Two weeks ago, on September 19th, Moka Girls High School had their annual Sports Day competition.  It was so exciting for me to be able to witness this event. This year is my 3rd year as an ALT, however, I have never been able to enjoy the Sports Day at Moka Girls High School.  The reason is because the past 2 years, the Sports Day has always been held on a Thursday.  On Thursdays, I make school visits to either Moka Technical (Kougyou) or Motegi High School.  However, luckily, the Sports Day this year was held on a Friday.  Therefore, I could enjoy watching the students perform a variety of team sports.  It was very exciting to see the athleticism of students.  I enjoyed watching students play volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis, table tennis, soccer, tug-o-war, and the track and field relay event.  I was even lucky enough to be able to participate in the finals of the relay event with 2 other teachers!  I have not ran for a long, long time, so to run as fast as I can in the relay was a little difficult for me!!!  Inside my mind, I kept telling myself 'You can do it!!!!! You can do it!!!! You will run your fastest!'.  However, my body was telling me the opposite.  I felt as if my body was saying 'Ryan, you are getting too old to compete with these students!!'.  Well, I didn't run as fast as I used to in high school, but I am proud of myself for trying.  

Soon, I will challenge myself again, and participate in the annual Marathon.  I have ran in the marathon the past 2 years, however, I did not train as much as I should have.  Therefore, my time was a little slow, and the next day my body was in a lot of pain.  This year, I will try to focus harder and train harder.  If I do so, hopefully I will run my fastest time!!!!

Hello!  It's very nice to meet you!!!    I would like to introduce myself. 

My name is Ryan Miyashiro!!!

I came from Hawaii.  I have been living in Japan for 2 years, now.  Unfortunately, I have only now discovered this ALT Diary page, so it is a little late to start writing an ALT Diary.

So far, I have been really enjoying my life here at Moka Girls Senior High School.  Moka Girls Senior High School is a very good school, I think.  The students and the teachers are all very friendly and polite. 

Every now and then, I will try to write more in this diary!!

If you are reading this, I would like to say that it was very nice to meet you!! See you later!