It was a fun day in kinkowan high school. When we entered the school we were welcome by the teacher in-charge, it felt great that he speaks good English. and we count ourselves to be very lucky. It's hard to find Japanese that speak good English.
This is their "self-made" gym area
A picture showing Kinko-wan High
We need to change our shoes into slipper every time. We find that it's very troublesome, but we are in Japan, we have to respect their culture.
In the school we attended the Japanese Traditional Tea Ceremony, "chanoyu", hosted by students from the Japanese Tea Club. There are altogether 8 steps to drinking of Japanese Tea.
Step 1 : Place the bowl, Chawan in front of you inside the tatami edging and bow to the host
Step 2: Bow your head slightly to express thanks
Step 3: Turn the chawan clockwise twice in order to avoid its front
Step 4: Drink the tea to the last sip
Step 5: After you have drank, wipe the place where you drank from with your right thumb and index finger
Step 6: Turn the chawan back so that the front faces you
Step 7: Place the chawan in front of you outside the tatami edging
Step 1 : Place the bowl, Chawan in front of you inside the tatami edging and bow to the host
Step 2: Bow your head slightly to express thanks
Step 3: Turn the chawan clockwise twice in order to avoid its front
Step 4: Drink the tea to the last sip
Step 5: After you have drank, wipe the place where you drank from with your right thumb and index finger
Step 6: Turn the chawan back so that the front faces you
Step 7: Place the chawan in front of you outside the tatami edging
Our host explaining the steps to us
We are getting ready to bow
A Sweet dessert that we have to take before taking the green tea. It tasted sweet, something similar to our Moon cake. The fillings inside is red bean. Some of us actually asked for one more. YUMMY!!
The green tea prepared. Notice the foam formed on the surface.
Our host who made the ceremony possible.
After which we had a tour around the school. In their school they have a lot of facilities. However the number of subjects they are taking are limited. In their school they specialised in Maths and Science. Selected group of students (around 20 - 30 of them) need to attend extra Maths and Science module.
After touring around we exchanged our presentations. Their presentations were on sprites (upper atmosphere lightnings) and insects and our were on taste bud. The presentation on sprites is pretty hard to understand as we do not usually observed sprites in Singapore. Sprites are occasionally held responsible for otherwise unexplained accidents involving high altitude vehicular operations above thunderstorms. The other presentation is on "parasite insects", an insect that will eat up the egg of another species and then lay its own eggs into the body of its prey. Scary ya....
Presentation by students from Kinkowan High
Presentation by Ke Xin, Jaron, Regina & Yu Tong
After the presentations we had a 10 minutes interaction time. We took this chance to know them and knowing how their education system work. They will start their class at 8:30 and it ends at 4:00 p.m. From 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. , they will have their CCA. They do not have any remedial classes. After the interactions we had lunch and the student came and join us. During lunch we had curry rice. It was nice! After a short lunch we left the school for Kinko-wan park.
After touring around we exchanged our presentations. Their presentations were on sprites (upper atmosphere lightnings) and insects and our were on taste bud. The presentation on sprites is pretty hard to understand as we do not usually observed sprites in Singapore. Sprites are occasionally held responsible for otherwise unexplained accidents involving high altitude vehicular operations above thunderstorms. The other presentation is on "parasite insects", an insect that will eat up the egg of another species and then lay its own eggs into the body of its prey. Scary ya....
Presentation by students from Kinkowan High
Presentation by Ke Xin, Jaron, Regina & Yu Tong
After the presentations we had a 10 minutes interaction time. We took this chance to know them and knowing how their education system work. They will start their class at 8:30 and it ends at 4:00 p.m. From 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. , they will have their CCA. They do not have any remedial classes. After the interactions we had lunch and the student came and join us. During lunch we had curry rice. It was nice! After a short lunch we left the school for Kinko-wan park.
Our new friends from Kinko-wan
Japanese usually bring their own Bento set from home
In the park there were many roses and plants it was a very beautiful place and all of us climb all the way up to see the beautiful scenery. After that off we go to Joho High to meet our host.I shall write till here. =)
Scenic view at the park
Jaron, Faris & Ming Chong striking a cool look
The sec 2s
At the viewing point in Kinkowan Park. You will see Sakurajima volcano at the back
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