Published on September 10, 2008
in Non-Otaku.
At the time this post is published, the exchange students from HITP will already be slacking comfortably in their homes back in Hiroshima, so the title’s lagging.
On Monday night, together with our Japanese friends, we left the school apartment and headed for Changi Airport to bid them farewell before they head back home. This is probably the first time I’ve sent friends off at the airport, since I left for my Japan trip in late March before the previous batch of students from Kumamoto did. Most of the time, I’m at the airport either to leave the country, or to welcome someone.
Surprisingly, no one cried. I guess it’s because there were no female Japanese students. Hur Hur.
Continue reading ‘Bon Voyage To Hiroshima’
As briefly mentioned in my previous post, I hosted a Japanese student who came all the way from a Polytechnic in Hiroshima, Japan, over the weekends. It was a rather good opportunity to practice some casual Japanese, as well as to expand my contacts.
It turned out that my homestay student studies Architecture, practices boxing, and loves motorcycles. That’s the exact opposite of what I am. Still, he told me that he was glad that I could speak Japanese, since he was rather worried about communication problems before the homestay began.
This time, unlike the previous exchange program I experienced in March earlier this year, most of the time we spent going out was in a pair of 2 hosts and students, or as a huge group. This time, however, almost all the hosts could speak some Japanese. Most took classes in school, and could manage with asking if they wanted to eat, or what they wanted to do.
Continue reading ‘Japanese Polytechnic Student Homestay’
Here are some of the goodies that my homestay student brought over from Japan.
Continue reading ‘Omiyage From Japan’
I’m feeling rather down now, because of the homestay program. It just ended yesterday. I’m really bothered that I didn’t play the role of a host that well.
Continue reading ‘My Regret’
I don’t really have much time to blog for these few days, and almost all the time I can spare now is pretty much to upload the following picture.
Continue reading ‘Japanese College Student Homestay’
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