Diary I've not posted this diary since a long time ago. After I came back to Japan from study abroad, I have been so busy. I'd like to resume to post my diaries to practice writing English. My English have been getting worth. It was day off today. However, I have a lot of things I have to work on because I'm seeking a job. I needed to fill out resumes. I'm not good at construct passages so it was really tough work for me. It's time to go to bed. Good night world. ※If you are free, please correct my mistakes.

Diary #11 HTML and CSS I started to learn HTML and CSS recently. Now, let me talk about the reason why I started to study such technologies. Actually, I'm a senior of college, so I have to work on job hunting. This time, I do not explain about Japanese unique job hunting system. So I often think that what do I want to do in the future and for what I can bet my entire life. When I think about such things, I always come up with the idea that I want to spread Japanese culture. Also, I think a person who can create something from nothing is cool. So I want to be a person who can create something and spread our culture. However, I have no skills to create something and no experiences to spread Japanese culture. But we have convenient tools to do that now, smartphone and PC. If we could make web sites or online business on the internet, we can spread many things on the internet. Therefore, so I began to study HTML and CSS. Maybe I will learn more languages later. Also, I keep learning English because lingua franca is a convenient tool to communicate with many various people.

Diary #10 What's the differences between Japanese colleges and American colleges? I have been studying in California for about seven months. And I found out some differences between Japanese colleges and American colleges, so I'm going to talk about it here. 1. The amount of assignment. The first thing I noticed was that the amount of homework is larger than Japan in America. You have to read hundreds of pages every week in Amerca. And you have to work on essay every week. On the other hand, in Japan, we don't have to do such much homework. However, we have to study a lot for the final exam in Japan. This is the next difference I found out. 2. American students have to care about many evaluation criteria. You have to care about many criteria, for example, attendance, midterm, essay, discussion, final, and so on. On the other hand, in Japan, in my case, many lectures evaluate our grades by the only final exam. I came up with more differences, but I finish here this time. I want you to make sure that it depends on the school and class, and what I wrote are tendencies.

Diary #9 How difficult conversations in foreign language is. I have been studying English for about nine years. I studied English for entrance exams for high school and the college for the first seven years, especially in the first six years, and I started to practice speaking English two years ago. Now I'm taking four classes in English with American students at a college. I can understand most of the things that the professor mentions. However, once it comes to conversation, I face many difficulties; I cannot catch what native speakers are talking about, and I cannot express what I think. The reasons why I can understand classes is that the professors speak clearly and use clean grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciations. In contrast, the reasons why I cannot communicate with American people is that they use slang, idiom, whatever we, English learners, never learn in classrooms. Also, they speak fast. I felt that I have to spend another decade to learn English to be a better English speaker.

Diary #8 I went to Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve Today, I went to Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. This natural reserve is to the north of San Diego downtown. The view of the beach and the cliff was spectacular. The contrast of the vast ocean which seems to extend to forever and the cliff which seems to approach us was great. I walked the shore for about 30 minutes and hiked up the hill. I thought the trait is not so long. However, after I went up the top of the hill, I noticed that the hiking trait was really long. Finally, I made it, but I got super tired. It was a good exercise for me, though. When I will go to the beach next time, I want to swim or try to surf.

Diary #7　The public transportation in the United States I live in southern California for a few months. I grew up in an urban part of Japan, so I noticed the public transportation in The U.S. is terrible. If I go to downtown by transport, it will take one and half hours to two hours. If I take a car, it will take only 30 minutes. This circumstance is uncomfortable for me and many people who don't have a car. Moreover, I think this is not good for the environment. Many people live in the U.S. ride a car by only one person. However, if they have useful transportation, they can decrease the amount of oil consumption and air pollution. Anyway, I wanna have a car and am missing flexibility.

Can some one revise my post? This picture was taken at the Global Competencies Fair held on campus at USU on March 5th. You can see in this picture; one Japanese international student is talking with two American students who are consulting programs of studying abroad. The male student has studied abroad in Mexico for a year, and the female student is going to go to Korea to learn Korean. At this event, there were many international students and American students who are interested in studying abroad or global issues. Although these students’ background, interests, and native languages are different, they are able to communicate with each other. Every student uses English to describe what they come up with. In this case, English plays a role as a tool of communication. English is the most widely spoken language on the earth, and this “universal language” enable us to communicate with people who are from other countries and contribute to Globalization. Thanks to this universal language, Globalization has been happening on this globe. Languages play a role not only as the connection among people but also a useful tool to understand a culture and the national characteristics. For example, English tends to put their conclusion in the first of the sentences. On the other hand, the Japanese put their conclusion at the end of the sentences. I chose this picture because this picture is showing how foreign cultures are a familiar thing in the U.S. Moreover, this describes my experiences I experienced here: I met many people from some countries. I found out many foreign cultures and the circumstances that many religions are living together in the United States.

Please check my french self introduction. Je m'appelle Daisaku Asai. Enchanté! Je suis du Japan et j’étudie à California. Je suis étudiant étranger. Je suis sportif, jeune, petit et timide. Je préfère jouer le base-ball et j’aime ski. J’ai 21 ans. Je préfère l’alcool, mais je n’aime pas fumer les cigarettes. J’étudie l’économie et l’anglais, alors j’étudie les maths souvent. Je préfère étudier l’économie, mais l’économie est difficile. J’adore écouter le jazz, le rock, le J-pop et la K-pop. J’aime les musique stylé ! Je préfère gergader les fims de science-fiction, YouTube et Netflix. A bientôt.