Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Summer Homestay 2007
We have been receiving pretty encouraging response for this special homestay in August.
We usually organise our homestay during the year end December holidays. That's when our members and general public are clearing leave and thus have the luxury of leaving the country for a longer period.
We had a successful homestay in Hiroshima during December 2006. From the response and feedback collated about 85% of the participants enjoyed the homestay and they really enjoyed the bonding and cultural exhange with their host families. Keep a look out for testimonials from participants and also a first family testimonial as the Koh Family participated in the homestay. Lian Soon, Lee Mee and Tristan is the first full family to participate in our homestay programs in our nine years history. Tristan had a exciting adventure which included a visit to the local A&E department in a Japanese hospital. Stay tuned for that.
This summer homestay is different as we have included a Mount Fuji Expedition. It is something different from our past homestays as we include some interesting activities. Not to mention, July and August is the months of Fireworks where Japanese enjoy summer in their Yukata watching fireworks display. Its quite an exhilarating experience because it is 90mins long! (A COOL six time longer than out NDP fireworks display!!!) I am trying to arrange the schedule such that we do get to catch the Fireworks!
I climbed Mount Fuji in Year 2000 and enjoyed the experience tremendously. It is not strenous but it does require some stamina and the ability to withstand the cold weather. As we get higher, the temperature drops. We also have to be mindful of altitude sickness which will set in if we climb too fast. I have seen dogs, obaasan (old senior citizens), kids, Japanese of all ages climb Mount Fuji. At the seven station, we had to give way to a group of Japanese carrying a person on a sedan. (maybe a handicap person or fractured foot). Even the handicapped climbs Mt Fuji. I talked to an obaasan who was 68 yrs at that time and she does not look a bit her age. She was climbing with her son and daugther. I met a Thai student who asked me to take her picture and learnt some Thai words along the way. Koppunkrap!
To be continued...
22March2007
We usually organise our homestay during the year end December holidays. That's when our members and general public are clearing leave and thus have the luxury of leaving the country for a longer period.
We had a successful homestay in Hiroshima during December 2006. From the response and feedback collated about 85% of the participants enjoyed the homestay and they really enjoyed the bonding and cultural exhange with their host families. Keep a look out for testimonials from participants and also a first family testimonial as the Koh Family participated in the homestay. Lian Soon, Lee Mee and Tristan is the first full family to participate in our homestay programs in our nine years history. Tristan had a exciting adventure which included a visit to the local A&E department in a Japanese hospital. Stay tuned for that.
This summer homestay is different as we have included a Mount Fuji Expedition. It is something different from our past homestays as we include some interesting activities. Not to mention, July and August is the months of Fireworks where Japanese enjoy summer in their Yukata watching fireworks display. Its quite an exhilarating experience because it is 90mins long! (A COOL six time longer than out NDP fireworks display!!!) I am trying to arrange the schedule such that we do get to catch the Fireworks!
I climbed Mount Fuji in Year 2000 and enjoyed the experience tremendously. It is not strenous but it does require some stamina and the ability to withstand the cold weather. As we get higher, the temperature drops. We also have to be mindful of altitude sickness which will set in if we climb too fast. I have seen dogs, obaasan (old senior citizens), kids, Japanese of all ages climb Mount Fuji. At the seven station, we had to give way to a group of Japanese carrying a person on a sedan. (maybe a handicap person or fractured foot). Even the handicapped climbs Mt Fuji. I talked to an obaasan who was 68 yrs at that time and she does not look a bit her age. She was climbing with her son and daugther. I met a Thai student who asked me to take her picture and learnt some Thai words along the way. Koppunkrap!
To be continued...
22March2007
Labels: Fireworks, Homestay, Mount Fuji
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