Jan 23
Today was the last day of the trip. We went shopping and I got a couple of CDs - S club 7 and a Tarzan soundtrack. Yay! Looking forward to listening to them. I wanted to buy some gifts for my friends and mum suddenly remembered that she loved saving money and got angry with me. It's not fair! She got so much stuff for herself! I pestered her until she bought those gifts. I could not sleep at night. Don't want to go back to Japan!
Jan 24
This is the day we are flying back. At the airport shop I saw a necklace just like the one I saw one lady wear before and fell in love with and dad agreed to get it for me. There were a lot of Japanese people at the airport. It almost made me feel sick. Just looking at them. I prefer Australia so much better! Mum bought herself an emerald ring. I added it up! She has bought around 5 expensive pieces of jewellery for herself over the holidays! Including this ring for 30.000 yen and that opal the other day for 70.000 and then a garnet.
While we are flying over tens of little islands I will describe the place that we stayed at and how I remembered Australia. We stayed at the edge of the city of Cairns. It seemed to be surrounded by mountains and the ocean. The hotel must have been the best in the area. It is called Courtyard. Our room was on the top floor, number 440. The second floor had lobby and the first floor housed the restaurant, bar and the gym. We had breakfast at that restaurant every morning ( I was in love with crispy bacon - never had it before!). We went to the bar to play pool. The best thing about the hotel was the massive swimming pool. They had a spa there too. Everyone loved that place.
I really liked Australia. Maybe we would get to go next winter again. I liked the nature. Felt similar to Russia in some way. Just one thing I did not like. There were so many Japanese! And a lot of Japanese things too. It actually seemed that the Australians think very highly of the Japanese. It didn't feel fair. I went to Australia to take a break from Japan and it is almost Japan here too!
Jan 25
I did not feel very welcomed at school. Everyone did say hi but I spent the day alone. Lucky my mood was still good after the holidays. My teachers were happy with how I did my homework. Especially my Japanese teacher.
That evening when we were home and mum was waiting for dad to come back home from work, the door rang. She went to open the door the way she was - in pantyhose with no skirt on. And it was our male neighbor! He had to look away to speak to her.
