From Australia Report on St. Andrew’s Catholic College 170625

Now it is our great pleasure to introduce the final report from one of the exchange students, Anna Nakayama, for term 2 at St. Andrew's Catholic College.  Her report represents how wonderful and meaningful this exchange program between St. Andrew's Catholic College and Otsuma Nakano has been and will be for both schools and students. 

Hello!! This is Anna Nakayama from Cairns.  This is my final report. 10 weeks have already passed since I came here.  Time passes so fast and I can’t believe that. The last week was my best time in Cairns, which became very special and exclusive time to me.

Now I’ll tell you my final Australian life!!

Actually, at St. Andrew's, every day was so fun and meaningful to me.  The week 9 was its exam week.  I also took some exams, which were good. And then, during the time when we didn’t take exams, I taught Japanese to junior students. They were so cute and they tried to speak Japanese very hard!!  So, I enjoyed helping them with Japanese speaking practice.

Last Saturday, I went to Hogs Bread, which is an Australian steak house, with my host family at dinner!!  I ate big steak, which tasted so good and I realized this was exactly Aussie food!!!  And then we went to a crystal cave!!  That is a real cave. In the cave, there were a lot of crystals!!  It was pretty fantastic and amazing!!! And I saw a big amethyst tree!! I couldn’t believe that in the world there are so many amazing crystals!!!! According to the history of this crystal cave, a man collected many crystals a long time ago and then he made an exhibition of his crystals there!

On Thursday after school, one of my friends invited me to dinner.  We went to town for dinner. We ate kangaroos, crocodiles, and wallaby, at which I was so surprised. But, it was so delicious. We had great time at the dinner!!!!

Last Sunday, I went to a festival with my host family!! There were many gifts and bands played the music at the festival.  We saw many animals such as baby pigs, sheep, and birds.  I touched one of the sheep.  And after that we went to SUSHI shop!! SUSHI is so famous in Australia!! They often eat SUSHI, which made me so happy!! It was good SUSHI!

Last day at school, I took normal class. During lunch time, we had a goodbye party. My friend gave me a St. Andrews’ bear doll!! On the bear doll, I can see many messages for me from my friends. It made me happy!!! And also, many of my friends and teachers said to me, “I miss you so much”.  It made me so sad. But it was so valuable time for me.

I can’t believe that I have to leave Cairns. These 10 weeks were awesome and so fun. I could learn so many things, which will surely be very significant for my whole life, myself, and my viewpoints.  What’s more I could also learn about Aussie great personality and culture, which is amazing and awesome!! I was so lucky that I stayed in Cairns with my awesome host family for 10 weeks and went to St. Andrew’s.  My host family was so kind to me. They love the music and movies. So, I had many opportunities to listen to great music and watched great movies!!!! It was super great time!!  

In addition, my host father is from England. So, I also could learn music, culture, and custom of England.  Many of my friends were so kind to me and so funny. Thanks to them, every day my school life was so fun and great life!!  I would like to say thank you very much to everyone!!!!  Thank you everyone for giving me this great opportunity. 10 weeks were just like a great dream for me, because it was so fun and all things was so exciting!!!

Thanks to these 10 weeks I spent in Cairns and St. Andrew’s, my English has improved much and I can be a strong person. I will keep on practicing to improve my English!!  In the upcoming December, my host sister is coming to Japan.  I’m so excited to meet with her in Japan!!!!!

In near future, I will definitely come back to Cairns to see my host family and my Aussie friends!!!  Cairns is my second home!!!!

Thank you for reading!  And I would like to give my biggest thanks to you all for these dream-like 10 weeks.!!!!

Regard,

Anna

こんにちは！ケアンズに留学中の中山杏南です！私が来てから10週間がもう過ぎました。ケアンズにいた時間はとてもはやくて信じられません。最後の週はわたしの1番の時間になり最高の時間を過ごせました！ わたしの最後のオーストラリアの生活です！

学校は毎日本当に楽しいです。9週目はテストの週で何個かテストを受けました。他の時間は小学校の子達に日本語を教えました。彼らは一生懸命日本語を喋ろうと挑戦していて可愛かったです。ですから、私たちは一生懸命に日本語スピーキングの練習をを手伝いました。

先週の土曜日にはオーストラリアステーキハウスにdinnerでホストファミリーと行きました！凄く大きなステーキを食べまさにAussieの 食事だと思いました！そしてまた私たちはcrystal caveに行きました！そこにはたくさんのクリスタルがあって、本当に感動的で素敵なクリスタルばかりでした！大きなアメジストの木も見ました！こんなに世界に素晴らしいクリスタルがたくさんあったなんて信じられなかったです！このcrystal caveの歴史は一人の男の人がクリスタルを集めて展示したことにあります。

木曜日の放課後には友達がdinnerに招待してくれたのでdinnerに行き、カンガルーやワニやワラビを食べました。驚きましたがとても美味しかったです！そして素晴らしい時間を過ごせました！

先週の日曜日にはお祭りに行きました！たくさんのギフトが売っていたり、音楽隊が演奏していたりたくさんの動物がいました。私は羊に触りました。その後はオーストラリアで人気なSUSHIを食べました。オーストラリアの人はよく日本のSUHIを食べるので嬉しいです！

最後の学校では通常クラスを受け、お昼には私のたちのためのパーティーがありました。私の友達はたくさんのメッセージが書かれてるクマの人形を私にくれました。とても嬉しかったです。たくさんの友達や先生方がI miss youといってくれて嬉しい反面、とても悲しかったです。最後の日は私にとって価値のある時間になりました！

ケアンズをもう離れなければならないなんて信じられません。この10週間は本当に最高で楽しくて私の人生や人間性にとって最も大事なことをたくさん学べました。またオーストラリアの最高の文化やAussieの素晴らしい人間性も学べました。私は私のホストファミリーと10週間生活できてセントアンドリュースに通うことができて本当に幸せでした！！わたしのホストファミリーはとてもわたしにとても親切で音楽や映画が大好きな家だったので、たくさん素晴らしい音楽や映画を聞いたり見たりする機会がありました。とても素晴らしい時間でした！！

また私のホストファザーは、イギリス出身だったのでイギリスのこともたくさん学べました。私の友達も本当に親切で面白く、彼らのおかげで毎日素晴らしい学校生活を送れました！本当にこんな素晴らしい機会を下さった皆さんに感謝したいと思います。ありがとうございました。この10週間は全てが新鮮で楽しくて、夢みたいでした。

この10週間のおかげで私の英語も上達し、芯の強い人になれたと思います。これからも、もっと上を目指して英語の勉強をもっと続けていきたいと思います。ホストシスターが12月に日本に来るのでまた会うのが本当に楽しみです！！

近い将来、ケアンズにホストファミリーや友達に会うために戻りたいと思います。またケアンズはわたしのsecond hoｍeです！

レポートを読んでくださりありがとうございました！また10週間みなさん本当にありがとうございました。