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…