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 in California. I made many
I lived for two and a half months
friends and had a lot of experiences there. I found there areso many things that I didn’t know in the world, and I need tokeep learning about them. I met a Japanese woman who has 

lived there for over 30 years. She said to me “In America it is 

important where you belong and what you believe. ManyJapanese depend on their families. You are your own person.

I stayed at Sebastopol for 4 days. It was

Family is family.” I also believe what my parents believe. And

really exciting. I went there two and a half

I depend on my family too much. I should have my own idea,

years ago, but it looked very different.

independent from my parents. Family is the most important,

On the first day, I arrived in San Francisco.

so we support each other. In Kagoshima, I live away from my

It was so cold and foggy. Then, I moved tofamily, but I’m still in Japan. Most people around me are

Sonoma by bus. I met my host motherJapanese, so I can usually find who I should believe and mythere. I was so glad to meet her again andfamily doesn’t worry about it because I have lived in Japan forshe was glad too. We ate lunch and she

22 years. And if I have trouble, I have family and friends who I

took me to the mountains which had big

can talk to. But my parents don’t know about America, so inmountain fires two years ago. I visited

America, I had to decide who I should believe. I can’t depend

there 2 years ago, and I remembered theon my family. Also, I had no friends in San Diego two and awinery, but six months after I visited, theyhalf months ago. This is the most difficult thing; who I shouldburned down due to the wildfires. Now,

believe and what I should believe. Fortunately, I had no

the winery begins to rebuild. Also, newtrouble. I really enjoyed staying in San Diego. I want to keep

houses are being rebuilt. When I heard

living here. In California, there are so many people, so it isabout the fire, I was in Kagoshima, and I

easier to accept many cultures and people. Some people

began a fund-raising for the fire with mycan’t speak English well, but still, people in California canfriends. We raised 1000 dollars and sent it

accept most of them. I should think about the bad points into the city. I was so happy that I could visit

California, but I tend to look for good points. I should turn mythere and find the place began to recoverattention to problems for making the world a better place,with the money we raised. I want to go

but I can’t do that. This is both a strength and a weakness.

there again after it completely recovers.
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H_ŬŮűƃiåíê´ 1 4Homestay Family ¥ Ï Þ â
My host family is an older gentleman and older lady. They
like traveling so they have been to many countries andthey have received many homestays. They tell me a lot ofstories. Their stories are very interesting so I always enjoy
hearing their stories.
My host mother is down to earth. She teaches me various
things every day and she likes language learning so shetells me correct English. I am not good at speaking andlistening to English so I often cannot hear her English, but
she speaks slowly and repeatedly and she waits for me tounderstand. What I felt most when I came to Australia was
the difficulty of pronunciation and listening. She taught
the spelling because I could not catch the words when I
was talking with her. After that I was surprised because I
knew the word. There are many such moments. I cannot
catch a simple phrase so I bother my host mother.
However, I am thankful that she talks with me patiently. I
am scolded by her for various things every day, however, I
am getting used to it, and I think that the number of times
being scolded is reduced little by little, so I want to work
hard at this condition.
My host father is a funny person. He is always wearing
sunglasses and he is a good cook so I am happy at mealtime. He said that he likes skiing but his leg is not good so
he cannot ski now. He follows me as I am being scolded,
but as a result he is scolded as well. He always says that
English is easy because just say “f***”. My host motherand father are two extremes, but they are a very goodlooking couple.

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Perth city and Kagoshima city are sistercities so I thought the two cities would havea lot of things in common, but it was quite
different. First, Perth’s transportation isvery good. Students can use a discount, so
we can travel cheaply. Even if I am not a
student, it is not expensive because Perthhas “CAT” buses, and everyone can ridethem for free. We can go almost anywhereon these buses. I think transportation ismuch, much better than in Kagoshima.
Second, I think Kagoshima lifestyle is slow.
People walk slowly, and are sometimes late.
In Perth, they are slow as well. I feel liketime is slowly flowing. And on the weekend,
their waking time is late. But they are more
punctual than I thought. And all the people
living in Perth are kind. When they get on or
off a bus, most people greet the driver. If I
greet the driver, they respond to me with asmile. When I went to the information
center, they gave me information politely.
Kagoshima people are the same. However,
Perth people are more friendly thanKagoshima people. They start talking tostrangers immediately.
Perth is much bigger than Kagoshima, andPerth has more transportation, shops, andinternet; we can use city Wi-Fi and open sim
is very cheap. I was surprised because I
heard Australia’s internet is not good. I
think Kagoshima is pretty much behind on
the internet. I hope Kagoshima will develop
like Perth.

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Hirotaka Hirata

H_ŬŮűƃiåíê´ 1 4Lea rni ng a L otà ī Ï Þ â

I’ll tell you about Rottnest Island where I went on a school

tour. Rottnest Island is about 45 minutes by ferry from
Fremantle. There, we can relax on the soft sand of thebeach, observe abundant marine life and meet thehappiest animals in the world: quokka. Sightseeing by car
is prohibited, so everyone rents a bicycle around the island.
We arrived there before 10 o’clock and rented a bicycle
first. The first thing I thought about the island was that thecolor of the sea was different. I love fishing and came to
Kagoshima from Fukuoka when I entered university. I havebeen to the sea in Kagoshima and I thought the sea in
Kagoshima was beautiful, but the level was definitely
different. The sea of Rottnest Island continues to the reefs
offshore, and the range we can see is clearly visible to thebottom of the sea.
By the way, there are three courses to go by bicycle, but
we chose the medium distance course. And on that road, I
encountered a very large lizard. The lizard in Japan is small
and cute, but this lizard was like a dinosaur. And there wasanother event that was impossible in Japan. That is what
we encountered a wild peacock. I couldn’t believe it. By
the way do you know quokka? I had said many times during
the GOES interview that I wanted to see this animal when
I went to Perth. And my wish came true, and I finally met
quokka. They are very friendly and close to humans, but wecan’t touch them because they are endangered species. I
was able to take a selfie with a quokka. I am very happy
with this trip.

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We decided to research about threedestinations. But there were places
where we couldn’t go together, so we
decided to go separately. The demerit isthat we can’t share what we feel on the
spot by going separately. However, there
are also merits. One person goes to theplace and asks some questions and finds
someinformation,
andsharesinformation with the next person. Next,
that person goes to the same place andasks what the first person didn’t
understand and some new questions. By
doing this, our thinking is deeper and we
can conduct research efficiently. In
addition, since we ask questions alone, I
think our English improves more. It’s very
effective because we need to do researchin a limited time. We need to share
information with each other in order to dogood research. And I have noticed
another thing in doing this. That is theimportance of asking questions. When I
go to sightseeing, I’m thinking of enjoying
myself first. But I can deepen my thoughts
by asking questions and I can discover
new things. I can also use this in schoolclasses. Japanese don’t like to ask
questions during class. But I try to actively
ask questions. And this will be importantfor my life.

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Shun Sato
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ĉ ä Ï Þ âMy class is 3F. This class has a lot of very unique people,
and we became good friends. My housemate Oguzhan is
also a classmate. He always jokes and makes me laugh.
Diego is from Colombia and is popular in class. He is verykind and will tell you immediately if you have any
questions. Mick is a very interesting 26 year old from
Taiwan. He is always with Diego and excites the class. But
his pronunciation is not so good. Diena is an engineer from
Colombia. She is very good at speaking and listening and I
always ask her how to pronounce words. Monica andSabrina are elementary school teachers from Taiwan.
Monica likes Japan very much and can speak a little
Japanese. Sabrina likes Japanese stationery. Nicole is from
Taiwan and always hangs out with us. She loves parties
and always drinks on Fridays and Saturdays. Sara is from
Taiwan and is very good at Japanese, and every day she istaught various words from Yu. Recently, she has been able
to do some typing in Japanese. Qi is from China andsometimes makes me laugh. So his teacher is often angry
because he doesn’t come to school and often uses his
smartphone in a class. Hetch is from Taiwan and has neverhung out with us but is a very kind person. If I get close tohim, he will teach me Taiwanese. In the same class, there
are Ryo and Yu. They are teaching me what I couldn’t
catch. Thanks to everyone, I have a good time every day.

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Australian culture is different from Japan.
Usually in Japan men pay for other people
at dinner or lunch or something. But
Australians don’t pay for other people, sothey generally pay their own way. Also,
when we order food at a restaurant inJapan there is a system to share food, but
in Australia each person must order theirown dish. But for this reason somerestaurants can’t separate the bill, so and
it is difficult for me to know how toseparate bill every time. The one major
exception to this is when someone isinvited out to celebrate a special occasionsuch as their birthday. In this case, it iscommon for other people invited tojointly pay for the person being honored
at the occasion. Also I noticed differencesin garbage collection systems. So I wantto know why. Garbage is divided into
those that are recycled and those that are
not in Perth. Although garbage andrecycling is separated, putting all therecyclable things together is no problem
in Perth. We have to separate aluminumcans and PET bottles in Japan, so I don’tknow why they can be together in Perth.
Another difference is the system in Perthuses only a robot arm to collect garbage
from in front of each house, so it is very
easy and it needs one worker. Finally I
think that Perth’s roads are very wide, andthere are not many traffic signals. And
many homes are flat and wide. I was
surprised that many buildings like theOptus Stadium I saw first are very large.

 V  ĥR y o H i ra y am akěiåíê´ 1 4Best Friends

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I learnt a lot of things through this program. There arethree important things I learnt through the program.
First, I learnt about culture. I could know different
culture through talking with my friends. It is sointeresting. When I talk with different countries’
friends, I could learn a lot of things so I thoughttalking with others is important. They teach me a lotof things I didn’t know before. Talking makes meknowledgeable. Second, saying my opinion is very
important. Especially, non-Japanese say their opinion
strongly. I think almost all Japanese don’t say itstrongly but I had to tell my opinion when I talked
with others. It was hard for me at first but I could getused to it. When I talked with my host mother, I wastrying to say my opinion so I learnt saying my opinion
is very important. Thirdly, I learnt that English is not a
subject, it is a communication tool. I thought even if I
don’t know perfect grammar, I can tell my friend
something I want to tell them. Then, not being shy isalso important to speak English. I don’t have to careabout my mistakes. All people make mistakes so I am
not afraid of making a mistake. I learnt these things
through the experience. I had a great time in Australia
so I won’t forget anything that happened to me inAustralia.

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The most interesting topic for me isanimals. I like animals and I heard someinteresting rules about animals in Australia
from my friend so I researched about it.
First, I searched about native species. In
Australia, there are 24,000 native species
but in Japan, there are 6000 native species,
so Australia has a lot of native species
compared with Japan. I think Australia is avery big country and there is beautiful
nature so many kinds of species are inAustralia. The species are delicate andindigenous so importing and exporting
animals and plants is so strict. If someone
breaks the law, the person has to pay a fineand the person has to be put in prison for 10
years. Secondly, I researched about rules
for animals that inhabit Australia. A lot ofanimals are protected by law and if
someone kills these animals, it means they
are put in prison and have to pay a fine.
Then, if I encounter an endangered snake inJapan, I might kill it but if I did that inAustralia, it is possible that I will be judged
guilty and punished. It shows Australia
thinks protecting animals is very important.
The perspective is very good for animals. I
thought laws about animals are very
important because there are a lot of straycats in Japan. It is one of the problems
about animals. I think Japan also has tomake stricter laws about animals.

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One of my first impressions of Perth, is that Perth iscomfortable for Japanese people, because prices do
not differ much from Japan and local food is delicious.
I was surprised that it maybe be more delicious thana restaurant in Japan when I ate Japanese food “NAO
Japanese Ramen” in Perth city. If someone says theywant to eat Japanese food, I would recommend going
there. Second, I felt that Perth city is beautiful. It has
rich nature and there is a lot of green. For example,
there is Swan River and Kings Park, the beach at
Fremantle etc. I live in Como, and I can see a really
beautiful sunset here and it is fantastic to see thesunset reflected in the river nearby where I live. I also
noticed that Perth city has no telegraph poles and has
many wide roads. So the atmosphere of this city is
comfortable, and it has a good landscape. Finally, it iscolder than I thought it would be in Perth in winter.
And the weather changes often from sunny to rainy.
This changing weather is impossible to imagine inJapan. Also the wind is strong when it is bad weather.
So if you come here in winter time, I recommend thatyou should have rain shoes and a rain coat and anumbrella!

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Australians like animals and cafes so I
compared these. Many Australian people
like animals and they particularly keep
dogs as a member their family, so I cansee many dogs in the city or in parks. I
heard that there are laws about keeping
dogs in Australia, from my host family. In
Australia, they can have two dogs perhousehold because if they have many
dogs, some people may complain. For
example, if the dog’s barking is loud andthey can’t sleep well. There aren’t suchlaws in Kagoshima and Australians likeanimals so they make such laws to keep agood relationship with other people andother pets. Next, I found that there are
more cafes in Australia than Kagoshima.
In particular, there are more personallymanaged stores than chain shops inAustralia. There are many kinds of coffee
and it’s tasty. Australia was originally a
British colony and was strongly influenced
by British culture and tea was popularwith British. Although tea was popular atfirst, immigrants from Europe and othercountries which had coffee culture cameand there are many coffee shops now.
The style of cafe is different compared toJapan because there are many
immigrants in Australia. The open time isshort compared to Japan, and it is usuallyclosed by 16:00. In Japan most cafés open
until night so it is useful for customers but
it is hard for workers. I thought thatJapanese work style is usual but I noticed
that it is important to think about work
style and time more than money.

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Yurie Maki
CELT at U WA

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Today, I had to say good bye and leave Perth. I’ve
finished the GOES program. It was beautiful weather
in Perth. The weather made me more sad. Especially, 

I’m very sad to say good bye to my host family andfriends. They gave me big love so I’ll miss them. I
learned a lot of things and had many experiences in 10
weeks. I’m sure, this experience will be a precious
memory in my life. Last night, my host mother took
me to an Italian restaurant for dinner. She said to me,“Your English improved a lot” and cheered me up.
She always gave me courage and cheered me up so
she really is like a second mother to me. I depended
on her anytime. Although, I didn’t want to say goodbye, the time came. I couldn’t stop crying or express
my feelings well in words when we said good bye. I
left a letter to host family so I could say a big thankyou in the letter. My host mother is going to visit
Japan in November so I can meet her again. Now, I’m
feeling very sad but I’m looking forward to seeing her
again soon. We were listening to “Sotsugyou song”
on the way to Perth airport in the bus. Our suitcases
were heavier than 10 weeks before. I believe theweight includes our warm memories.

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I’m going to introduce some goodthings in Perth. First, there are big parks
around residential areas and people
very often take care of their lawns, so it
is a very beautiful place. Second, it has
good transportation and we can use itvery cheaply. Furthermore, buses haveauto-slope so everyone can get on andoff easily. I often see mothers pushing astroller or elderly people with a trolleyin the bus. They can get off the bus very
quickly by using the auto-slope without
making other passengers wait.
Everyone looks happy. I hope Japanesetransportation also becomes like this.
Third, I noticed the difference of trashcollection. In Japan, we usually use
plastic bags for collecting trash but in
Perth, they use only trash boxes. On the
day of trash collection, the trash boxes
are lined up at the side of the road andthen the garbage truck collects trashusing a robot arm. It is simpler than inJapan. Unfortunately, I think the roads
are too narrow to do it this way inJapan. However, we should make aneffort to reduce using plastic bags bylearning from Perth’s example. One way
is to pay for plastic bags at the and toencourage consumers to use Eco-bags.
Japanese supermarkets have a discountsystem for using Eco-bags but it isn’tvery effective. I could also notice thegood things in Japan so I thinkcomparison is very important.

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Tsubasa Hisadomec i H Õ ƌ c i  i å í ê ´ 1 4Host Family & Flatmates½  Ï Þ â
In this program, I learned that we can communicate withwrong English. Before I came to this country, I always
worried about grammar. I thought that if I use wrong
grammar, native speakers cannot understand me. But thisturned out to be wrong. We can use gestures when wecannot make ourselves understood in English and if we do
not know some words, we can use other words instead. Of
course we can describe the words my friends do not know
using easier words. This is very simple. But I could not
imagine that. At the beginning, I often used a dictionary or
website, when I did not know some words, but now I stop
it and try not to use a dictionary. This helps me learn
English because I have to memorize similar words and it
gives me a chance to describe English words in English. In
Japan, when I had a chance to speak English, I was afraidof making mistakes and it reduced the conversation. But
English is just a language. If I can express myself, there is
no problem. If I have chance, I want to speak English eventhough I make mistakes. Also I noticed that I have to getused to English spoken by anyone. Every country has adialect in English because every mother language canaffect their English. So it is easy for me to understandEnglish by Japanese and it is hard for me to understandEnglish by others. At the beginning it was difficult to hear
English by non-native and non-Asian. However, I could
understand their English day by day and now I can enjoy
the difference. These are the things I learnt here.

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I think people in Perth are moreinterested in environment than people inKagoshima.
Especially,
they
areinterested in recycling. Opportunity shops
are famous recycle shops that sell a lot ofthings. For example, books, toys, and soon, gathered by people in this city. Theygave them to the shops freely. Also,
people seldom use plastic bags. They
carry their own bags for shopping. But
when I bought clothes, the shop gave mea plastic bag. I don’t know the reason but
I guess that they prevent clothes fromgetting dirty, so they use plastic bags in
useful situations. Living without plasticbags is difficult but we should not use too
many of them. People in Australia use
them well. People in Perth are also very
careful about using water. My host family
does not use the washing machine often.
At the beginning, I minded it a little
because in Japan, I use it every day. But
now, I do not mind it anymore and I think
I used the washing machine too much inJapan. I never feel uncomfortable about
not washing clothes every day anymore.
And my host family also has washingmachine for dishes. But this is also not
used everyday. and they think carefully
about what kind of dishes they use dishwasher for.

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Chika Aibara
The Pinnacles

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The most impressive thing for me is that there are a lot of people who I never met before. This is anabsolutely natural thing, but first-hand experience is 

important. Of course, this time was not the first time
for me to go abroad. Moreover, I experienced goingto language school in Vancouver for one month.
Although it was also a good experience and memory,the school was not attached to a university like CELT
is. So most of the students at that school went backto their country after graduating. In contrast, thestudents at CELT, especially in my class, go up to the
UWA bridging course and into the IELTS course.
Before I came here, I didn’t have any idea of going
university in a different country because I thought I
couldn’t do that due to my lack of English skill. I
thought it was impossible. But my thoughts changed
a little bit through meeting many people from othercountries. Some of my classmates have children andthey want to get a high IELTS score to get job here,
other classmates just want to improve their English
conversation skill. There are various students fromvarious countries and they have various thoughts andpurposes.

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Perth and Japan is cultural diversity. I
could see many people who have a
different background everywhere suchas on the streets in Perth city, in the bus
on the way to school and in the class in
UWA. I know there is still racial
discrimination but they enjoyed talking
and hanging out with each other as far
as I could see. In Japan, I cannot meetforeign people often. It is not a badthing but we need to have more global
views. Secondly, what I learnt is‘Respect differences.’ In our classactivity, we discussed the article related
to the weekly topic. One group chosethe article on tik-tok and one member
said tik-tok is related to Chinese culture
because it was made by a Chinesecompany. But one member of thisgroup didn’t think so, they almost had
an argumentation battle. What I learnt
from this situation is that there aremany different people who havevarious thoughts, and we need to havea respectful mind about other’s
opinions and thoughts even if they arecompletely different from our own.

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Keiichiro Akuto|di ë å í ê ´ 1 4My Classmates¯ 7 Ï Þ â
In fact I was nervous to go abroad before I went toPerthbecauseI

wasworried

about

food,

communication and whether I’ll do well etc, but it
wasn’t worth thinking about it. In other words, I
should think how to enjoy myself rather thanworrying. I’ve made many friends in Perth and there
were some Chinese in my group of friends. They liked
playing basketball and I liked it too so we often played
together. They also liked Anime so we sometimes
talked about it. I want to say that the most important
thing is to be familiar with other people by trying to
do something you like together. I also think going to
eat your country’s food is quite effective. Because of
my experience, I changed my mind about Chinese. I
didn’t have nice image before I went to Perth but now
I think they aren’t very different from Japanese afterI talked with them. It’s important to have no
prejudice! Anyway, actually there were many nice andgentle people, delicious food and comfortable placesin Australia. Whenever I wanted help, many people
helped me. There were some more delicious foodthan I could get in Japan, so I felt spending time inAustralia was easier than what I imagined, and now I
want to go Perth again, and other countries. I think I
should try something new without being afraid.

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I’ll introduce you the differences I havenoticed between Perth and Kagoshima.
First, there are more kind people in Perththan in Kagoshima. I’ve heard that there is
the idea of ‘ladies first’ in foreign countries.
I saw many men allowed ladies to pass firstmany times. I also had a men give way to me
several times. I thought that Japanese men
should learn more about this. Second, mostpeople are tolerant to sound. For example,
when the people take public transport, theyusually talk as loud as usual. When somepeople start singing, the people aroundthem don’t seem to be annoyed and theysometimes start singing with them. It’s
interesting. Besides, there are manybasketball courts in Perth. It’s not justschools and parks they are also in residential
areas, and people don’t mind the noise of
the game. Third it’s recommended to walkon the left side of the road and most people
follow the rule. I think that the people who
follow the rule are at most half of all, inJapan. I started to think Australians are
more diligent than Japanese! I’ve also
learned two things in Australian Cultureclass. First Australians tend to be blunt. In
my experience it’s true. Second, Australians
generally pay their own way. It means there
is no habit to treat other people. I also heard
they usually don’t treat someone on theirbirthday but I doubt it, because I don’t
believe it, incredible!

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I was looking forward to going to Perth when I stayed in
Fukuoka. But I got nervous when I took the plane to Perth.
Someone came to welcome us when we arrived at Perthairport. And they took us to homestay, so I talked with the

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man who took me to homestay. I got very nervous, so I
didn’t know what the man was talking about. He said
“Australia is safe.” But I thought “what is a saifu.” I
understood when he taught me safe’s spelling. Then I
went with a woman and Yuri and Hiro. First we arrived at
Yuri’s house. Next we arrived Hiro’s house. I remainedalone, and the woman said something, but I couldn’t catchit. Finally we arrived at a house, but it was a place I haveseen. Because we made a big mistake. Yuri came out when
I trying to enter this house. Yurie and Yu names are similar
for Australian people and they mixed us up.
Finally I could arrive at my homestay. Then I talked with myhost father. I found my room was decorated and there
were letters in my room from 4 little girls who are my hostsisters. At that time, I was happy and I wanted to talk andplay with the little girls, but it was late. When l arrived inthis room, my worry disappeared. It was very good for me
to live in here, because I like little children. The next day I
played with the little girls and got along well. I think I wantto speak English well and I wanted to talk with them. So I
thought “I’ll do my best everyday.” After all, the little girls
became my best teachers.

We found good points of Perth. For
example, almost everything is barrier free,people care a lot about ecology here, andthere is a different way of working, andlifestyle. I realized when I got on the bus,
Perth buses are almost all barrier free, andthere are many barrier free buildings.
Australia is an eco friendly country because
to my surprise my host family does not use
any tissue and a lot of people carry theirown bottle, especially when people want todrink coffee. I thought Japanese often use a
lot of tissue, and we often use pet bottles.
It’s convenient for us to use it but it’s notgood for the earth and environment. In
addition, there are a lot of recycle shop in
Perth, more than in Japan. My host family
often shops there. Next Perth’s stores close
early, I think it is a good point. Now Japan isvery convenient, but people are working
too hard, and Japanese are too busy.
Recently some convenience stores havestopped opening 24 hours a day, and I think
this should spread. Then, Australian people
live happily, even if they have children. They
value their time, and they are more active
than Japanese. When I went to the beach on
Wednesday, there were a lot of people andthey were relaxing. I thought Perth is very
good because there are so many nicebeaches, nature, and parks nearby.
Kagoshima has it too, so we should spend
our time appreciating them more carefully.