Hi! How's it going?
I just finished my final exam and summer break have started! Although I don't have any plans, I feel comfortable haha
I'm gonna reflect on this semester at this time.
Even if I could study on campus for only two months, I made a lot of nice memory. To begin with, I could met many valuable friends. Especially, I spent a lot of time with other international students. I ate lunch with them at cafeteria twice a week, cooked Japanese foods and Taiwanese foods together, went shopping and so on.. !! There are so many memory, so I can't write down all!! I was really glad when one of them said to me, " You are the best friend to me and our friendship will last forever." I never thought I could make best friends in short time. I'm sure to see her again in Japan or Taiwan! Also, I want to say thank you to my classmates who always helped me. I asked them a lot of qusetions, but they always answered my questions kindly. Without their help, I couldn't have done my classes. After going back to Japan, I'll help international students who studies at Shinshu University.
I wrote down nice memories, but I also faced difficulty.. Although I'm reluctant to tell bad memories to somebody, I'll share my experiences with you guy because it may be able to help you. This incident happend when I was taking plant science class in end of January. Proffesor said "aphid"(アブラムシ), but I didn't know this word. I tried to guess the spelling and look it up, but I couldn't. Professor used this word many times and I thought it was important word to understand his lecture, so I asked him if he can teach me the spelling.
( Fortunately, I could pronounce it correctly and he could understand what I said. haha) He taught me the spelling kindly, but he also suggested that I should have note taker. I know it was his kindness, but I was shocked because he probably thought I couldn't understand the lecture and I needed note taker. Honestly, I could almost understand the lecture, and I wanted to finish this class by myself. Then, I consulted with an advisor and she said I should use ESL center which is for non native English speakers. Finally, the tutors helped me to find out the meaning of unknown word by listening to the record which I recorded during the class. ( Proffesor allowed me to do it) What I want to tell you is that you should consult with somebody when you face difficulty. Somebody can help you!!
Anyway, hope we can go back to normal life as soon as possible....
テストを終えて、ブログを書こうと思い今までの留学生活を振り返りながら書いてみましたが、途中からどのように終わらせれば良いか分からなくなりました、、。笑
今日から3ヶ月の長い夏休みが始まるわけですが、まだ何も予定を立てられていません、、7月か8月にファームステイやボランティアができたらよいなあと思っているところです。。。
そして、残念なことに秋学期も基本的にオンライン授業になることが決まり、、、正直まだ少しモヤモヤしているところです笑
写真は昨日ホストファミリーが新しく買ってきたひよこと、ホストマザーと作ったマフィンです！
実は私、鶏が苦手なのですが、、、（というか急に飛んでくる物が苦手なので鳥は全般的に苦手、、鶏は飛ばないけれど何故か苦手笑）ひよこは飛ばないし、小さいので大丈夫でした笑 手で覆うと眠くなるのか手のひらの上で寝てくれるんですよ！！可愛くて、昨日は夕食の後、1人1匹手の上に載せながら会話を楽しみました笑
長くなりすぎたので、ここで終わりにします。次に更新するときには、友達と外で遊んだよって書きたいな。。