The Hawaii week was great time for me. Before they came to Nagoya, I felt anxious about whether I would be able to have a good relationship with UH students, especially with the students who were in my group for the joint presentations. However, all of them were so nice and funny, therefore we had a lot of fun together and finally we missed each other when they went back to Hawaii. There are a lot of memories about Hawaii week but especially going to Karaoke and a 100 yen shop were the top two memories that stay with me. Karaoke with them was awesome. We sang American songs and we enjoyed singing them so much. There were some songs I don’t know but the atmosphere was very enjoyable. Beginning of the Karaoke, a few people sang a song with the microphone, but after our feeling was better, all of us started to sing songs together and finally started dancing. It was just for fun, but I think we could open our own minds to each other. Actually before going to Karaoke, we had a little chance to talk another group’s UH students and even with our group students we talked a lot about our presentation so I was so happy to talk a lot with them. 100 yen shops attracted the UH students. There were lots of Japanese stuff there for cheap and things they can get only in Japan. One thing I was surprised that one of UH students bought many Haichu. She said there were some Haichu in Hawaii but there were not so many kinds of flavors. I had never thought about Japanese Haichu so this was a new aspect of Japan. Hawaii week flew by so fast for me and I miss them but I’m happy to have a great experience and a great time with them. I want to develop my English skills more than now and see them again. This is one of my dreams!  

by Yuri O