Home Stay

^^ I went to Tokyo for exchanging Thai-Japan culture

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BTW, I received this letter from my host family during homestay last year, and i’ve also learned japanese as well..i understand a little bit of the letter, but somehow, i got confused too..domo arigatou gozaimas!

Hajime mashite. Watashi wa Hosuto fumemiri- ni natta fukushima des.
Suteki na omiyage o moraimashita. Domo arigatou gozaimas.
________ wa taiheng reigi (or rerigi..i’m confused with his writing between ri or i) tadashii yasai hitodesune. Otousama to okaasama ga aijyou (or arijyou) o motte taisetsu ni sodateta kara dato omoimas (or omorimas). Mijikai aida deshitaga. _______ ni mo watashitachi ni mo taiheng yoi (or yori) bengkyou ni narimashita. Mata itsuka oaidekiru kotowo tanoshimini shiteimas.

Hajime mashite.
(This word is said when two people meet the first time).
Nice to meet you.

Watashi wa Hosuto fuemiri- ni natta fukushima des.
My name is Fukushima, I was one of your host family.

Suteki na omiyage o moraimashita.
I received a nice souvenir from you.

Domo arigatou gozaimas.
Thank you very much.

________ wa taihen reigi (or rerigi..i’m confused with his writing between ri or i) tadashii yasashii hitodesune.
You are a very friendly person who adheres to good manners.

Otousama to okaasama ga aijyou (or arijyou) o motte taisetsu ni sodateta kara dato omoimas (omoimas is correct).
I think it is because your parents have brought you up with love and much care.

Mijikai aida deshitaga. _______ ni mo watashitachi ni mo taiheng yoi bengkyou ni narimashita.
It was only a short time, but we could also learn a lot from you.

Mata itsuka oaidekiru kotowo tanoshimini shiteimas.
I am looking forward to meeting you again some day.

Final Update

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Have you done both?
which did u like more?

Hotel? (u probably had a room-mate or two right?)

or

Homestay? (Live with a Host-family)

I am planning to go next year and i want to stay with a host family, because i want to be fully immersed in the culture.

woot.

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I went on exchange to Italy this spring, had an amazing time, and I could go back and stay with my host family and see all my friends again. I have been to Italy twice, and that would be my third visit
I have never been to France, and I could go on exchange. The trip is half the length of the Italian one though, although I speak French better than Italian.
Both are homestay programs with some sidetrips, although for Italy I wouldn’t do major sidetrips because I have been before, I would spend more time with friends.

Try France.

Aê Pedro e Davii… mostrando minha casa xD

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Good evening. I am A Wong, a Youth Exchange student from Malaysia

I have spent almost a month in Japan. This past month has been a fantastic experience for me.

The recent 2 weeks are spent in (A). I have the opportunity to live the life of a Japanese youth, attended high school, toured the lovely cities of (A) and (B), learnt much about the Japanese culture and history, and tasted the exquisite Japanese cuisine.

What touched me most is the warmth and hospitality of my wonderful host family, Mr and Mrs Y-san, their family and friends. I have been so well cared for and well fed too. You see, my otto-san is a great cook and he prepares scumptious meals.

I am also privileged to have met ________, the mayor of (A), who had welcomed me with open arms.

I am also thankful to Mr H-san and his wife for their warm hospitality and for bringing me around to various monumental and historical sites, and telling me much about Japan.

Japan is a great country that has achieved much especially in science and innovation. She is also a country deep in culture and history. I am very honored to be given this fantastic opportunity to come to Japan as an exchange student.

As a young person, it is my wish that there be more such exchanges for the young people in future so that we can build relationship bridges and bring the people of the world closer. In this manner, we are taking concrete steps to a better world, a world of mutual understanding, peace and harmony.

As I will be heading back to my home country soon, I wish to take this opportunity to say goodbye and wish all, my otto-san and oka-san, their family and friends, Mr ________ and family and Mr ______ and family, good health and prosperity.

I would also like to wish all my friends whom I have the privileged to befriend all the best in their future endeavours.

Thank you.

Konban wa, Wong desu. Malaysia karakita koukan gakuseidesu.
Yaku ikkagetsu Nihon ni taizai shimasita. Kono ikkagetsu wa watashi ni totte subarashii keiken deshita.
Saikin nisyuukan wa (A) de sugoshi mashita. Soshite watashi wa Nihon no wakamono no seikatsu wo keikensuru kikai wo motemashita. Sukina (A) ya (B) no machi wo ryokou shitari, Nihon no bunka to rekishi nitsuite manandari oishii Nihon-ryouri wo ajiwai mashita.

Watashi ga ichiban kandoushita nowa hosuto-famili no Y-san gofusai ya gokazoku, otomodachi no omoiyari to motenashi deshita. Taihen kokoro wo kubatte moratte mata syokuji mo itadaki mashita. otto-san wa rippa na kokku san de, tottemo oishii ryouri wo youi shite kuretano desuyo.

Mata (A) no shityou __-san ni oaisuru kikai nimo megumaremashita. Shityou-san wa kokorokara watashi wo kangeishite kuremashita.

Mata H-san gofusai no atatakai omotenashi ni kansya shimasu. Rekishiteki na kachi no aru iroirona tokoroni annaishite itadaite Nihon nitsuite takusan oshiete moraimashita.
Nihon wa tokuni kagaku ya atarashi koto de seika wo ageta rippa na kuni desu. Mata bunka ya rekishi no fukasa mo arimasu. Warashi wa koukan gakusei toshite, Nihon ni koreta subarashi kikai wo itadakite, taihen hokori ni omotteimasu.

Syourai, wakai hitotachi no tame ni konoyouna kouryuu ga motto aru koto wo hitorino wakamono toshite,negate imasu. Sousureba watashitachi wa kouryuu no kakehashi wo tsukure masushi, sekai no hitobito ga motto sitasiku nareru to omoimasu. Konoyouni shite watashitachi wa, yoriyoi sekai, sougo rikai no dekiru sekai soshite heiwa to kyoutyou ni mukau tashikana ayumi wo totte ikimasu.

Mamonaku kikoku no to ni tsukimasu node, kono ba wo okarisite owakare no kotoba wo iitai desu. Soshite minasan, otto-san, oka-san, gokazoku no kata ya otomodachi nokat, ___-san gokazoku, ___-san gokazoku minasan　no gokenkou to gohanei wo oinori shimasu.
Soshite tomodachi ni nattekureta minna no korekara no subarashi katsuyaku wo inotte imasu.

Arigatou gozaimashita.

* Nicee experience, nice writing I think. My translation is a bit formal, you may change it to be a broken one if it is necessary.
Good luck!

We took our Toronto homestay students out for ice skating in downtown Toronto! Nathan Phillips Square has a great ice skating rink and we really had a lot of fun… no one got hurt and it was not too cold either, so it was a great success =)

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but it would be the summer before my senior year in high school and i dont want it to ruin my cross country season. if i went the first 3 weeks of summer i would be missing the first 2 weeks of xc which is mostly just getting out and running 45-60 minutes. if i go through a program what are the chances that they could match me with a host family that has a runner in the family i could run with if i requested it? basically i’m asking, is running common in central america, specifically costa rica or is that something that most people dont really do?

I have no idea, but I am guessing every country has people who like to run.