人生はいわば映画だ...: -Outing aka Project-

After yesterday's outing with the primary school kids of the Singapore Japanese School, i note, with much regret and embarassment, my standard of Japanese considering the amount of time that i have been exposed to the language. While others might not have shared my sentiments, i must say i did feel rather helpless while i struggled to find words to express myself. While vocabulary was a problem itself, the construction of the sentences with proper grammar added to the level of difficulty. Striking a coversation has never been any harder. But most fortunately, i had this really sweet girl in my group who patiently listened and guided me along while i struggled to express my thoughts and sentences to the group :) しゅり、ありがおうね！

The conversations were relatively easier to manage as compared to the explanation of Singapore History told in Japanese! Can you imagine?! If you asked me to tell you the Singapore History in Chinese, i would already be facing so much problems, what's more with Japanese! We could really see all the question marks above the kids' heads when we were desperately trying to explain to them the history and referring to our list of reference words. Poor kids who got us as their guides (*-*) WAHAHAHA. Just imagine...I start a sentence and pause midway and look at Daryl for help who will continue my sentence for me and pause when he can't find words to express himself..and i will end off the sentence for him. It's hilarious! One sentence can be broken down into many parts for us to 'fill in the blanks'.

Boy! And are kids really hyperactive! Daryl was saying if he were to spend another few more hours with them, he reckons he cannot take it anymore. HAHAHA. My sentiments exactly. They were laughing non-stop, presumably at us. Pouts.

Despite my complaints, it was truly an enjoyable experience :) We had fun together! We played Japanese word games in the bus with the kids. The cute little boy was the one who suggested playing it! Despite our limited vocabulary, we managed to smoke through it somehow or rather with help rendered to each other :) My triumphant win : ラジオ！I was so pleased with that because this word came to me so naturally that i hardly paused when it came to my turn! HAHAHA! Wasn't i impressive! After it was 'okayed' by our cute little boy who aspires to be a Baseball Player for Japan, i gave a triumphant "Yay!" which was immediately followed by laughter from everyone! Wahahaha, i think i said : 頭がいいね！after that.

There were many more hilarious incidents that happened throughout the day and i can't possibly relate all of them today. Well, time for some photos! Which reminds me! I think sensei has a really ugly shot of me!! FAINTS! How am i to get it back!!!!

Anyway, photos of the day~