Hello~everyone!! How’s going today? I hope you guys are enjoying your spring vacation. The news I saw yesterday said Fukuoka is getting warmer, and sakura is

Portland is still cold and sometimes snowing even if now is spring, so I feel difference between here and Japan. Anyway, today I’m gonna talk about my school life and next term.

Okey let’s get started.

Next Wednesday and Thursday is my final exam in this term. Finally, two third of my school program is gonna be finished. That’s why I have to more study than before. When I wrote last report, I was really tired and disappointed to my English skill especially speaking and listening. However, now I can little bit enjoy studying because I cough tips about how to ready for classes. The beginning of this term, my mental condition was not good, because my class level was growing up, class was also getting harder than last term, but my friends made everything. I always had chagrin and I didn’t know how I could take off these negative feelings. But, I found really effective solution! First solution is writing diary with English. Writing diary is simple and easy, but it is extremely helpful. For example, if I had a hard day and really disappointed, but I don’t wanna talk anyone about my negative experience. However, I can talk with my diary about that. Talking with diary is kinda weird for the first time, but in diary, I don’t have to warry about other people feeling. If you have same trouble as me, this is absolutely good for you!! Second one is much easier than last one: hanging out friends. The reason is that I can listen native English intentionally. If I try to listen English intentionally, it’s should be boring for me. But, in public place, I hear English intentionally, and I can have good time with my friend! For these things, I can stay comfortable thee days.

Ops, I also want to talk about my friends. As you know, CJ have a short term program in Portland, and this time my friends came in here. It had been 6 month since I met them last time, so I was excited and happy. Talking them in English is a little bit fanny because we always used Japanese in our college, but it was good opportunity for us to speak English. I hope we can talk in English after I come back Japan.

By the way, next term, I will take a service learning class as well as normal classes. I can get experience about volunteering in US. Before I came here, I wanted to work in hostel, but now, I want to work in library. But, I have long time until I decide my working place, so I’m not sure I will work in there, but I hope I can take a place I want to go.

Anyways, I should study more hardly than this term in next term, but also I wanna enjoy my last term in here.

Thank you for reading until end.