Monday 20 April 2009

Pupils' Response 13 - International Friendship Day

We celebrate International Friendship Day to spend time with their friends and express love for them by exchanging International Friendship Day Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands.

The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually International Friendship Day became popular and today International Friendship Day is celebrated in many countries.

A.S.E.A.N stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

I do not know a lot about A.S.E.A.N but there was one time in school that they taught us about the asean countries.

I like the activities organized by the school on International Friendship Day, because they are very interesting and we get to try new things.

I have 2 friends from 2 different A.S.E.A.N countries. They were our tour guides when we went to Japan and Thailand.

The school can organize exchange programmes with other A.S.E.A.N countries or have contests to test students' knowledge about other A.S.E.A.N countries. This way, we can learn more about other A.S.E.A.N countries and their culture. We can also have penpals whom we can write to and develop friendships with.

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