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Aug.06 2014 On the 6th of August all of the participants had to wake up at 6:30am. After a hard time of waking up we head down to the cafeteria to have our breakfast. After having breakfast as a boost for the day we did our group discussion on Energy use and Non Energy Use. At 12:00 we were all requested to have our lunch with each of our groups in the restaurant. During lunch we were informed that we were not able to experience Haarri boating due to the weather that a typhoon was heading to Okinawa. I would see in everyone’s faces that they were all dissapointed with … Continue reading →

Aug.04 2014 I arrived Naha Airport at 11:30. We started going to Itoman Youth Center. We reached Itoman Youth Centre about 12:15. As soon as we reached Itoman Youth center,we had to take our lunch. After that we went to our room and had a fun time with roommate. At 1:45,all of participants had to meet at meeting room. We got handouts about AYDPO and the stuffs explained about that from 2:20 to 4:00. After that we had so many fun activities. At 6:00,we had to take dinner. After dinner,we took a shower and contacted to our home. After contacting to our home,we had free time. From 8:30 to 9:30,it … Continue reading →

Aug.11 2014 today was such a great day. Waking up at 6:30 we were tired but so excited that the sleepiness died down. We were going go to the beach. Enough said ! We left for the beach after breakfast at 9 and reached ready to hit the beach. I personally put on layers of sunblock but got massively tanned none the less however , everyone soon forgot all about their personal matters, pending work and absorbed the sun and the waves. We were divided into groups and did snorkelling and kayaking in turns. I loved the feeling of being completely ignorant to the outer world and completely absorbed by … Continue reading →

Aug.14 2014 Today was the day of our final presentation. Everyone got up early to put the finishing pieces on their business proposal. At 9 o’clock we got ready to present, chairs were stacked, tables arranged and all were ready to present. The room was silence as one by one, our groups were called, and in order, we presented to the representatives from the government, VIPs, facilitators, tutors and our fellow AYDPO participants. The ideas from each and every group were brilliant! They had all managed to tackle the issue of limited and scarce energy resources by developing new systems, whether it was building new machines, or starting a sustainable … Continue reading →

Aug.09 2014 Today is the great and the first day in my life to witness such these wonderful things. Tokashiki island is the best island with the green nature and the most beautiful bay especially the wonderful natural park. Even that i am homesick, however i really enjoy these day in okinawa especially Tokasshiki. I ve leant a lot from this program. AYDPO is like my real family they take a very good care of me when i sick. Finally i would like to express my sincere thanks to AYDPO, and AYDPO staffs for having such this wonderful care. I really appriciate your warmest Hospitality and what youve done for … Continue reading →

Aug.07 2014 In the morning we arrived in the bankoku shinryokan we did a rehearsal for the opening ceremony, we did exactly the same as the opening ceremony will. And then the opening ceremony start, many high position Japanese people come to see us. First, some Japanese people giving some speech, then we, the participant introduce ourselves by showing the personal commitment video by each group. After that the opening ceremony finished, and we went to other hall for reception ceremony, Kenta, the youth leader from Tokyo, give some really good speech. We eat a lot of good food and we did cheers to! After the reception we went back … Continue reading →

Aug.10 2014 Today was a great day, I really enjoyed the beach, it is beautiful , it is quite embarrassing that I forgot some really necessary items because of my bad memory. But the games and activities are great and I enjoyed it a lot. I have made a lot of new friends too, thanks for giving us such a great day like this ID: G6-5 Name: Nguyen Do Nguyen Khoa Country: VIETNAM

Aug.05 2014 Today was a fabulous day because i got first hand experience of the Okinawan culture. In the morning we built a spaghetti structure with a marshmallow on top. His taught me valuable lessons in teamwork. In the after noon went to see the amawari musical which was really heartwarming and touching as the performers were incredibly passionate. The show was really moving for all of us participants. ID: G1-1 Name: Indraneel Roy Country: India ————— In Aug 5 it’s so very funny because i like everything in this day , i like team building , i like shopping game , andi really like Amawari musical it’s so exciting … Continue reading →