My Discoveries

Now which I write this blog, it is around the middle of December. This year is almost over.>< This year was a turning point for me in various sides, and I think what happened to me in this year is the very what I discovered.
In this spring, I moved Fukuoka to Osaka in order to go to a university. Between Fukuoka and Osaka, everything was different!
First of all, in Osaka, the main public transportation is trains(mostly Hankyu or JR)! That in Fukuoka is buses, however, so I had never gone to school by train(Although there were some subway lines in Fukuoka, I went to school by bicycle or on foot). And to make matters worse, my home lies in Osaka though my university,Kwangaku,lies in Hyogo>< so I have must ridden the train for a long time, which made me depressed at first. When I rode Hankyu for the first time, I noticed the passengers in Kansai are very cheerful. It was common in Fukuoka that the people must keep quiet in public,and it was an unspoken agreement, but that isn't applied in Kansai. I was very surprised. Especially, the lady(It is said in Japanese "Obachan") has very strong power! Some of them speak to their friends loudly in trains. I am still often overwelmed by them now. However, they generally look like delightful, and I think it is very wonderful. As for public things, another example is an escalator! In Osaka, the people stand on right side, but the people of Fukuoka do on the opposit side(Tokyo is the same as Fukuoka).
Second is the what a university is, and what International Studies Department is. I had studied very hard just in order to pass the entrance examinations in my high school days. So, I could not go through to go abroad in that time. When I entered IS department of KG, I was surprised there are many people who experienced overseas including returnee students. I noticed there are various ways to live in the same 18 years then. As for universities, it is very freedom! No regulation about my life in campus in terms of lectures or eating and so on. It depends only myself!! I often feel fearful because of too free. I must make useful my life with my hands.
All of them are good discoveries for me!!!!!!!