2011年11月17日木曜日

Faces In Books

Nice news for Facebook users (so basically everyone) that want to know what's going on in the Tokiwagi International Course. We've just opened up a TGH page for you to visit. It's more about the entire program (grades 1, 2 & 3) than just my own homeroom girls' activities.
Here's the link.
https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/TGH.International?sk=wall
You'll find plenty of new pics of the 2nd year girls' homestay visit to the U.S, 3rd year girls goofing around and some nifty shots of our Inter-1 girls that I've filtered through the old ipad. Just like this one:



 But not this one. It's an exclusive to readers who check out this blog. This is a shot of Momoka's goodbye party seconds before the pizza was devoured. I recently got an e-mail from our young lady in London; she's already been asked to perform in the company's spring production, which I've been told is a big deal- so congratulations on that Momo! Don't forget us when you're a worldwide, superstar, prima-ballerina!
Another of our students has had her homestay application to Fiji accepted so we'll be having another teary-eyed pizza party just before Christmas to bid farewell to Manami for one year of studying abroad. Although its our job here to get the girls out into the world and globetrotting their way to adulthood I sure hope some of them stick around Japan, at least until they graduate. The chorus competitions and sports days are going to be tough going with nobody but Yoko & I to fill out the roster!

2011年11月2日水曜日

TGHAMERICA!

Well, Tokiwagi's 2nd year International class just returned from their 1-month homestay in the U.S. They spent the first 2 weeks at a language school in Seattle where they met ALOT of new friends from all over the world according to their facebook pages. That's what we're all about here in TGH's International classes so I've been clicking on the "like" button almost non-stop during their status updates, but not so much when they announce their engagements to guys they just met (I kid, of course).
Hey- Arisa's got the same jacket as me. Thank you Uniqlo!

Average weight gained during homestay: 2 kilos each!
(I'm estimating but not joking this time.)

After Seattle they participated in a 2-week homestay in sunny San Mateo, California. The highlight of this was of course Halloween, which happens here in Japan but not quite with the same passion that we display in Western countries. Don't they look lovely? The girl out of costume is Yui- I'll deduct some participation points off of her next class. And who the heck came as Beetlejuice!? I like it but I doubt the wearer of that costume was alive when the movie came out.
Don't forget to bring my omiyage on Monday girls!