Days 14-16

Mina-san Konnichiwa!

It's been an exciting couple of days. Saturday was nice due to the later wake-up time, so we all got more sleep than usual. The extra rest came in handy during the language classes. We also started a new film on Japan directly after World War II: Always: Sunset on Third Street. Later on, we celebrated our individual cultures with a DANSE PAATEI with Russian, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese music. All of the partial immersion academies had a fun, adult-supervised evening, except for the Latin academy, which listened to opera all evening (sarcasm). Sunday began with the completion of our daruma. We then continued along our normal schedule until the evening, in which everyone was treated to the variety show. Everyone participated, some in classes, some in self-formed groups, and others individually. Wake-up time returned to normal today, but everyone was still bright-eyed and bushy tailed for language classes. For lunch, we made gyoza (dumplings) and onigiri (rice balls). It was nice enjoying the fruits (and in some cases meats) of our labour. In culture class we learned about how Japanese people relax and unwind. Sadly, we did not get to experience anything we learned first-hand.

Sayoonara!!

Kame-san