German for a month

Madoka left for her one month exchange to Germany the 15th of September. The night before I'd helped her close her suitcase a couple of times because it was really full. (Nothing like the 20 kilos I was allowed to bring to Japan!) I told her she could leave her hand luggage in my room to the next morning too. "No problem!" *insert sweet smile*. Little did she know that I had carefully planned this out - she'll be having her birthday while away, and she'd wished for a drawing. I thought I'd make her a draing and try writing her a letter that I'd put in her luggage. (In the Japanese-German textbook in her hand luggage, as it turned out.)

Broken Japanese made to look pretty. Yay!

Admittedly, my Japanese in the letter probably had a load of mistakes. Still, I think she was able to understand what I wanted to say, so it's OK. I tried my best, anyway. :P The drawing I was really pleased with in the end. I especially like the position I drew me in, and mini-me's expression. XD I demand you click for full size:

By the time I was done and had fulfilled my Brilliant Master Plan, it was cloe to 2:30 AM Monday morning. We were supposed to be getting up at 5:30 to follow Madoka to the airport. 3 hours of sleep. Ugh.

Momo came in and turned on the light in my room at exactly 5:30 AM. My response was grunting and pulling the covers over my head to regain precious darkness, which resulted in laughter from kaa-san and Momo. I tried telling them I'd turn into stone if the sunlight hit me (being all Norwegian and related to the trolls and all), but it didn't have any effect. (Actually, I may have just thought this - I was to tired at the time to remember accurately, haha!) I got dressed, staggered to the bathroom, looked in the mirror and confirmed that I looked like a zombie (pale with red, sleep-deprived eyes and generally icky) before I ate a sweetroll and headed for the car.

We drove Madoka to the airport, me singing along to Mini Moni (Mini Hamuzu Ai no Uta) in the car. XD It was kind of weird seeing the airport again - it reminded me of first meeting my host family. I feel very at home with them now, so remembering how I felt the first time we met, being uncertain as to how to adress them, not knowing what they were like... it felt strange. Again, we were following a yellow brick road (so Wizard of Oz that I had to take a picture). Once inside we followed Madoka as far as we could, before heading up to to the floor above where we stood out in the pouring rain waiving to her as she borded her plane and then watched it take off. I'd told her to study on the flight over. Guess why?

Just follow the yellow brick road, and you'll end up in... um...Kagoshima?

Madoka about to leave for Germany. Iiiiiih!

After the plane had left we went to eat breakfast at a restaurant before we headed for Kagoshima City Aquarium. It was really amazing! They had all kinds of fish and sea creatures! We saw everything from small round things I have no clue what were (but they were animals...) to otters and dolphins. We saw the dolphin show as well! It was great - they were so cute! Afterward we went downstairs to see them in the dolphin tank, but I almost fell asleep in front of the dolphins, so since we'd seen everything we decided to go home to sleep. Although I didn't go to bed until the evening. Hah!

Weird, live round things that just happen to look like pretty, green glass balls.

Japanese crabs - the largest in the world!

Me demonstrating "fish".

Momo and me in front of the otter tank. (I stood here for ages!)

I found Nemo!

...and his parents. Even his home, I believe...

I ran over to this tank shrieking "Dory!"
...then proceeded to take loads of pictures. It's Dory!!

"B-Bubbles? ...Bubbles!!"

Momo and me wearing fish hats. (OK, so Momo's is a sea horse...)
I'm still demonstrating "fish". This would be "blowfish".

Dolphin show!! I kept saying "Iruka! Iruka!" XD

Vero-chan: this is for you. See what it reads?
...yup. "Itachizame"! XD

Location: Japan!
Mood: Slightly tired (now it's soon 11 PM...)
Eating: -
Drinking: -