Sports Day ..... Again

All the schools in the South participated in the annual Sports Day Competition....again. Kochinda, came in 5th place out of some 25 schools. These kids are amazing!!!! They are minature Olympic athletes!!! Here are some pics of the day...


BUT... you must be thinking...."poor billy" Actually, it was quite fun!!! All of the other ALT's where there, we had a nice lunch together, escaped for about 3 hours and went swimming at BB Beach, in Itoman. I do think that most of all the kids know me, since i kept going around in circles yelling "Goodmorning" to them. I behaved like crazy Gaijin.

Here is a 3rd grader, running to show off Kochinda's pride.

Here is Chinnen Junior High School, they all look as if they are doing a Hitler pose; but no, they are doing some type of routine.


It's like over 90 degrees and my fellow colleague is coverd with clothes because Japanese are afraid of the sun. I was dying just to look at her!


The stands.