Today was the last day in Sapporo and sadly our final day in Japan but even though it was the last day, the study group of 2009 has left with memories that will stay with us for the rest of our lives. It is because of this that we find that we have become closer with our friends and strengthened the bonds with our peers that we didn’t know as well as we did before coming on this trip.
These past two weeks have possibly been the best two of our lives so far, with memories such as the group pose on the top of the tower of terror at disneysea for the photo just as it dropped, the snowball/ice throwing fight that occurred on top of mount hakodate, all the Japanese school girls pointing at laughing at us, Michael losing his passport on a bullet train, which we retrieved and Michael having to meet a Japanese policeman after losing his JR pass only to find it the next morning. These are only a few memories among many that made this trip a most enjoyable one and great way to finish of 2009 before entering year 12 and year 11.
While creating all these memories, that eventually we will look back and laugh on, we participated to the fullest extent on what this trip was meant to be for, this being experiencing the Japanese culture and improving our Japanese. We found the Japanese culture to be a very different one, being softer, with many polite friendly people who were very surprised to see westerners attempting to speak their language, no matter how bad you were. Therefore we found ourselves more determined and excited at the chance to use our language skill the fullest extent.
In light of this we found this trip to be the one of the most worthwhile experiences that have taken part in during our time at Xavier, which we could not have participated without the help of the teachers, to whom of which we are very grateful, so we thank you. While also we thank the parents for letting us go and finally all the students who came along for being the best bunch of blokes to ever do Japanese at Xavier, who made it such a great trip to be apart of.
So どもありがとうございました
And have a great holiday, merry Christmas and a happy new year.
These past two weeks have possibly been the best two of our lives so far, with memories such as the group pose on the top of the tower of terror at disneysea for the photo just as it dropped, the snowball/ice throwing fight that occurred on top of mount hakodate, all the Japanese school girls pointing at laughing at us, Michael losing his passport on a bullet train, which we retrieved and Michael having to meet a Japanese policeman after losing his JR pass only to find it the next morning. These are only a few memories among many that made this trip a most enjoyable one and great way to finish of 2009 before entering year 12 and year 11.
While creating all these memories, that eventually we will look back and laugh on, we participated to the fullest extent on what this trip was meant to be for, this being experiencing the Japanese culture and improving our Japanese. We found the Japanese culture to be a very different one, being softer, with many polite friendly people who were very surprised to see westerners attempting to speak their language, no matter how bad you were. Therefore we found ourselves more determined and excited at the chance to use our language skill the fullest extent.
In light of this we found this trip to be the one of the most worthwhile experiences that have taken part in during our time at Xavier, which we could not have participated without the help of the teachers, to whom of which we are very grateful, so we thank you. While also we thank the parents for letting us go and finally all the students who came along for being the best bunch of blokes to ever do Japanese at Xavier, who made it such a great trip to be apart of.
So どもありがとうございました
And have a great holiday, merry Christmas and a happy new year.
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