Tonishi HigH ~

Hey guys. This is Dexter Chen. I have already graduated from George Washington High School so whoever is reading this, enjoy your high school life!

Today is July 23. Sensei woke us up at 7A.M sharp T.T We all went to got ready and packed our stuff. Everyone met up at the lobby around 7:30 and we all screamed "itadakimasu" before we starting eating. They served rice, soup, eggs, some veggie and some meat. I didn't eat much because it was still early.

After breakfast, we all went to our room and got our stuff. We all a mini meeting at the room where we all met before night we stayed at the youth center. After that, we got on the bus and had a 45 ~ mintue ride to the school to meet our host students.

When we arrived, we met the principle and the vice principle and some other staffs of Tonishi. They welcomed us like VIP guests. Their welcomes were really friendly because everyone seemed like they were really eager of meeting us. Then, we all went to this room in second floor and we had our introduction and presentation there. The Wash students sang the song "Lean on Me" while the Tonishi students sang their school songs and the theme song of One Piece. I was really nervous in the beginning, but the butterfly started to disappear when my host students showed me how friendly they were.

After lunch, all the Wash students got to experience what it means to do "souji" at school. I was so amazed when I saw the japanese students cooperating together as they cleaned their homeroom. After souji, our host students showed us around. I can't really tell if Wash is bigger or not because they have many clubs here that we don't have back at Wash.

When we all met up again, all the Wash students went to the calligraphy class and experienced what calligraphy really is. It is actually way harder than it seems. Kanji has never been a problem to me, but when I tried the calligraphy, I felt like I didn't know kanji anymore. It was my first time and it was really fun ^.^

Around 5:30, we all went back to the room on second floor and waited for our host family to come. I can see that everyone had a nervous look on their face (including myself). My mind was blanked the whole time! Good thing my host family is really nice, I was able to go home with them while carrying on easy conversations.

My host family's house is 30 ~ mintues away from Tonishi. They all welcomed with and bow when they saw me entered the house. They showed me my room. Kazuki (my host) took me to his room to chat while the family perpared for dinner! So Far So Good =P