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Walking around the house, we saw many things to our liking. There was an arcade located at the basement. Our practice place was also on the same level, with brand new drums, keyboard, guitar, amplifiers, mikes and most importantly it was sound proofed so we could practice with our might. The first floor was the living room, with a 42-inch plasma television, big sofa set as we were all gregarious. Behind it was a big space where they converted it into a exercise corner, with treadmills and many other exercise machines. There was a machine with free flow of soft drinks in the kitchen. Another was a machine which could produce food according to our choices - like the one in Japan. There was also a surround sound system in the house so that music can be played in the background. We shared bedrooms, 2 to a room, but had personal rooms to put our own instruments or study there. That personal room became our cache, where we would rest or practise there. Another of our favourite place was the attic, with a glass ceiling which illuminated the house in the day, and allowed us to gaze at stars at night. That became our "habitat", where we would lie sedentary there and share our troubles or childhood memories, and fall asleep there. Outside the house, there a Olympic-sized swimming pool where we can swim there. There is also a jacuzzi in the bathroom, half the size of the swimming pool, to relieve tiredness. The walls surrounding the house are built higher than usual so as to prevent interlopers.

Just as we were enjoying ourselves, Manager X called and said we were to meet a composer who will brief us on our future direction after some analysis. We were extremely excited as this was our first time meeting a composer.

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While waiting to board the plane at the airport, we witnessed a couple quarrelling. It was not us that were busybodies, just that they were speaking so loudly that it made it difficult for us not to listen. They were debating over who was culpable as they looked very agitated. Calling each other epithets as they declaimed over who was responsible of looking after their child. The guy tried to walk away from this embarrassing scene but his wife fettered him saying :"Don't think by walking away it will solve the problem!" The man then flashed back a menacing glare, with a tinge of nonchalance. He pushed the woman away, leaving her sobbing incessantly.

It was then time to board the plane back to Taiwan. We started to think about the scene just occurred just now, and that we will not treat them as a paragon, definitely not. After 5 hours of flight, we arrived at our homeland. However much we missed Japan, we still felt that closeness to our homeland, and that it was the best place to be in.

Due to the overwhelming response of the fans awaiting us outside our house as they knew we were coming back on that day, we were brought to the house that we were only supposed to be introduced to two weeks later. Stepping into this grand place with many facilities, we were just overjoyed to explore our new home.

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Few days later, we were told that we were arranged to visit Japan, the land of the rising sun. The first thing we thought was that the Japanese were all so stereotyped - silky hair, fair skin, and below average height. This trip was quite singular, as not many stars got sponsored to go overseas if they were not there to do publicity campaigns or starr in shows.

We got on the midnight flight on 8 December 2008. As it was not our first time taking a plane, but we were still very excited as it was our first time going overseas with the band members. We were playing games, listening to music, reading a book and watching movies respectively. We landed at Narita Airport in Tokyo and took a domestic flight to Hokkaido. It was some of our first times going to Japan, so we were elated. Seeing the culture there, it was totally different from life in Taiwan. Their convenience stalls were practically everywhere, selling almost everything ranging from chewing gums to lunchboxes. Vending machines were even better, selling drunks, piping hot from cigarettes and some even chewing gum. We had a hot sand bath, where we were required to lie supine in ordered to be covered in sand. It was said to have therapeutic effects and could relax tensed muscles. In this mammoth country, Japan, we were awed by its health benefits in just a simple meal of cold soba, as the ingredient in these noodles could have 54 times the nutritional values of other similar ingredients.

Though we loved this country and the not easily nettled people there, we still had to go back to Taiwan. However, we would visit it whenever possible. Japan had made a deep impression in our minds. Many things ran through our minds while we sat at the restaurant at the airport for our meal.