Tuesday August 19th by R.A. and A.K.

This morning, my host father made toast and gave me some yogurt.

It was a fresh experience for me because the breakfast was different from what I usually have in Japan.

In my EFL class, we learned about healthy eating.

After that, I tried toast with Vegemite. It actually tasted better than when I first had it at my host family’s house.

I also ate a lamington. It was a flavor I had never experienced before, and I really enjoyed it.

After coming back home, I cooked okonomiyaki with my host brother.

I wanted my host family to experience Japanese food, so I brought some ingredients to share with them.

It was a little difficult to make because I had to slice pork belly thinly, which is not a usual step in Japan.

But I was happy that I could use the word “stir-fry,” which I learned in my EFL class today.

The moment my host family enjoyed the food was the happiest moment for me in Australia so far.

I was also glad when my host sister called me a “good chef.”

Tomorrow, I will have an agricultural experience.

I’m really looking forward to it because it’s something I could never do in my usual school life.

Thank you.

R.A.

Today, I took an ESL class, and then I went to the NCC kindergarten and played with the children.

At the kindergarten, I played with the children using magnetic toys, played soccer, and played in the sand.

Also, I brought origami to the kindergarten. It was very popular, and the number of origami pieces became few, so I was very happy.

(保育園では写真を取れず、学校でKoalaチームの写真を撮りました..by中山)

After lunch, I took PE and English classes with my buddy. The PE class was a lecture, and we learned about human relationships.

I was surprised at first because I thought it would be a class to move our bodies, but it was very interesting.

In English class, we read a passage in the textbook and answered the questions.

We also borrowed the textbook and tried to answer other questions. It was very useful.

After dinner, I played many games with my host family. Among the games I played with them, I liked the drawing game.

It is a game where you draw a picture of a topic and your teammate guesses it. There were many words I didn’t know, so it was also good for learning.

Also, I found that Australia has UNO too, but the pronunciation is not "uno" — it is "yuno." I was very surprised.

Tomorrow, I will have a chance to teach Japanese to students in the Japanese class. I’m really looking forward to it.

I have to speak a lot of English, so I think it will be very good practice.

I don’t have much time left in this study abroad program, but I want to learn as much as I can before I go back to Japan.

A.K.