I really have noticed a lot ofdifferences between last semester and now. I found clear differences. There are that Mukogawa Fort Wright Institution is in charge of the lawn and the lawn is well kept. How beautiful the campus is! I take pride in the campus. I’m glad to stay and to study in a great environment. Last semester, students who belong to an English Department stayed here, but this semester there are Junior College and Education students whom I don’t know. We can make friends again and we are returning in MFWI, so we have to tell them; how to use a facility, how to go to a shopping mall and so on. All teachers and advisors said to us, Extensioneers should be role models for other students about haw stay here.” It sounds like we have more responsibilities than last semester. One of the differences is RA. My previous RA, Sarah, got married to her fiancĂ© and quit this job. Some RAs live here again. Others left here. It was sort of sad, but new RAs came here. The atmosphere changed a little bit. It is too much to say that expectation is the most different, I think. It’s because we stay here twice. Someone might wonder why extensioneers wanted to study abroad in Spokane again. Each of us have the own reasons for it, but we have a common goal which is we want to improve our English skills. In my case, this semester is so special. Everything is for me. I mean I made money for it by myself unlike last semester when I depend on my parents. Although I had no money, I wanted to stay here again by getting a bank loan which was kind of a debt. It’s my will. In other words, I changed my way of thinking. Teachers also have changed attitude. It means they are more stricter and make us busier. I feel their expectation for us is larger. Anyway, nothing is the same as before. I have to come up with my goal.
Last week, we took a trip to the Southwest for 7 days. This trip was an absolutely wonderful memory. I had never been to these areas so I was stimulated by every things, for example, cactus, adobe style buildings, Native American culture and amazing dessert views. It is one of the most interesting trips I ever took, because I experienced some rare things like visiting Grand Canyon, visiting high school and so on. On this trip I could understand about Indian culture from a folk art museum. I would like to introduce some my best memories on this Southwest trip. My first best memory is Georgia O’Keef museum. Actually, before this trip, I was not familiar with her and didn’t know about any of her artworks, but I was looking forward to visiting here because I like art museums. Her artworks were very unique, abstract and absolutely fabulous, and these were very fresh to me. I especially liked bone’s paintings which one of the most famous her artwork, because the color contrast is very c...