世界にひとつだけの花

一週間に日本人が二回来た。どっちも関西地方からのお客さんだけど、今度は大阪からのだ。シンガポールには五日しか泊まらないけれど、きっと楽しかったと思うよ。日本人の四日目にラッフルーズ高校に来た。四十人を及ぶ生徒たちと十人ぐらいの先生方が訪ねてきました。学校はちょうど建国記念日の祝いとしてスポーツカニバールを催していたから、学校のどこでも生き生きした雰囲気だった。僕も初めて、こんな学校を見た。すばらしい。サッカー、バスケットボール、ネットボール、ハンドボール、フローボール、ラグビなどなどの試合が行われていた。ラッフルーズの生徒はスポーツだって何でもできるみたいなあ。さすがなラッフルーズ。そして、今度僕は普通と違って、日本人の生徒ではなく、日本人の先生方に学校を案内してあげました。それもなんか初めてやったので、新しい経験だった。砕けた話ばっかりではなく、敬語を使ってまじめな話題をしゃべった。まあ、本当に辛い一日だったんで、さっき昼寝もしたけど、頭が働けないほど疲れてる。で、日本語も喋れなくなっちゃった。もちろん書くこともできなくなっちゃった。じゃ残りは英語で打つね。

so basically, the japs from osaka came to singapore, and stopped by our school for a day for some activity with our interact club. being the super-extra nihonjin no pouza we are, (ok, i am), we volunteered to help out in the whole event. this time, i wasn't in charge of the jap students, even though there were plenty of them. instead, i was together with the interact chair, melody and yvonne who entertained the big shots from japan. (oh not forgetting sohee amanda and shuyu who came to help out!)WOAH, stressful sia... but no really, they were nice nice ppl. at the start, it was quite awkward cuz they thought we couldn't speak jap. and the language barrier itself would destroy the whole purpose of the visit. luCkily, they came to the right school! we have plentiful supply of nihonjin no nisemonos around who would gladly volunteer to guide them around. so the whole thing started, we brought the teachers to GO, den around the school. well really, i haven't felt so, hmm excited with all the big shots around. i was afraid of slipping some too-casual or wrong words out of my mouth. so it was very jin3shen4 while handling with them. hmm handling with them doesn't sound very nice. entertaining them.

now i realized how difficult it is to use keigo in real life. it sounds pretty simple just memorizing all the keigo verbs and stuff, but when it comes to a real life situation and facing a jap who is old enough to be your father, ur tongue starts getting tied and ur brain stops working. even as i TRIED to spit the keigo out, i paused every moment to check whether it's grammatically correct. but that was at the start, as time passes by, we felt closer to them. and we started throwing our keigos away, and kept to masu-forms. and as time passes by again, we started getting tired and started using all the wrong jap. argh. anywayyy, it was really fun bringing them around, and when we returned to the GO, it was talking time! two very nice teachers, three rather, came to chat with us. so furendori! ahh so fun so fun. i never felt so fun talking to adults. haha, perhaps it was my first time talking to so many adult strangers. but it was a really good feeling. i felt GROWN-UP! we talked about SERIOUS stuff. hahaha, not exactly, but things that concern our future! like wad we want to do in future, and stuff like that. although it's not the first time i talk about such stuff, i still feel the adrenaline everytime i do so. it makes me look forward to my future, but at the same time, it makes me worry cuz when i try and fast-forward my life and see wad happens in ten(ok lar, five) years time, i don't see anything! ok i take that back, i see something. but i keep feeling i may not be able to achieve wad i see. oh well, i'm a paranoid person.

so anyway, we talked and talked. and the moment i waited for so long came! the two teachers gave me their namecards! oh maan, i felt so, so, so, so ahh.... happy. haha. ok my vocab sux. someone help me substitute that word. anywayy, ohh and yvonne was so jealous cuz her dream of marrying a rich man's son is being jeopardized, by ME. hahaha. and she says that it's cuz japs prefer guys to girls. is that true? hmmmm.. oh well oh well...

so after the visit to our sch, they took a bus to j8, which took longer than the time we walked there. haha.. so we were split into groups and went separate ways for lunch. ohh actually my job was supposed to be done in school, before they leave for j8. but somehow, we decided to continue being extra by following them for lunch. so being groupless, i once again joined the league of superpowers, ie the jap teachers for lunch. wow wow damn damn damn cool. i really felt like an adult. haha. so we chatted and chatted, oh and i brought one of the teachers to cristofori to look for guitars. so cool!! but the food that we ordered came SO late. omg the japs must be furious with the lousy singapore service! OOPS, it's national day tomorrow. i should sound nicer. the japs must be amused by the singapore service. (ok it doesn't change much). but anywayyy, the last dish came like one hour later. oh man. terribly terrible.

ok this entry's getting a bit long. i should summarize. after lunch we went to henderson children society! yay, it's not my first time there. and i recognize some of the kids there! but sadly, none of them remembers me, except one. oh but never mind! cuz melody says that she goes there every week for tutoring, and the girl couldn't remember her. hahaha. ok that's damn funny. so i shouldn't feel sad that they don't remember me since the last time i went was last yr. ohh and actually, my job was supposed to end at the lunch, but somehow, we decided to continue being really extra and followed them to henderson. oh well. henderson was fun. but the kids were havoc. really havoc. it's not humanely possible to get everyone of them on their butts. but anywayy, the japs sang for us a song! and that is, sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana! yay the end~~~