Well, this Saturday was my last day in Fukuoka.
Even though I'm sad I have to leave Japan, I can't regret spending four weeks here. And I'm definitely going to come back as soon as possible, I met so many awesome people. It's a shame I can't even stay a little longer now.
I could share a few more photos with you now but it makes me feel kind of sad because I already start to miss everyone.
As you might have noticed, I arrived in Germany and even if I'm definitely NOT GLAD to be back home, I'm healthy and... yeah, still alive. Kind of tired, true, but I already feel better after sleeping for hours. And I already started to save money for going back to Japan as soon as I can. I found a place I can call 'home' because it actually feels like my home.
Someday I'll leave this small place in the middle of nowhere in Nothern Germany and I'm never going to come back again. I disliked my hometown for a while because it's unbelievable boring. But now I really hate living here. So...
As soon as I'm done with school and university: Bye bye, Germany, I'd rather die than coming back here.
So... my next trip is a class trip to Prague in late September. I don't want to go there but... I'll be fine. Except for the fact the I hate 90% of my classmates, especially those girls who need to wear a lot of make up every single day and dress up like... sluts. But it's only for six days. I'm going to survive somehow.
See you in September! ^_^ Stay healthy and take care.
Jia
Dienstag, 30. Juli 2013
Freitag, 26. Juli 2013
Day 26: Graduation
Today was my last day in school.
What should I tell you?
I was so sad when waking up today, this seems like the end. It's so definitely.
Well, I managed not to cry in school. But I don't want to find out what's going to happen tomorrow when Sanna and I go out together again. And it's going to be the last time we can go out together.
I was wrong. This doesn't seem like the end. This is the end of the best month in my entire life. I don't know what I'm going to do today, maybe I'm going out with some friends, tomorrow in the morning I have to clean my room, then I'll go out with Sanna.
And on Sunday I have to leave this place. Is it normal that this thought hurts so much? I mean, I've been crying yesterday. Maybe I won't cry today, there's a 50-50 chance. But tomorrow... no matter what, I will cry
And then there's Sanna, we became good friends and then we have to go back to our countries.
I feel like I'm losing everything when I go back to Germany. And I can't do anything about it. When I was in Busan I felt so happy that I thought I could die immediately.
On Wednesday after the beer festival, I was so hyper and excited because everything was perfect. I knew my life couldn't get better.
And today? I'm depressed. Really depressed. And so unbelievable sad that I can't handle what I'm feeling. How is this going to end? What happened to me? (No, I don't expect an answer, I know what happened to me...)
Let's hope I'll be fine. I'll write the last entries on Sunday when I'm back in Germany because I can't use my laptop until then.
Finally, a photo from the graduation ceremony.
Jia
What should I tell you?
I was so sad when waking up today, this seems like the end. It's so definitely.
Well, I managed not to cry in school. But I don't want to find out what's going to happen tomorrow when Sanna and I go out together again. And it's going to be the last time we can go out together.
I was wrong. This doesn't seem like the end. This is the end of the best month in my entire life. I don't know what I'm going to do today, maybe I'm going out with some friends, tomorrow in the morning I have to clean my room, then I'll go out with Sanna.
And on Sunday I have to leave this place. Is it normal that this thought hurts so much? I mean, I've been crying yesterday. Maybe I won't cry today, there's a 50-50 chance. But tomorrow... no matter what, I will cry
And then there's Sanna, we became good friends and then we have to go back to our countries.
I feel like I'm losing everything when I go back to Germany. And I can't do anything about it. When I was in Busan I felt so happy that I thought I could die immediately.
On Wednesday after the beer festival, I was so hyper and excited because everything was perfect. I knew my life couldn't get better.
And today? I'm depressed. Really depressed. And so unbelievable sad that I can't handle what I'm feeling. How is this going to end? What happened to me? (No, I don't expect an answer, I know what happened to me...)
Let's hope I'll be fine. I'll write the last entries on Sunday when I'm back in Germany because I can't use my laptop until then.
Finally, a photo from the graduation ceremony.
Jia
Day 25: The last Thursday
I already told you in the last entry... I was tired as hell. I was really thankful I hadn't had a hangover but feeling so tired that I felt like falling asleep every minute.
But yesterday was in fact really boring. I started to pack my things in the evening - and I immediately started to cry.
This city, this place, has become my home. I have friends and I feel really good, I feel alive. Why should I want to go back to Germany? There's only my family. They can come over here.
Well, tomorrow we went to the Kyushu Energy Museum during activity class but this was... boring. Really boring, I don't really get what they were trying to tell us. And actually I don't care about this kind of stuff. I took a few photos but it's nothing important so I don't think I'll show them to you. Or maybe later.
Jia
But yesterday was in fact really boring. I started to pack my things in the evening - and I immediately started to cry.
This city, this place, has become my home. I have friends and I feel really good, I feel alive. Why should I want to go back to Germany? There's only my family. They can come over here.
Well, tomorrow we went to the Kyushu Energy Museum during activity class but this was... boring. Really boring, I don't really get what they were trying to tell us. And actually I don't care about this kind of stuff. I took a few photos but it's nothing important so I don't think I'll show them to you. Or maybe later.
Jia
Day 24: Belgian Beer in Japan
First, I know I'm actually too young for drinking alcohol but... it's only beer. I'm German, I'm used to drinking beer. And I'm used to drinking a lot of beer so it can't be this worse.
After school I went out with my boyfriend (yes, it's official since Wednesday) and at first we hadn't had a plan about what we're going to do but then we went to Tenjin Central Park.
There was a stage were bands performed. I don't know how they managed this but there were actually international artists. I guess Belgian artists because... you know, it's a Belgian beer festival/weekend.
We really enjoyed our time, and suddenly there was this girl(? she's 27) from America. Her boyfriend's Japanese and later she told me he was like "Hey, look, there's another foreign girl Japanese guy-couple, we need to talk to them." Somehow we spent about two hours together, maybe even more, and it was kind of interesting even though I wasn't able to understand everything. Japanese, sometimes really fast, you know what I mean.
And they had this cute dog with them, I'll show you a photo.
Well, I was home at... 11.30 PM, than took a shower and did my homework. Kanji practice. But studying Kanji gets kind of interesting when you're a little drunk. I went to sleep between 00.30 and 1AM, and my host mother made me wake up at 4.30 AM the next morning because she had to wash the dishes in the middle of the night. Can you imagine how tired I was on Thursday? Plus, the alcohol... I almost fell asleep in school because I was feeling so sleepy.
Jia
After school I went out with my boyfriend (yes, it's official since Wednesday) and at first we hadn't had a plan about what we're going to do but then we went to Tenjin Central Park.
There was a stage were bands performed. I don't know how they managed this but there were actually international artists. I guess Belgian artists because... you know, it's a Belgian beer festival/weekend.
We really enjoyed our time, and suddenly there was this girl(? she's 27) from America. Her boyfriend's Japanese and later she told me he was like "Hey, look, there's another foreign girl Japanese guy-couple, we need to talk to them." Somehow we spent about two hours together, maybe even more, and it was kind of interesting even though I wasn't able to understand everything. Japanese, sometimes really fast, you know what I mean.
And they had this cute dog with them, I'll show you a photo.
Well, I was home at... 11.30 PM, than took a shower and did my homework. Kanji practice. But studying Kanji gets kind of interesting when you're a little drunk. I went to sleep between 00.30 and 1AM, and my host mother made me wake up at 4.30 AM the next morning because she had to wash the dishes in the middle of the night. Can you imagine how tired I was on Thursday? Plus, the alcohol... I almost fell asleep in school because I was feeling so sleepy.
Jia
Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2013
Day 21 - 23: "What have you done in your last week in Japan?" - "I went to Busan." - "But that's South Korea." - "I know."
The title says it all.
Does it seem strange to go to a city, where you don't know anyone, don't have any WiFi connection plus your cellphone is not working with someone you met around three weeks ago? A little, right?
Well, going to Busan is really cheap because of the Summer Sale in Japan so Sanna and I decided we want to go to Busan. And we survived somehow.
I took so many photos, I have no idea where I should start.
We arrived on Sunday at 1PM at Busan Port International Terminal and went to our hotel but the check in started three hours later so we went out. But somehow we walked into the wrong direction, we passed Chinatown (at least it said Chinatown but there were Russian signs everywhere) and this place was... really smelly. Seriously, there is this smell all around Busan and it caused me a huge headache. I don't know what they've done to this city but the smell can't be because of the port.
Fukuoka has a port as well and the city is really clean even though there aren't any trash cans. In Busan... no, there's rubbish in every corner, people just leave it somewhere. In combination with the weather (Busan is not as hot as Fukuoka) this might be the reason why it's so smelly.
After passing Chinatown we arrived at the Busan Station. This train station is really... big. It can keep up with Hakata Station in Fukuoka. But Busan is about two times bigger than Fukuoka.
Even shortly after arriving I noticed people in Busan are kind of rude compared to Japanese people. If someone bumped into you, Japanese people always apologize about... ten times. Korean people act as if nothing happened. Also, they seem to be more self-confident and open-minded, they just start to talk to you when you're walking on the street while Japanese people never did this. Plus, we were asked really often to take photos with random guys. I know we're special but in Busan are many tourists so... I don't get it.
When we checked in and went to our rooms, the television turned on immediately and there was.. Inkigayo. And only a few moments later MYNAME were on stage. Can you imagine my reaction? I was... screaming as if someone tried to kill me. (Well... Insoo did indeed but he doesn't know about this. And yes, I'm a fangirl, even though I might have a boyfriend. There's a difference in loving your bias/favorite group and loving your boyfriend/girlfriend.)
In the evening we went to Lotte shopping center and we ate Korean pizza. It's a little more spicy than normal pizza, and the one we ordered was made with sweet potatoes.
On Monday, we went to the Busan Tower. It was really impressive and beautiful, the sky was blue and the sun was shining but it wasn't as hot as it was when leaving Japan. I also bought presents for my mom and my friends in Germany (Jana, Mia and Fuyu, you'll get some presents from Korea :D).
Later, we went tried to find a CD shop when walking down the shopping street but.. there was none. In a city like Busan it should be possible to find a CD shop, right? RIGHT?!
Well, we found one when going back to Lotte Busan, and... there goes all my money. I 'only' spent about 50€ but I bought six CDs and I was so happy about this. But Sadly I wasn't able to get MYNAME's and Mr.Mr's new albums. (I've seen them in a CD shop in Fukuoka, I'm going to give it another try~)
I also bought two jackets because my shoulders got burned on Saturday and it only hurt when I was walking in the sun without wearing anything. So know I'm really okay with this.
And I bought a lot of candy. South Korea is so cheap, you can get everything and you don't really have to pay this much. Sure it depends. I wanted to buy choose that were about -50% because of the sale but.. the problem is that woman in Asia seem to have really small feet. That's so annoying. And my feet aren't really big or anything like this.
Well, we spent nice days in Busan and we found a shop that offered free WiFi so we ended up eating in front of this shop every single time.
Except for breakfast. We had breakfast at the hotel but... this was so not breakfast. Salad, soup, sausages, Kimchi, some random things I've never seen before... and only on Monday I was able to get my bread. People, that's lunch, for breakfast, I need to have my bread. Otherwise I might become kind of bad-tempered.
Well, on Tuesday evening, we savely arrived in Fukuoka but we were really tired after these days. And, when talking to Sanna, I got to know we both missed Fukuoka somehow. If I really had to choose between Busan and Fukuoka... I'd rather go to Fukuoka. It's such a beautiful and clean place, the people are really polite (even though Korean couples are so cute because they love this skinship-stuff) and the city is big enough for me. I only would love Busans weather in Fukuoka, it's so hot in Japan but I totally got used to it.
So, now, I'll post a lot of pictures and you'll see the wonderful parts of Busan and a lot of advertisements I found somehow somewhere.
Jia
Does it seem strange to go to a city, where you don't know anyone, don't have any WiFi connection plus your cellphone is not working with someone you met around three weeks ago? A little, right?
Well, going to Busan is really cheap because of the Summer Sale in Japan so Sanna and I decided we want to go to Busan. And we survived somehow.
I took so many photos, I have no idea where I should start.
We arrived on Sunday at 1PM at Busan Port International Terminal and went to our hotel but the check in started three hours later so we went out. But somehow we walked into the wrong direction, we passed Chinatown (at least it said Chinatown but there were Russian signs everywhere) and this place was... really smelly. Seriously, there is this smell all around Busan and it caused me a huge headache. I don't know what they've done to this city but the smell can't be because of the port.
Fukuoka has a port as well and the city is really clean even though there aren't any trash cans. In Busan... no, there's rubbish in every corner, people just leave it somewhere. In combination with the weather (Busan is not as hot as Fukuoka) this might be the reason why it's so smelly.
After passing Chinatown we arrived at the Busan Station. This train station is really... big. It can keep up with Hakata Station in Fukuoka. But Busan is about two times bigger than Fukuoka.
Even shortly after arriving I noticed people in Busan are kind of rude compared to Japanese people. If someone bumped into you, Japanese people always apologize about... ten times. Korean people act as if nothing happened. Also, they seem to be more self-confident and open-minded, they just start to talk to you when you're walking on the street while Japanese people never did this. Plus, we were asked really often to take photos with random guys. I know we're special but in Busan are many tourists so... I don't get it.
When we checked in and went to our rooms, the television turned on immediately and there was.. Inkigayo. And only a few moments later MYNAME were on stage. Can you imagine my reaction? I was... screaming as if someone tried to kill me. (Well... Insoo did indeed but he doesn't know about this. And yes, I'm a fangirl, even though I might have a boyfriend. There's a difference in loving your bias/favorite group and loving your boyfriend/girlfriend.)
In the evening we went to Lotte shopping center and we ate Korean pizza. It's a little more spicy than normal pizza, and the one we ordered was made with sweet potatoes.
On Monday, we went to the Busan Tower. It was really impressive and beautiful, the sky was blue and the sun was shining but it wasn't as hot as it was when leaving Japan. I also bought presents for my mom and my friends in Germany (Jana, Mia and Fuyu, you'll get some presents from Korea :D).
Later, we went tried to find a CD shop when walking down the shopping street but.. there was none. In a city like Busan it should be possible to find a CD shop, right? RIGHT?!
Well, we found one when going back to Lotte Busan, and... there goes all my money. I 'only' spent about 50€ but I bought six CDs and I was so happy about this. But Sadly I wasn't able to get MYNAME's and Mr.Mr's new albums. (I've seen them in a CD shop in Fukuoka, I'm going to give it another try~)
I also bought two jackets because my shoulders got burned on Saturday and it only hurt when I was walking in the sun without wearing anything. So know I'm really okay with this.
And I bought a lot of candy. South Korea is so cheap, you can get everything and you don't really have to pay this much. Sure it depends. I wanted to buy choose that were about -50% because of the sale but.. the problem is that woman in Asia seem to have really small feet. That's so annoying. And my feet aren't really big or anything like this.
Well, we spent nice days in Busan and we found a shop that offered free WiFi so we ended up eating in front of this shop every single time.
Except for breakfast. We had breakfast at the hotel but... this was so not breakfast. Salad, soup, sausages, Kimchi, some random things I've never seen before... and only on Monday I was able to get my bread. People, that's lunch, for breakfast, I need to have my bread. Otherwise I might become kind of bad-tempered.
Well, on Tuesday evening, we savely arrived in Fukuoka but we were really tired after these days. And, when talking to Sanna, I got to know we both missed Fukuoka somehow. If I really had to choose between Busan and Fukuoka... I'd rather go to Fukuoka. It's such a beautiful and clean place, the people are really polite (even though Korean couples are so cute because they love this skinship-stuff) and the city is big enough for me. I only would love Busans weather in Fukuoka, it's so hot in Japan but I totally got used to it.
So, now, I'll post a lot of pictures and you'll see the wonderful parts of Busan and a lot of advertisements I found somehow somewhere.
Jia
Day 20: International BBQ Party
On Saturday I went to an International BBQ in a park in Fukuoka.
I met so many awesome people, many Japanese and Koreans were there, and we really had a lot of fun.
I was a little tired because I had a sleepless night before (yeah, thanks to this special person) but we really enjoyed our time.
We had pork, chicken and beef for lunch, and after eating we had a water fight. Everyone ended up so wet but the sun was shining (and I got totally sunburnt, again. I'm just too pale) and we had fun like this.
I don't really know what I should tell you, I'm just going to share some photos taken Odo Park during the BBQ and you have to be fine with it. xD
Jia
Day 19: One of the most confusing but best days
Actually I didn't want to tell you about Friday but well... nearly all of my friends already know about this and I can tell you at least a little bit.
You remember how bored I was when I had to spend a whole weekend at home? The first weekend here?
Well... This Friday changed my entire life. It might sound a bit strange but this day was one of the best days so far.
When I was so bored, a friend told me about fukuoka-now.com and that there are people looking for language exchange. I went out with this guy on Tuesday last week, and we met up again on Friday just because we wanted to hang out together. We went to a café, then he took me to a restaurant and finally we ended up in a karaoke bar.
Karaoke is fun, seriously, I'm a bad singer but I enjoyed my time.
When I'm in Japan with friends, we so need to go to karaoke together, the rooms are kind of small but it has to be so funny when you go there with a group of friends.
However, somehow I ended up close to this guy I went out with, and I was so confused later. Actually I didn't want to fall in love in Japan but... what to do? He told me he likes me a lot, I like him and... why shouldn't we give it a try? Okay, maybe the 10.000 kilometers between Germany and Japan could be a reason but I've got nothing to lose.
Damn it, I haven't been in love for years, and then I manage to fall in love in Japan in a few weeks.
This sounds so weird but, okay, everything's fine up until now.
As long as I'm happy, I'm okay and everyone else has to be okay with this.
Jia
You remember how bored I was when I had to spend a whole weekend at home? The first weekend here?
Well... This Friday changed my entire life. It might sound a bit strange but this day was one of the best days so far.
When I was so bored, a friend told me about fukuoka-now.com and that there are people looking for language exchange. I went out with this guy on Tuesday last week, and we met up again on Friday just because we wanted to hang out together. We went to a café, then he took me to a restaurant and finally we ended up in a karaoke bar.
Karaoke is fun, seriously, I'm a bad singer but I enjoyed my time.
When I'm in Japan with friends, we so need to go to karaoke together, the rooms are kind of small but it has to be so funny when you go there with a group of friends.
However, somehow I ended up close to this guy I went out with, and I was so confused later. Actually I didn't want to fall in love in Japan but... what to do? He told me he likes me a lot, I like him and... why shouldn't we give it a try? Okay, maybe the 10.000 kilometers between Germany and Japan could be a reason but I've got nothing to lose.
Damn it, I haven't been in love for years, and then I manage to fall in love in Japan in a few weeks.
This sounds so weird but, okay, everything's fine up until now.
As long as I'm happy, I'm okay and everyone else has to be okay with this.
Jia
Day 16 - 18: When a normal week stays totally normal
I'm really sorry I didn't update this blog for a while. You'll know why later but I was quite busy and sometimes it's really difficult to find the time for writing my blog.
Well, last week Tuesday to Thursday. It was boring. And I mean really boring.
Tuesday I went to Tojinmachi International Clinic with a friend because she had a problem. Well, people were starring at us again but I don't really care about it any longer.
Wednesday... I don't even remember clearly, I guess we went to the Cat Café. You just go in there, sit down, get a drink, and you sit in a room with about 20 cats, you can pet them and play with them. I mean, seriously, why do you need something like this? Except for the fact I'm not a huge fan of cats, I clearly prefer dogs (even though cats are cute as well).
I try to see it as an experience. That's all.
On Thursday we went to the Disaster Control Centre, and this was actually senseless. They can simulate earthquakes and fire and nearly everything else. An earthquake would have been interesting but no, my group had to practice what to do when there's a fire. No, we seriously don't have any fires in Germany. *irony*
I didn't take pictures because I wasn't interested in this but it's fine.
I think you don't want to see something boring. I'll tell you more interesting things later.
Jia
Well, last week Tuesday to Thursday. It was boring. And I mean really boring.
Tuesday I went to Tojinmachi International Clinic with a friend because she had a problem. Well, people were starring at us again but I don't really care about it any longer.
Wednesday... I don't even remember clearly, I guess we went to the Cat Café. You just go in there, sit down, get a drink, and you sit in a room with about 20 cats, you can pet them and play with them. I mean, seriously, why do you need something like this? Except for the fact I'm not a huge fan of cats, I clearly prefer dogs (even though cats are cute as well).
I try to see it as an experience. That's all.
On Thursday we went to the Disaster Control Centre, and this was actually senseless. They can simulate earthquakes and fire and nearly everything else. An earthquake would have been interesting but no, my group had to practice what to do when there's a fire. No, we seriously don't have any fires in Germany. *irony*
I didn't take pictures because I wasn't interested in this but it's fine.
I think you don't want to see something boring. I'll tell you more interesting things later.
Jia
Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2013
Day 15: An Unexpected Journey
Actually this was a day without school.
A holiday but we had a bus trip.
First, we went to Yamaguchi to a fish market. A fish market and I hate fish. What a nice combination? Yes, indeed.
We were walking around for 10 minutes just for finding a Convenient store. In Fukuoka, there's a Convenient store every five meters, and in Yamaguchi you walk... and walk.. and someday you'll find one. We were screaming when we saw the Family Mart (even though Lawson is a lot better...)
The we went to the 'Big Cave' or Akiyoshido. (I'm not to sure about the Japanese name, I forget it every single time.)
It was really interesting. I mean, you know the 'Lord of the Rings'? It looks like the place were Gollum and this dragon lived. It was amazing. But dark and most of the photos aren't this good. Sadly.
Well, it was fun and kind of interesting but we spent more than five hours in the bus and I was kind of tired when we came back.
Did I ever tell you what I'm like when I'm walking outside? I'm totally fangirling about perfectly normal Japanese guys. THIS IS MY HEAVEN! QWQ
But well, I'll just show you a few photos and I guess I wrote enough for today then.
See you,
Jia
A holiday but we had a bus trip.
First, we went to Yamaguchi to a fish market. A fish market and I hate fish. What a nice combination? Yes, indeed.
We were walking around for 10 minutes just for finding a Convenient store. In Fukuoka, there's a Convenient store every five meters, and in Yamaguchi you walk... and walk.. and someday you'll find one. We were screaming when we saw the Family Mart (even though Lawson is a lot better...)
The we went to the 'Big Cave' or Akiyoshido. (I'm not to sure about the Japanese name, I forget it every single time.)
It was really interesting. I mean, you know the 'Lord of the Rings'? It looks like the place were Gollum and this dragon lived. It was amazing. But dark and most of the photos aren't this good. Sadly.
Well, it was fun and kind of interesting but we spent more than five hours in the bus and I was kind of tired when we came back.
Did I ever tell you what I'm like when I'm walking outside? I'm totally fangirling about perfectly normal Japanese guys. THIS IS MY HEAVEN! QWQ
But well, I'll just show you a few photos and I guess I wrote enough for today then.
See you,
Jia
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