2013!!

Looking back to 2013, I remind a lot of things.

But I think the best thing happened 2013 was getting the first prize in the volleyball competition.

I hadn't written about this in this blog.

Actually, my volleyball team got first prize in the competition held in Doshisha university last month. I was so happy!!

Of course,it was delightful to defeat other teams,but also the win gave me confidence.

I'm a captain of the team,but I always got angry in the practice everyday. Because I felt a much pressure being a captain. 

I have three months until the retirement competition.

So I'll do my best to make the best "team".

I looked back 2013 walking around near my house.

I think I was really strange person while I was walking;)

Have a great New Year's Eve!!

Bazaar And Cultural Festival

It's the last day of 2013!!

My school has a bazaar on October every year.

And senior students open shops in groups.

I participated in a "Ramen" group this year.

The group had about 15 people. And we held many meetings and trial eatings.

Finally,we could reach to the best taste we wanted to make.

We made a t-shirt to wear in bazaar day. The words were written by our senior student who graduated Steiner school few years ago.

In the bazaar day,our ramen sold out very early . I was so happy to see people eating our ramen happily.

A month later, senior students had a cultural festival.

At this time,I became a leader of the public relations group.

We did a work shop of making books,made panels about us and held notebooks exhibition.

They were too much work for just 9 people. But 12 grades students helped us so much. So,we could complete all the works. I really depending on senior students...all the timeX(

Me and one year younger student did a work until 12o'clock in the Starbucks few days before the cultural festival;)

It was very hard work,but I enjoyed them!

Wok experience and Drama camping

How have you been everybody?

As you know,it's long time to write my blog.

If you worried about me a lot,thank you:) But I'm fine. I'm in best form now!

Because I'm in a winter vacation.

Actually,a lot of wonderful things happened while recessing this blog.

After the welfare experience,I had a work experience in the central part of Kyoto. 

And I met a respectable two women there.  

They are running the company themselves. The name of the company is "Springshow".

One of women is a drawing artist. Her drawing is beautiful and makes things on the tableware nicer.

I love her works. I could experience the drafting her drawing and shop clerk.

I'm gonna write how I found this company.

I found her works in the shop last spring. And I loved her works. So,I telephoned her and I could go to work experience. I was so lucky.

I wanna appreciate them to accepting me to work there.

Her work place.

Her tableware.

Next, I had a drama camp with my classmates.

My class will perform drama next summer as a part of school curriculum. So we had a camp for preparing the drama.

We spent a week together practicing acting and making supper. And we talked a lot of things in a meeting every nights. 

But I had a fever from second day until the day before last day...so I almost spent time in a bed.  Aww...it was awful.

Looking back this camp,a lot of things happened. Many of my classmates changed in a good way. But they were backed themselves now. So it was just temporary...

Anyway,I'm looking forward to making the drama with my classmates.

The place where we camped was so beautiful!

"Soni plateau" 

It is the time end of the year.

I hope you have a great holiday!

Welfare experience

My school has so many practical programs.

In September,11th grade's students are really busy with practical programs.

First,we had to make a speech of graduation project. Then,we had welfare experience,labor experience and drama camp.

You know,I had so many events of school. So I couldn't write a lot;(

Anyway, I'm gonna write about welfare experience.

I went to a work place for handicapped person from September 9th to 20th.

My perspective of seeing a handicapped person was completely changed by this program.

Before going to the work place,I had never communicated with handicapped person. So, it was a big challenge for me to talk and work with them.

 In the first day,the president of the work place told me to find a good part of the person all the time.

Not just handicapped person, your friends and your family. Everyone has a good part and bad part.

I could understand just words,but I couldn't understand the real meaning of these words.

Working with handicapped person was so fun and I could get energy by their smile. They were so king and they had been smiled all the time.

When I went to the supermarket with them, the other customer looked at handicapped person like looking at something so dirty. When I saw it,I thought that's really strange and wrong! At the time,I thought that everyone is not perfect,everyone need a help by the others,but just handicapped person need a little bit more help than the others.   At the same time,I thought finally I could understand and experience the real meaning words of the president.

I had fun working with handicapped person. Not handicapped person,so kind and delightful people:)

Thank you very much!

On the way to the work place by bicycle.

Speech of Graduation project

Hello!

How have you been?

I'm doing so good.

I made a speech of graduation project on September 7th.

The speech was about my theme of the graduation project. And I talked about my reasons of deciding a architecture for theme.

I was soo nervous before the speech,but when started speaking,I forgot to be nervous. So,it was really nice experience to make a speech in front of many people.

There were all senior students,teachers and many parents.

Anyway,I hate to make a speech in front of so many people...but I have to do it so many times in the future. 

I showed these pictures in the speech.

These are my favorite. I hope you like it!

I'm so sleepy right now...

An addition...

Additional photos in Canada.

Ice cream is amazing food.  I realized how ice cream is delicious and make me happy!

Now, one of my favorite food is ice cream<3                                     

                                            

                                            

I saw him in the city park.

He is eating a potato chip. Cute...

I finished uploading most of photos of Kelowna.

 

UBC

(Sorry,I've forgotten to upload this article xD)

I'm on the plane to back to Japan!

I don't want to back to Japan...I want to jump off from this plane.

Anyway,I'm gonna continue writing about second week.

I went to UBC(University Of British Clumbia) Okanagan campus.

I liked structures. So, I took some pictures.

Just a bus stop. But so cool.

Why isn't there cool bus stop like this in Japan!?

This is a place for students to learn.

The time I went there,everybody was in summer vacation.

So, there were no people.

I don't know what is this structure for.

Inside of the art structure.

I'm gonna write about recent situation next time;)

Bye~

Second week in Kelowna

Hey! I'm writing this in the Kelowna airport.

My Japanese friend is sitting next to me. And she'll get on the same plane with me.

My flight plan is...Kelowna→Vancouver→Tokyo→Osaka.

It will be so long flight.

I went to the fruits market in second week.

There were so many Kind of fruits. And I loved cherry.

Peach!!

 

   Apple!

This is a view from side of Okanagan lake.

After school,I went to Starbucks with my friends.

We can drink the same taste all around the world;)

When I back to home,my host mother made a " virgin mohito" for me.

It was yummy! 

[Ingredients for "virgin mohito"]

1. Canada Dry(carbonated water)

2. Herb

3. Lime

4. Syrup

5. Ice

And put them into the glass and just mix!

Cute host family<3

First week in Kelowna

I'm gonna write about what I have done in the first week in Kelowna.

I'd been suffered from jet lag in the first week. But I attended the school every day.

I enjoyed activity class I had in the afternoon everyday. I went to many places with my classmates and a teacher.

On the Tuesday,I went to Father pandosy's house.

It took a long time to get there by walking. I'd been talked with Thai girl on the way to there. So, I didn't  sense a long distance.

Father pandosy's house is a place where first Kelowna's people lived.

It was interesting,because I could see how they'd lived there clearly.

This is one of the houses.

      

                               

I wrote my name here;)

 Can you see the black things in front of the hut?

Those are cows. I don't know why they are gathering...

On the Wednesday,I went to Knox mountain to hiking.

That was very nice. We just climbed the middle of the Knox mountain. But view was amazing!

Here are some pictures from the middle of the mountain.

                                            

    

After the hiking, we went to the park.

 We spent time there like a child:D

View from the park.

I don't remember when I eat this hamburger, but my lunch for...sometime

It was yummy;)

 I'll continue writing about activities!

Canada!!

Hi;) 

Actually,I'm in Canada now.

I came here for learning English. I'll stay here for just three weeks...I wanted to stay here more long term.But my school in Japan will start from beginning of September,so I have to back to Japan.

And I have to give a speech about theme of graduation project in a first week of September...

Anyway,I'm attending to international language school in Kelowna. 

Here are some pictures that took this week.

    I'm staying in this house. 

    This is part of my room

   I found deference between these two coins;)

   View from Knox mountain

I really love this place and people.

I'll write about what I did in this week soon.

11th grade Pt2

My second big work of 11th grade is graduation project.

My school has a graduation project yet high school.

The graduation project begin spring of 11th grade and end at 12the grade spring.

So we have time to proceed our project for 2years. I think it's enough time to complete a project.

I started to think my theme of project in march.  

I had so many choices of themes.

1.Dancing

2.Taking picture

3.Violin

4. Recording video

5.Architecture

6.More...

I had to choose one theme from these themes.

That was so hard work for me. I thought a lot and talked with my teacher.

Few weeks later,I had been chosen the one from Taking video or Architecture.  

And I chose "Architecture".

Basically, I  really like to see the pictures of architecture. And I thought if I chose another theme, I can't leave architecture while I'm doing the theme.

And I wanted to try designing architecture. That are my reasons for choosing the theme.

In this summer vacation,I'm planning to enter a competition of architecture for student held by a university.

Bye bye~;)

11th grade

I wanna look back to the first half year of 11th grade.
I knew that 11th grade gonna be so busy year.But it was more busy than I expected.
The first big happening of this year was I became a captain of a volleyball club! Being captain was big challenge for me.The first time my teacher told me to be a captain,I didn't have confidence to be a captain.But after few days,I decided to be a captain of a volleyball club.
Being captain isn't easy,but I realized that I'd had a clear vision of my team since I became a member of the team.So, I'm enjoying being a captain and making the ideal practice everyday.

Hey!

I haven't been writing this blog for a long time...But I'm gonna start writing this blog again.

My 10th year of the school finished. I thought back to one year.
I was reminded of many travels. I went to Shimane,Thailand and Ohita about in a month.
Each trip was so much fun but I went through many new experiences on the trip to Thailand.I met a lot of Thai at the same time for the first time.They were so kind and energetic.I wondered why they are so different from Japanese?I thought the biggest cause was generation.People in Bangkok were almost young people. Big part of Thailand was supported by young people.So,I thought our young generation should be more responsed to japan.

Anyway, I wanna trip to many places this year more than last year:)