Our Front Door is Opening

Hi guys:)  Hope almost all of you are enjoying your internship and doing well.
The due was over but I want to post as a last one to sum up my experiences at Australia briefly.

Time flies very fast,,, that I've got only 10 days left!!!
The environment which surround me was changed constantly these 8 months.  Through the all things I experienced at here, I learned and felt many things.  Of course I learned English, but at here I want to talk about the things excluding the learning English language.



The biggest thing which I felt is from my host family.  I'm really lucky to meet the family because they told me the "Opening House" is great thing to live happily.  My host family have a lot of friends and they all like to hold house party or having dinner together.  They have great relationship not only with the friends but with neighbors, so the kids in the each houses play together often.  The family welcome the au pair and the student (it's me!) constantly since 4 years ago, and they welcome their friends to stay at house as well.  From these great relationships, though actual family member is 4, I felt I have a really big big family.  My host mother always says, "Our front door is opening for everybody, except for snakes!"  Thanks for this family's motto, I could met to great range of people and enjoyed spending time with them.  Moreover, they like to celebrate holidays with their relations or friends, so I experienced many holiday celebration in Aussie style!

Halloween Cosplay with Kids and the Au Pair

Christmas✨

This is not very important, but I have one more thing what I felt as a big change for me.  It is,,, now I turned into a beach lover.  I mean not beach but ocean.  I got qualified as scuba diver at the beginning of November.  Before I came to Australia, I really didn't expected to be a scuba diver.  However, I thought I want to do something new and challenge for me at Australia.  At the same time, I wanted to enjoy the summer in Australia, in completely different way from the summer in Japan.  From these emotions(!), I decided to be qualified as a scuba diver.  This decision changed me into an ocean lover.  I found Australia's ocean is so clean and have a large variety of marine life.  I fall in love with this great beautiful ocean.  Hopefully I come back to Australia to dive into the loving one!



At first, before I came to Australia, I was thinking learning English is the biggest aim the most important thing to do at Australia, but the reality was completely different.  Through the life at Australia, I learned much more than I expected and felt many things what I wanted.  I just want to say thank you to all people who I met at Australia for giving me great experiences.  Thank you to all, especially my LOVING AUSSIE FAMILY!💕

What I like, Why I like

 Hello.  How are you going?

These days, I am really busy with assignment so I cannot hang out with friends frequently than before...  I am bit sad about that.

This time, I want to talk about my hobby, photography.  I want to introduce a few photos I took at Australia.

 

This is a photo which I took at Greek Festival.  I went there with my friends.  Through the festivals held at Brisbane, I can know many kinds of cultures and have great time with friends, so I really like these kinds of festivals.

Her name is Moet, a part of my lovely host family.  Her name comes from champagne’s name “Moet”.  It is because her lovely fluffy hair looks like colour of champagne.  I think she is the most friendliest cat than any other cats in the world!  It is welcome to come to my house to meet her at anytime.

Next one is a picture which I took at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne.  It is an elegant architecture that I could relax and felt unordinary sacred atmosphere at there.  This cathedral is a my favorite spot in the Melbourne city.

As a last, I want to show you two pictures that I took at Brisbane. Not only at the around the city but also at the inside of the city, we can see many nature.  In Japan, we cannot see any nature in city, but in Brisbane, there is a City Botanic Gardens beside the city and can feel nature.  This is why I like Brisbane city!

 

Studying at AUS

Hello:)

I can’t believe it but already 3 months went by since I came Australia.  Time flies!!!  And it become colder and colder day by day.  It is much colder than I predicted.  Anyway, this time, I want to tell you about studies at here, ICTE-UQ and Australia.

 

Studying at Australia is really helpful for me.  Of course I use English at class and home, but not only there.  I need to use English when I go shopping, book tours and communicate with non-Japanese friends. Talking with non-Japanese friends is the most useful way for me, because we can share our interesting cultures by using English.  We can know each other and improve our English ability in same time, so I really like to speak with them.  I can find many opportunities to speak English at here easily! 

Learning method at ICTE is quite different from Japan’s one.  There are many chances to speak with classmates during the class at here.  We need to share our answers, opinions and discuss about them.  It helps me to improve my speaking ability and critical thinking.  When I had this kind of class at first, I felt it is difficult for me and makes me confused.  The reason is because speaking during the class is not popular in Japan and it is also unfamiliar for me.  However, now, I used to this style and think it is the best way to make an English ability and a logically thinking better.

Becoming 20!

Hi. Thank you for visiting😊

Last weekend was a kind of “birthday weekend” for me.  My birthday is 18^th of June, but unfortunately, this year, I had a really really important IELTS test on the day...  First, when I knew about it, I was so disappointed.  What makes worse, it was my 20^th birthday.  The 20^th birthday is biggest and most important day for Japanese, because according to Japanese law, people come of age when they are 20 years old.  So, I thought I’m a so unlucky girl in the world...

However, I could met many friends on the day and all of them said “Happy birthday!” to me, so I was happy and didn’t feel as unlucky girl.  In addition, my host family organized a birthday party for me on Sunday.  The day was terrible weather, but except it, it was soooooo lovely and the most interesting day.  My host father made burgers for us and host mother and host sisters and their friends made a birthday cake for me!  I invited some friends and I chatted a lot and played games with them.  I’ve never held my birthday party at Japan, so that I was really excited!!!

I really appreciate to my best friends and my loving family💓

I spent the happiest weekend in my life!

Interesting Differences

 

  Hi~🌟

  Two and half months passed since I came here, Brisbane.  This time, I want to introduce few things what I was interested or surprised at Australia.

  First of all, I surprised about the transportation system.  Trains run so slowly, most of stations don’t have ticket gates and there are too many buses.  I think to compare trains in Brisbane with Shinkansen is slightly different but even compared with subways in Japan, they are slowly.  No ticket gates stations also made me surprise.  In Brisbane, only main stations, for example Central station or Roma Street station, have gates.  However, I have never saw non-gates station in Japan, so I thought it is really strange...  Doesn’t it make it possible to people do free ride?

  Secondly, the lifestyle is completely difference between Australia and Japan, especially sleep time.  Generally, the time people get up is some in two countries, but the time people go to bed is different.  In Japan, people usually go to bed in 12pm or 1am; not only teenager but also parents do, but people in Australia go to bed in 9 or 10pm.  Long sleep time is good for health, so I think the habit of Australian is very good.

  Lastly, the moon which can we see from Australia is really interesting for me.  In here, the moon is full from left side, but in Japan, it full from right side.  I thought the moon full from right side is common sense, so when I found it I really really surprised!

  There many different things between Australia and Japan.  I'm interested in finding these differences.

My First Weekend

Thank you for visiting my blog ; “Kaho in Australia”

The first weekend at Australia was the most beautiful weekend💕

     I went to Noosa and Fraser Island with my friend, Emika, and her host mother, Jen.  We arrived at Noosa in Friday evening and participated in “the Fraser Island Adventure Tour” on Saturday.  We went to many places and saw many things.

     I think “Lake McKenzie” in Fraser Island is the most beautiful place where I visited during this trip.  The lake has beautiful white sand beach and clear water, however, it is freshwater lake, not ocean😆  I really regard that I didn’t bring a swimwear to there, but I was up to my knee in water.  The day was blessed by the weather, so water was comfortable for me and also got sunburn☀️

      During the tour, we also saw Colored Sand, rain forest and dingos.  We felt Australia’s great original nature at Fraser Island!



     Then, let me tell you about Noosa.  Noosa has great nature as well.  There are many beaches and a National Park.  Jen told us that we can see wild koalas in the bush along the path, but we couldn’t find that.  We are really lucky for weather but really unlucky for koalas.

     The most beautiful thing which made us surprise was the night sky.  We could see many stars, especially Milky Way.

     I spent great and beautiful days at Noosa and Fraser Island and really appreciate Jen to took us to there.  I wish I could go there again!!!