“Getting to understand others by knowing myself” “Getting to understand others by knowing myself” During studying abroad, I put most of my effort into the class called “Asian studies”. I consciously have been thinking it is necessary to have a deep understanding of the different perspectives as my dream is to work with people from all over the world. I especially was interested in the way how Asia is being seen by the Western world. Even if people from Asia do not know each other’s languages, it is relatively easier to figure out their intention by their facial expression than people having a different cultural background. I came to know what point in Asia that the locals feel interesting and have a stereotype as I have enough time to discuss with the local students in the class. Through the experience, I got to understand the way to read Western people’s behavior and habits almost at the end of the semester. It helped me to know myself first and understand others second. I would like to make the full use of this knowledge even when I work with people having different ways of seeing the world.