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JANUARY, 2015: BREEZE ISSUE #87
A FREE MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS OF JAPAN & TEACHERS OF
JAPANESEGWENYTH NICOLORO
Brien McMahon High School
Norwalk, CT
This summer I had the most enjoyable andmemorable time during the JET-MIP program inJapan. Before the program started, eventhough I have studied and researched about
3.11, I didn't fully understand all the information
I have read. I felt great sympathy for all thevictims, but also felt powerless to help out.
However, after eighteen days in Japan I haveexperienced and saw all influences and effects in Japan and Japanese people. I have also
learned different ways to help rebuild Japan and make strong friendship with Japanese people.
I am very proud and honored be a member of the fourth generation of the JET-MIPpers.
Everything we did in Japan was so unique and pleasant that those memories will live in my 心(heart) forever. I want to send special thanks to all the staff members in Japan Foundation andeveryone who helped out to make this program possible. With all of your hard work, you havemade changes in my life. And I will pass down this power and strength to other people to makeour friendship stronger. In Japan, I was amazed how organized everything was! I loved all thehealthy meals we got everyday. Especially those side dishes, they were so delicious! I love all
the classes and my teachers. They helped me a lot to improve my Japanese. I love mycomfortable room. It has everything I needed. And the Karaoke room gives us space to relax
and bond with friends. All of the above made me feel like I was at home when I was in theinstitute. Hence, I got institute-sick when I am in United States. I am very grateful to have ahome like the Kansai institute.
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This program has encouraged me so much to continue study Japanese. I have been studying
Japanese for three years. In those three years I had to go through some struggles to learn thelanguage. Although I realized those tough times were all worth it when I was in Japan. I felt all
my hard work in school gave me feedback, because I am able to have conversations with myhost family, teachers, and native speakers. It allowed us to connect with another country. For
example, we made friends that are college students from Thailand. Since we moved in Kansai
institute one week earlier than them, we showed them around town. And biked to Aeon malland went shopping together. Because we don't know each other’s first language. They can'tspeak English. We can't speak Thai. Therefore, Japanese became our common language tocommunicate with each other. While I only had three years of Japanese, I was surprised that I
can make friends from other countries. It really cheered me up to learn the language and mademe realized the importance to keep studying Japanese. Through this program I learned many
lessons throughh my experience: with three years of Japanese I am able to do some simple
conversations and make new friends. I am so glad I studied Japanese, but this is only a start. Iam not satisfied with these successes. I want to learn more about the language and culture. Inthe future I want to go back to Japan to visit more places, my family, and friends I made. I wantto be part of JET program like Tayler Anderson and Montgomery Dickson.
Even though we experience the same event, we might have had different reactions. When wevisited the elementary school at Ishinomaki, I was very thankful to see smiling faces in thefourth grade class with had exchanges with. I understand they have gone through a lot ofemotions the past four years. I felt very honored they opened their heart for us and chose to
move on to a bright future. While I shared Edo San's story and Tayler Anderson's family
messages with my family and friends. They all felt deep grief for their lost, and astonished thecourage and strength they have. Their love and support didn't diminish as they lost their love
ones. This message is a role model for life.
To Tayler and Monty: after experiencing what you experienced, I understood why you enjoyedbeing a member of JET, and why you are so important to us and your memory will forever bewith us. I am so proud of what you did. The “bridge” you started to build between Japan andUnited States, is respected by everyone. And we will continue your path to make this “bridge”
stronger and wider. Tayler, I told your Dad “Thank you for having a daughter like Tayler. Andsorry we had lost her!” He said, “ I am glad some good things have come out from it.” Then I
realized it's you that brought us all together and encourage us to learn more. Thank you forbeing around us and letting us make thirty-one new best friends that I will have forever. InJapan I learned this proverb “いちごいちえ”, this adventure is a“once life long experience” forme, but I will make sure I will return to Japan in the future.

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Shopping for souvenir for my family is one of
the ways I can show a little of my support for
the Tohoku region. And I am glad to do it.

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