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Tohoku Group B Love!

Pictures credit to Edward!

So yesterday we all went to Faith's house for a gathering! :) Faith is incredibly talented!

This is Faith!


Wore her phantom mask :D I quite like this shot!

Had a potluck! I brought stuff I bought from Old Chang Kee! We had brownies, curry cupcakes (I know right?!), Baked macaroni, pasta, prata, devil's eggs and more! :)


Played some drinking games after!


Ended up singing! :)

It was great! Look forward to seeing everyone again soon! :D
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Prelude to the Land of the Rising Sun.

So I signed up for this trip on the spur of the moment, when I received an email from NTU's Japanese Appreciation Club informing me about it, like two days before the deadline.

And immediately I applied.

I didn't consult anyone, didn't ask my parents if I could go, just checked my schedule, made sure it didn't clash with graduation and just submitted.

The results day came and I received the phone call bearing the good news while I was on the train! Now the next thing that had to be settled was.. how do I tell my parents??

Like most concerned parents, they were worried about the radiation and the possibility of earthquakes happening while I was there. In fact, I was too. But I showed them the website showing monitored radiation levels and hoped they would accept it. After all, it was something I wanted to do, and I wanted their support for it.

When I went to attend the JAC camp (despite my fever urgh), I found a few other companions that were going too! David, Cecilia and Wizard. We hoped that we would be in the same group so that we could stick together. We were all a little afraid going overseas with complete strangers, what if we all couldn't get along? Or if we couldn't make any friends?

The day that we met for the  inauguration ceremony, I felt shy and reserved, and found more friends who were also going for this program. Eric, Ruobin, Pong and Tian Hong! But most of us were in different groups. So I only knew Wizard and Eric from my group. Luckily I knew two of the group leaders, (another) Eric and Fay!

Went for the food reception and I spammed sushi even though I still wasn't feeling well. I didn't really mix with the group because I was really shy, and headed off to Clarke Quay with the NTU people for some Marutama.

Great Claire, now because I was so shy, I didn't make friends at all! #welldone
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Heading off again!

Am head to JAPAN this time, to the Tohoku region, where Sendai, Tokyo, Akita is at. Expect lots of pictures and I am hoping to dip in the onsen!

Really excited about it and hope that my entries will inspire more people to head to Japan! If that's not enough I hope the sashimi and oyako don (can't WAIT) will tempt you. Haha.

Thanks to the Japanese Tourism Board, I am an Ambassador for Tohoku region, so if you see media reports about it, it's about us!

 Picture credits to Faith.

Will be back on the 8th of August. But that doesn't mean I won't be blogging! I have scheduled some posts and if I get wifi there, will blog too!

Can practice my basic japanese there too. Heehee. Kore wa, ikura desu ka? :)
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