bEaCh Ⅱ

today I went to the beach again. but today i went to a cleaner beach. this is the 3rd time that i go to the beach here in australia. this time, i went to a place called Frankston. It's the final stop of the train line. It was a hot day and not much people were there because it's wednesday. i don't have classes on wednesday so i went with friends who don't have class on wednesday too.
we thought it was gonna be a long way but we actually could get there in about 1 hour. we could go further but one of my friends had to come back early so we decided to stay there. it was a very calm nice beach. the water was so clean. it was like a pool. but since we got there still in the morning, it was that hot so we felt that the water was cold. neway, we waited till it gets hotter to go swim. i felt very good because the weather was so nice and i was very sleepy with the warm temperature and the sand.
after lying down a while, we played with the sand and then finally i decide to go swim. the water was still a bit cold but it was ok. after that we took pictures like tourists.(we actually live here)
i took a picture of my own shadow. and then,since we were hungry and it was lunch time, we decided to have lunch. i ordered fish burger with chips. i thought it was a bit expensive coz it was 10 dollars with a drink. but when the burger came out, i thought it was huge. i think i'll get fat again soon...ne way, after that, we looked around a big bayside shopping mall. i really couldn't buy nething coz i didn't have money but it was fun walking around and talking in the shopping mall.
after that, we had to come home. everyone slept on the train coz we were tired. i didn't get a suntan but that's ok. i might get some next month coz i'm going to goldcoast to see my friends.

the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

yesterday, i went to see the opening ceremony of the Commowealth games in Melbourne from the Yarra river. The Commonwealth games is like an olympic games but only countries which belong to the commonwealth nation.
The countries that were or still are colonized by Britain.
I am so lucky to be here in Melbourne this year because the games will be here and that's a very rare thing to happen.and even more luckily, my hostfamily has a ticket to the athletics so i can go see it!!! i'm very lucky!

anyway, i couldn't get a ticket for the opening ceremony in the arena because it was tooooooo expensive!!! the cheapest one costed ＄420!!!!
Scott and his little students would say HOLY COW!!! for this price lol
so I decided to watch from the Yarra river. Yarra river is like a Yodogawa in japan. i heard that there will be fireworks so i wanted to go.

when we arrived at the Fliders st. station, there were full of people. Flinders st. is like the Osaka station in the loop line. there is where yarra river is.
when i saw all the people there and the helicopter flying around and the big screen, i got very excited. the view of the city was beautiful because of the sunset and even after dark because of the illumination.

at 20:30, the expected show began. it was very exciting when it began with the count down. and i could see the queen Elizabeth on the screen. a boy speaked to her the people in the arena sang Happy Birthday to the queen Elizabeth. when they had to say her name in the song, they said "dear Majesty" she was very cool and really looked like a queen. I liked her attitude lol

during the show, the baton came from a boat on the river, and was carried to the arena by many Aussie footy players. i could see it closely.
and a part of the ceremony was on the river. so i think that watching it from the river worth the same as watching in the arena. there were fireworks from everywhere!!! from the fish sculptures on the river and even from the buildings. it was very beautiful and exciting!!!! i had a great time watching the fireworks. but again, i remembered about the people that i miss a lot and wish they were with me watching it. I have to stop that habit and forget about them!!!lol
joking joking♪

Great Ocean Road

hi! today I went to a place in Victoria called the Great Ocean Road. It was a tour from the uni. it was just 5 dollars!!! isn't it amazing?? i can go on a trip to such a famous and good place with transportation and snacks and sweets with just 5 dollars. that's so cheap. Swinburne International rocks lol



neway, i was afraid of the unpredictable weather of melbourne coz 7:30 in the morning, which was the time to go was cold and cloudy. but as soon as it got later, the sun began to shine.
as the bus went on, gradually we went out of the city and got on a road with nothing in both sides. australia has nothing out of the city lol
nothing but sheeps and cows. then, i remembered the song of Canada which Scott taught us. i miss scott...

neway, most of the day we spent in the bus coz it was so far away from the city. we had lunch in a place called Apollo Bay. i really wanted to swim there but there were no time. we could only eat and take pictures. but i had a good time there coz it was hot but the wind was cool. and i felt very good just putting my feet into the water.



after that, we went to the main ivent. the Great Ocean Road. have you heard about the place? it's a famous place in Victoria. I really wanted to go there because i've seen in guide books and the pictures were beautiful.
when i got there, i was very impressed with the beautiful view.
at the same time, i missed the people that i left in japan and the people who are spread around the world. i wanted to be there with them.
one day, i hope we all can go somewhere together.
so i was happy and sad at the same time.

then, our trip was finished. i was so tired that i slept half of the way home.
i wanna go there again but with more time.