Miyasaki!

The day after I returned home Diane and myself went to Tai-chans takoyaki party and later hanabi. We made takoyaki which tasted soooo good when you make it yourself. His mum also prepared a huge feast where I ate jellyfish xD hehe 

Hanabi was awesome! The fireworks were huge and we sat right under them so they appeared even closer! The first thing we all did was go to the kingyou scoop (goldfish scoop) where we had to catch 6 fish with paper scoops. It was difficult since they can obviously desinergrate but I managed to catch them all and gave them to Tai-chans mum for a present. There was also a man who proposed to his love of 10 years on a stage which was just adorable. She said yes!!! So there were heart shaped fireworks. Too cute!! 

The next day Diane, myself and the rest of Kyuushu chapter made their way down to Miyasaki for our last ever orentation ): 

Just put 30 odd exchange students together and you have a killer 3 days! 

Miyasaki is so beautiful. There's so many mountains and trees and to get there you have to pass through 23 tunnels that run through the mountains. The spot we had with our cabins is more or less secluded so it really was like a mini vacation. 

I got to meet up with the friends I made in Osaka plus got to know a whole lot more. Did tonnes of great things. 

First night was a BBQ and basically taking it easy talking with everyone. 

Second day was an early morning and a then off to the university where we had to listen to speeches for 6 hours in Japanese. That part was not fun. So we entertained ourselves half way through by sleeping, hangman etc. Got back and smashed watermelons with sticks and did hanabi! 

Last full day in Miyasaki we went back to the uni and did some group volunteering activities. My group went to Aya Chou and made pottery and went around the mountains looking at plants. 

Fun fact #1: onibasu = lillypad

Though for me I got a major headache when we were about to do pottery so I slept With Natasha (who was also sick) in a school nurses car. 

Alex (an Aussie!) made science stuff in his group so he filled a garbage bag full of slime and we mixed it up in his bath. Afterwards, of course, we had a slim war and played with it. 

Leaving sucked big time. We went to a yakitori all you can eat resturant and ate. Afterwards we had to say goodbye. After having 3 days of proper conversations with people it was hard to come back to my limited speaking world. Hence, I felt a tad miserable for a day or two.

 All good now though!! :3

So yeah that's about it. 
I'll write a blog about our family trip away next time. 

Oh, and a shout out to my darling Aunt who reads my blogs. Love you and missing you <3 Give a hug to those cousins of mine for me xoxo

No regrets! Live for the moment!!

K x