EVGians in Japan 2008: Day 5 ... Chuan Siang

It was day 5 of our Japan Trip and we are starting the day with some activities with students in Joho High. I reached the meeting point(in computer lab) and went to change and prepare to play basketball, it was very fun and i manged to goal 5 times :D

They started their warming up using light Japanese tune and the tune brighten up one's mood. The students will volunteer themselves to lead the warming up. After the warming up, we were given some time to try aiming at the net. We formed two lines and took turn to do our shooting. One thing that I noticed was.. during the shooting session, the Japanese students were making a lot of noise but when the teacher blows the whistle, they will all stop whatever that they are doing and gather to face the teacher. They behaved as though they are robots.. it just come so naturally to them. No reminder from the teacher and no scolding at all. We were divided into groups and played against one another.

During the competition, the students kept cheering for their friends although they are the opposition team. This cheering really helped to build up the morale for the team and it also set a postive tone for learning to take place. During the 5 minutes break, some of them chatted together and exchanged e-mail. After the basketball training, I changed back my clothes and went to the Computer Lab again.

Before we start our warm-up

Aref doing his self introduction in Japanese...

Our "kawai" warm-up leader

Ichi.. ni... san...
1.......2......3.....

Running around the hall for 2 rounds

Stretching our back

Notice that they have their name on their T-Shirt. It is done by their mum..manually....(no machine). Apparantly, their mummy needs to sew their name on their bag, T-shirt, pencil case... Bento set bag....

Li Zhen trying her luck

Interaction time

What are you doing AREF!!! Are you trying to impress the girls using your limited Japanese vocabulary....

Ting ting getting ready for her game

Notice the "high 5" given to Regina by the Japanese. (They are of different team and yet they cheered for one another)

Group photo (This is a class of scholars who are on scholarship to study in Joho High)

We then proceed to the bus that was going to Kagoshima University and met the professor to listen to his lecture on Hydrogen. We went to the parade where we all took a huge number of photos, there are students who dressed like cartoon characters, cross dress, etc. They are all so funny. From this parade, I got to encounter the weird beliefs and culture of Japan. They are very open-minded and it was really an eye-opening experience. After that, we gone back to the theatre for our lecture. The lecture is on using hydrogen as an alternative fuel to generate electricity for motor vehicles. Even though the topic is very difficult in concept but I do understand and is interested in the topic, all this made me enjoy the lecture more. It is indeed an interesting lecture which sets our mind thinking... We think of the future, what are some of the alternative fuels that we can use. We went up the bus again and reached the high school. We went to the library first and waited for our host family to come. Mine was the second to come. We then went back to his home.
Krystal and her buddy