I went to Washington State University on September 25th. It is far from MFWI, so I slept on the bus. When I arrived there, I was surprised because it is very big. Then, I went to the level 3 class, and I talked with the students. They are from Taiwan, China, and Saudi Arabia. I enjoyed talking with them, but a Chinese man didn’t talk with us well. I don’t know why, but maybe it is not good between Japan and China because of the Senkaku archipelago problem. I think that Japanese people are unpatriotic and practical about everything, but Chinese people are patriotic, so he didn’t want to talk with us. Next, we had lunch with them. The dining room has a lot of food, but I felt MWU dining room is bigger than there. I met on of the Japanese student while I had lunch, and I talked with him. He is a Kansai Foreign language University student. I know this university because some of my friends go there. He came there to study abroad 1 month ago, and it is the university program. I envy him because he always talks with foreigners. I am trying to speak English with my Japanese friends, but I don’t know whether my pronunciation is good or bad. I think this program is very good, but I am a little worry about whether my pronunciation will be better. Next, they took us out on a campus tour. We went to a library and a museum. I can’t believe the university has a museum. Then, we took pictures and we became friends on Facebook. After that, Lon brought us to an ice cream shop. It is very good! I was tired because I walked for a long time. Through the days, I want to improve my pronunciation, and I want to talk with people from around the world.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip