Here we were discussing what we should bring to a picnic with Japanese kids.
Me: bento-box or rice balls? Matt: A burger and fries.
A couple of days ago, about 60 kids from Shizuoka, Japan came to stay near University of Texas, as a summer exchange program. Matt was volunteering to be a tutor and let them practice English, so I joined him to go meet them. Last Saturday was the first day to meet up with the kids.
Glad that I did not make any rice balls. Of course, they had BBQ, totally Texan style. White bread, potatoes, beef, chicken, cookies... to translate, carb, carb, fat, fat, sugar....These skinny Japanese kids gonna get super-sized during their 3-week stay. Good. feed them good.
Japanese kids did not recognize me as a Japanese until I spoke in Japanese. Apparently I am too tanned as a Japanese mid-20 woman. All my Japanese friends, or even my mom has whiter skin, thanks to the hard-core whitening cosmetics. I bought a sunscreen with 100spf, but nah, I get darker and darker every minute, I feel.
Kids at the age of 14 to 16 are all awkward. No matter where they are from. When they are Japanese, the awkwardness points go up to like 120.
But they were very cute. Hope they will love Austin, I think they will.
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