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Astonishing experience at WSU

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I had a amazing opportunity visiting WSU last Tuesday. It was the first time for me to go to such a enormous university in America. This experience excited me, surprised me , and made me
grateful very much.
wonderful meeting

First, I was very surprised that so many things at university . When we entered there I could not recognize the dividing line between a city and WSU. There was a long and steep main street, and many school buildings lined along this road. I saw several pedestrian bridges connected to campus. And also, it made me so excited that there was a huge football ground, the modern museum, a wonderful library, and a student's building, a place the students to relax on the campus. That night my house group saw a picture of the football stadium filled with audience because my RA Becki is a WSU student, and its scale was great. I can't believe that university has a perfect place for game. The building seemed to be almost department for me. There were some restaurants, the Starbucks, the bank and small game center! If I was a student in WSU, I would go there and enjoy a lot. I went to the ice cream shop with my partners, but it took very long time to reach there. WSU was like a city for me.

Next, I was very glad to learn many international differences when I met exchange students there. One of my partners was a Chinese girl and another was a Taiwanese girl. We had a lot of conversations and I was surprised with the difference of our cultures even though we all are Asian people. For example, recently, not all but many men do housework and women have strong influence more than men at home. In Japan, it is not common, so I was fascinated with it. I laughed when I was asked "Why do Japanese girls always make up their faces?" All things are new for them although we think they are usual. I learned it is difficult to answer simple questions from them. I answered "It is manner for us." However, I was not sure. Additionally, I was also interested in difference of our English pronunciation. It was the first time for me to listen to or communicate with not native speakers. In fact, their English had their own strong accent, but basically they spoke very fast like a current of river. Therefore, I realized again that Japanese English is not smooth because of our own language. I think it was amazing experience to know difference among Asian culture.

Finally, I was so grateful to meet exchange student, new friends. They both were very kind and cheerful. I was also happy because they remembered my name soon and call me like real friends. We communicated a lot in English, so I thought if I had chosen other ways, not English, I could not have met them. English gave me a wonderful meeting. I appreciated that my decision to choose English as my way. I would study English harder to expand the possibility to meet as many people as I can. Then I would learn a lot about cultures and what people think and how they live around the world.

My visit WSU was very meaningful and valuable for me. This new meeting people and exciting experience made me courage. Again, I recognized that it was right for me to choose English to study.

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