I got a Visa to the US!!

Last Wednesday, I went to the embassy to take Visa interview. There were sooooooooo many people. It took about two hours to finish all procedures.

This morning I received it. I also have reserved my airplane ticket!!

Anyway, I'm going to enjoy my remaining one month in Japan...

Talk of the town.

Last night, I stayed at my research room and studied. Then, one of my friend came in and said "Let's watch world cup game tonight!!"

I don't know the rules of it, so am not willing to watch the games. However if my friends ask, I always watch them Of cource, I don't know what happen when the situation is complicated. However, I like the atomospher!! Watching the game over beer and snacks. It's really exciting time, isn't it?

Last night, three Chinese students and two Japanese students came to my room. We bought beer and snacks. Ready to watch!!!

Anyway, Japan lost...

I could not believe my eyes. Coz, Australian players got three goals in the final six minutes.
I thought that my eyes played trick on me. I drunk a lot, so I was not sure it was true or not.

Too much water drowned the miller. So, I hope for next match.

By the way, recently many comapnies and associations have the the commercials which are related the World Cup 2006. On of my favorite is an ad for WFP. Ronaldinho appears on it. When I first saw it, I could not understand what ad was for. But after watching the ending, I got it.

If you have chance, please watch it!!

Cultural chasm.

These days, I feel communication with other cultural people is sometimes difficult.
First, language and second, cultural chasm.

I have a lot of procedures must be done in English. Just reading English is not big deal for me.
If I face some words don't know, just look up them. However, writing e-mail in English gives me trouble. Of cource, I have sent English e-mail. But just for my friends, never for person who I don' t know.

I think I had sent rude e-mails for them. For example, I thought the person was woman.
Because it looked like woman's name. So I sent ' Dear Ms. ～ ', but the person was man!!!
Additionally, I did not take much care for grammer. I tried to sent polite e-mails, but I should care about it more and more. Someone might feel bad. It is said that, it depends on your writing I can get the responce or not. I have not received some responces yet.

Now, I'm trying to write correct grammer writing. I also try to read some books which are written about how to write English e-mail. I have a lot of opportunity to write English e-mail from now on. So, I want to brush up my writing skill and e-mail manner.

Cultural chasm is also dfficult for me. Today I reconfirmed one important thing. If I have some opinion, do not hesitate to talk about them. If I don't talk to the people, nobody knows! I think I will face a lot of cultural chasm in the US. I will try to talk and tell them about my own feeling.

Immunizations to stay in the US.

To stay foreign countries, there are lot of complicated procedures.
Housing, Visa, Sending tuition, Insurance...
Housing problems are almost solved.
But.....
One misfortune has followed another.

Immunizations stand up against me!!!!!

You know, the Japanese immunization system is different from the US.
Usually, we take Measles(Hashika) once.
I'm required twice.

Also, Meningitis(Zuimakuen) Vaccine is required.
This is really rare and we can take only one place in Japan.
So many students take it after arriving in the US.

For now, I have to take three immunizations in Japan.

Mmmmmm, I need time and money.

Bangladesh.

This is a picture from Bangladesh. Do you think it's pond? Noooo. It was rainy season. After finishing it, water drains away.










Some people might think why I decided to go to the US.

English is one of my favorite subjects since I was a junior high school student. So I always hope for studying abroad.

After graduating junior high school, I tried to apply for high school in Swiss. Unfortunately my parents againsted me and I could not. So I went to high school near my house. My eager for studying English lingered. Again, I tried to study abroad when I appied for university. This time also I couldn't. Because I couldn't urge my parents, also I little bit thought it might be early for me to study abroad. Then I began to study Agricultural economics in Japan.

Since my school life started, I really studied hard to get good GPA to enter a graduate cource in the US. Then I don't know it was good or bad, school regster told me that I could graduate from Univ. in three years. I decided to take this chance. Then I gave up to apply for the university in the US at that time. That was because I did not have enough time to prepare for my application, TOEFL and GRE. After graduating university, I entered graduate cource, again in Japan! !!

But, thanks for god, I could get a lot of chances here. Last summer I could go to the Bangladesh as an intership student. This chance was really great for me. I researched about agricultural storage in Dhaka. I visited goverment organaization, some association and NGOs. This reseach gave me a lot of experiences. However not only good things, I disappointed my English skills. I had a slight of confident of my English. My confident crumbled like cookies. To take only few appointments, I took a lot of time. Sad, miserable, shameful......


So, I made up my mind to go to the US for my English and my dream.

Don't cross the bridge till I come to it.

Recently robberies took place near my university. Criminal isn't still caught in. So, I wanna go home early, but have to prepare for my seminar.

Yesterday, I was soooo worried about my housing and staying the US. Don't know why.
Now, I feel much better. Because whenever I think seriously, I don't know the future. I don't know how the life in the US and people around me. If I face some problems, then I think what I should do.

Anyway I'm fortunate to have nice people. They give me a lot of helpful advices. I wanna thank for all people.

First Blog in English.

Today, I'm not feel so good. Coz, I have some troubles about housing. From this August, I'm going to the US so looking for my apartment. This is so hard for me.....

To change my feeling, I just start a new thing. Writing my own Blog in English!!!

I might make a lot of mistake. Never mind!!!

I don't know how often I can update it.

Anyway, I will enjoy recording evidence of my development.