it's been raining for the past few days. brr~~

i've got so many many things to talk about. so let's start from last fri.

23th Feb 07 (Fri)

Went to Bukit Batok Community Center with Dawn to welcome my homestay. My sis could not accompany me cos she was scratched by wish while bathing him. deeep deep scratches.

reached there. the japanese students were already seated and us hosts, were supposed to find our names which were sticked on the chairs. i walked and walked. couldn't find leh. luckily annie, the organiser appeared and directed me to my seat/ and i saw Saya! My first hostee ever. The center's band was performing onstage and soon, the japanese students were also invited to dance to their music.

after the whole thingy, we went back to my house to put down her bags and after introducing her to my family members, saya, my siblings and i went to bedok 85 for supper! had satay, chicken wings, ba chou mi and sugar cane drink.

Oh man! i look like psycho........ haha.

we went back home, and before sleeping, we had a nice chat on languages. we taught her chinese and she taught me jap. hahaa.

24th Feb 07 (Sat)

It was a veru rushy day. many things popped up unplanned. hahs./ i was dead tired by the end of the day.

Went to Ya Kun at century square for breakfast. (no pics... i think we used saya's cam) we ordered sets a, b, c and d. and we shared the foods. (i still prefer SIM one. haha.)

Okay. then after that, we took mrt to bugis. went to parco first. took neoprints. With Saya around, we let her handle all those instructions on the screen with peaceful minds =)

took a walk round parco before heading to icon.

we dashed across the road to icon under the drizzle.. a lady was at the entrance pumping helium balloons. my sis went to the auntie and asked for one. to our surprise, the auntie stretched out her hand and gave all nine balloons to my sis. we were like woah lorh. so we started taking pics again. haha./

walked walked walked walked around icon. Nothing much. so we went to bugis street. and later on, to kuan yin temple.

later on, we took the taxi to far east plaza. this wasn't in my itinerary due to the lack of time but heck. at that point of time, play was priority, itinerary, second. actually, the reason of going far east, besides shopping, was to bring her to try chicken rice larh. hahs.



The chicken rice shop aunty was so high that she even high fived with saya when we left. lol.





So we shopped and shopped and shopped...

Then we proceeded to heerens. And guess who we saw on our way... FRANCIS NG!!! YICHENNNNNN!!! LOL. i went to chase him larh. really. at paragon there. but he rejected to take a photo. guess he was keeping a low profile larh. sian diaoz. but he really is handsome lorh. haha. saya seemed rather lost tho, cos i think she dunno who that person is. and when we went to the newsstand near heerens, covers of a particular magazine with fancis ng on it were pasted in a line at the top of the newstands larh! then i was so excited that i kept pointing out to saya. lol. pardon me larh. u must understand that im a hk drama freak and triumph to the skies is one of my fav tvb drama.


ok anyway, reached heerens. went hmv first. then gradually shopped ard. took a pic using saya's cam. then we went to hail a cab to marine parade for Roland Restaurant. mt siblings and i were comtemplating whether to bring saya to the night safari cos other hosts would be bringing their hostees and if we don't bring saya, she might feel left out. but by the time the dinner ends, it would be too late.. so we've decided to skip the dinner halfway. and eventually two of my cousins also went with us, with shufang as the driver. lol.
tho abit blur but still many Thanks to night safari staff for helping us take this pic =)

Yea. and like i said earlier, the whole day totally drained me out. my sis could still go and have supper with my cousins after driving us home. pro~

Actually, if not the fact that ive got to wake up at seven the next morning, i would have gone with them too. lol.


25th Feb 07 (Sun)

Woke up at 7. went to meet with Maya and Benjamin (another host and hostee) for breakfast at tampines east cc. yes, macdonalds. lol. after which, we took a taxi to bukit batok cc where all japanese students will gather to go sentosa. i didn't opt to go with them so i went home. ben gave me a lift at harborfront cos take mrt nearer than taking at bukit batok. so i thought might as well shop at vivo. went ard and ard. went daiso and page one.. bought some other stuff for saya, one of which includes a book with a picture of a truck. also went to the rooftop and took some pics.
went back home, suddenly thought of decorating the truck book for saya and did so. AND tadah!

nice? haha. my work leh, how can be not nice =p

so needless to say, we (my bro and i) went to the airport at night supposedly to send her off but in the end, just passing the things we had for her. cos the class had briefings and all so we din wanna disturb saya.

so ya. summing up the homestay prog = quite an experience

26th Feb 07 (Mon)

Went to Autism Center at clementi. was quite an eye opener. the T stools, the trampoline, the children, the really visual aids widely available in the classroom, etc. Chatting with one of the children's maid also made me learn more about children with autism. from what the lady shared, the parents spent alot on that particular child. Sending their child to some 'r something something' program besides this. The lady also had to take down the lessons the child had for that day and give an hour of revision for the child at home. Furthermore, the child also have a special diet. and from the improvements of the child i got to know from a first hander and from my observations on that day, i suddenly view early intervention as really really crucial but is also financially, physically and perhaps, emotionally straining.