so what exactly happened on Day 7????

Hello this is Nicholine and i'm going to tell everyone what exactly happened on Day 7.

Yes, I lost my phone and I only knew about this when we were on the train back to the hotel! I was totally shocked and many thoughts just run through my head.
1. Oh gosh, my parents are going to scold me.
2. Everyone looks so happy on the train and I don't want to break the news to them about my lost phone.

I didn't want to spoil the mood of the team and decided to keep the news to myself and ended up chewing vigorously on my chewing gum to vent my frustration. Yes, vigorously.
Then, I looked back on where I may have left it behind. And I remembered seeing my phone for the last time at the Nara Park's restaurant!

So when we transiting to the next train at the Nara Station, I've decided to tell everyone that my phone is lost :X
Instead of blaming me, everyone supported to go take a look at Nara Park even though it was rather late. I'm really grateful to everyone for being so supportive of finding the phone!!

When we reached the Nara Park @ night, it was a different feeling. It was cold, quiet, with some deers crossing the roads peacefully. Yet, our mind was to find my phone at the restaurants. Unfortunately, the restaurant we went was already closed and no one can be found on the streets. I was like "Oh No, my phone can't be found by today ):"

However, our saviour came!! A guy appeared from one of the shops nearby. We immediately run towards him, hoping that he know the shop owner of the restaurant we went! The guy, who was about to close his shop knew that we were anxious about my phone and immediately went to the  restaurant. We were surprised that there is a doorbell and the restaurant is the house of the shop owner! This is actually how the Japanese lives :O Sadly, no one replied to the doorbell. The shop owner told us that usually all lost & found items can be found at the police station nearby. He immediately gave us the police number of the area and asked us to make a call. We then made a phone call to the police. We also left a note at the restaurant to call us when they found the phone!

After this incident, we are grateful that the shop owner was there to support us and ensure that we get sufficient help to find my phone despite the wee hours and it was time for them to sleep. THANK YOU :)

The police was also kind to tell us that he will send us the phone back to SG if they could not find it the next day. Samuel was awesome in helping to provide my personal details to them to ensure that they can contact us in the next few days.

After that looong night, we rushed back to hotel, taking the last train home. It was indeed a scary night. Though I was worried about my phone, but I knew that the team supported me in many ways and we prayed hard that my phone could be found.

*THE NEXT DAY*

IT WAS A GREAT DAY! The ramen shop auntie called to say that they had the phone and apologise for not contacting us earlier. I felt happy and could not believe that a miracle would happen in Japan. Thinking that their society is safe and has trust, the Japanese auntie has proven that the people here are really nice!! Then, we immediately rush down to collect our phone and thanked her so much. The auntie mentioned that they intend to bring our phone to the police until they saw our note to her :) They are really efficient and 真的以人为本！！！


This whole incident brought about problems such as re-scheduling of plans and losing of sleep by the team. But I'm glad that I was able to find my phone and we could get into contact with the Japanese people and know who they exactly are!!

So, after reading this post, I would like to thank everyone in this team and the Japanese people who helped to find my phone! :)