Goodbye, Hiro

We sent Hiro to the airport at 10:30pm. We met the rest of the 11 exchange students and their counterparts from Xinmin there. Other parents were there as well. It is interesting. I made some small talks and then off to browse at the bookshop. Then to Starbuck for a designer coffee. Meanwhile the students were chattering away making their last minute conversations. The girls were crying when they have to go into the immigration. They are very sentimental. The schoolgirls from Singapore were not as emotional. This is a clear cultural divide. Meanwhile the teachers from Singapore side keep saying "do not cry". I wish I have a better understanding of the Japanese culture.