2002 School Magazine

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eXchange students overseas conne

But I decided that I would continue to work hard and enjoy every moment of the remaining seven months of my eXchange And now, I'm still having a great time and I'm leading a full daily life I started learning violin. and I also started learning Chinese from my friend. I'm working hard as much as I can. I love my life here. I think I'm so lucky to be able to come to AUStrali and to Brisbane Girls Grammar School but above all, I'm very glad to have many friends here Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my parents, my host families, my friends in BGGS, Mrs Bell and every teacher who has helped me Thank You so much

a formal in Japan so that was a great experience for me In the holiday. I went to my Younger host sister's primary school to teach Japanese. I taught eight classes In a day. Every girl called me Azy and every boy called me Lego because I was wearing the Lego shirt. I had a good time with many cute girls and boys I enjoyed the holiday with my host fainily 25 July - six eXchange students from Mie High School in Japan came to the school. I was happy that they came because I could talk in Japanese I quickly made friends with them and we had a good time together. Now I'm missing them so much 8 August - I went to Cairns by myself to see my mum, dad and brother. I was too excited to sleep in the plane. On the weekend, I went on the sky rail to see a beautiful view from the top of the mountain. It was quite scary, because of he aw rain and wind. We also did white-water rafting. That was so exciting. We went to Green Island and we went snorkelling and saw many colourful fish. They were so beautiful and cute. Every dinner. my mum cooked Japanese food for me. I ate too much because it was so yummy I couldn't stop talking because I had many stories to tell my family. I had a really good time with them

16 August -my mum, dad and brother came to this school. I was so excited We walked around the school and they joined my Japanese class. After that. we visited my first host family to say thank you. And we went to my second host family and we had a barbecue for dinner together. We had a great time I couldn't believe that my host family and my family were having fun together! I was so lucky to be able to share this experience with them Next day. I went shopping with my mum because my dad and brother hate shopping so they went cycling At lunchtime. we met at a hotel and had lunch together and then we all went cycling along the Brisbane River We took many photos and time flashed by. On Sunday morning, they went back to Japan. I cried. I didn't know why because I wasn't missing them

The Biggest Year of My Life Four months have passed quickly since I arrived in Brisbane from my school. Seirinkan High School, in Japan 9 April - I came to Brisbane Girls Grammar School for the first time in my life with hopes and fears The School was really beautiful and I liked my new school. MY friends are so kind and sweet. I was excited about the upcoming events within my one- Year eXchange. Every day was full of new discoveries and excitement for me At first, each class was really hard and it was difficult for me to understand. except my Japanese class 25 May - I changed my host family for the first time. I felt thankful and lonely after I changed, because my first family was kind to me. MY second was also really nice. I learnt lots of English from them. I played many games and I made many kinds of Aussie food I had a great time with them 5 June - I went to "State of Origin" with my host sister and her friends I didn't know much about football, but I was so excited. And we won! That was so good

Azuso Soto

15 June - We had a semi-formal at the

She raton Hotel in the city. We had a delicious dinner and talked and danced

a lot. We don't have a semi-formal and

it - Rj: Mrs Bell, Mrs Duny iruso Soto, Shituko Soto

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Azuso Soto - 'The biggest year of my flit"