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Akiho Tsuji on November 1st, 2011

Hello everyone:)
I’m so sorry for late to write this blog.
I’d like to tell you about Halloween in England!
I had never experienced a legitimate Halloween.
It was very exciting for me. Many students wore a delightful costume.
It was cute, cool, but also scary!!:(
First we took place in International Halloween party, and next we went to night club in university.
There were also [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on September 11th, 2011

Today’s blog is by Shizue Rieko and Yoko. Last Tuesday afternoon, we went to the Nanimo Native Herritage center. We made a dream catcher. They were original art by us. It was difficult for us to make it . It was fun. We also went thru the Totem and did a First Nations/Indian dance.

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Dennis Woolbright on September 10th, 2011

Today was the Farewell Party(^^). We enjoyed dancing and singing!!(*^^*) We don’t want to leave our host families(;_;) We love each family and Nanaimo. We love our teachers too!

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Dennis Woolbright on September 8th, 2011

Today’s bloggers are Ayuka and Chiori.
We had a small test today, of course did well. After that we practiced singingand dance for the farewell party.
Afternoon, we and Pascal went to the Jennifer house! It’s very nice and beautiful house! There are many room,many bed,movies room, sauna, large TV, nice balcony and welcome [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on September 4th, 2011

Today’s bloggers are Hirom and Mami. We went to Victoria with Pascale and her thirteen year old son Mathieu. Victoria is the capital city of British Colombia. It’s such a beautiful city. First, we went shopping and sightseeing. It is a really good memory. Then we went Whale Watching!! It is one of the big [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on September 3rd, 2011

 Today’s blog is by Haruka and Yui. We went to the swimming pool and gym near
VIU. Some people enjoyed swimming, water slide and sauna, while others exercised
in the gym. We had a nice time but were a little bit tired. In the lobby, many
candies were sold. They looked interesting. In the afternoon, we spent our [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on September 2nd, 2011

Today’s bloggers are Misaki and Saki. Everyone went to Nanaimo Museum, the ocean front Park, and Downtown. There were chairs shaped like Nanaimo Bars’s (cake) in the museum!! They were very cute (・ω・) We saw the cannon’s show. The cannon was very loud and we were all very surprised! We had a picnic in the Park, but It was so cold ;-(  We [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on September 1st, 2011

Today’s bloggers are Ayuka and Chiori.  We played  volley ball in the morning class. Shizue and Rieko are good players. We made a new German friend, Dina. After lunch we went to the lake and went kayaking! It’s very scary and terrible, but everyone enjoyed it.

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Dennis Woolbright on September 1st, 2011

Today’s bloggers are Shizue, Rieko and Youko. We sang a song in class. “Yes we love English!”
 In the afternoon we played mini golf and the winner was Shizue. Then we went to the beach and saw the beautiful wide ocean! Oh no!  Shizue lost her sun glasses, but Mr.Woolbright found them. Finally we went back to school [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on August 30th, 2011

Today of blog is by Mami and Hiromi. This is the our class time. Our teacher is Gail. We are having a good class every day. This afternoon,we went to the Rock climbing!!!!!! Of course, Dennis tried it!! The first challenger was Saki!
Everyone was a good climber.We may have some muscular pain…..

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Dennis Woolbright on August 30th, 2011

Today’s blog is by Haruka and Yui. We went to Safeco Field and took a group photo with Ichiro’s picture. Then we visited the original Starbucks which started in Seattle in 1912. We bought  souvenirs there. August  28th is Saki’s birthday so we made a birthday card and sang happy birthday to her many times. [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on August 28th, 2011

Today’s blog is by Misaki and Saki. We arrived in Seattle!! We went shopping at the Seattle Outlet. We could go sight seeing around Seattle. We could look at Mt. Ranier. We arrived at QUALITY INN. Afterward, we went to a
Sports Bar for dinner. We enjoyed spending this time with our new friends.

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Dennis Woolbright on August 27th, 2011

Hi! Today’s blog is by Ayuka and Chiori. We went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It is a terrible and scary bridge for us. Hiromi was most scared but she was brave and crossed the bridge. Today’s guides were Mathew and Hana and they were really great. Mathew is a good singer and Harmonica player. [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on August 26th, 2011

Today’s blog writers are Shizue, Rieko and Youko. We went to Coombs and Market. We thought Coombs was such a beautiful place. It was  like the Yakusugi in Japan. There are a lot of negative ions given off ( Did you know about that? ) Cathedral Grove is an amazing Douglas Fir old-growth forest. Vancouver Island has some of [...]

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Dennis Woolbright on August 25th, 2011

Mami and Hiromi were in charge of taking the pictures for this blog. They did a great job. It was a beautiful day and the park was full of wildlife and blackberries. Our guides were Wayne and Sven.

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