During the first day, I almost cried as the night was so long and I have nothing to do! I really missed my parents a lot! But on the other days, I am having fun so I didn't thought about it for a while.
But during the homestay, I really missed my family again. It was because they are friendly, friendlier than my family. I remembered this incident clearly, I was watching the television programme (in Japanese), they knew I do not understand so they switched it to a cartoon channel. It was really considerate of them. On another occasion, the host asked me to call my parents, I almost cried again because the calling fees are expensive. I said "No need" but they said "You must". I had problem getting the call through and the host family searched for instructions on how to call back to Singapore for me. I told my mum that Japan was great. I sobbed secretly, facing the wall. I then hung up after a while and smiled at them. After eating an "Oi Shee" dinner, the host's brothers (Ken and Shin) played basketball and PlayStation with me. When choosing the games, I ask if there were racing game but they do not have it. Instead, they picked an air fighting game and I agreed with that.
Next day when I returned to their home and after eating dinner, I proceeded to their room again, this time, they bought a new game, F1 Racing just for me to play! I was so shocked and I really appreciated their gesture. I guess you can finally understand how I felt, they are so heart-warming and nice! The host family even made an effort to send me off at the farewell, another gesture that I will not forget for life. They printed out the photos that we have taken for the past 2 days and gave the nice photo album to me as a gift. I wished I could stay longer. This is my host's family.
Like Salonee posted, I will encourage all students to participate in this trip.
If available next year, I will surely try to participate again :D
I really miss Japan a lot(not only their food)..
posted by Chuan Siang
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