February Photo Album =)

I think it's time to peck at this blog, nice and slow. I am just getting lazier and lazier these days... But not THAT lazy since I cleaned my room today! =) Hohoho... (Trust me, that was an accomplishment) So yea, I am turning this post into a picture post. Lol. I don't really remember what happened exactly 3 weeks ago so yea... There's also way too many pictures, lol.

Okay, and it starts...

The following pictures were taken at the male dormitory. It was a party night. =)

This was the entire crew

The guy with the white pants, red shirt and grey sweater is indeed wearing a hairclip

last photo of the night

The following pictures were taken with the Baking club, lol. My third time at the snow festival and my first time at the ice festival in 豊水すすきの Susukino.

Mongolia, I think.

Honey combs, anyone? And by the way, these statues were still in the process of making two days ago, lol. They are the international ones. Forgot who made this one though.

The poor guy was slightly perforated by the sun rays... =( Forgot which country this was.

Sweden I believe~

ROAR --- No idea which country.

HK~

And the ice festival begins!

Pheonix

Yes sir. Those are indeed crabs and fish in the ice sculpture. (A waste of crab, I swear)

Yes dear... The fish is bleeding because their blood vessels exploded in the process of freezing.

Owl

Dragon~

For Dennis and whoever that likes Gundam~

Twilight road... ;o

No idea what this is.

This was the star of the entire event. =) (imo)

And to end the event --- A big mouth =)

Following photos were taken while I was in Engaru and Yuubetsu. (North of Hokkaido) I visited a Junior high and an Elementary.

The Junior High is new, lol. The walls are white and the wood looks new. =)

"Lockers"

Random hallway with random desks.

Washroom~

Lunch room/Stage

The office

My friend and I. Quick sketches by the teacher, lol.

Yuubetsu  road... The main road, Lol.

A two story hotel.. The only hotel in Yuubetsu, lol.

Train station display at Yuubetsu.

That there is a Creme Caramel ice cream... Soft serve and damn good, lol.

Yuubetsu is a fishing town. =)

Ariel view of Yuubetsu.

You can see the illuminated ski hill in the back... I think I remember seeing one person on the slopes, LOL. This was closed to Monbetsu, by the way. My friend took me to Monbetsu because yea, it's the one of the few populated cities up north, lol. There used to be a fair amount of people who lived here but meh.. It died because the government didn't really support it.

The elementary school wall of preserved goods. =)

Hallway. By the way, this elementary school is located in a small town called Barou, lol. The population dwindles and there is NO convenient store in this town.. (omg)

Hallway and washroom sinks.

I felt sorry for the fish swimming in this tank.

Shoe rack.

Alright, this is the only reason why I would want to be an Elementary School Teacher... Because of awesome kids like this little boy. As you can see, he's wearing an apron with a little head handkerchief. In Japanese countryside, food is delivered to schools and the students hand out the food. This little boy turns out to be the server for today (Along with 3 others) But yea, while we were eating, the little boy said something to the teacher and the teacher replied, "Why don't you try inviting him." Lol~ So yea, I was interested... I looked at him and he said, "恥ずかしい," lol. In other words, "It's embarrassing." LOL~~ I just had to take a picture of him. He's such a cool kid. Everyone in class was laughing. When he saw the camera, he ran out of the room, lol. Ahh~ I want to be a kid again... BUT YEA. In the end, he wanted to ask me to play with him over Spring Break.. I told him I couldn't because.. well.. I'm leaving the following day...

Dinner with my lovely grade 2's and 3's. You can sort of see the cool kid in the back. =)

This kid and the shy kid were the loudest "couple" during Q&A period. Oh yea, I went to the Elementary school with my friend today because yea, he was doing his self introduction... He's only going to this school once and that was today... I don't know why he had to do a self introduction, lol. Or go to this school at all in the first place.

Can you tell which one is the cool kid? Hint: He's wearing a sweater with random English, lol.

That night.. when we were driving back home, lol. It was blizzarding, of course.

Yuubetsu 7AM in the morning.

My last picture of Yuubetsu. Goodbye~ (tear)

The following pictures were taken on a third/fourth Sunday of February. Dinara was performing and yea, Christine and I went to watch.. I took a few random photos. =)

Children~

Can you spot Dinara?

Dinara Backstage

So... interesting story.. I woke up extremely late today, LOL. I woke up when Christine texted me.. And yea, when she texted me, I was supposed to meet her at the station...  LOL~ Woops.. So yea, I got ready in 15 minutes and flew out the door. I got to the station at around 11:45AM and yea, she was lost, lol. In the end, we arrived at the place JUST in time. =) It was like I was never late to begin with, lol. I do look rather grungy though.

How the hell do you expect me to eat such a thing.. Hell, how do you expect a little child to eat this thing.

This lady has quite the character...

Dinara again.

The following photos were taken during the Kendo farewell Party. =) It was at an onsen/hotspring resort, lol.

Lol, the guy doing the peace sign is one of the three people who are graduating.

And the drunk fest begins.

The guy with his arm up is also 1 of 3 people who are graduating. =) And yea, everyone was quite drunk.. the ones up are, at least.

Mastermind coordinator.

The guy in the dark blue sweater is the last person who is graduating. =)

The last photo on my camera, lol.

Next in line is a trip to Otaru with Lisa and Bibi. Scott and Gerreth were supposed to show up but they got lazy and decided to ditch, lol. I won the bet. And yea, there were tons of Hong Kong'ers there, lol. A lot of tourists in general, I guess. I met a family from Hong Kong on the way to Otaru and yea, I was hesitant to talk to them in Canto because I haven't spoken in Canto for so long... -sigh- By the way, we went to Otaru for the candle festival. We also explored the town a wee bit since it was Lisa's first time.

Welcome to Otaru. =)

The cool guy from last time in a different outfit!

No, my hair is not sticking up. That is a road in the back.

Bibi and the man.

"OMG!~ My eyes are burnt out because I saw an angel in Supernatural!!"

Bleh

... Feels good. =)

Me, of course~

Mascot of Hokkaido, I believe.

It's a one sided relationship.

Wax candle pots.

Curry Ramen.. =) The meal before the hike up along the river of candles!

I think that's a family of HK'ers.

Mhm...

Up close of a wax candle and a pile of snowballs.

From the other side of the river. =)

Who would have ever thought piles of snow balls would be so cool...

 

The structure with mini people living in a tunnel-like system.

Feeling peachy

Final photo of the River.

Saw this along the way to the station.

The following photos were taken during the festival in our "dormitory/apartment/living quarters." Christine came over and yea, we made Pancakes because it was the most "Canadian" like thing we could think of, LOL. (There was maple syrup. Maple syrup = Canadian) But yea LOL. It was fun. There were dances, poster displays, food and yea, a farewell party. The festival was pretty is pretty much just an international festival where the staff members convince exchange students to show off their country... So yea, here are the photos.

Mochi making people.

Mochi serving people.

Mochi participant...

Singers

Dancers (The most intense one)

Farewell party food.

Gorrin~ AKA Gorinba. ゴリンバ

Last photo of the night. Kim Seth, Beth and I.

The following photos are taken at a flower festival in Sapporo city. I went with Dinara and Christine. We did other things afterward but I did not take any pictures after, lol.

I thought these were Sakura but they were something else... I forgot the name of the flowers.

YES! Finally sort of caught up... The following posts will be more clear, LOL. I feel like blogging about everything this month because it's my last month here and I will miss this city and its people..