In a blink of the eye, my first week ended with lots of joy and excitement. The class has started and few events had been going on throughout the week.
Classroom
Group lecture and discussion room
As advised by our AYF 14th-batch seniors, 7 months of training over here is just too short, so make use of every moment we have as meaningful as possible. My first shopping at Rinku Town with fellow AYF 15th-batch mates:
Me and Raymie, our papa of 15th-batch
The Seacle
Rinku Premium Outlet, lots of branded clothes here
Err guys, we are supposedly not allowed to take photos there, but who cares…haha 
Taijiri Town visit with fellow AYF 15th batch
Morning market
This town is famous of producing sweet onions, so they actually build an Onion Sanctuary here
Kasuga Shrine, the biggest shrine in the town
One of the temples in Taijiri Town
Tatami room – Visit to the cultural museum
Not sure if I’m doing “seeza” (proper sitting method) correctly
Our very friendly tour guides – otoosan, okaasan and Yamakawa-san
Orientation with 14th-batch sempai’s (seniors)
(from left) Sue, Siew Fang, me and Karen, AYF Malaysia 14th & 15th batch reunited
Our kawaii (cute) Nagai Sensei (teacher)
The handsome Kurihara Sensei…
… and the pretty Izumimoto Sensei
BIG FAMILY – Reunion of AYF 14th and 15th batch
One of the things I realized is that the teachers here in Japan have very good sense of responsibility and close relationship with students under their care. Some of the sempai’s actually told us that their professors took really good care of them and arrange most of the things nicely, making their master course study here more convenient. In fact, our sensei’s and staffs here actually join us in the karaoke session til night !!!
Karaoke session with the sempai’s
Our funny and crazy sempai’s
Cha-cha dance… ??!!
Sempai’s teaching us their “Nobody” dance, guess we have to come up with our batch dance as well
Unfortunately, we are being told that this will be The Final Batch of AYF Students. Due to some budget restrictions and political changes in Japan, the government decided to end this 15-year training program. It is a sad truth indeed, but there’s nothing we can do bout it. So all we can do now is to appreciate every moment we have here and continue the spirit of AYF.
Til then…
