Big Brothers and Sisters!

BBS is a program that organizes and sets up visiting Japanese students with University or University aged people to be their chaperon/tour guide for the day. My first day of doing this was on Tuesday and I had a blast! These are High Schools that take trips over to Hawaii where they are able to use their english skills in everyday circumstances. They are able to order food, make purchases at stores, and ride the bus... riding the bus I think they probably need help with that and dont do that on their own. Its a pretty sweet deal... they have a school trip and its mostly shopping that they do... I have shopped more in the past 3 days than in the past year it seems like! (I wasn't spending.... just along for the ride) Tuesday was my first day and i'll admit, I was a bit nervous since I'd never done it before... that didnt last very long, we had a blast! we went into waikiki had lunch (wehere we were able to sit down and talk story) and walked around going into the shops. we also got to go to the aquarium! These girls were so sweet and i'm glad they were my first group! Arent they cute!!!


Here are some of the pretty fish we saw!


The shark! Cool huh? Looks fierce... but this is cool because even though it looks scary, this is one that is often seen but they dont bother people... and by bother I mean bite (being bit by a shark would be such a bother dont you think?)



Today was a little different, it was broken into 2 parts so I had 2 different groups and they were boys! I didnt know how that would go but they were so much fun! And so polite and respectful and helpful with one another! Here we are in waikiki where we were shopping before going to the aquarium (again for me=) and lunch!



After a short break, I picked up another group of boys from the same school, our itinerary included more shopping (of course) and a visit to aloha towers! We took the bus from Waikiki into downtown honolulu and went over to Aloha Towers where there was guess what??? More Shopping! and we went to the top of the tower and were able to look out over downtown and into waikiki, we were also able to see the airport and the general area of Pearl Harbor. Fortunately for us, the rain had cleared for a bit and it was beautiful when we were up at the top!


It was a very long day for everyone so we headed back into Waikiki with an hour left before needing to get back to their hotel, I offered that we could go sit on the beach and relax and play games which I was looking forward to and they seemed to like the idea as well.... On the bus ride back, a few of the boys took the opportunity to catch a few zzzzz's I guess that gave them the energy they needed for one more round of shopping so we continued to walk the strip one more time. Needless to say I am tired! But it was well worth it! I had a great time and so did the boys! This is a fun little part time job that I'm grateful I had the opportunity to do!

Not only that, but on the walk back to Tank, me and the girls I was driving home were able to stop and enjoy this:

I love my home!







ps.... i'm back! I finished my project, i'll post about it later, hopefully tomorrow! Thanks for bearing with me!