27th august
japan tent trip ends today. so sad. it was a fast 1 week, especially since i was eating my fill everyday and enjoying myself so much that time passes in a twinkle.
the room i slept in the past 3 days.

and my final luxurious breakfast. i ate so much bread that day.

instant cup soup

the 2 kids that awoke me from my sleep in the morning.

and the morning news featuring yesterday's ambassadors. the news only featured pictures so no videos were taken. my memory was also running out.


i also baded farewell to the dog there called love-chan


then we departed for the meeting area and snapped some final moments pictures


obaachan and me

kouichirou-san and me

a model of this building's surroundings



a china girl who stayed at RUID too


before we go, it is of cos necessary for some farewell words and dramatic sayonara and good byes.



chairman and vice-chairman of the student volunteers. when they gave their speech, there was a sad melody playing and the vice-chairman looked like she was about to cry. wow.


i seriously didn't think anyone was listening. the 2 boys with me certainly wasn't. we were all too restless!


we found koichirou-san outside and took some last last family photo

when we finally boarded the bus...
me and saka/sharon

and my final lunch/dinner.

then it was really goodbye.


goodbye, kanazawa. and thanks for the wonderful memories you gave to me.

26th august
today's breakfast!

taking pictures of the house i stayed in

today was temari. the view from the building we were in was great.

temari is actually a soft ball where you can stitch patterns on and is used for display and decoration purposes.

for someone who likes art and crafts, this was of cos enjoyable to me :D

my finished work!


and all those there



our senseis

then we headed over to some hotel's... auditorium and prepared for a 2+hour long nap. oh sorry, it was supposed to be some symposium.
i like my bentou lunch

we had some time left before the start so we went out to starbucks. we had to sign in and sign out and were constantly followed by the yellow shirt volunteers. kinda feel like prisoners sometimes (-_-`)
and the drone begins...

some photos before the ceremony starts
me and a filipino girl


look at hanuru and byeolyi's mei ren. hahah

5 ambassadors gave their 'i love japan tent speech'
forgot to take the first picture of ernesto from bolivia.
this girl is from vietnam. all their japanese rocks.

think she's from russia

a guy from china

eva from italy

and 35 ambassadors-to-be from the various countries

after the symposium, we headed down to kanazawa jo for the carnival. seems like the farewell carnival is held there every year.

me with oscar from colombia




and the stalls



the girl besides me is another singaporean named emily.

yaccine's handmade okashi! looks pretty!

there was a concert going on but i didn't catch much of it


my camera died then. have to get the rest of the pictures from someone else!! my previous host family came!! i spent the rest of the night with them in the end.
when we were about to go home, we realised that it was actually the last day we'll get to see kazuki, sayaka and the rest of the kids so we took a final picture outside of the castle and baded goodbyes.
when we returned home, we went to catch our daily news.

byeolyi was interviewed for the temari.