Okayama prefecture

 Hi, I went to Okayama prefecture on August 10th & 11th! I had to go there from my school, because I have been participating in UNESCO activities. We are going to have "World High School Student's Forum" at Okayama next November. My job is to support those who come from foreign country. Hopefully, I could be a good support for them! 

 On the first day, I spend a night at a business hotel in Okayama-city. The name of the hotel is "Toyoko-inn", I am sure it's one of the biggest business hotel chains in Japan! ( http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/index.html )

 I took some photos in the room! The room is not big, but it was pretty neat! I loved it! Business hotels could be a great option if you're coming to Japan alone. 

 I bought some souvenir for my family and friends, the most popular sweets gift in Okayama is "Kibidango". It is a Japanese dumpling made from the meal or flour of the kibi grain. 

I haven't really been sight seeing in Okayama, thus I can't tell you that much of information, though you should visit Okayama, if you have a chance! The air is refreshing here!!

I'll come back to write again soon :)

HEIDI.

Reunion with my volunteer work people

 Wednesday, I had a great time at the Osaka International Youth Hostel ( http://www.osaka-yha.or.jp/osakakokusai/english/index.html )! I went there with some people from my volunteer work :) I sometimes teach foreign kids Japanese and some other subjects. Anyways, I went there to make lunch by ourselves at the BBQ site. We made roast beef, Indian curry, and  Tandoori chicken! They were pretty good, I just ate too much....

After that, we played Kin-ball in the gymnasium! Kin-ball is a Canadian sports which we play with a huge ball(the diameter is about 1m!) It was really really fun but I got too tired that I didn't want to walk home haha. 

Some tips about youth hostels in Osaka, we have 4 of those here. Shin-Osaka(near Osaka-station), Nagai(it's connected to one of the biggest soccer stadium in Osaka), Gyokusenji(It's in the north of Osaka surrounded by nature!), and the one I went the other day(in Sakai, not too far from KIX). The price range per night is 2800yen ~ 3900yen. If you don't mind not staying at a gorgeous and luxury kind of place, you should check it!

See ya soon!

HEIDI. 

BUSYBUSYBUSY

Hi, there. I had been busy for these few days. I went to Namba with a friend from middle school, last Saturday. We had a nice time talking about our middle school days. For lunch that day, I ate オムライス"Omurice" It's an omelet made with fried rice inside. This is one of the funny meals in Japan. Here, we call it as one of the Western meals. Though we only have it in Japan. 

Anyways, this is one of my favorite Japanese food! This one is covered with mushroom cream sauce. It was really good! I'll put up the recipe, when I make it!




 For dessert, we had Baskin Robbins' ice cream. In Japan, we call Baskin Robbins "31 Ice cream". On that day, the ice cream was 31% off, so we thought we should have some! I always order strawberry cheesecake and caramel ribbon flavor. I am totally obsessed with these two. 

In several hours, I have to go to work.... Gonna be busy!!!

Don't forget to try Omurice when you have a chance to come here!

See ya!

HEIDI.

Quite a boring day.

 It was a quite boring day today for me. My father went to work, and my brother went to school. I did not have any plans for today, thus I just listened to some music, and played some online games. What songs do I listen or sing? I am a big fan of Coldplay, One Republic! Especially, I love Viva La Vida, Fix You, What If, and The Scientists. Slightly, sad or melancholic songs.
 Lunch time, I made myself a meal, since I didn't really want to eat the leftover in the house, I made 肉もやし炒め"Fried bean sprouts with pork". It was pretty good! My bad, I thought I took a photo of it, I found that the photo was all black...... I'll check the photo after I take it from now on...
 At night, I went to my church for a bible study, we read Nehemiah 2:1-8 and talked about God's authority and what we should do to appreciate his sovereignty. I had a nice time, there.
 

Today's makeup, eyebrows and eyeliner were a bit thicker than usual. I always wanted to be more White, unfortunately, I am more Asian...haha.... 

Will be careful next time!

HEIDI.