1997 School Magazine

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atmosphere. The challenge to create our own French advertisement for radio, tel- evision or for a magazine was a highlight of the weekend. Promoting the sensuous odour of cheese-scented perfume, entic- ing viewers to "come to Imbil" to stalk the animals, selling shampoo and a watch "qui ne me trompe pas" (that can always be relied upon) was great fun! A few of the hilarious stunts performed for the video included charging into a freezing creek in an attempt to catch a fish for lunch, being in hot pursuit of the Imbil cows and chickens and racing downhill on a bike for "la reunion". Viewing these persuasive promotions later that evening was even more amusing than producing them!

Other highlights of the weekend were singing the French and Australian national anthems, watching a French movie, and embarking on -a treasure hunt which in- volved comprehending the French clues and retrieving numerous objects from around the property. Our sincere thanks must go to Mme Thornquist and Mme Duff who organized the camp and encouraged us to use our language skills for two whole days, and to Dana Kennedy and Kate Brown, past Gram- mar students of French, who helped to make the weekend a great success. FIONA LAZAR

Mie High School, MatsusakaJapan W ith grade eleven finally over, Jade Giles, Bree Coupland and Sarah

six girls visiting Tsushima Girls' High School and us three venturing to the more remote Mie High School , Matsusaka. Mie High School was an interesting experience. The three of us were separated during the day as our host sisters pursued the different courses Mie had to offer. We quickly learned to tolerate our new celeb- rity status. Eve1y single school day we were greeted by almost eve1yone from anywhere in the school (and continually followed). Lunch was eaten inside, fortunately, be- cause of the weather. The winter holidays came around and were jam-packed with outings. We visited

Roberts-Thomson prepared anxiously for a rive week exchange to Japan - the land of sushi, mobile phones and karaoke. The ex- change in the small town of Matsusaka, Japan, was not only challenging but the most memorable holiday of our lives . On December 8th, 1996, we departed f'rom Brisbane International Airport, leaving warmweather, emotional families and friends I ehind, and not knowing what to expect. On arrival in Japan the first thing we did expect was the bitter winter coldness. At Nagoya Airport the nine of us separated, with

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