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3 days and still emoing.
Wish I could rewind time back to my 2 weeks in Japan.

I MISS JAPANNNNNNN *WAILS*

What do I miss about it?
-Gyoza
-Toilets
-Service
-Shopping
-Weather
-Fashion
-Snow
-Lifestyle
-Uniforms
-Trains
-Food

I'm sure there are more.
While on the way home from the airport in the taxi,
I looked out the window, and saw the sloppily dressed people.
It made me gape in horror, and I realised I totally forgot about this country and its lifestyle.

Also, I ate at Yoshinoya yesterday, and the taste... fell wayyy below my standards.
Service SUCKED.
This Malay staff was standing right in front of me, and yet when I made my order,
I realised she was spacing out.
So it went like "..... Ohoh sorry! What do you want?" =__=
And she didn't fully hear my order. I asked for more vegetables, but she didn't include it.
When my friend ordered, that Malay woman's boyfriend appeared behind my friend,
and she was smiling and paying attention to her bf instead of my friend's order.

While I was in Japan, I was dressed till the extent some mistook me for a Japanese.
How can I not miss that place?
My dream of wearing winter clothes and layering myself was fufilled there though.
I want it to continue.
But with the weather over here (at a blasted 32degrees), how could I?
Ugh. My resolution is to work hard and go back to Japan again next year.

Random photos:



Stack of Shop Photos I bought.
The mom nearly went ballistic when she saw it.


(Stupid arm.)
And this will be my most favourite receipt ever.

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(at the dock near Lake Lachrymose)

Mr. P: Children, (cough cough) from now on, you will be living with your Aunt Josephine. Mind your manners and call me if you need anything. (gives a pager) Sometimes, it’s so busy that the calls are continuous so you can beep me if you need anything. (calls for a taxi then leaves)

Violet, Klaus, & Sunny: (gets inside the cab)

(starts raining)

Taxi driver: Will it be alright with you children if I drove at the maximum average speed in this village which is 20 m/s within 5 minutes? There’s a storm coming and usually, a tornado passes through this village. I need to get out of here as soon as possible.

Violet: Umm…sure. (whispers to Klaus) Is it safe to live here?

Klaus: (whispers back) I dunno. Maybe…since Aunt Josephine is still alive.

Driver: Are you sure you want to live up there?

Klaus: Up where?

Driver: (points to the top of the hill where the house on stilts is located)

Sunny: Dilpishem!

Driver: excuse me?

Violet: My sister wonders how long the distance is from the bottom to the top of the hill…

Klaus: From the books I’ve read, it’s called displacement since we’re not exactly going straight up or down and right or left only.

Driver: Correct. We’re going at a combination of directions… (smiles) I used to be a physics teacher.

Violet: So we’re traveling at an angle up the hill.

Sunny: Dunket?

Klaus: It is quite hard to understand.

(FREEZE) (driver stands beside a small blackboard and starts to teach the audience)

(solving part: done manually…not scripted) (x component = 31.2; y component = 50.7)

(UNFREEZE) (driver is already back on his seat)

Sunny: Durshtan…

Violet: It’s okay…you don’t have to understand it at once…

Klaus: So basically the estimated displacement is 59.53 m with an angle of __________.

Driver: Right…oh, we’re here. (they get out of the cab then driver leaves)

(Infront of Aunt J’s house)

Violet: (knocks on the door)

Aunt J: (opens the door) Welcome children!! Oh...do get off the welcome mat…you might slip, fall, and break your necks. (ushers them inside)

(inside the house: living room)

Aunt J: How was your trip?

Klaus: It was okay. The driver said there’s a storm coming.

Aunt J: Oh yes….

Violet: Shouldn’t we shop for items we might need like food, a first aid kit, and other important stuff?

Aunt J: Well…it might be dangerous outside but if it’s for the best then let’s go.

(walks down the hill then goes to the grocery store)

Violet: Did you know that a door is a machine?

Aunt J: Really? That’s quite interesting…

Klaus: I’ve read that it functions as a wedge which is a kind of simple machine.

Sunny: Wow!

Aunt J: I see you are all well-educated, although, your grammar, especially little Sunny’s, need quite some polishing. Ok…now let’s see. What do we need to buy?

Violet: First, we need food, then some toiletries. After that, let’s browse the aisles and see if we can get anything we need.

(shopping) (pays then walks up the hill)

Klaus: Aunt Josephine, why do you live up on that hill?

Aunt J: Well, that’s where my husband lived before we met. I used to love Lake Lachrymose until the incident.

(arrived at the house)

Violet: (while arranging the groceries on the table) What incident?

Aunt J: I don’t really want to talk about it but if you’re going to live here, you may as well know what happened.

(they sit on the couch)

Aunt J: My husband, Ike, loved cliff diving. One day, right after eating lunch, he went out to cliff dive. He jumped at this certain spot and forgot that the water there was shallow. He was falling with acceleration due to gravity of 9.8 m/s downwards and nobody could stop him! He realized his mistake midair and died of heart attack before he even fell. (cries then blows into her handkerchief) Then the Lachrymose Leeches had him for lunch. He should’ve waited an hour before he got into the water.

Sunny: Rajik!

Klaus: Yes…very tragic indeed.

Violet: Sunny, why don’t you stay here with Aunt Josephine and Klaus and I will cook our dinner.

Sunny: Rojah!

(into the kitchen)

Violet: It’s quite cold today so why don’t we cook some hot asparagus soup for Aunt Josephine.

Klaus: That sounds good.

(starts cooking) (after some time…)

(in the dining room)

Violet: Dinner’s ready! (everyone sits down)

Klaus: Voila! Hot Asparagus Soup! (opens the pot)

Sunny: Yay!

Klaus: Looks like Sunny’s excited to eat.

Violet: She sure seems so. (sets the table)

Aunt J: (starts eating) Oh no!!!

Violet: Why? What’s wrong?

Aunt J: I just remembered that I’m allergic to asparagus!

Violet: Oh no!

Klaus: What happens when you get allergic reactions?

Aunt J: I get a fever.

Sunny: Oh no!

Klaus: I’ll get some ice.

Violet: Aunt J, where’s the thermometer?

Aunt J: It’s on that table. But, huh? I don’t get it. Ice? Thermometer? What are you guys doing?

Violet: We is going to–

Aunt J: Violet, I think you mean “We are”… You are supposed to use ‘are’ as the present linking verb if your pronoun’s plural. (coughs) My, I think my vision’s fading.

(Klaus returns with ice)

Violet: Klaus, help me carry her to the couch. She’s a bit heavy.

(Violet and Klaus try to carry Aunt J but fails)

Klaus: She’s too heavy!

Sunny: Kojak!

Violet: Right! Klaus, let’s use that trolley. I’ll also make an inclined plane so that it is easier for us to lay her on the bed.

Klaus: (grabs trolley and positions Aunt J on it) Good call, Sunny! Trolleys have wheels which help make transportation of heavy objects easier.

Violet: (starts making an inclined plane) (helps Klaus push the trolley up the inclined plane to the bed) Oh, right. So that’s why it was easy.

Klaus: Yup. (puts ice on Aunt J’s forehead)

Violet: (measures Aunt J’s temperature) 37.9°C. Slight fever only…

Aunt J: (wakes up) (shocked at the ice on her forehead) What are you doing, Klaus?

Klaus: I’m transporting heat! You’re temperature’s too high so we placed some ice on your forehead. Since ice’s temp is lower than yours, heat from you will transfer to the ice until we reach the thermal equilibrium.

Aunt J: Thermal what?

(blackboard comes out and Klaus teaches)

Violet: Oh…

Aunt J: That is so complicated I think I’m going to take a nap. (sleeps)

(knock on door)

Klaus: I’ll get it… (opens door)

Doctor Falo: Good evening! You called for a doctor?

Klaus: (suspicious) No…how did you know there’s a sick person here?

Violet: (approaches them) OLAF! What are you doing here?!?

Dr. F: I am Dr. Falo M.D. Ph.D. Pediatrician and Ob-gyne…also a certified Veterinarian…here’s my ID (shows an obviously fake ID w/c looks like it was made by a 5 year old)

Aunt J: Who’s there? (comes into the scene)

Dr. F: Good evening madam. Are you the patient?

Aunt J: (to Violet) You didn’t have to call a doctor…

Violet: I didn’t!!!!

Dr. F: Now now…madam, you must get some rest….please sit on the couch so I can give you a check up. (check-up)

Klaus: Aunt Josephine, that’s no doctor! That’s Count Olaf!!!

Aunt J: That can’t be! He has credentials.

Violet: You’re fever is preventing you from seeing his true identity. He’s just wearing a lame disguise!

Aunt J: Don’t be rude to the doctor.

Dr. F: Oh my! You have a rare kind of cancer. I never knew it existed. It’s called Dumbonucleosis…

Aunt J: Am I going to die?

Dr. F: There’s only one way to cure it. I’ve studied the process before. It’s called---

Violet: Aunt Josephine! You’re not sick. He only wants to kill you through that operation…

Aunt J: Violet, it is rude to interrupt people especially doctors.

Klaus: No it’s not! That's Count Olaf!

Dr. F: The process is called Cryosurgery. It is said to have cured many cancer patients. If it’s the only way then it has to be done. Cryosurgery is the application of extreme cold to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue.

Aunt J: When will this be done, doctor?

Dr. F: It has to be done as soon as possible, which is why I called my team to come here for the operation. We can’t transport a sick patient in the middle of a storm.

(knock on door) (in comes the team/ theater group)

Esme: I am Nurse Essie at your service. Here is your team Dr. Falo.

Dr. F: Let’s us proceed to the bedroom. The operation will be done there. (everyone leaves except the 2 powder-faced women)

Sunny: Poe…

Klaus: We can ask help from Mr. Poe! Great idea Sunny!

Violet: But Olaf’s assistants are watching us.

Sunny: Beep!

Klaus: The pager. Sunny, you’re brilliant!

Violet: (brings out the pager)

Klaus: Ok…now we wait. Wait…we can’t wait!!! Aunt Josephine’s waiting to be operated in there!

Sunny: Koheek!

Violet: Huh? (sees a book under a sofa) A book? (gets the book) …it is a book about the complete kinds of cancers…

Klaus: (grabs the book) Let me see… Dumbonucleosis (searching from the index of the book)… hey, there is no such cancer as Dumbonucleosis! I knew it!

Violet: Oh my! Then what should we do? We should stop Dr.- I mean, Count Olaf to perform the operation!

Klaus: What are we waiting for! Let’s go stop Count Olaf before he kills Aunt Josephine!

Hook-Handed man: (places his hook on Sunny’s shoulder)

Sunny: Roopish!

(Violet and Klaus turned their heads to where Sunny is)

Violet and Klaus: SUNNY! (went to Sunny and grab her)

Hook-Handed man: You orphans, don’t do anything reckless or your Aunt Josephine will be gone forever.

Violet: Please! No!

Klaus: Don’t kill Aunt Josephine!

Sunny: Muwix!

(Just then, the one who looks neither a man nor woman went outside the bedroom where the operation takes place)

NMNW: Children, you’re Aunt Josephine has died. Sudden complications came up. We’ve done our best to save her. By the way, before the operation started, your Aunt Josephine, with her last strength, wrote this letter… (gives a piece of paper to Violet) (sad expression)

Violet: (gets the paper) (reads it aloud):

Dear Violet, Klaus, and Sunny,

By the time you’ve read this, I sure that I’m already dead. I know that I’m stil your guardian, but because of my current situation, as you all know, I’m not aliev anymore, and so I’ve asked Dr. Falo to take care of you on my behalf. He was so kind to agree to adopt you all, and so my last wish is that you need to be obedient children to Dr. Falo, and always keep in mind the correct usage of words in your sentences. Take care.

Love,

Aunt Josephine.

Klaus: I don’t believe that she is dead already!

NMNW: But, that letter was written by Aunt Josephine herself.

Violet: (sad tone) I’ll miss Aunt Josephine…

(Just then Mr. Poe enters the scene)

Mr. Poe: What happened children? Where’s your Aunt Josephine?

Violet: She’s dead. (sad) Here’s a letter written by Aunt Josephine before she died.

(Mr. Poe reads it silently)

Mr. Poe: Oh dear. Then, in that case, Dr. Falo is your new guardian. (returns the letter to Klaus)

Sunny: Chohee!

Klaus: Yes! You’re right Sunny! Mr. Poe, Dr. Falo is Count Olaf in disguise!

(Just then, Count Olaf went outside Aunt J’s bedroom)

Dr. Falo: I’ve heard your talk awhile ago. Here is my id if you want proof. (shows his id)

Mr. Poe: (gets the id) (reads the id) Dr. Falo…M.D…. Ph.D. … Ob-gyne… Veterinarian… Wow, you have good credentials Dr. Falo. (returns the id to Dr. Falo) (looks at the children) Children, he really is a registered doctor. No need to doubt about him.

Violet: But Mr. Poe- …

Mr. Poe: Enough Violet, maybe you’re just too shocked by now that you are not in your right senses.

Violet: I am in my right senses Mr. Poe.

Dr. Falo: Well then, Mr. Poe. I suppose everything is settled, I need to go home now, I should take along these children as well…

Mr. Poe: Okay then Dr. Falo, but before anything else, please give me your home address so that by tomorrow morning I can give to you the papers you need to sign for legal adoption.

Dr. Falo: Ok then, my address is—

Klaus: STOP! Aunt Josephine is still alive!

Mr. Poe: Klaus, can’t you still not understand what’s written on the paper?

Klaus: I’ve been reading this letter a lot of times and I’ve figured out something! There’s a hidden message in this letter!

Violet: Really? What is it?

Klaus: I’M – STILL – ALIVE.

Mr. Poe: How come? It was clearly written on that paper that by the time you’ve all read this, she’s already dead?!

Klaus: First of all, on her last sentence, she said that we should always keep in mind the correct usage of words in our sentences… (Shows to Mr. Poe the letter and points that certain part) see this part right here? But if you actually read the whole letter it has grammatical errors as well as wrong spellings. Next, on her first sentence she said I sure that I’m already dead, “I” should be “I’m”, the sentence should be read as “By the time you’ve read this, I’M sure that I’m already dead. Next, the part where she wrote I’m stil your guardian and the I’m not aliev anymore part has wrong spelling in it. The word STIL should be spelled as S-T-I-L-L not S-T-I-L and the word ALIEV should be spelled as A-L-I-V-E not A-L-I-E-V. If you put all those corrected words together it forms a sentence which is I’M-STILL-ALIVE.

Mr. Poe: Well, I think you have a point Klaus!

Dr. Falo: BUT- she is weak at that time! How can she even think of grammar if she’s dying?!

Violet: Aunt Josephine told us before that grammar is her life, so I think even if she’s weak, or even dying, she’ll still write or tell something that is still grammatically correct.

Sunny: Muchi!!

Mr. Poe: Muchi??

Violet: Ah! Sunny is right! Let’s check Aunt Josephine’s room!

Dr. Falo: Children, I don’t think you’ll feel better if you’ll see your Aunt dead.

Mr. Poe: It’s okay Dr. Falo. It is their right to see their guardian even though she’s dead… or not. Let’s go to the bedroom children.

(Inside the bedroom)

(Aunt Josephine was tied in her bed, her mouth was covered with a piece of cloth that’s why she can’t talk)

(Violet and Klaus untied Aunt Josephine)

Violet: Aunt Josephine! You’re alive!

Aunt J: Children! I’m glad that you have found out my hidden message!

Violet: Klaus decoded it!

Aunt J: Very good Klaus. I’m so proud of you! (hugs)

Klaus: Thanks Aunt Josephine! (hugs back)

Sunny: Jolie!

Violet: Oh yes! Mr. Poe, we should go back to the living room! Quick!

Mr. Poe: Oh yes! It’s Count Olaf in disguise!

Klaus: Hurry! Hurry!

(Living room scene)

Mr. Poe: You Dr. Falo! You are Count Olaf in disguise!

2 powder-faced women: (in chorus) You’re so slow to find out about this Mr. Poe~!

Dr. Falo: Curses! (evil smile) Well, well, well, I’ll get hold of your fortune next time orphans. I’ll not give up!

Bald man with a long nose: 3…2…1…

Mr. Poe: Huh? (coughs)

Dr. Falo: RUN!!

(Dr. Falo and his team ran as fast as they could)

Mr. Poe: Hey! All of you… STOP RUNNING! YOU ARE UNDER ARREST IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!!!!! (coughs coughs) (Mr. Poe ran after them)

Violet: Count Olaf has escaped again… (sighs)

Klaus: yeah… (sighs) …Hmm, what do you think is the velocity of Count Olaf and Mr. Poe?

Sunny: Physics!

-THE END.-