2012年8月10日金曜日

A Mid-Summer Afternoon's Dreamy Digest...

Hey folks, things have been slow and lazy this summer, with only the more serious club-going girls wandering the hallways of TGH the past week (and next). I'm headed out the door for a week-long holiday soon (whoop!) but I thought I'd check in and cover some things that have gone down in the last couple of weeks.
The last weeks of school were crazybusy with a lot happening, and then when the bell rang to let us know that "School's Out For Summer!" the International 1st & 2nd year classes immediately began our Summer Camp Extravaganza-za-za... za ..za .. (echo) . .  .! We played games, had a barbecue, ate too much, set off fire works (Safety Ministry Approved of course), watched a scary movie (Cloverfield - mixed reactions) and late at night we Skyped with a school in the U.S. The Skyping went from 12 until 1:30 AM though, so I'm going to check if we can get that changed to a more reasonable time next year.
The second day of our camp we played some more games, including a closely contested soccer match, and I introduced everyone to the fine art of making peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwiches. We kept things pretty chilled as many of the girls were groggy from the night before. All in all I think everyone had a pretty good time, but don't take my word for it, you can judge for yourself- cue the montage!
Two of our Second year girls- Mizuki and Sumire, have just headed off to the U.S. for a 1 year homestay (sniffle, sniffle. cry, cry) We'll miss you girls! Don't forget to come back when your year is finished! Sumire might be smart enough to take over the world someday and Mizuki will probably be in the next Olympics; bringing home a gold medal in speed-walking, which she'll win through her superior stamina, determination and steady diet of Peanut Butter, Jelly and Banana sandwiches.  The next big event here at Tokiwagi will be the school festival at the end of this month. The first year international class is now intensively working on a performance that's going to blow the roof off the place (which will be really hard since the stage is outside). I can't let the cat out of the bag about it yet, as I've been sworn to secrecy, but let me just tell you the words 'EPIC!', 'AMAZINGLY-AWESOME!!!' and 'VERY INTERESTING!!!' will not do it's description justice. Stay cool and Stay tuned ;^)