Day 2 ... ...

Here is the update for Day 2's programme and thank you for your patience in waiting for this update.

The pictures below gives you a glimpse of the youth hostel that the delegates lived in for that one night in Nagasaki.  

These two photos were taken at 6.30a.m. in the morning and the sky is already brightly lit

 Girls are indeed neater

Breakfast before heading off to Yamazato Elementary for the school attachment programme and the delegates are dressed in their enthic costumes ready to perform for the pupils and teachers in Yamazato.

The delegates wondered if it is indeed breakfast; or dinner? The cultured drink served as a hint.

After a 5 minutes walk from the hostel, the delegates were greeted by the staff and pupils in Yamazato Elementary where the pupils put up a very vibrant performance to welcome the delegates.

Good thing, the delegates came prepared and they finally performed the song and dance medley that they had practised.

Yamazato is one of the structure that sustained extensive damage from the atomic bomb and thus, it is also a museum for the people of Nagasaki to understand more of what happened. They have an in-house guide who will inform the visitors of Yamazato Elementary on the events before and after the atomic bombing.

Three of the delegates offering the Peace Cranes in Yamazato Elementary and a minute of silence was observed to remember those who had lost their lives on the day and after the bombing.

You would have noticed there were 3 cameras filming the delegates as they toured around the school. The delegates were then interviewed by the journalists of the various news agencies such as NBC and NHK.

The delegates are indeed confident speakers who answered the journalists' questions with poise and maturity.

The delegates then spent the remaining time playing traditional games with the pupils from Yamazato Elementary and when it comes to play, language is no longer a barrier.

Lunch in the school is a common sight in Singapore, but lunch in the classroom with the teacher is what Japanese pupils encounter everyday.

The delegates experienced that and they were happy to be part of this tradition for the first time in their life.

What everyone in the school had for lunch that day

Although, the delegates and the pupils from Yamazato Elementary met for barely 2 hours, they were already at ease with one another by lunch.

Time flies when you have fun and this phrase applied to the pupils as they soon had to say goodbye to one another.

Everyone from the school rushed out to bade farewell to the delegates and parting was indeed very hard. That marks the end of the programme in Nagasaki and the delegates then headed to Shi-Moji to take the ferry to Kobe.

It was dinner time the moment the delegates boarded the ship and traveling on a cruise was a first for many of the members.

The highlight of the ferry ride is the opportunity to be able to enjoy the cool breeze on the upper deck where the delegates had fun with their friends like they have never experience before.

The wind was pretty strong and so the pictures taken were a little shaky and off focus.

At 9p.m, the delegates met to consolidate the learning for the day. The delegates gathered in one of the 10 bunks that were assigned to them onboard. Each bunk sleeps 10 pupils and the delegates indeed has a lot of space onboard.