Hi,
I agree with all of the ideas you suggested for the week 2 question. Every activity you mentioned is exciting and a part of why Missoula is a unique place to live. However, there is one glaring omission: nobody mentioned fishing! If there is one activity I'd recommend doing in while living in Missoula, it's fishing. There are so many beautiful rivers and creeks around Missoula. There's no better way to connect with the wonder and mystery of these "living" streams than by delicately casting a fly into the current with the hope of catching a beautiful native trout.
This week's question is a little more serious than last week's question; however, it is just as interesting and will help us get started on thinking about our next paper. For week 3, I'd like you to think about "change," and I don't mean the type of change that jingles in your pocket! I'm talking about change in our lives. These changes might have to do with where we live, our jobs, our families, school, friends, etc.
More specifically, what types of changes in your life are most difficult? Why? Please give details to support your answer.
To get you started, I'll give you a personal example. For me, it's really hard to leave behind a life that I've established in a given place. What I mean is once I've settled in a new place, worked there for awhile, made friends, learned about the cool places to visit and fun things to do and so on, it's really hard for me to leave that place. Something about the idea of having to leave behind everything I've worked so hard and long to learn just isn't easy for me. To illustrate, it was hard for me to leave Ecuador in 2004 after living there for 9 months; leaving Missoula in 2007 to go to Korea was really difficult. Then, when it was time to move back to Missoula from Korea, I didn't want to leave Korea! It seems that I come to enjoy my life wherever I settle, and uprooting myself from that place is one change that is always hard to deal with.
Good luck!
Josh
Hi.
ReplyDeleteI think changing job is most difficult in my life.In Japan,unemployment rate is high.For example,unemplyment rate was 5.2% in July,2010.In comparison with 2.1% in same month in 1990,this is markedly high.Many people are confused about this situation and some of them decided to kill themselves.Thus,it's hard to find a new job.Another reason is that my family will probably against to change a job.As stated before,it's difficult to get a job,if I decide to quit.Everyone knows that no job is equal to poor life and making money lead us to comfortable life.So,family will try to persuade me out of changing a job and ask me to continue working.Because of these reason,I think changing job is most difficult in my life.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Josh and everyone in class.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'll reply changing myself difficultly.
I can say clearly I wanna change the way to think. Now, I tend to think about something impressibly. But, I have to change this situation because almost people in the US often ask `how` and `why`. I guess it's one of the most different culture between the US and Japan. In Japan, only less pople ask `how` and `why` than in the US, so I'm still a little bit confused when people ask me `How was your day?` At the same time, I should answer these questions, I have to think about facts of day logically and it's too tough and hard for me to respond well. For example, I need easy explanation about the day for people but I(and perhaps almost Japanese people) wouldn't have such as customes when we see our friends or relative people. Then, it's difficult for me to overcome the cultures of difference.
In addition, I need the way to think logically to write essay! Because I feel the difference how to write essay and report between in Japanese and in English. Eaay or report in Japanese don't need more specific topic sentence than in English and I should write essay or report in English about narrow topics. For such as essay and report, I wanna learn more logical thoughts.
Actually, I can't explain my present situation because I can't have confidence for my English. But I can get a wonderful opportunity to study, so I'll do my best to change myself to positive person.
Hello josh and everyone.
ReplyDeleteThat’s difficult for me to answer it. I think I am flexible person for the situation because many friends told me so. When I went to foreign countries, I didn’t feel hard to stay there. However, I think the first days in different life are really difficult and hard to get used to the new life.
For instance, the first day of my university in Tokyo, I could not make any friends there. I still remember the sadness of the day. Also, I could not used to the university lifestyle. In high school or junior high school in Japan, all students have our own classes. We always stay our classroom, and teachers come to teach the subject in our classroom, so all classmates could be close friends. However, the university style is so different from high school days. It’s like American university; for example, students can decide their classes, and then they can meet other students, so I may have no friends in the class. The lifestyle has many choices, but I couldn’t used to the lifestyle easily. After one or two weeks, I can be fine.
The first days in other situation are difficult and hard time for everyone, but I think my case is harder than others. Spending only just first days, I can be sick and sad. That’s why the first days in other situation are hard to spend time. However, I want to used to another situation easily because my life will change many times in the future.
Thank you,
Mai Negishi
I think I have the seam thing that it's difficult for me now to settle in another city in US because, I try it when I went to Bozeman for my cousin I could not stay there for 12 hours I don't know why but, I think because of I don't know any think about Bozeman like where is the places I can do the activity. I talk to my x boss via Skype he told me when come to visit your family you will feel like you are foreign person because, it takes a while I didn't go back home to visit. I know some places that where I can go and what I should do to have fun. I would like to move to another city or state but, I really like it here I feel more comfortable also there is friends here I don't want to go and make now friends but, still thinking to move.
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ReplyDeleteMy daily life has changed when I came to Missoula.The lifestyle is different from Chinese.I used to be a high school student,and I had classes all days.I had no choice but fouce on my study.But now,I have more free time to be controled by myself.I suddenly became very confused.The first week I wasted lots of time in daydream.Actually I didn't know how to do arrangement.After several days' living,I have been accustomed to being a college student gradually.I go to the library everyday to enjoy reading and meditating.
However,making friends with others in the school is still a problem for me.We are not from the same country.It's not very convenient for us to communicate.Despite we may have been classmates or lived together,we prefer chatting with people who are from our motherland.So I often have meal alone,but I used to eat with my family or my best friends happily.This makes really upset.In addition,I am not a communicative person.If others donn't talk to me first,I will never have courage to say "hi" to them.I think I should be more positive.
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI think the most difficult thing is moving to a new home because when I came here, I could not get used to the new place. I noticed how comfortable my home in Japan is. It was too difficult for me to live with another person, but I could learn many things from the experiences. For example, sometimes I have to chenge my lifestyle in case it comflicts with my roommate's. It is difficult to move to a new home, but I think it is important for me.
I do not forget when I was in plane, coming to US I hoped the immigration department don't allow me to enter, to return to my home country. The cause is first time i went away from my family. i seem this feeling because I changed a lot of thing in same time, leaving work and return to school chair and live in other country and away from the people who know them. Actually I am always thinking to come back to my home especially after a long time I have been living here. However, in our culture the married is biggest change in the life the both man and woman and many of divorces are cause of cannot adapt with new life. the changes are psychologically and socially, and physically.
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ReplyDeleteMost difficult changes for me is, used to live in different places. When I was young, I experienced hard time moving and living to different place even it's in Japan. I was born in Miyagi and I had stayed in Chiba, which is close to Tokyo, for few years, and afterward I moved back to Miyagi again. I had many good friends in Chiba, but at that time I had to go back to Miyagi which I was born because of my father's work. It was hard for me to used to live in different place quickly and make many friends in new place. It's simple thing, but It is hard changing I thought.
Yui
hey guy i am with Yui and Asusa,
ReplyDeleteis hard to be in a place that you dotn know, especially when you've never been in it.Missoula is a very different place is not that bad once you are in for a while, but is not like home,is hard but you get used to it.