Japanese Buddies!
So there's about 20 Japanese students from Kyoto University coming over to England for a few weeks, it's done about twice a year in partnership with my uni and in return a few students from Keele go to Kyoto for a few weeks over the summer as well and stay with host families. These Japanese students will be staying with families in the local area for the 3 weeks that they'll be at Keele and then they go to tourist places around the country before heading back to Japan, it's something really exciting for them to do and, while they're at uni, students from Keele become their "buddies" and show them round, make friends and take them out places while they're here.
I had a buddy last year and found it really fun so I signed up again this year, my buddy is a girl named Kana and I'll meet her on Monday night at a welcome buffet put on by the uni. As there wasn't many people showing an interest in being a buddy and there was two students who still didn't have anybody today, me and my friend Debbie signed up to take on another buddy, so my other person is a guy named Yusuke, I sooo can't wait to meet them, the Japanese are such lovely people and it will help me to brush up on my Japanese as well as help them with their English :D
They arrive in England tomorrow but like I said, I wont meet them til Monday evening. Jahan has also got a buddy, I can't quite remember his name right now but in the group this year there's only 2 guys so between us (me, Jahan and Debbie) we have the only 2 guys and overall there'll be 5 students with us which will make it more fun I think, we've got allsorts planned for where we're going to take them in their free time so the next 3 weeks hold the promoise of being fun and exciting, and hopefully we can maintain the friendships when they return to Japan :D
I had a buddy last year and found it really fun so I signed up again this year, my buddy is a girl named Kana and I'll meet her on Monday night at a welcome buffet put on by the uni. As there wasn't many people showing an interest in being a buddy and there was two students who still didn't have anybody today, me and my friend Debbie signed up to take on another buddy, so my other person is a guy named Yusuke, I sooo can't wait to meet them, the Japanese are such lovely people and it will help me to brush up on my Japanese as well as help them with their English :D
They arrive in England tomorrow but like I said, I wont meet them til Monday evening. Jahan has also got a buddy, I can't quite remember his name right now but in the group this year there's only 2 guys so between us (me, Jahan and Debbie) we have the only 2 guys and overall there'll be 5 students with us which will make it more fun I think, we've got allsorts planned for where we're going to take them in their free time so the next 3 weeks hold the promoise of being fun and exciting, and hopefully we can maintain the friendships when they return to Japan :D