Watermelon Day

The inter-class ball games tournament has been going on for the last 2 afternoons. To celebrate the final day of the ball games, the school is holding a Watermelon Day. This is because the town's local speciality is supposed to be Yairo (brand name) watermelons, in addition to the Koshihikari brand of rice.

One period before lunch, teachers had to cut some 30 watermelons for the students to eat after their lunch.

Assembly line: Some teachers had to cut the watermelons into halves and other teachers would cut the halves into slices. I did some cutting but because my slices turned out to be so irregular, some were very thick and others very thin, I was relegated to being a runner (deliver the halves to the slicing people).



To give the classic Japanese reaction when tasting food...after taking the first bite, open your eyes wide to give a surprised look and exclaim with great fervour "mmmm!! umai (good)!!" Too over the top I think, even though the watermelons were very sweet. They probably thought that my "oishii!" was too subdued.


Students enjoying the watermelons after lunch


Japanese ah lians

This is the best cheering class for the ball games. They really deserved to win - they were consistently visible and audible. (just click the "play" button to view the video)