日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 17

Ya, it's been a while but I will be updating this blog again.

As you may know, most of the content is based on my diary and what I remembered and I got lazier and lazier with the diary so I will be combining several days into 1 entry from now on.

Last time

We went to the museum in Kafuka but I felt sick afterwards.

I woke up feeling really sick. The usual running nose, sore throat, coughing...etc. I didn't feel like going to out to dig but I still went anyway.

I remember the weather wasn't very well and my nose just wouldn't quit sneezing. Terrible just terrible. Another thing that annoyed me was Ingrid. In my diary, I wrote down, "Ingrid was being an annoying dickshit as usual." Whatever she did or said, probably the latter, really got to me. I did however found a canid skull tho so that was exciting. The professors weren't sure if the skull was a dog skull or a fox one because there were foxes on the island and dogs were brought by people.

After the dig, I went to check out the Funadomari map because I remember seeing a pharmacy. I followed the map and got to the pharmacy and went in. There wasn't anybody in the store and I even said, "Suimasen~ Ano...." I said it really loud and still, nobody came. I saw the cold medicine right in front of me in the store counter but sigh*....so out of my reach....

At dinner, there was this special candy that we had never gotten it before (and we never got it again...) and I remember Toshiko san was explaining about it too. Everybody ate it and said it was really good but unfortunately, I lost my sense of taste that night.

After dinner, either Toshiko san or Mama san noticed I kept on sneezing so one of them asked me if I had brought medicine. I said no, so Mama san just got me this medicine pack which I paid, I think it was around 200 yen.

I went to sleep a bit early because I just felt like shit.

The next day when I woke up, I noticed my throat wasn't so sore anymore.

It was raining slightly but we went out to dig anyway. We dug for about 2 hrs until the rain forced us to take an early lunch. Again, Ingrid was being annoying and according to myself, she was being an annoying fuckface. We were anticipating whether we were going to keep on digging or not because the rain just kept on falling with no sign that it would stop. Finally, Dr. Weber decided we would head back to the hotel.

We got back to the hotel and I didn't do anything until Kato sensei asked Chen and I if we wanted a ride to Marine mart. We went there and bought loads of candies and I even bought a mini instant noodles. The candies I bought were mostly area-limited or season limited candies. I also bought two packs of caramel candies, chocolate and cream flavor! Those flavors were just so exotic to me....

Tempura soba/天婦羅麵

北海道產/Made in Hokkaido...not really

Pretz!

We walked into Pan ya san's shop. It turned out his name was 哀原, Aihara. Even though, we knew his name but we still refer to him as Pan ya san in the future. We also saw his wife who asked us what we liked to have for lunch. I said the chocolate bread was good so that would be good enough for me. Chen said she wanted the yakisoba (noodle) bread, it's something she had been talking to me forever ever since we got on the island.

After dinner, I sat down at the lobby and chatted with Shota. I asked him if he had a girlfriend and he said no. I also asked him which of the girls here was the cutest. He blushed and I made a gesture towards Jess who happened to be there. He said yes, it was her. I told Chen about Shota not having a girlfriend but I didn't tell her about the Jess thing.

Went to bed at 10 and ended the day.....



To Be Continued...

嗯.....有段時間沒寫了. 雖然是為了參加雲門流浪者計畫所以說先暫時沒寫可是其實我也沒有比較忙. 呵呵呵....

因為我的日記已經到最後可以看得出來我越來越懶所以有幾天我不是每寫不然就用2個句子帶過去了. 所以我現在會把一些不同天數同時寫在同一篇.

上回
去了一趟博物館. 感覺好像生病了...

再開

 

嗯.....有段時間沒寫了. 雖然是為了參加雲門流浪者計畫所以說先暫時沒寫可是其實我也沒有比較忙. 呵呵呵....

因為我的日記已經到最後可以看得出來我越來越懶所以有幾天我不是每寫不然就用2個句子帶過去了. 所以我現在會把一些不同天數同時寫在同一篇.

上回

去了一趟博物館. 感覺好像生病了...

再開

一起來就發現我真的生病了. 喉嚨痛, 流鼻水, 打噴嚏, 頭痛, 能想到的都有了可是好險沒有發燒.  雖然不太想去工作可是也辦法....

當天早上, 天氣不是特別好而且還飄雨. 雖然不是說特別差可是以我那時候的身體真的覺得好討厭. 這就是平常不會感冒的人真正感冒時候的感覺吧? 我日記沒有記載什麼特別東西只不過我是有寫下"Ingrid was being an annoying dickface." Ingrid 真的^&^&%*@#^的煩人(好難翻...). 我是有挖到一個犬類的頭骨. 教授們說他們不確定那頭骨是屬於狗或是狐狸. 在禮文島上以前是有原生的狐狸(現在已經絕跡了)可是以前做的考古研究也證實以前的人是有帶狗在島上住. 因為都是犬類所以當下沒辦法判斷到底是什麼動物.

收工後, 我馬上去看船泊的地圖因為我記得我好像有印象曾經在上面看到藥房. 我到了藥房後結果發現裡面跟本沒人. 我說了好幾次"不好意思, 那個....." 可是都沒有人出來應我. 玻璃櫃檯裡面就又要買的感冒藥可是人在哪裡啊? 我那時候有想過要不要直接把要拿出來再把錢放在櫃台上可是後來想還是不要好了.

晚餐的時候, 我的味覺已經完全消失了...而且剛好我們那天有一個很特別的糖果結果吃了可是完全吃不出味道. 我也不想給旅館的人難堪所以我還是說"好好吃喔~" 我在大廳坐著的時候被Toshiko桑/媽媽桑 發現我感冒了. 他問我有沒有帶藥. 我說我沒有. 他說那要不然跟他買就好了. 我花了200日幣買了4/6個藥丸.  我在大廳也在看陳小姐跟他的暗戀對象Shota的互動. 那時候我想這位小姐也未免太好玩了吧!?

10點到了. 準時睡覺.

隔天起來的時候發現喉嚨已經不會痛了而且在吃早餐的時候發現味覺已經回來了 :) 雖然感覺還是不太舒服可是以經好很多了.

當天的天氣.....跟前一天比起來差很多. 雨不是用飄的而是真的在下. 在下雨的同時又在刮風所以感覺其實很像冬天. 由於雨越下越搭所以比的我們只挖了2個小時就先到社區中心吃午餐. 在社區中心的時候Ingrid好像又說了什麼煩人的是所以我日記寫說" she was being an annoying fuckface." 結果後來Dr.Weber決定我們當天就先收工因為雨沒有要停的跡象.

回旅館之後我也沒有做什麼事直到加藤老師問我跟陳小姐要不要搭他的便車去Marine Mart. 我們倆個就這樣在下雨天去了一趟Marine Mart. 我們這次去買了很多零食, 我買的大部分是季節限定,地區限定之類的東西. 我還有買巧克力, 奶油口味的牛奶糖(就是森用的牛奶糖).

芥末口味/wasabi flavor

我好像還沒在tw看過這兩種口味/I don't think I've seen the 2 flavors in tw before.

我們後來有走到pan ya桑的麵包店. 我們那時後才發現他姓哀原可是我們之後還是稱呼他為pan ya桑 (笑). 他跟他的老婆問我們午餐好不好吃, 我們倆個都回說跟好吃, 他們夫妻倆也笑得很開心. 他們也我們說午餐有想吃什麼. 我說巧克力麵包就可以了, 陳小姐這次終於逮到機會說他自從到島上就一直跟我說的事情. 他老是跟我說他很想吃炒麵麵包說是來日本才有的獨特體驗(騙誰啊!?). 他說他想吃炒麵麵包, Pan ya桑聽到之後可能覺得有點妙所以他也笑著說好.

之後我們回旅館.....不過幸好我味覺已經回來了所以我跟陳小姐接下來整個下午都在吃零食.

晚餐過後, 我跟Shota聊了一下. 我問他說他現在有沒有女朋友. 他說他沒有. 我接著問說那他覺得我們這裡面誰最可愛. 剛好Jess有在那裡, 所以我就問他說是他嗎? Shota就很害羞的說是. 我上樓的時候又跟陳小姐聊了一下可是就完全沒有跟他說到這件事就對了.

於是又一天的準時睡覺.

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日本遊Spirited Away in Japan Episode 1

前情提要
因為Air Canada delay的關係害我差點無法趕上在LA的班機

故事再開

經過12個小時漫長的旅程, 飛機終於抵達了東京羽田機場.  如果我沒記錯的話ANA早餐有附Hagen Daz 冰淇淋喔~ 雖然吃起來硬梆梆的....

當我下飛機時, 迎接我的就是日出的曙光(不愧是日本). 就這樣帶著不錯的心情去領行李只不過..... 


我看到一位拿著寫著我的名字的ANA人員在大廳內走來走去. 我跟他說我就是Steven Sung. 他跟我說我的行李還在LA. 我聽到簡直要吐血了. 怎麼會這樣..... 我的換洗衣服都在裡面....我的電腦也在那裏..... 我大部分的錢也在裡面. 完了. 真的完了.

我被帶到ANA櫃台去想辦法該怎麼辦才好. 結論是ANA會大概一個禮拜後把我的行李寄到禮文島. 雖然無奈可是只好接受這個事實. 可惡的Air Canada, 都是你們害的. ANA一直在跟我道歉我只好回說要道歉的人應該是Air Canada.

Haneda Airport/羽田機場

沒辦法, 我也只好先去辦日本國內轉機程序. 我要從羽田飛到稚內, 一趟大概2,3個小時左右. 我在排隊時我聽到後面有人再說英文而且是關於稚內的事. 我轉過頭問說他們是要禮文島做考古嗎? 沒想到, 他們兩個真的是要去禮文島也就是說他們就是我要在稚內機場碰面的人.

其中一位是韓裔美國女生叫Seung-wan Choi. 他比我印象中的韓國人還黑......滿多的. 另外一位叫Deidre Whitmore. 是位有點帶捲紅頭髮的女生. 他們都是UCLA的學生而Deidre跟我一樣在不久前畢業了Seung-wan還在努力中.

我們一起搭了轉機必須要坐的接駁車不過在那前我照了羽田機場的廁所. 為甚麼要照廁所? 大家自己看吧.好高科技/複雜的廁所... 有點慶辛我當時沒有去上, 我可能還不會用 哈哈哈.

高科技廁所/High Tech Washroom

抵達另外的航廈是我們找了地方坐了下來. 很巧的是, 旁邊坐的也是會說英文的人. 更巧的是,他們也是要去禮文島的人.

兩位都是女生. 一位叫Erin Bird. 他那時是已經快要畢業的4年級生. 他就讀的學校是在波特蘭的Oregon State University. 另外一位則是念主辦學校UofA的Ingrid Hofer.

雖然才剛認識他們不過我已經對他們有些看法了.
Seung-wan- 典型美國人. 很大聲. 沒事就要加F***在字前面. 不過是一個很活潑的女生. 當時就覺得以後他應該會是一個很有趣的人.
Deidre- 穩重, 很有禮貌. 講話輕輕的. 就是Seung-wan的相反就對了
Erin- 跟我一樣是北美西北部來的所以我們一開始就有話題可以聊(聊我們住的地方老是在下雨).
Ingrid- 很多話而且有一點點自我為是.

我覺得大家都差好多喔可是就是這樣才好玩嘛. 而且....大家都是考古學生!!!!


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Previously.....
Air Canada f8cked me over. I barely made it to the flight to Tokyo.

Back to the story.

After 12 hours of long flight, I had finally arrived in Tokyo. The meals on the plane were pretty good. ANA gave us Hagen Daz ice cream as part of our breakfast! even though it was freakin' hard....


The first thing I saw after getting off from the plane was dawn. It was quite a sight especially after what I just went through. So, after checking out at the custom I went to get my luggage.

Dawn/日出

There, I saw an ANA staff holding a sign that has my name on it. I said to myself, "sh*t....oh f*ck." I went up to him and told him I was the person he was looking for. He then told me that my luggage was still in LA. F*ck. My clothes were in there. My computer. Most of my money were in there.

He took me to the ANA counter and to sort the problem out. In the end, we decided to have ANA sent my luggage to Rebun but that would take at least a week to arrive. Since I was out of any other options, so I had to agree. Damn Air Canada. I hate you. I hate you bunch of fat cats. I hate you with all my heart. F*ck you Air Canada.

BUT.....since I could not do anything about that so I had to continue with yet another flight transfer. I lined up at the ANA domestic transfer desk then I overheard someone talking about Wakkanai in English....like really loud. I turned around and saw two girls and I asked them if they were part of the archaeology team. They said yes and turned out they were part of the people meeting up at Wakkanai Airport. The two girl both came from LA but on a different flight as me and they both went/goes to UCLA.

Seung-wan Choi- A Korean-American girl. Typical American. Loud. Needs to add the f word every few sentence.
Deidre Whitmore- Also American. The opposite of Seung-wan. She had already graduated from UCLA recently, probably around the same time as me.

We went to the shuttle bus to the domestic terminal but before that, we saw Haneda's washroom. It was so futuristic! There were so many shining things!

We arrived at the domestic terminal and sat down and just our luck, 2 girls who were sitting there already also spoke English. What was more surprising was that they were part of the team too!

I met Erin and Ingrid here....I think/應該是我遇見Erin跟Ingrid 的地方

Erin Bird- Like me, she is from the Pacific Northwest. She was going to Portland State University and was going to graduate soon.
Ingrid Hofer- A bit younger than the rest of us and she goes to the sponsoring school, UofA.

Even though I had just met them. I already had some own personal opinions on these guys.

Seung-wan- LOUD like really really loud but she seems to be the fun one. I always like people who are loud anyway rather than silent emo types and it's not like I don't say f words anyway.
Deidre- She seems very smart and knows a lot of things.
Erin- She's from the Pacific Northwest so naturally I can talk to her about some common thing that we know of. AKA RAIN.
Ingrid- She talks a lot. Sometimes a little too much.

Everyone had their own personalities and I thought that was what would make this trip fun. Meeting all sorts of people! Best of all, everyone studies(d) ARCHAEOLOGY! unlike my regular friends back in Vancouver. "Oh why are you studying archaeology?" "Are you trying to be like Indiana Jones?"






To be Continued...