Friday, August 29, 2008
BEFORE ANY OF YOU GUYS THROW SOME ROTTEN EGGS AT US!LET US APOLOGIZE FIRST!
WE ARE REALLY REALLY SORRY THAT WE DID NOT INFORM YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM!
BUT WE CAN EXPLAIN!!!
News of this group of students came in only on Tuesday on the first week of our exams and our members were unable to attend to it until Friday which was just one day before the event. As it was a last minute thing, as much as we like to, we were unable to gather and co-ordinate members to participant in the program. WE ARE SINCERELY SORRY! (worst still... it clashes with the japanese summer festival... again)
Before the rotten eggs come flying in my direction for the long-winded apologies, lets share the highlights of the event.
It was a one-day event which saw us bringing a group of 19 students from Kumamoto National College of Technology on a "city tour". The students were tasked to carry out an activity (taking photo, buying a cheap item) at one of our popular tourist spots (orchard, city hall). Heaven wasn't kind on us that day and it was pouring heavily when the activities started, thus leading to the activities having to be cut back and simplified. ='( However the exchange students had great fun when they were moving through the congested shopping belts.
Dinner was amusing and entertaining as it involve witnessing some student sherring a few tears all thanks to our dear friend MR chilli padi. But before long the short day had come to an end and everyone had to rush back to the hostel before the clock strikes 8. The amazing race back to the hostel was indeed quite interesting as it involved a group of 24 people being led by a bring yellow flag across suntec city to a taxi line. I bet you guys have never seen such a hilarious scene. It was so hilarious that a tourist can't resist the urge to do an imitation with her purple umbrella. This scene can only be brought to you by the guy who was late for 20mins at the beginning and had to make girls wait for him =,=" (shan't mention any names here =P go figure!)
The day was capped of with a gift giving ceremony and many happy photo taking session outside the toilets! *some people didn't choose a good background* .As I'm too lazy to upload proofs of said photos this time round, I will promise to upload it with the next few posts.
Just for some background information:
KNCT is a group who comes down to SP for 2 weeks of intensive english lessons every year. During a weekend in here, our students will have a chance to bring a small group of them to various part of the country as part of the exchange activity.
We pinky promise you that we will inform you guys about this event next year. It was unfortunate that this year exams had crashed with the exam weeks and the japanese summer festival.