【国際教育】フィリピン短期留学③
フィリピン到着3日目、学校初日。
本日ついに姉妹校であるミリアム・カレッジ・ヌバリ校（MCN）を訪問しました！学校関係者との面会とオリエンテーションを終えた後、生徒たちはついにバディとなる相手と対面。相手校の生徒は前期に当校を訪問した5名と同じメンバーでした！
本日と翌々日の3日間は「スポーツ・イントラマールズ」と呼ばれる全校スポーツ祭が開催され、4つのハウスカラー別に様々な競技が行われます。
まず生徒たちはバディに校内を案内され、男子バレーボールの試合を観戦した後、バディと同じ色のハウスに分けられました。
伝統的なもち米の軽食を楽しんだ後、さらに様々な競技を観戦し、バディと交流を深めました。校内競技会限定の屋台も楽しめ、たこ焼きやフライドポテト、チキンを味わいました。
昼食ではアドボ、ルンピア、デザートにハロハロを試食。
MCNはカトリック系学校であるため、生徒たちは普段とは異なる学校生活を体験し、昼休みの祈りのアナウンスに全校生徒が立ち止まって祈る様子に感銘を受けました。
午後には、生徒たちがバディと共に「日本チーム」として競技に参加する時間となりました。フラフープレース（見事優勝！！）と袋飛び競争（5チーム中3位）に挑戦。この体験を通じて体を温め、MCNの生徒たちとも交流を深め、友達の輪を広げることができました！
学校での交流や新たな友人作りで充実した一日を過ごした後、運営スタッフの方々が特別なレストランへ夕食に招待してくださいました。そこからは有名なタール火山を眺めながら、さらに多くのフィリピン料理を楽しむことができました。この充実した一日を演出してくださったMCNのスタッフと学生の皆様に心より感謝申し上げます。生徒たちはすでに旅行期間を延長したいと願うほどでした！
Day three of being in the Philippines and the first day in school.
Today we finally went to visit our sister school, Miriam College Nuvali (MCN)! After meeting the Administration and having orientation, our students finally met their buddies who were the same five students that came to our school in the first term!
Today and the following two days are the “Sports Intramurals” - a three day Sports Festival where the whole school has various games divided by four House colors.
In the beginning, the students were given a tour of the school by their buddies. They then watched the boys volleyball team games and were divided into their respective House colors - the same colors as their buddies’.
After a light snack of traditional sticky rice delicacies, they watched more of the different games and spent time with their buddies. They even were able to enjoy the special food stalls available for the Intramurals and had some takoyaki as well as fries and chicken.
It was then time for lunch where they were able to try Adobo, Lumpia and the dessert, Halo-Halo.
As MCN is a Catholic school, the students were able to experience a different type of school life and were intrigued by the lunchtime prayer announcements where the whole school stopped to stand and pray.
In the afternoon, it was time for our students to join the games as the “Japan team” with their buddies and took part in the Hula Hoop Race (they won first place!!) and the Sack Race (they came third out of five teams). This experience gave them the chance to warm up and talk to more of the MCN students, expanding their friend circles!
After a full day at school, socializing and making new friends, the Administrators took us to dinner at a very special restaurant where you can see the famous volcano, Taal, and enjoy more Filipino dishes. Thank you so much to the MCN staff and students for making this day a very fulfilling one, so much so that our students already want to extend their trip!
