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Hello, it's been about 8 months since I left Japan. I would say spending in the states only 8 months may change one's way of thinking. I'm not sure if I will be able to assimilate to Japanese society just like before. I might say that spending a long time away from one's homeland seriously gives us objective perspectives toward their home countries and also I would like to say it easily turns to be worthless without accepting the host culture and persisting on their own. I highly recommend for those who want to study abroad to integrate into your host culture and learn from them no matter how it costs or no matter what happens.

Then, I went to NYC over the winter break and London over the spring break, though vacations were too limited compared to Japanese ones. Studying and catching up with assignments in the States were quite extremely hard and busy. Some might think studying abroad always makes girls slutty and forget what is called "Yamato Damashi," literally means Japanese spirit. But I would say it is untrue here in UCLA. Most of the students, we call them "bruins," love to hold a party and drink, but seemingly they never get drunk quite badly like Japanese hard workers because they are too rational to be true to do their homework in the next day. So I always needed to rest a moment to prepare for the next quarter coming up. Anyway, I only have one semester coming up in Japan, it will be perfect cause I went through the hardest time ever had in the states and have nothing to fear for.