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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日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 15

Previously....
Drunks invited us to go drink with them.

It was the day for matsuri but we had to dig.... If I remember correctly, Dr.Weber made us a deal saying that  we could go to the matsuri in the afternoon in exchange for working half a day the day after(Sunday). Honestly tho, I was too excited for this so I didn't write anything down in my diary about the dig lol so I'm just going to skip ahead to the matsuri part.

We got back to the hotel and went to the town center where we saw the mikoshi, the most important thing in a Shinto jinsha (i have no idea how to describe this in English) on a truck being driven further into town. The mikoshi carrying started on the street where Marine Mart is located (there's only one street anyway) and it was the kids who were doing the carrying. 

When I showed the video to my grandparents, they said he did the same thing and yelled out the same exact things too.

The dancing part was really cool too and you could tell there would always be the kids who dance a bit slower than the others. After it was done, the mikoshi was once again loaded up to the truck and was driven to the elementary school in Funadomari and that was where the main event would be.

We walked to the school which was about less than 5 minutes away from Marine Mart. This time, it was the younger kids who had to dance. According to Chen, when the kids were dancing, one of them apparently peed himself and his mom had to take away from the group LOL OWNED! It was great to see the kids though especially one this island of less than 3000 people. After the event, we walked around the school square for some food. There were yakitori, takoyaki, yakisoba, hot dog, and shaved ice. I think I ate all of them except the noodle.

Chen and I went to the beach after the school's event. We took a walk along the beach and it was interesting to see the sand there was mainly made out of broken shells. We saw the park near our hotel and that park and some interesting playthings....like something with an octopus shaped thingy. I really enjoyed that walk probably because the day was a good one and we just had a lot of food too and maybe, just maybe walking along the beach reminded me of my childhood of playing on the beach of Hsinchu. We later saw Maeda san, Takafumi, and Dai on the beach. We started talking and together we walked toward Kafuka town center again. Maeda san told Chen and I that she thought we were a couple then I laughed. I said Chen got a crush on Shota and I told them about Ms.*F. We ended back at Marine Mart again and this time I bought a ramune because it was so nostalgic. I tried to open but i ended up with the soda all over my shirt. Chen gave me a look like I was some kind of an idiot. Hmmm....I don't disagree with her. I also bought 2 dorayaki, one is chocolate flavor and the other is cheese flavor. Chen and I learned some Japanese from them and we began to grow more familiar with them and I think it was that day on that we started calling Maeda san, Toshiko san instead (will be referring to her as Toshiko san from now on in the future entries). We went back to the hotel after then I remembered there was another matsuri at Hamanaka's elementary school, at first, we weren't going to go but we thought we probably wouldn't have another chance so we went anyway. On the way there, there were a lot of caterpillars on the road, probably was the season for them or something. There were some pretty fat ones and I was yelling, "Chen, check this one out! It's huge!" or "There are so many of them!" Let's just say she was not a fan of them at all. We got to the school which was about a few minutes away from our digging site. We went in and saw Shuu at the yakitori stand and today he was actually sober. He said hello and we stayed at the school for a while to check out the games. When we were going to leave, I wanted to buy yakitori from Shuu but he wouldn't take my money so he just gave it to me for free. It tasted better than the one than Kafuka's. When we left, there was a little boy who knew we were foreigners and started shooting me with his toy gun thing. I didn't do anything back but Chen started chasing him.

 

When we got back to the hotel, we saw a police officer there, uh oh busted. No, actually, someone from our group found some money at the Kafuka elementary school so the police just came to record down some information.  Our dinner was spectacular as usual and probably even more so than before. We had a famous Hokkaido dish, Genghis Khan Dish. It's lamb stewed in pot and it's quite a popular dish across Hokkaido. After dinner, Toshiko san were teaching us Japanese at the hotel lobby.

Every fun day had to end and I went to bed at around 10 something.



To be Continued...
  
上回
遇見了一位酒駕的PTA會長



祭典之日...可是我們還是得繼續做我們的進度. 沒記錯的話, Dr. Weber 答應我們下午可以去祭典只要我們明天(星期天)挖半天. 雖然我們還是有去遺址挖了個半天可是我對那天挖到什麼卻什麼都記不得, 因為我對祭典的印象比較深刻. 那我就直接跳到祭典那邊吧.

我們回到旅館的時候, 我們一群外人就走到了鎮中心準備看祭典. 在路上的時候我們又看到一座神轎在卡車上開往船泊的小山丘. 我們到鎮中心的時候, 就已經看到一些高年級的小學生在抬剛才的神轎. 他們會在一些特定的商店停下來然後特別說以寫感謝及多多指教的話. 接下來當他們把神轎抬到Marine Mart對面的小廣場時, 那群小鬼開始跳兩種傳統的日本舞蹈. 我想他們因改在學校練了很久吧? 可是還是看得出來有幾個久不管怎樣都有點跟不太上節奏 (笑). 跳完後, 打人就又把神交給載走了, 小孩們也上了車不曉得被載到哪裡去. 我記得有幾個看到我們這些外國人還和燦爛的笑著跟我們揮手而去.
 

我們路過船泊小學的時候又看到他們那邊有擺攤子所以當時覺得神轎因該是被在到那裡去了. 我們到小學的時候, 攤子也已經都設好了可是大家事等著看低年級的準備跳舞. 跳的其實跟高年級的是大同小異啦只不過還有個小插曲就是了. 陳小姐說其中一個小還好想跳的時候好像不小心拉尿了所以被他媽媽拉到旁邊...好像還真的有點糗. 他們跳完後, 我就去攤子前買了很多吃的像串燒啦, 章魚燒, 熱狗, 刨冰. 我還看到撈金魚的遊戲, 有點懷念的說. 而且那時候看到的時候讓我想到了一個問題. 撈金魚是從日本傳到台灣的嗎???

 

  

 

吃完後, 我跟陳小姐一起走到海邊散步. 我那時候起時還滿後悔沒有帶拖鞋, 我又不像再穿旅館的血腥拖鞋, 所以我也只好涉水而過. 我那時候有跟陳小姐談到某些事讓我覺得她真的是個很特別的女生, 至於話題是什麼呢? 我也不知道, 我只是在日記裡有記載到這一段而已. 我們之後看到前田小姐, Takafumi, Dai他們也在散步. 我們開始跟他們聊天結果前田小姐跟我們兩個說他以為我們是一對. 哈哈哈. 我跟他說了關於新*小姐的事然後我也很自然的說出陳小姐覺得Shota很可愛 ㄎㄎㄎ. 我們5 個人之後走回到船泊鎮中心, 我們大家在Marine Mart買了一些吃的. 我個人買了2 個銅鑼燒(起司, 巧克力)還有彈珠汽水. 我在開彈珠汽水的時候還不小心把汽水噴到我身上. 當時陳小姐還給了我一個"你這個白癡"的眼神. 我們回到旅館的時候稍微休息了一下. 之後我跟陳小姐又走去離我們遺址很近的濱中小學(不確定名字所以這樣稱呼)辦的祭典. 我們路上發現很多毛毛蟲而我一直說像你看你看 這隻好肥喔~之類的話. 我好像還有支樹根把一隻毛毛蟲舉起來給他看. 不知不覺的我們就走到了濱中小學, 他們的祭典是辦在體育館裡然後我們一進去就看到Shuu桑再考串燒. 他看到我們也跟我們打了一聲招呼, 看樣子他前一天並沒有喝的那麼醉. 我們在會場裡繞了幾圈, 跟船泊的攤子其實都差不多. 陳小姐買了一份薯條吃, 看他在照片裡的樣子, 那薯條應該是滿好吃的才對. 我們要走的時候, 我掏出錢要跟Shuu桑買串燒來吃可是他就不肯收我的錢. 我跟他說了聲謝謝, 我們就往回旅館走. 我們還在濱中小學的操場的時候, 有一個小男孩跑過來跟我們說 "外國人 &%^*&*&(^%$#" 我只有聽到他說外國人什麼什麼的. 結果他開始用他的玩具槍射我. 我事沒有做什麼反應啦 可是陳小姐反而開始追著他跑.

我們回到旅館的時候發現有個警察在那裡後來時說我們這群中有個人在船泊小學那裡撿到錢而那位警察只是來做一些筆錄而已. 我們晚餐的時候有吃北海道很有名的成吉思汗鍋, 基本上就是把羊肉還有其他蔬菜放在鍋子裡面悶烤. 雖然看似簡單可是卻比遠比我想的還美味.
晚餐過後, 我們許多人在大廳上前田小姐的基礎日文. 好像也是從那天起我也開始稱呼他為Toshiko桑.

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日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 13

當天起來在等著吃早餐時, 我看到Seung-wan下樓可是我被他嚇了一跳. 他的臉變超級腫的. 他臉頰以下變得像那種水泡眼睛金魚一樣腫, 雖然有點好笑可是那時候大家都很擔心為什麼會這樣. 他說可能是因為來日本之前剛拔了智齒所以可能有被感染. 他打回美國問他的醫生爸爸問事發生了什麼事. 他爸說那就因該是被感染了. 禮文島島上並沒有自己的牙醫診所所以都是靠每個禮拜從稚內來一次的牙醫診斷. 不過很幸運的事剛好當天會來.

當天挖掘挖得很辛苦因為很熱....而且把沙包丟到沙包山也越來越難. 那小山已經變得快比人還高了, 我們於是做了個小階梯上去才能把沙包丟上去. 雖然很辛苦不過我覺得Seung-wan他真的很厲害, 臉都腫成那樣竟然還繼續跟著我們一起挖. 下午, 教授載Seung-wan去看牙醫而我們則是繼續我們的進度. 我們再挖的時候, Erin Bird挖到了一個早期照和時代用的油燈(是路過的當地人跟我們說的). 特殊是特殊啦可是這也代表我們還挖的不夠快, 不夠深. 

sandbag pile/沙包山

回旅館後, Seung-wan的精神已經好很多了. 記得沒錯的話, 他說醫生有給她抗生素. 我們一行人去市中心的超級市場買東西. 超市叫Marine Mart, 是當地人最常光顧的店.  Seung-wan買了一罐泡菜因為他說泡菜是他最喜歡吃的東西而且不管什麼時候都吃得下. 有時候我真的忘了他其實是個韓國人.  

果然沒錯, 晚餐的時候他還是一樣大吃特吃而且輕輕鬆鬆就把一整罐泡菜給吃下肚.  晚餐, 我們是吃很豐盛的便當不過我們是在比較小的大廳吃因為有其他的旅客下住.

晚餐後, 我坐在大廳裡用電腦. 我發現Shota的包包上有個New Era的貼紙所以我問他是不是喜歡那個公司的東西. 他說對而我回他說我也喜歡. 我還給他看我收集的帽子照片. 他看的也覺得很有趣, 他也很我說他有參加New Era Japan辦的抽獎而且還真的得了一個包包. 他也很好心的介給我他的New Era目錄給我, 雖然我並沒有跟他說我想看.  當天晚上前田小姐要我們把我們的名字寫下. 看來他們也發現稱呼名字比較實用 哈哈哈.

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When I was waiting for breakfast at the lobby, I saw Seung-wan walking down from upstairs and I was like WTF!? Her face from cheek down was so swollen. It kind of reminded me of those goldfish with those baggy eyes. She said it might had been caused by infection because she got her wisdom tooth(teeth?)pulled before coming to Japan. She confirmed it when she called her dad who is a doctor in America. If I remember correctly, Rebun Island doesn't have its own dentistry. So, they had to rely on the weekly dentist visit from Wakkanai but lucky for Seung-wan, that day was the day when the dentist would be in Rebun.

The dig was getting more tiresome because of the increasing heat as well as that annoying duty of carrying sandbag to the little sandbag mountain we had built. It was getting so high that we had to arrange some sandbags to be used as stairs so we could put more bags on it. What really impressed me the most that day was Seung-wan still stuck around digging with us with her condition and all. In the afternoon, the professor drove her to the local clinic to see the dentist while we pressed on with our work. Erin Bird found an oil lamp from early Showa Period and I learned that from 2 locals who were checking to see what we were doing. The lamp was cool and all but since it was there meant that we hadn't dug deep enough yet.

When we got back to the hotel, Seung-wan was in a much better spirit. We (loads of people) went further into town to go to the super market, Marine Mart, for food. Seung-wan said she wanted to eat Kimchi saying she could eat that no matter under any circumstances. So, she bought a big can of kimchi but as for me, I stuck to my candy-buying routine. 

True to her words, Seung-wan ate the whole can of kimchi LOL. At least she had the appetite which is always good. 

After dinner, we sat at the lobby area. I saw Shota's bag had a New Era sticker on it so I asked him if he liked the brand. He said yes, so I showed him my collection of New Era hats. He then showed me his New Era bag which was won from a prize draw. He was kind enough to let me borrow his book on New Era even though I didn't ask for it lol. I think around the same time, Maeda san asked us to write our names down on a sheet of paper, probably thought it would be easier to call us by names huh?

To be Continued...