why I`m getting fat here. hahaha...

Again... Great weekend with great friends. Thank`s everyone ^_^

Window Shopping ?!?!?!

Participants : 8 Peoples
Midha (Indonesia), Yang (Taiwan), Jillian (America), Pija (Malaysia), Husna (Malaysia), Ari (Korea), Wan (Malaysia), and Pat (Thailand)

Plan : Window Shopping
Reason : Half of us stated that we had no money (including me)

Destination :

• SHIMAMURA shop in Kiyotake.
• Photo Station or something. My friend Wan, want to participate in a Photography contest to win 100.000 Yen. We wish u luck Wan...
• AEON Mall. Lunch at 3 PM
• DAISO, 100 yen Shop.
  
• Baskin Robin 31 Ice Cream
  
• Yamada Denki
• Pet Shop
• Cake House
• Husna & Pija`s house
  

Left : Special ice cream by 31. Right : Cake House

Japanese doll to refuse the rain

Left : Husna`s car, enough for 8 person. Right : Eating the Roll Cake

Conclusion : It wasn`t Window Shopping
Reason : All of us bought many things even we stated that we had no money. hahaha

It was fun. Thank you my lovely friends ^_^

Karaoke.. Me..? Singing...?

Hanging out on the weekend, last night.

First we visited AEON mall since Pat (my Thailand`s friend) wanted to eat Sushi. Previously I ate Kimchi and toast bread given by Ari & Jillan. So, while waiting for Pat, we just looking around, I bought some groceries for my weekend`s project ^_^

And then, we went to Round One, a famous game centre in Japan. Previously I did Bowling there, I loooooved bowling. But based on request, for last night we did karaoke. Whaaat..? Karaoke..? I know my friend in Indonesia will shock reading this. And questioning is it true that I`m singing..? hahaha.. Even I couldn`t sing well, but It was so fun.

Just acting. I wasn`t singing ^o^ Guess who is Japanase..?
Answer : No Japanese in that picture. I swear..

Conclusion of last karaoke :

• Yang`s voice was awesome. Mine..? Of course One Million Percent bad ^_^
• 3 hours karaoke, result : 9 cups was broken bcoz of my voice. LoL
  
• I was sooooo sleepy

Then we did another things :

1) Pat says : "Concentration, it`s my third coin " Result : FAILED
2) The Staff says : "You should move the machine to this point, I will make it easier"
3) Pat says : "YATTAAA... I got it"
all member say : "Hhuufff... FINALLY"

Before going back to dorm, we took Japanese Photo Box, called Purikura. Every time we go somewhere, Photo Box is a must. Here we are, 9 cute foreigners. Hahaha
Thank`s guys. For that great moment last night. I`m so lucky having friends like all of you ^_^