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WELCOME PIEE / CIEE STUDENTS Thursday 03 January 2008 Eighteen Japanese students arrived at Sydney International Airport about 8am. Another student will come a little later on Wednesday. The students were a little tired after the long journey, but once they were on the bus leaving the airport and looking out the window they became excited. One student exclaimed : I can’t believe I’m here in Australia!”. The students went to the famous Sydney Opera House and walked around Circular Quay to the Rocks. This is an area in Sydney where many old buildings from early European settlement have been preserved.
The students saw two of the oldest building in Australia – Cadman’s Cottage and the Garrison Church. Then they walked around to one of the southern pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and went to the top. The weather was clear so the view was spectacular.
Next stop was the Australian Hotel in The Rocks, a place that is famous for its unique pizzas. The students ate Kangaroo pizza, Emu pizza, and Crocodile pizza there. They told us the taste was…”different” and “unique”. After lunch the students
travelled to Maewill English College (on the north side of Sydney) where they had a brief orientation. After this they were picked up by their homestay families. Friday 04 January 2008
Students arrived at the college about 9am.
They were all talking about their host families. They all looked very happy with their new Australian friends. After some tests the students went to the city by bus. The weather on Thursday and Friday was very warm. FEATHERDALE WILDLIFE PARK Friday, 11 January 2008
Today we had a wonderful wildlife experience, we went to Featherdale Wildlife Park. There we could see and touch different animals. And we discovered new things about them, for example: Koalas have a strong eucalypt smell, snakes can change their skin up to five times a year, a lizard looked like it had two heads. TOO MUCH RAIN Friday, 18 January 2008
Everyone was supposed to go to the beach on Friday for a barbecue. However, it started to rain on Thursday night and hasn't really stopped since then. Obviously all the students were looking forward to the delicious food so Mae came up with the best alternative for a rainy Friday - pizza and movie! Here's what Nicole had to say: It was a rainy Friday and the planned BBQ at Shelly Beach had to be cancelled. Instead of having fun on the beach we enjoyed watching the movie 'Ratatouille', a Walt Disney Production about a rat who became a chef in a well-known French restaurant in Paris. It was an entertaining and fun way to spend a wet Friday morning. The pizzas that got delivered for lunch more than made up for the missed barbie. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY EXCURSION Friday, 25 January 2008
Have you ever been to the University of Sydney? It consists of modern and old buildings. It is amusing and huge. The first thing we saw was the clock tower. Then we saw a tree called a Jacaranda. There is a saying that you must begin studying before the tree blooms in November, or you will fail your exam. There is also another story about the tree that you could meet your husband or wife right under the tree. Believe it or not. Mae and William met under the tree and fell in love, years ago.
Later we visited two museums. One is called Macleay Museum, which collects a lot of Australian animals inside. In anothe rmuseum, we saw mummies. It is amazing that there are differences between female mummies and male mummies. It was pleasant to go to Sydney University and we enjoyed ourselves in this historical university. We hope we can go there and be members of the best university we know. BLUE MOUNTAINS TRIP Monday, 28 January 2008
Today we went to the Blue Mountains. The mountains were very beautiful and the air was very clear. We have never seen such wonderful mountains. We were excited on the coaster. We want to go again! - Ayako Hirano, Satomi and Hikaru MY LIFE IN AUSTRALIA SO FAR Click on the student photos to find out their first impressions of Australia and living with an Australian family.
JAPANESE STUDENTS GRADUATION Wednesday, 30 January 2008
This afternoon the PIEE and CIEE exchange students from Japan graduated from Maewill. After an intensive 4 week program at MEC they are now ready to continue their Australian adventure. They will be travelling all over Australia to study at High School and live with Aussie families. Congratulations to all the students for their hard work and enthusiam. Good luck with the next chapter of your adventure - and keep in touch! This morning all the students said a teary goodbye to their homestay families before catching the bus. When they first met their homestay families 4 weeks ago, they looked excited and also a little bit worried, because it was the first time for all of the students to live with Aussie families. But this morning they were talking to their homestay families and taking photos as if they wouldn't like to leave. Also they met new friends and teachers at Maewill English College. They will keep in touch with them. Students - you will meet new friends and new homestay families in the next place. Hope you have a great time with them! |
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Ayako Ogawa
Natsuki Horiuchi
Satsuki Nakatani
Ayako Hirano
Satomi Sone
Ayumi Tanabe
Yumi Yoshida
Mizuki Toyoda
Shiori Yano
Ai Iwashita
Kanako Usui
Sana Shigeta
Ryo Tanaka
Makiko Tomita
Hiroe Wada
Naho Harikae
Hikaru Tsuchizaki
Saori Tsumura
Mai Kitamura
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