12/31 After study abroad

After I did study abroad, I wrote this essay about a year ago.


On the way to go to B.C., the workshop place for 2 weeks, I was so excited to meet my host family in Comox.

My host family was supposed to be 2 little children, parents, and a big dog.

But my host family turned out to be a eighty-six-year-old grandmother!!

My host family was only the old lady!!

What with the 1 day’s delay of the airplane and changing host family, my Canadian life started unusually. ha-ha



I don’t know for the plane but it was the luckiest thing that I could get a chance to meet her.

She is such a wonderful lady.

I love her so much and really liked the stay with her.

I just couldn't help feeling her love. She is so kind enough to send me letters frequently.








I had really good time in M.B. too.

My first day of school when I was so nervous was great day.

Because I could make many new friends, some of who became my best friends!

I have done my best at school work so that I could receive a prize of an honors achievement as well as a school diploma at a ceremony of graduation.

But, you know, I couldn’t have done this without teachers, my friends, and my host family.




Especially my host mother, a teacher of my school, helped me all the time when I had some trouble in school works.



My life in Canada was so different from what it was in Japan.

I was so surprised that I couldn’t get accustomed to living there at first.

It was not only bad things, but also good things. For instance, the cold weather, minimum of 40 degrees, I didn’t like that cold, but I really liked sundogs, snow
frost, and northern lights, which impressed me a lot.



Once or twice, I had a little quarrel with my host mom because of the differences
between my sense of value and hers.

She persuaded me not to try everything that I want to.

Though it was usual thing for me to try anything in which I interested, it wasn’t for mom.



I talked over with her and I could find that she tells me because she loves me and
she just didn’t want to make me tired.

I can tell that I became a talkative girl in their house after that. lol




It is certain that it was so inconvenient to go anywhere even to town or to meet my friends.


If I go to somewhere I have to think to find rides to go and back.


But I wasn’t disappointed because my house in Canada where I miss so much now was
always full of laugh and smile.

I was at home with my 3 sisters most of the weekends.

One of my sisters, Maria (17), is also my best friend.

We were so busy everyday after school, with talking, doing homework on a trampoline, making dance for a team, taking hot tub at midnight, going out for shopping, and doing everything together just like real sisters.


Yes, I am the fourth sister of them!!



The time had flashed by, I had hard time to say goodbye to everyone, which I didn’t want to say.

I’m sure that I will go back to M.B.soon though.

I cried a lot with my friends and my family like crazy.

It was so difficult to express how much thankful I felt for the kindness I have received.




My purpose of this year long program was to learn English and to have more choices of my job in the future.

Standing on my own two feet was also my goal in Canada.

Through this program, I met so many people and learned many things especially about myself.


How much I depend on everyone especially my parents in Japan!!

I keenly came to feel that relationships with others are most indispensable for me



These pictures show that I am the luckiest girl in the world.

I can never thank this family enough for having me as a true member of them.


I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Labo and my family for making such a great opportunity.

I’m certain that I will make the most of my ability which comes from studying abroad.




I owe what I am to everyone who supports me. Thank you so much.