Bright and early 7 o’clock in the morning, I woke up and checked the emails or messages related to the day’s meetings. At 8.30, I brainstormed ideas about cultural events while on the train going to school. At 10, I prepared the meeting report during my class. From 12.45 till the class bell at 1.30pm, I discussed about cultural events and the radio program, as well as other things, in Aya’s office. After school, I recorded an interview and worked for endless hours editing. And after leaving school, I kept thinking about the radio show’s content until I fell asleep. -------This time schedule exactly shows my daily life last June and July and this continued until my finals were over and in my case, almost completely ignoring finals. And so did all members of the Hawaii project. We challenged ourselves in this unprecedented program and that meant we needed to make all the plans from scratch but the 10 of us did a great job by making the most of our ideas, knowledge and time. After I came back to Japan, I was filled with a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction to know that all our efforts became a huge success.

by Miki S.