Intercultural Exchange Program in Japan ♥

AFS JENESYS Intercultural Exchange Programme 2011

I have written in one of my previous posts that I have been selected as one of the intercultural exchange scholar in the AFS JENESYS VS Program.

This is my first travel abroad and I'm very blessed that I have been to this great country at such a young age.

With my classmates and other JENESYS students at 16 HR, Yoshiwara High School, Fuji-shi, Japan

For the whole 12 days in Japan, I have learned so much about their history by visiting different places such as the temples in Nara wherein I learned the importance of religion in Japanese's life, the shrines and museums in Kyoto-shi and Hiroshima-shi, which I gained knowledge about the World War II, what really happened and how it affected the Japanese people. I learned the importance of PEACE and how difficult is it to achieve this thing.

I also had the chance to stay in a Japanese home with my host family and attend a Japanese school for one week. I have met different kinds of person with just the same personality, kind and welcoming. These are the traits of Japanese people which I love very much. I feel that I belong wherever I go and whoever I am with.

With Kariah (Australian JENESYS student), and the Drama Club of Yoshiwara Senior HS

In this trip, I have learned the most important lesson that I will never forget and will always remember wherever I am and whoever I am with:

"There is no right. There is no wrong. We are just different"