4th May
Today is Bank holiday which is one of national holidays in the UK.
I went to Globe café which is local church and every week a lot of international students and local English people gather there to enjoy dinner or chat. This is really good place to make friends and chat with local English. Globe café has a kind of title each week. The topic of this week was West Country (I am not sure…). The students who are from West side in this country introduced their hometown and their special food. I really enjoyed that and I could make some friends there. I try to go there every week as many as I can.
6th May
This was the important day for my host family because it was the day of semi-final game of UEFA champions’ league. My host father is a supporter of Chelsea which is one of the popular teams in England. Unfortunately, they lost the game and could not get right to go final game. I could not speak to him because he was so angry and sad. Most of English support football team hard which they like. I like this habit. By the way of course I am supporting Newcastle United.
17th May
Finally, I could get my mobile phone in this country. I chose 3 company (3 is the name of company.)because I can use skype on this mobile phone and if we call on skype, we can talk free even international call. This is really useful. I want to know how Skype Company earns their money.
24th May
This was very important day again because it was the last day of this season in Premier league and Newcastle United stood at verge of cliff.(at least they had to draw the match to leave in this league…) however unfortunately, they lost the game and was relegated to inferior league. I was so sorry about this. I hope ,as a supporter of this team, they will return soon.
Monday, 25 May 2009
Thursday, 7 May 2009
my first 2 weeks
Hello. I am Yuki Otsuka who is from Japan and take study abroad with English in INTO Newcastle University. This time, I will tell you my first two weeks in Newcastle.
19. April
After about 13 hours of flying, I finally arrived in Newcastle. At the same time, my precious 10 months was started. I had already decided I try to do everything as much as I can in this country without forgetting appreciation for the people who support me especially my parents.
I went to my host family from airport to my host family home by taxi and my host family welcomed me warmly. By my long flight and time differences (there is 8 hours between Japan and England) I was a little bit tired but I was relieved by them.
20. April
Today is the first day to go to Newcastle University in this time. To tell the truth, first I was surprised the number of Japanese students because they are more than I thought.
However most of them have decided not to use Japanese here, so I felt we can heighten each other. I also could make friends who are from other countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Taiwan etc… Then I took some guidance about entrance and joined a small welcome party.
22 April
Today I took guidance by police officer and fireman about what we should do in emergency. I could not understand clearly what they said because of my poor listening skill. However I did not have to worry about that because kind staffs explain again later if I could not hear. After guidance, I joined the small tour which was planned by INTO staffs and went to quay side which is one of the famous parts in this city. I could see many beautiful bridges there. (Periodically, there are small tours to go around England which are planned by INTO staffs)
24 April
Finally, I have gotten smart card which is student ID card. If we can show this, we can enjoy shopping with discounted price in a lot of shops in Newcastle.
25 April
Today I joined the INTO tour and went to Hardian’s wall and Hexham which is west side of Newcastle. I could see many traditional buildings, ruins and a church which is called Arebey. I could grasp the geography of Newcasle a little and study history of England a little
27 April
From today my classes was started. There are students from Syria, Saudi Arabia and China in my class. There is no Japanese except me but everybody is friendly and study hard to aim each purpose. I would like to help each other for our success from today. After classes I went to St. James Park which is home stadium of Newcastle United football club to watch the match with my friends. Unfortunately the game ended in a draw but I felt the edge and passion of players and supporters.
This is most of my first two weeks. After classes, I usually have a lunch with my friends and play them or go library to study, or go somewhere and in the night, I try to spend time with my host family like have a dinner, chat, watch TV programs or movies. I am having really nice time here but I have a lot of things to try here for my aim and I have not done yet. As I told first, I would like to try everything as much as possible in my Newcastle life.
19. April
After about 13 hours of flying, I finally arrived in Newcastle. At the same time, my precious 10 months was started. I had already decided I try to do everything as much as I can in this country without forgetting appreciation for the people who support me especially my parents.
I went to my host family from airport to my host family home by taxi and my host family welcomed me warmly. By my long flight and time differences (there is 8 hours between Japan and England) I was a little bit tired but I was relieved by them.
20. April
Today is the first day to go to Newcastle University in this time. To tell the truth, first I was surprised the number of Japanese students because they are more than I thought.
However most of them have decided not to use Japanese here, so I felt we can heighten each other. I also could make friends who are from other countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Taiwan etc… Then I took some guidance about entrance and joined a small welcome party.
22 April
Today I took guidance by police officer and fireman about what we should do in emergency. I could not understand clearly what they said because of my poor listening skill. However I did not have to worry about that because kind staffs explain again later if I could not hear. After guidance, I joined the small tour which was planned by INTO staffs and went to quay side which is one of the famous parts in this city. I could see many beautiful bridges there. (Periodically, there are small tours to go around England which are planned by INTO staffs)
24 April
Finally, I have gotten smart card which is student ID card. If we can show this, we can enjoy shopping with discounted price in a lot of shops in Newcastle.
25 April
Today I joined the INTO tour and went to Hardian’s wall and Hexham which is west side of Newcastle. I could see many traditional buildings, ruins and a church which is called Arebey. I could grasp the geography of Newcasle a little and study history of England a little
27 April
From today my classes was started. There are students from Syria, Saudi Arabia and China in my class. There is no Japanese except me but everybody is friendly and study hard to aim each purpose. I would like to help each other for our success from today. After classes I went to St. James Park which is home stadium of Newcastle United football club to watch the match with my friends. Unfortunately the game ended in a draw but I felt the edge and passion of players and supporters.
This is most of my first two weeks. After classes, I usually have a lunch with my friends and play them or go library to study, or go somewhere and in the night, I try to spend time with my host family like have a dinner, chat, watch TV programs or movies. I am having really nice time here but I have a lot of things to try here for my aim and I have not done yet. As I told first, I would like to try everything as much as possible in my Newcastle life.
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