The staff and kids of Oshima English Camp 2009!!!
Sunday, Aug 23, 2009
We got to meet all the kids and played a whole bunch of fun games. There was a scavenger hunt game, as well as an obstacle course game. We also broke up into "families" to prepare a skit that would be performed on the last day of camp. The theme was centered around Disney stories. My family was awesome! Except we only had one kid...Keiju! He's the best! Poor thing though...I'm sure he wanted to be with his friends. We also had this kinda creepy Japanese English teacher, Makoto, but I guess he was ok. Heh.
Me, Keiju, Kota, and Yuki
Monday, Aug 24, 2009
The next day was awesome! We made posters about different questions that the kids had to ask each other in English. We also had to give speeches (kids in English, staff in Japanese) to the other campers. My speech partner was Ibuki, a super smart and sweet girl from Kuka Jr. High School. She was so great, and her English is super good! We talked about all kinds of stuff and she taught me some cool games and Japanese phrases.
Ibuki was by far the coolest kid EVER!!!!
We also played a whole bunch of rounds of DODGEBALL. Odd, no one here calls it 'shambattle'. Isn't that strange??
For lunch we all worked together to cook some grilled chicken enchiladas...or were they quesadillas? A real Mexican treat for the kids, complete with guacamole and tortilla chips. Delicious. Hehe, some of the kids didn't even touch the guacamole. I don't blame them...if someone offered me green Japanese mush, I'd probably pass as well ;)
We then headed for the BEACH! It was so much fun! The water was nice and clear and there was a wall that you could jump off of. Only junk thing was that you had to use the rope to climb back up...and the wall was full of sharp barnacles. So worth it though ;)
Mitsuko, Al, Yumi, Me, and Ibuki hanging out at the beach
Me getting ready to launch myself off the wall! (Thanks Cyndi for the awesome pic!)
For dinner we had Korean style BBQ...yakiniku! That was my most favorite meal! There was chicken, beef, pumpkin, cabbage, hot dog (it was actually fish though...weird stuff), and so much more! For dessert, we made smores with the smallest marshmallows in the world...and ritz crackers as a substitute for graham crackers (which was freaking DELICIOUS by the way!)
Our camp "family"...Makoto, Me, Al (Well, Al wasn't in our family...he wanted to be w/us though..hehe), Isaac, Keiju, and Kris
We worked on our skits for the rest of the night before going to sleep. We also got a chance to write letters to the kids of our families and game groups. So cute!
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009
We had fish for breakfast...but it actually tasted pretty good! Then we went about exchanging our letters. 4 kids wrote to me! Awww I felt so special! I was only suppose to get 1...from Keiju! After, each group performed their skit. Ours was about Aladdin (played by Keiju) trying to get away from Jasmine (played by Isaac) by asking the Genie (played by Makoto) to send him to different places around the world, including Indiana, Hawaii, and Japan. Jasmine follows him everywhere...but Aladdin is over her because she just let herself go after the real movie. Aladdin ends up staying in Japan since Jasmine is scared of "mukade," which is Japanese for centipedes. (I played the centipede..hehe) Kris was the narrator. We did an awesome job! Too bad we didn't get 1st place :(
After, we played...you guessed it...MORE DODGEBALL! Some of the kids were really good! I was impressed :) Then there was a closing ceremony with the vice principal of Oshima High School. They also handed out prizes to the different groups that won certain challenges. Our group won the relay race prize! Whoo hoo Elmo bandaids rock! Then it was the end of the camp :( So much fun...to bad it ended so soon. The kids were the greatest EVER. I really hope I get to see and work with them again!
Kayo (a Japanese English teacher) and Me at campfire
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