Monday, October 13, 2008
Volunteering at Flavours of the World
By Chiharu
The Flavours of the World was held at the Fort St. John Cultural Centre on Saturday, October 4th. This festival is the fundraiser for Central Cchool in Fort St. John. We had rainy weather, but around 350 people came and enjoyed this festival. Most of the ESL students also came and were having fun together. They served a lot of food from different countries: Russia, Italy, Vietnam, Britain, Japan and so on.
Proudly, Yu Ihara, who is a good piano player and one of my classmates, played piano at the ceremony. Unfortunately, I missed his playing, but everybody enjoyed his performance, and he got a lot of applause.
As for me, I was involved in the festival as a volunteer. Three or two weeks before the festival, one of my teachers, Pamela, asked me, “If you are interested in volunteering, would you like to work at the festival?” When I heard the offer, I was afraid of joining as a volunteer because I don’t have enough English ability, especially speaking. In addition, I’m not brave. But I’m interested in volunteer work, so I decided to dare to try.
My volunteer work was serving drinks at the café with Viviana, who is also one of the ESL students, Pamela, Diana, who is Pamela’s daughter, and some Canadians. First of all, Viviana taught me how to make each drink. We had at least 15 kinds of drinks, so it was difficult to memorize all of their names and how to make them. However, she gave me explicit instructions, so I wasn’t confused during my work. After the ceremony, a lot of people came and bought some drinks. There was nothing we could do but make drinks. It was a hard time but it was really a good experience for me. At the end of the festival, we could eat the leftovers. Even if it was leftovers, the taste was awesome! I like Japanese food anyway.
At this festival, I really enjoyed working, eating, and helping. If there is another opportunity to volunteer, I’m sure I’ll join in it and enjoy being a volunteer. And also, if you could have an opportunity to do something which can help people, I recommend joining in and having some experience.
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I enjoyed the fesival. too.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I also love Japanese food^^
to Erina
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Food is everything to us right?haha
Next time, I'll make a Sushi like a Matutaro's^^
I enjoy so much being a volunter too. It was such a nice day and experience. I ejoyed the company and help of my Japaness parthner :) Good team!
ReplyDeleteto Vivi
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment♪
I'm glad to have a great experience with nice partner!
We could open our "Caffe shop" eh?^^
Ah,you did a volunteer for Flavours of the World!
ReplyDeleteHiroko,some of ESL students and I danced Soran-bushi at the event in 2006!!It must be very exciting to join it with people who are from other countries,live in FSJ:D
What a Gr8 experience you had!!
Dear Junko
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Long time no talking~
Really?! You guys did?!Taht's nice♪
We could tast a lot of food which come from different countries and had a great time^^
I miss you~
Talk to you later~