Registro-SP

Registro - Ancient and Modern

Registro-SP, "THE CAPITAL OF TEA"

Registro is a municipality Brazilian state of Sao Paulo . It is located in the middle region of the South Coast Paulista, Sao Paulo in the portion of the Ribeira Valley and is accessed through the Régis Bittencourt Highway (BR-116). It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Juquiá , south down Jacupiranga and Pariquera-Acu , to the east by Iguape and west of Eldorado and Sete Barras .

Registro has about 80 neighborhoods spread in 716, 331 square kilometers with about 55 000 inhabitants. The cultural and economic and population density mean that registration is known as "Capital of the Ribeira Valley," or also as "Tea Capital", in allusion to one of the main products exported by the municipality, especially in the mid-1990s .

The city is officially (according to Decree No. 50652 of March 30, 2006) Marco Japanese Colonization of the State of São Paulo because it would have been the first town to receive Japanese immigrants interested in investing in its own production in the State of Sao Paulo. The Joint Iguape (colonies of registry, or Sete Barras and Katsura Giporuva) was chronologically the first large colony formed by the Japanese in Brazil, and also the first among the colonies founded by private capital Nipponese.

Located in the cultural city of Japanese immigration to be preserved by the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan): Headquarters Kaigai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, old tea factories and the homes of early settlers Japanese, the Episcopal Church and St. Francis Xavier and the first seedlings of the variety of tea Assam. At various points in the city of registration are installed sculptures by the artist Yutaka Toyota made with material from old tea factories and warehouses and rice processing mill.

Whats it like to be an Exchange Student

If anyone wants to know what's it like to be a exchange student :

* when you do something wronge,people look at you weird and your excuse is "well that's how we do in my country"..even if itsn't


*you have gone into greet someone with a handshake and found yourself being pulled into a awkward hug/and a kiss on cheek 


*you spend a lot of time smiling ,nodding,and pretending you understand what's going on 


*it becomes a habit to introduce yourself  by saying " I am from (country) and my name is (name) "


*you have tried so many different food only because you can not understand  the person is asking you what you want ,you just nod your head and pray that it tastes half-decent 


*you sometimes walk around school during breaks to act like you are doing something because you don't see anyone you recognize and don't want to stand there awkward 


* you actually get a HIGH-FIVE  when you understood what someone said to you 

Fishing \o/

Did fishing for the first time in my life :D

it was a great experience, went good.

Went for the Concert of a Brasilian Band "RPM"

Please do read this one, took weeks to complete this :D Happy Reading :)

.-How are you going to know what a dream is...if you've never completed one.

.-How are you going to know what an adventure is...if you never undertook one.

.-How are you going to know what anguish is...if you never told your family and friends "see you soon"
with your eyes full of tears.

.-How are you going to know what desperation is...if you never arrived in a place, alone, without understanding anything the others were saying

.-How are you going to know what it means to miss someone...if you've never been away from home

.-How are you going to know what diversity is...if you've never shared under the same roof with people from all over the world

.-How are you going toknow what tolerance is...if you've never had to get used to something different, even if you don't like it.

.-How are you going to know what independence is...if you've never had to make decisions for yourself.

.-How are you going to know what it means to grow...if you never quit being a child to start in a new
direction.

.-How are you going to know what disability is...if you've never had to urge to hug someone, but the
computer screen got in your way

.-How are you going to know what distance is...if you've never looked at a map and said "Wow, I'm far"

.-How are you going to know what a language is...if youve never had to learn one to make friends

.-How are you going to know what patriotism is...if you've never shouted "I love my country" holding a flag in the hand.

.-How are you going to know what a party is...if you've never traveled hours to go to one

.-How are you going to know what true reality is...if you've never had the opportunity to see many different ones so you can create your own.

.-How are you going to know what an opportunity is...if you've never taken advantage of one

.-How are you going to know what pride is...if you never felt it for yourself when you realize what you've accomplished.

.-How are you going to know what it means to seize the moment...if you've never seen how time passed through your hands with great strides

.-How are you going to know what a friend is...if the circumstances never taught you which ones are real

.-How are you going to know what a family is...if you've never had one that supported you unconditionally

.-How are you going to know what your boundaries are...if you've never passed them to see what lies beyond.

.-How are you going to know what money is...if you never had to manage it to get along.

.-How are you going to know what imagination is...if you've never thought about the moment you get back home

.-How are you going to know what the world is...if you never were an EXCHANGE STUDENT

Kart Race with an other exchange student from Indonesia.

This was my first time when i drove a car, hence i did not win as Bobby (Exchange Student from Indonesia) knew how to drive a car, that lucky guy has a driving license cause your allowed to drive after 17.