Journal in England from Yummy
It was just a year ago that I left Japan and was in England! I had stayed there for about a year and now I’m back here…yes I’m going to talk about my life in England.
I did not like the subject of English before which is why my English speaking level was so low. I wished Japanese would be a world common language one day. But I found a chance to have a little trip to England during the summer holiday when I was 14. I loved England, the culture, and also people’s way of thinking! After half a year I decided to go abroad as an exchange student!
On the first day of my life in England I just felt… well, nothing special. The view from the motorway wasn’t really different as Japanese ones so we, I mean most of Japanese exchange students, couldn’t believe we were in England including me. Soon we broke up as a group and went to our host families. I did not miss Japan, even the language, because my host family was used to keeping Japanese kids. They talked to me slowly and I could get them. I went to college for a month to improve my English before I went to school. College wasn’t hard for us and I always tried to speak English with the only girl from Thailand but as you can see there were too many Japanese not to talk in Japanese sometimes … oh dear! I will tell you about the happy month now.
My host mom’s name is Glenys, which is an Irish name, and my dad’s name is Graham. Both of them were about sixty years old but they looked much younger than that age! Their daughter, called Jo, lived near their house and come to their house with her husband, Mathew, quite often. The first problem was … that I couldn’t pronounce “Mathew”! My host family has best friends near their house, Sue and Gerry. They are always looking after me well and I got on well with all of them!! We did so many things in a month, most of day after college we were going out for a meal, a walk, sights, just anything. The biggest event was a concert at which people copied the Beatles, ABBA and some big musicians! Of course I couldn’t sing very well but no one matters and the host family was happy that I was enjoying myself very much! The English think thyat they can enjoy something even if they are not good at it. This is a very valuable attitude for me. I love this way if thinking on a trip we went to Cadbury Chocolate World!!!!! Do you know it!? Perhaps you know Cadbury chocolate; there is a factory of Cadbury in Birmingham where the college was. Can you believe it!? Thousands of chocolates were being made in the factory!! We got some types of chocolate on the trip in the factory and we ate all of them after the trip…! I’ve been to cricket match, cathedrals, the longest canal, concerts, theme parks, charity walks, London, parties, Sunday lunches…wow, lots of things only for a month!! It was the busiest life ever…
Finally most of the Japanese kids had to say bye to each other because most of them had to go soon to new host families. I didn’t change my host family…my host family didn’t hate me thought…well I am going to stop here this time. I will tell you the next story next month! cyax
116-6 Yuma Mikumo
I did not like the subject of English before which is why my English speaking level was so low. I wished Japanese would be a world common language one day. But I found a chance to have a little trip to England during the summer holiday when I was 14. I loved England, the culture, and also people’s way of thinking! After half a year I decided to go abroad as an exchange student!
On the first day of my life in England I just felt… well, nothing special. The view from the motorway wasn’t really different as Japanese ones so we, I mean most of Japanese exchange students, couldn’t believe we were in England including me. Soon we broke up as a group and went to our host families. I did not miss Japan, even the language, because my host family was used to keeping Japanese kids. They talked to me slowly and I could get them. I went to college for a month to improve my English before I went to school. College wasn’t hard for us and I always tried to speak English with the only girl from Thailand but as you can see there were too many Japanese not to talk in Japanese sometimes … oh dear! I will tell you about the happy month now.
My host mom’s name is Glenys, which is an Irish name, and my dad’s name is Graham. Both of them were about sixty years old but they looked much younger than that age! Their daughter, called Jo, lived near their house and come to their house with her husband, Mathew, quite often. The first problem was … that I couldn’t pronounce “Mathew”! My host family has best friends near their house, Sue and Gerry. They are always looking after me well and I got on well with all of them!! We did so many things in a month, most of day after college we were going out for a meal, a walk, sights, just anything. The biggest event was a concert at which people copied the Beatles, ABBA and some big musicians! Of course I couldn’t sing very well but no one matters and the host family was happy that I was enjoying myself very much! The English think thyat they can enjoy something even if they are not good at it. This is a very valuable attitude for me. I love this way if thinking on a trip we went to Cadbury Chocolate World!!!!! Do you know it!? Perhaps you know Cadbury chocolate; there is a factory of Cadbury in Birmingham where the college was. Can you believe it!? Thousands of chocolates were being made in the factory!! We got some types of chocolate on the trip in the factory and we ate all of them after the trip…! I’ve been to cricket match, cathedrals, the longest canal, concerts, theme parks, charity walks, London, parties, Sunday lunches…wow, lots of things only for a month!! It was the busiest life ever…
Finally most of the Japanese kids had to say bye to each other because most of them had to go soon to new host families. I didn’t change my host family…my host family didn’t hate me thought…well I am going to stop here this time. I will tell you the next story next month! cyax
116-6 Yuma Mikumo
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