Finished 1st semester, Thanks for everything

It's gonna be very long so be prepared well to read it haha

This is the first time to write this blog in English. I've known that I should have done earlier, but I was just lazy to do that. Sorry about that... But at this time, I'm gonna write in English because I want to  tell my appreciation to everyone whom I met at St Ed's throughout this semester. Today was the last day of this semester, and thanks to y'all, I spent a great time here. I was so excited and nervous at the first time when I arrived. Actually, I've been here once before as one of many students from ACCESS, which is like an university program to experience other culture before enrolling university. So at that time, I wasn't able to speak English at all, and I was just like a child who enjoyed the environment or the people that I newly knew. It was very different from this time. This time, I came here as an exchange student and I was required to change from the last time and make a difference for my future, so I put a lot of pressure on myself. However, around the beginning of the semester, I couldn't understand English well and I couldn't  interact with friends, even though they were very kind to me. That made me so depressed because I've thought that I can manage it somehow. But I actually couldn't. Therefore, I had a hard time here. Besides daily life, since I'm an exchange student, I have to get the credits at the university. It also made me nervous. But even if I complain about how hard the situation is, there was no way that I can solve it without trying to improve little by little. And then, by trying hard to do my best in everything that I'm gonna do, the anxieties were getting reduced, although I still had some  depressing time haha. I'm very sure that, if I didn't have y'all around me, I wouldn't have thought that way. I really appreciate all of you guys for your kindness. Thanks to y'all, I could really enjoy this semester. Sadly, some of them are going back to their home countries, but I'm sure that we can get together again in the future. I'll let you know when I visit your country, so could you treat me, please? :P haha. But definitely, let me know if any of you have a chance to come to Japan. I'm very welcome to guide Japan for y'all !! That was very very awesome that I could meet you all here. It was one of my best times in my life. See you again in the future. Keep in touch. ありがとう (thank you).

                                     From Houston.