Faculty of Humanities XNUMXrd year Funajiro Yamada
[Destination] Mount Royal University (Canada)
[Study abroad period] April XNUMX to December XNUMX
About a month has passed since my childhood dream of living abroad became a reality.Seeing is believing is exactly what I feel.I flew out of Japan thinking that I could manage even if I couldn't speak a little English, and I hit a big language barrier.I have experienced many things in Japan and grown up, but now I feel like a kindergartener who can only say yes or no.I'm not homesick, but I'm always lamenting that I want everyone to talk more and get to know me.I got tired of the pizza I ate every day after coming to Canada on the third day.Japanese rice is the best in the world.
Canada is a country of immigrants, but I think Calgary has a lot of white people.One Friday I had the courage to go to a pub alone to cheer myself up, but it was all white, including the staff.I was alone at the counter, an Asian who couldn't speak English, so the beer didn't go down my throat very well.
I hope you can feel my sadness through this sentence.But I am really glad that I came to Calgary.Every day I experience the fear and inferiority complex of losing words.It made me realize that Japan is not the center of the world, and I was able to come into contact with the thoughts of people around the world in this mosaic nation, Canada.It's certainly a difficult time right now, but I'm really looking forward to discovering things beyond my imagination.
