2015年1月27日火曜日
1.26 Any question??
These days I stated serious posts on my blog. So I'm hiring question about me or Canada or whatever you want!! I'll write them on here!
2015年1月24日土曜日
1.23 Host Family
I'm sure this surprised my parents. My housemate,Gabi is going to move other host family and change school a few weeks later. It made me disappointed. About 2 month ago she said she was going to change host family, but she wasn't because of me. I was happy. However she can't stand my host mom and school any more. Last Monday she told me she is going to chsnge. She told her about it last Wednesday. She was upset and kinda mad why Gabi had never talked with her.
The biggest reason Gabi dicided to move is our host mom's personality, but on Saturday when my host mom came to Gabi's room to talk with her, Gabi told her like "It's because of school, I feel alone in the school, there are no Brazilian. That's why I wanna change and if I go to Vanier(other school), it's far from here. So I have to change host family too." Gabi didn't say anything to her like what my host mom does wrong for Gabi. Actually she can take a bus to Vanier. My host mom understands why Gabi wants to change school, but she doesn't get it why Gabi wants to change host family. But Gabi didn't tell her true things because she wants to leave wisout fighting with them. My host mom started to cry and she was disappointed and still comfused.
What she don't like about her are many things. For example, Gabi feels she hosts us to get money. When we go to a eating place like donates shop, our host hostfamily don't pay us. Most of other international students don't pey for food, their host family pay. And my host mom sometimes points out our faults as a teacher.
I also can't think my host mom is perfect, but I think no one is perfect and feeling sometimes not good when we live with someone is normal thing because we have each personality. So we can say what we want and change it better.
Gabi thinks she always has to be a good girl in front of our host family, so she doesn't be honest. I think she is sometimes able to be a goofy person and cry and say something how she feels honestly in front of them. That's why when she is pointed out her faults by host mom, she gets mad at her.
I'm sad and kind of frustrated. Gabi is happy now, but she made us sad. I know my host family loved her so much. She has to think about other people more before deciding big something.
2015年1月21日水曜日
1.18 what I'm thinking
It's January 20th today. I've been here almost 7 month. I hate 28th, because I arrived here on June 28th, so every 28th, it make me realized how long I've been here and make me think that I have just 5 month left. During summer school and the bigening of September, I was always thinking like I wish I could stay here longer than 1 year. And then I asked my parents and my teacher in Japan. It's because if I could stay, my English would be great and make lots of friends, not just international students even Canadian. I was considering too much.
However now I don't think the way. Of cause if I could, I want to stay longer, but same time I'm so excited to come back to Japan. Actually I don't miss my family and my friends at all. (sorry...) I just wanna know how I was changed by living in Canada when I restart to live in Japan. My friend who already left here said her feeling is different between before going to Canada and after now. I think I'll feel something wired, different and funny. And I hope it's going to make me mature for life in the future. Why I can think so is I knew good things of Japan and Canada.
However now I don't think the way. Of cause if I could, I want to stay longer, but same time I'm so excited to come back to Japan. Actually I don't miss my family and my friends at all. (sorry...) I just wanna know how I was changed by living in Canada when I restart to live in Japan. My friend who already left here said her feeling is different between before going to Canada and after now. I think I'll feel something wired, different and funny. And I hope it's going to make me mature for life in the future. Why I can think so is I knew good things of Japan and Canada.
1.18 I want everyone to know about Japan
These days I didn't have anything special, so today I'll rite down two topics which I want to tell to my international friends and Canadian.
Religions
My friend asked me "what's your religion?" and I said "I'm not religious." When I said that, he was so surprised. This experience made me interested me religions.
In Japan, there are two big religions. One of them is Shinto which is a Japanese traditional religion. The other is Buddhism. Almost all Japanese belong to both or one of them. However the majority of Japanese people don't recognize a sense of belonging to religions, and they also consider themselves to have no religions. I also think I have no religion< but on new year's day I go to a temple and a shrine to worship with my family every year. It's a part of belonging to religions. We respect many religions idea and rituals, they think these are mere culture. But it doesn't really matter in Japanese society is also true.
Differences between Japanese and Canadian when they talk with some
one
In Japan there is a famous word "空気を読む" which means "feel atmosphere where I am"or "sensitive to the situation". People say it's important to do that because people don't like to act independently and they sometimes prioritize the group over the individual. When we speak Japanese, we always have in mind who we are, are with and where, what's the situation, and then we think what I have to do now. Just waiting without any words is a way to tell what I want to say to others in Japan. However in Canada it's important to state own opinions. when you want to tell some one something, we have to speak!
Religions
My friend asked me "what's your religion?" and I said "I'm not religious." When I said that, he was so surprised. This experience made me interested me religions.
In Japan, there are two big religions. One of them is Shinto which is a Japanese traditional religion. The other is Buddhism. Almost all Japanese belong to both or one of them. However the majority of Japanese people don't recognize a sense of belonging to religions, and they also consider themselves to have no religions. I also think I have no religion< but on new year's day I go to a temple and a shrine to worship with my family every year. It's a part of belonging to religions. We respect many religions idea and rituals, they think these are mere culture. But it doesn't really matter in Japanese society is also true.
Differences between Japanese and Canadian when they talk with some
one
In Japan there is a famous word "空気を読む" which means "feel atmosphere where I am"or "sensitive to the situation". People say it's important to do that because people don't like to act independently and they sometimes prioritize the group over the individual. When we speak Japanese, we always have in mind who we are, are with and where, what's the situation, and then we think what I have to do now. Just waiting without any words is a way to tell what I want to say to others in Japan. However in Canada it's important to state own opinions. when you want to tell some one something, we have to speak!
2015年1月9日金曜日
1.8 my essay
☆I made a essay for my scholarship. I just want to put on my blog as a good memory!
「留学半年を終えて」
カナダに来て、既に半年が経ちました。カナダに来たばかりの頃は一年間うまくやっていけるかとても心配でしたが、ホームシックになることもなく、今日まで毎日がとても早く過ぎていったことに驚きを隠せません。
私はバンクーバーから飛行機で30分ほどのコモックスバレーという町の公立高校に通っています。コモックスバレーは私の住んでいる関市のような自然豊かな場所で、野生のシカが道路を渡っている光景をよく見かけます。私と同い年のホストシスターと13歳のホストブラザー、それからホストペアレンツの毎日賑やかな四人家族と、ブラジルからの留学生の女の子と一緒に暮らしています。
私がこの半年間で最も強く感じたことは「違いの大切さ、面白さ」です。今、私はカナダに留学していながらも、世界中に留学しているような気持ちです。なぜなら私の住んでいる町、コモックスバレーには約170人の留学生がいるからです。ハンガリー、ブラジル、中国、ドイツ、タイなど15ヶ国以上から訪れています。別れる際に必ず頬を寄せてハグをするメキシコの友達、1日に2回以上お風呂に入ることが習慣だという韓国の友達、いつも陽気でジョークばかり言っているナイジェリアの友達。彼らは同じ留学生として、励ましあったり、競い合ったりできる大切な存在です。
忘れられない思い出は、私が東日本大震災の話をし、東南海大地震が近いうちにやってくるかもしれない、と伝えた時、スペイン人の友達が「マコの家族全員、私の国に来たらいいよ。」と真剣に言ってくれたことです。国籍を越えてこんなにも素晴らしい友達がいることを嬉しく思っています。また、彼らと話しをしたり過ごしているうちに、国それぞれの習慣や考え方を知り、私が今まで当たり前だと思っていたことが日本以外の国ではそうでなかったり、真逆の考えを持っていたりと毎日が刺激的です。
インターナショナル生に限らず、カナダ人と日本人にも違いがあります。例えば、クリスマスイブの夜、私のホストファミリーはホームパーティーを開き、30人以上もの人が家にやってきました。驚いたことに招かれた人たちはお互いのことをよく知らなかったり、初対面といった状態でした。聞いてみるとその人たちはホストペアレンツの友達のそのまた友達だったりするのです。それでも、自己紹介といった硬いものなどはなく、お互い話をしているうちにすっかり以前からの友達であったかのようでした。カナダ人のフレンドリーさに感心した1日でした。
ここで、私が留学する前に気になっていた私の通っている学校の様子について説明したいと思います。私の通っているHighland secondary schoolは12歳から17歳までの全校生徒900人が在籍する小規模の学校です。学校は毎日朝9時から始まり、午後3時20分に終了します。日本で私が通っていた高校と大きく違うことは、一つの授業が120分間で、毎日4教科のみ勉強することです。また、その4教科は選択の単位制で生徒自身が決めることができ、授業ごとに自分が選択している科目の教室まで移動します。授業ごとの休み時間は5分しかないため、授業終わると廊下は一気に生徒でいっぱいになります。私は物理、体育、数学、美術を選択しました。(先生が決めてくださいました)
物理と数学はほとんどの分野が既に日本で習った範囲だったのですが、文章題や正しい語句を選ぶ問題などはまだまだ苦戦しています。このようにカナダの高校は日本でいう1年1組、2年2組のような自分のクラスや、学年ごとに集まる機会がないため、同じ学年でもお互い知らないということがあります。また、カナダ人は日本人が持っている先輩や後輩といった意識がほとんどないので学年を越えて友達がいる人が多いように感じます。
カナダでは積極的に部活やクラブに入らない限り、新しい友達を作ることは難しいかもしれません。逆に言えば、カナダの学校制度は自分のやる気次第でどんなことにもチャレンジできるようになっています。日本は集団を大事にするのに対して、カナダでは個人を大切にする、その国の特徴を表しているなと思います。
私は9月末から11月までバレーボール部に入部していました。ここでは、季節ごとに部活の選択ができ、例えば秋はバレーボールとクロスカントリー、冬はスキーとバスケットボール、春はサッカーといったように誰でもいくつでも入部することができます。日本でバレーボールをしたのは体育の授業くらいで、ルールも分からない状態でスタートしましたが、コーチやチームメイトが「マコ!マコ!」といつも声をかけてくれたおかげで試合で点を取ることもできました。いい経験になったと確信しています。
このように違いを知り、新しい経験をしていく中で、自分が日本人であること、日本で生まれ育ったこと、日本の文化、に対して誇りを持つようになりました。これは日本にいた時には感じたことのない強い気持ちです。
ホストファミリーに習字を披露した時、ホストファミリーが日本語に凄く興味を持ってくれて、日本語について色々と質問をしてくれましたが、「ひらがな、カタカナ、漢字の違い」を説明するのが難しかったのを覚えています。また、ハウスメイトの子に「ブラジルの学校で広島と長崎への原爆投下について習ったのだけど、日本人はそのことについて今はどう思っているの?」と聞かれた時に上手く答えることができませんでした。英語力の問題はもちろん、それらについて自分でもよく分かっていませんでした。日本人として、分からないと答えることほど残念なことはありません。日本についてもっと知り、しっかり説明できる語学力をつけたいです。
ここまでの半年が決してスムーズだったわけではありません。正直に言うならば、毎日の生活の中で悔しさが90%、残りの10%が楽しさです。「自分のこんな英語が相手に伝わるのか」という不安や「本当はこう言いたかったのに」と本当の気持ちをごまかしてしまったことは何度もあります。留学前に思い描いていたあのキラキラした留学とは異なっていました。それでも、今まで留学したことを1度も後悔しなかったのは、上手く言えませんが、精神的な部分でそれを超えるものが私の中で成長してきているからだと私は信じています。
お伝えしたいことはまだまだ沢山ありますが、今回はそのほんの一部を書かせて頂きました。家族や日本にいる私を支えてくださっている全ての方に感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。残り半年の私の留学生活。新たにどんなことを発見できるか楽しみです。
12.20~1.4 Winter break
I was going to make blogs every day during winter break, but sorry I couldn't do that...so I'm going to make summaries. Let's start!
20-21th
Lazy days...I was watching movies and TV shows in my room all day.
22th
Christmas party with Japanese, Hina, Mai and Ryo. We gave Christmas presents each other. We gave cosmetics to girls and T-short to Ryo for Christmas and Birthday. Ryo surprised me he gave me a Starbucks tumbler! It's because of me, I was always saying I wanna get a tumbler from Starbucks! And we made Okonomiyaki and cholorate fondue. We ate so much.
23th
I went Christmas shopping with Gabi. I bought presents for my friends and Gabi. Of course I was keeping it secret from Gabi haha. It was good day except to meet other friends because they were all Brazilians, so I felt alone.
24-25th
Christmas!
26th
It was Boxing Day! Do you know Boxing Day? It's like Black Friday in Canada! Actually It's bigger than that. My host breather got a iPad Air and I got a haire curler!
27th
I went skiing with Japanese. It was my first time in my life! I was so afraid of it, but Ryo who has a license of instructing taught me so much! Now I can ski! Seriously!
28th
I went watching a movie, into the woods with Viktoria. It's a one of Disney movie.
29th
party in Viktória's
30th
I went to Nanaimo with my host family and watched a movie, big eays. My host dad's breather was in the movie! Because he is a friend of director of the movie!!
31-1th
sleepover with Japanese in my house!
2th
skiing with Japanese
3th
skating with Viktória and Alicia
4th
I went to Japanese pot luck party. My host mom's friend Akiko from Japan who lives in near our house invited me! I was able to eat Japanese foods! All of them were awesome! Especially Osechi!!
Basically I had so much fun, I think I was with Japanese a bit too much. I'll care about it.
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