Special Class Schedules for the Special Exchange Students

Right now there are two girls from Australia attending my school as "real" exchange students. I am in fact just a tourist visitor and cannot be defined as an "exchange student" but Takii tries to make my trip as close to an exchange program as possible.
Before Mel and Kiera came I attended classes like a normal student. Just the usual run-of-the mill Japanese classes.
However, these girls get a special schedule set up for them. They go only to English and Oral communications and various other fun classes such as Calligraphy or cooking. When they aren't going to classes they get to play on facebook or do homework in the International Room. Now that they are here I get to join them for many of these classes. Although I don't have "spares" (free periods) it livens up my schedule and, needless to say, makes school a lot more fun! We go together to Calligraphy, Japanese Culture, Cooking, various English classes, Japanese class (which takes place off campus and I will explain more about that another time), and sometimes we just watch a Japanese movie together. It is great fun! I have become very good friends with Mel, in fact, I jokingly refer to her as my Aussie twin for it is almost scary how alike our personalities are. I will be very sad to see them go back to Australia but I am definitely glad I got to meet them in the first place.

Today's cooking class creations. The ugly ones are mine ;)


Shodo class (Calligraphy)! In case you are wondering, in this picture I was making the ink I used to practice.


Melanie, Myself, and Kiera at the ATMs in the post office. We stopped by on our way back from our Japanese class.


Japanese Culture class!


Me and "my aussie twin" (also taken during Japanese Culture class)