Great experience of study abroad in ONU

 As a final blog, I will write about my ONU life over the past year. Sadly, as an exchange student, I have to go back to Japan in a few weeks and I will never study in ONU anymore.

Everything was new, attractive and exciting to me!

First of all, I had a lot of difficulties in classes. I was struggling basically with English. You cannot follow the class if you do not catch what professor says. It sometimes made me frustrated and feel less confident in my English skills. In addition to this, I had a lot of group work or discussion. The English that my classmates spoke was faster and more casual than that of professor. So, I got confused countless times. However, I never gave up. I tried to understand what people said and if I had any problems or issues, I asked them. Once I asked them my difficulty, every one explained me again even by using different words. Thanks to the kindness and help of a lot of people, I think I have improved my English over what it was a year ago. I am so glad about this because one of the reasons to study abroad was because I wanted to be a good English speaker.

In terms of entertainment, I experienced a lot even inside of Ada! I went to king horn a lot, mainly for workout, sometimes swimming. Because I went to the gym so frequently such as five times a week on average, I made a lot of friends there. After entering to the gym and said “what’s up” to my friends, with shaking hands with them, which encouraged me to have more motivation for the workout. When I succeed in my personal record that I left the heaviest weight, they clap their hands to their joy as if they succeeded, not me. That is why I really miss those friends. Other than the activities in king horn, I enjoyed playing so many sports such as tennis, soccer, basketball, frisbee and so on.

Let’s talk about food. Although I have missed rice, which is our major meal for Japanese people, I have got into “American food”. I go to wow almost every day and eat chicken tenders. Other than that, I also like pizza in dining hall. Totally I have enjoyed the meal in ONU.

By having had communications with some other international students, I was able to learn a lot of things about outside of Japan in addition to the U.S culture. I had chances to try their typical food, or speak their language. Because we spent a lot of time together, we were able to build a great relationship. I will invite them to Japan and I am also willing to visit their countries.

Finally, I am so grateful for people engaged in my wonderful ONU life and I would like to say thank you to them for making my life amazing!! I never forget this experience and hopefully this will help me make future career!








Comments

  1. Kanamu MoriMay 8, 2023 at 11:05 PM

    Stefano Amicabile: Kanamu I am happy for you and the fact that you enjoyed this experience, I hope you have a safe travel back to Japan.

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  2. Kanamu MoriMay 8, 2023 at 11:23 PM

    Bram Selman: Kanamu is a special guy and a friend for life. I look forward staying in touch with you from the Netherlands and I wish you all the best. POWER!

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  3. Kanamu MoriMay 8, 2023 at 11:42 PM

    Kalle Järvinen: Wonderful to read that you Kanamu have enjoyed your time in Ada. There will be empty space to fil in atmosphere of Ada when there is not strong, funny Japanese guy around. Next destination is Finland, bro!

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