Fireworks - South Africa

The story: Our meeting destination was the Virgin Megastore. Arrived a half n hour early so I went to browse. At 3, which was the proper time of arrival, I looked down from the second floor to find Eleanor and the other three jap guys. So I screamed down the level to catch her attention and ran down. Their names were Yuta, Takuro, and Kentarou. Eleanor did all the complicated talking because she knows them best. Soon enough, Jo, Flor, Viv, Simon and Der arrived too. So then we headed off, making our way to Pacific Center. We window shopped and went to Eatons.Kentarou wanted to buy a pair of sunglasses so the group temporarily split up. Eleanor, Jo and I were with the other 3, checking up on sunglasses. We either replied with: "Okay", "Daijoubu", "Chotto Ooki" or just bursted out laughing. But he finally found one he liked which was good. ^^

We headed off again, going down Robson street where everything is located. Hours were wasted there, looking in shops like Off The Wall or Gap. The 3 jap guys wanted to buy a soccer ball, so we searched around for a Sport Mart. They were satisfied afterwards, so we kept walking around. We had a pit stop at Starbucks, buying all kinda of coffee related liquid. After a while, we all stopped to think of what to do, what to eat and so on. The 3 guys wanted something other than Japanese so we just thought about going down the street to see what we find. Meanwhile, we also planned about going to Richmond sometime next week for some hardcore Karaoke and Arcade! Yea!~~ XD

And so, the walk down the street continued and check out places like Cows. We spotted a Viet place, so we decided to dine there for dinner. It was around 6 by then. The majority of us weren't hungry so we shared among a few of us. After ordering, we took out 2 packs of cards and played Big 2. We didn't know what Big 2 was in Japanese so we just said "Ooki ni".. heheh. ^^; Okay, so they didn't understand that, and instead, we explained the game and then they knew. We played a few games before the meal came. The total came to $72 something! We gave them a whole handful of coins (to make it seem like there's alot of money) and kinda gave them less than 15% tips. Viv and Flor left drunk. =)

Walking down the wonderous number of streets we finally spotted the beach! We found ourselves a nice spot by a sign and a log, slightly off center. Now by then, we had lots of hours to blow. We took out the cards again. The 3 jap guys, Eleanor, Jo, Flor and Viv played Slap Jack while Der, Simon and I played Big 2. We took turns winning a few, and Der kept bugging me about getting him some cotton candy if he won a few games. Of course I wouldn't agree to that. But finally, I gave him the money but he was too lazy to buy it. -_-;

Der gave the money for Flor and Viv to buy. At the same time, Elie and the 3 jap guys went to the washroom (?). The rest of us, hung around doing whatever: listening to music, playing gameboy, yadda. Everyone returned with the goods as if it was hours later cuz it took them so long. Then we took pictures and all. Later, we played Truth or Dare (which was weird o_o). Weird truths and even more weird dares. I got dared hugging a jap guy and another was saying aishiteru to another. Others were taking off the sock of Der (which was really hilarious XP ), blowing in Simon's face ^^;; and bopping the guys' head like a bongo. When it was almost time (half n hour or so), we began to snack on some junkies like Crispers and Onion Rings. Then it began to drizzle a bit. A long conversation started with the jap guys about jap culture, music, stars and I learned some slang and cuss words too.

At last, after a few test fireworks the real thing comes. Returning to my spot, I find it soaking and sandy. -_- Which was annoying because I didn't have anything to dry up the mat nor find a better place to sit. So I was pretty much forced onto my location. Either way, the fireworks were great! Some of them were very pretty like those who went wiggly up and down, then up again. And those that glittered after they blew up. And other nice ones. However, one thing that was disappointing was that it rained in between, leaving us even more soaking. >_< As always, the last performance was the best. I guess South Africa's pretty good, but I want to go see the Spain one, that's for sure.

Afterwards, it was difficult to leave but we did. We held onto each other, making out way through the little gaps of the crowd. The walk back was horrendous since it was so far, wet and crowded. o_x We fled to Virgin for a leakage but the mofo upstairs said he had to close right when it was our turn. So we made our way downstairs, only finding the washroom closed as well. We were seriously ticked off. =_=Our last destination was Chapters, where our rides were to pick us up. We finally said bye to Eleanor and the 3 jap guys, hoping that they'd make it to the Richmond trip. The rest of us got a ride from Simon, arriving at his house at 12:30 and getting picked up there.

So to end off this long entry, I'd like to say that I'm tired and I wanna go to sleep.