The first half of the day was a simple affair as the main activity is the Teine Hhippo Xmas party later tonight. A quick walk with Mebae and Ruki after breakfast was refreshing as the air was fresh and the brisk walk getting rid of my residual sleepiness. By now I realised that Ruki had a weird love for gnawing at snow. It was pretty interesting to see him rush to every snow pile we pasased by and chewing the ice. Having mentioned previously that I would like to...

Friday started with me being woken up by the unexpected arrival of June. Her host had to work and so left her at my place before going to work. It was a pleasant surprise to have June around though. And so I washed up and was greeted by another hearty breakfast. This time round, I had a chatty breakfast as Ron chan and June joined me at the table. Topics ranging from Singapore's food to Chinese New Year customs were brought up and by now I realised that June was ...

The day started with a hearty and healthy breakfast prepared by Ron chan. "Itadakimasu!" I uttered and I had no problem finishing the delicious meal. Today we're going to Shiroi Koibito Park and Factory. And along the way, I slowly learnt that its actually a famous white chocolate biscuit exclusively to Hokkaido. This got me pretty excited as I pretty much love chocolates. We met up with June, Linghan, Wai Kit, Junlong and Samuel who was a little late ...

This wonderful and memorable trip started with every homestay participant gathering at Changi Airport on the night of the 16th of Dec. I was there pretty early, only 1 other, which I can't really recall who already, beat me to it. Me with my backpack and a medium sized luggage were soon joined by the rest of the homestayers as the clock ticks by. The Orientation for this trip held a couple of weeks back did us some good as the ice was quickly broken. But such was...