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.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...