
Setting out
At airport with dad and mom.

Arrival!
United Airline~ our flight

Arrived!
Cheryl, Carissa and mayu in Japan!

Shinkansen
Shinkansen to Shizuoka from Tokyo Eki! Zhiyi, Cheryl and Sandy~

Tokyo Eki Platform
Taken from inside the Shinkansen.

Shinkansen
Shinkansen to Shizuoka from Tokyo Eki! mayu, Carissa and Isshi Sensei~

A walk after dinner
That is one of those laundry shops in Japan.

A walk after dinner
We walked for about 2 hours?

Laundry shop
How it looks like inside.

Back in hotel
After the walk itz back to hotel. Supposed to be rehearsing for our presentation.

In mayu and Carissa's room
But look what they're doing.. haha ^^

Sandy
sitting in the free massage chair in our hotel rooms~

Carissa
Is that milk tea? XD

Zhiyi
Acting cool again... =_=

A new day
Waking up at the hotel, and seeing Mt Fuji!

Mt Fuji
A closer look

From the hotel
different views from the hotel

Hotel's restaurant
Our breakfast of onigiri here!

screen
the pretty sceen in the htel's restaurant.

Shizuoka University
After breakfast, we took a bus to shizuoka unversity. that's the map.

Making the climb up
Shizuoka Uni, like nus is built on a hill.

Climbing even higher
A very tall hill

Shizuoka Uni
Did i mention the buildings are pretty tall too? Works kinda like NTU.

A little break
A little break and mischief in one of the empty lecture halls!

A bunch of bad students
what are *you*staring at?

Smile!

Blackboard!!
they are still using blackboards!

Ms Cheryl
She teaches english.

The three stooges?

The only hardworking student
he's hard at work... shhhh

Our guides from S.Uni
ern..names anyone?

A tour around sch grounds
Itz a very warm day. But the sky is really blue.

still touring
They dont' have suttle bus systems in the school. So they walk everywhere.

more touring
It's lesson time so we don't see alot of students around.

Maple leaves~
It's winter, but the weather still feels like autumn.

Canteen
One of their 2 or 3 canteens?

Water/tea dispenser
What mayu loves most about Japanese school canteens, they have free water dispensers!

Lunch
er.. quite nice.

Visiting a class
We presented on how we learn japanese in nus. This class is mainly about how people acquire 2nd or 3rd languages.

Class photo
The teacher is very funny

More touring
This time in the science faculty. This is one of the labs.

Finally a break!
He's not the only one sleeping.

Meet the hosts!
Host family introducing HIPPO Club...

Host Family
mayu's room~ that's my very comfortable bed with 5 layers.

mayu's bed
it's very very VERY comfy.

mayu's room
taken from the bed's angle. It's a japanese style room with sliding doors.

mayu's slippers
they are very very VERY warm and comfy.

host family house
first floor corridor from the door to the living room and kitchen.

host family kitchen
dining table. i miss their dinner.

host family kitchen
the kitchen and dining area~ lots of happy memories here!

Manga!!
These are otousan's manga. but most of them are stories of war and soldiers...

novels
Otousan's novels... this family likes to read alot.

HIPPO club's cds and books
Imagine how much money they poured into THAT.

Even more cds
I wonder if they really read them??

That's the front door.

The living room
And itz oso where they sleep when mayu comes...

Shiori and Makoto!
Shiroi is a very good elder sister!

Shiori
pretty isn't she? XD she's an aspiring mangaka!