Reverce Culture Shock

      There were some culture shock when I came back to Japan. First, the cause of that is junk food.  I wanted to eat junk food. When I was in America, I ate strong taste food. For example, I ate hamburger, chicken, pizza, and so on everyday. Japanese food is lighter taste than American food, so I missed American food. I bought a orange sauce of panda express. I sometimes cook  with it,  I miss the taste of American food. It is very delicious. It was good to buy it. Second, that is jet lag. I had difficulty suffering from jet lag. There is a time difference of  sixteen hours between Japan and America. I couldn’t get up in the morning, and I often took a nap. Besides, I was hungry at strange time. It was tough to keep regular hours for several weeks. Third, that is Coronavirus. I want to meet my friends, RA, and teacher. I can’t meet them, because I came back to Japan, and I was isolated at my home. I miss them. I want to talk with and play with. I was very sad. However, I'm glad that I can talk with them using Zoom. I hope the infection of a coronavirus will not spread, and I want to see them. For these things, I want to study abroad again, and I want to eat them or see them!

Why I Need English

    Because most Japanese students study English at school and we  have to learn second language like this in Japan. There are three reasons why English is very important to me. First, we can  communicate with people from other countries by using English and  I want to do that. When I was a child, I thought people who could speak English were very cool and  I respected them. I started to go to an English cram school once a week when I was an elementary school student. Since then, I have been interested in English. However, I wasn't good at studying English in high school. It was difficult for me because there was a lot of grammars. I felt little depressed, but I tried hard, and I got good grades, so I was happy. I realized I wanted to study English more.
Second, English is a global language. We have to communicate by using English if we go abroad. For example, if we go to restaurant in China, we have to order the menu in English. In addition, the number of foreign tourists who visit Japan is increasing every year. If I have an opportunity, I want to talk with them. If for example, I get the jos at hotel, I'll be able to speak too more foreign tourist. Finally, I want to use English at work. I haven't decidedwhat I want to do in the future, but I want to make good use of English at my jobs.  I am going to take advantage of study in the U.S, and improve my English, so I can get good jobs and use English later. In conclusion, larning English is useful for me in my goals.

My Living Group

     There  are 12 people in my group, and RA,Cassie. She is very kind and cute. Our group is energetic and cheerful. Everyone is very gentle. We watched the movie called "Kissing Booth". That movie was recommended by one of the group member. It was very exciting. I thought that love is difficult. We ate many snacks and ice-creams while watching it. I was surprised that the snacks and ice-creams were too much. However I was satisfied with it, because I ate a lot. There were very delicious. I thought I tried to eat many other snacks, so I'm looking forward to going shopping to buy snakes. I had great time the day. Another day, there were much times after eating dinner. We talked about something and played games. I like playing games. Especially, I like gesture game the best. I knew the game for the first time. The game is different from Japanese games. It was easy for me to do it. The game livened up. We player it many times. It was very exciting. We are able to go outside this week. We will go skating, and eating dinner in downtoen this week. I'm looking forward to going to many places in Spokene. I think that I want to get along with the members of the group.

After School

     Since I have been at MFWI, I often play with my friends, after school. In America, the classes finished earlier than in Japan, so I have free time after school. We play basketball, volleyball, and badminton together. Also, we run around the school. It is very fun, but I sometimes get muscle pain. I think it is important for us to exercise every day. The other day, I went to library to do my homework. We have a homework is uncomfortable, so can't have us. W have a lot of homework, so I want to finish in the library as much as possible. I can't study in my room because I lose concentration. I like the atmosphere in the library. Since I have been at MFWI, I have been borrowing two books from the library every day. Of course, They are easy to read, otherwise I would give up soon. However, I want to finish reading the difficult books, too. Because I want to improve English skills, and I want to increase my vocabulary. After studying, I go to Commons to eat dinner. We always eat dinner with our RA, Cassie. We talk about our classes. I can't understand everything she says, so I want to listen to her, expose myself to English, so that I can get used to understanding English.

My First Week

     I left home at 7:00 a.m. on February 8^th, and I went to the bus stop. I took the bus to “Itami Airport”. It took about 30 minutes. I was very nervous. When I arrived Itami Airport at 8:15 a.m., there was no one. I was a little worried, but people gradually gathered. First, we went to “Haneda Airport”. Then I took a bus to “Narita Airport”. We left Japan at 5:30p.m. and went to Seattle. It took long times, so I was almost sleeping.I ate “Katsudon”, salad, and ice-cream in airplane. It was very delicious. Also, I drunk orange juice and apple juice. When I arrived “Seattle Airport”, I was excited. I was surprised that Seattle Airport, I was excited. I was surprised that Seattle Airport was very large. I bought a burrito chicken for lunch. It was big, so I couldn’t eat it all. At that time, I ate American food for the first time. I thought that it was delicious. We took the plane again and went to Spoken. When I arrived there, we met RA. Her name is Cassie.

She is younger than us. She is very cute. We took the bus to MFWI. I saw my dormitory. It was large room and clean.We went to Commons in the evening. There were kinds of food. I was very happy. I saw a squirrel in the morning of the next day. It was small and cute. I started the class on February 11^th. I was very worried about the class. However, I had great time.

Introduction

Hi! My name is Yui. I’m 19 years old. I was born in Ehime. However, I started to live on my own in Hyogo since entering 

There are five in my family, I have two older brothers.
My brothers and I can play basketball. We started to do it when we were in third grade. I sometimes play it with my friends. Basketball is my favorite sports. My mother likes playing volleyball. She takes part in the locale volleyball club, and she practice it with my members every Saturday.  

In my free time, I enjoy watching TV. Especially, I like variety TV programs. Also, I like to listen to the music. I don’t have any particular favorite singer, but I like “One Thing”, “I Want”, and “18”. My goal is to increase my vocabulary, and I want to improve my English skills.