Skip to main content

 你好！Hello! Hola! こんにちは!

Hi everyone! I’m Bruce, the intern from Taiwan in LEX America.

I had stayed in Boston for almost 2 months, and I kind of felt like Boston is my second hometown now.

My family had several homestay experience before form LEX, that’s the first I knowing  about LEX. And then my sister Nancy, became an intern in LEX in Japan for a year, she recommended me should experience it. (With all the blessing and exciting, here I come, Boston!)
Since we don’t have LEX club in Taiwan, so this is my first time to join the LEX club, and I was enjoyed in it a lot!
For me, it’s a whole new way to learn another language like this. It’s more natural and you felt absolutely comfortable in the community that create by LEX. And I think it’s easier for kids and adults to develop their first or second language in this 
environment, and also they know the concept of sharing and other social skills.
My hostfamily were super nice and friendly to me, so I don’t have to worry about what to do on weekend.Living with hostfamily, I felt I’m the part of their family and having a strong connection with them. The relationship between me and my hostfamily is more like family not just friends.And by living with them, I felt fully immersed myself in their culture and that’s the things you never experienced by only traveling.

I have traveled around Boston and the nearby city by myself too! Always exciting to visit new cities and those famous places!Time Flies, it’s already two months passed, I’ll keep exploring and learning in the last one month!


For those who are interested in being an intern in Boston, just do it!

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Daniel- こにちわ！！

こにちわ！！　(Daniel) Hello,こにちわ, bonjour,  Привет ! My name is Daniel Panasenko, and I am the 2012-2013 LEX intern in the Hippo office in Tokyo. I am from Sacramento, California, although originally from Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine.  I first came across LEX and Hippo when I came to Japan with People to People in 2009. I was hosted by members of the Hippo Family Club for four days, and I enjoyed the experience so much, that I came back to work for Hippo as an intern. Although I am fairly new to Hippo, I have been received warmly and welcomed into the Hippo family. Everyone at the office and at the family clubs are very kind, supportive, and incredibly patient as I unintentionally butcher their language. As the year progresses, I will blog about my experiences in Japan as well as my insights into the language and culture. Although I am a bit overwhelmed by the novelty of the lifestyle and language, but I am more than happy to be here, making fascinating new discoveri...
Post a Comment
Read more

Dannielle- Setsubun

Setsubun In February, there is a holiday in Japan called Setsubun. In celebration of the special day, I ventured out to Nagatacho (close to my work here in Shibuya) and visited the Hie Temple. It was so beautiful and peaceful up on a small hill, and oddly placed among the city life of Tokyo. It was crowded with people (but not too crowded, hence why I chose Nagatacho over Asakusa) standing in front of the temple "stage", within which we could hear some music and see some people inside dancing and preparing for the event. Because I got there earlier, I had to wait a bit, and so I talked with the older couple that stood next to me. Turns out, the husband and wife had been to the US before and lived in New Orleans about 10 years ago, so we eased into some great conversation. Very sweet people. When the event started, I witnessed a person dressed as an oni (demon) emerging from inside the temple, being drawn out by the priests who threw beans at him and shou...
Post a Comment
Read more

Danielle- Shopping Malls

Shopping Malls I noticed I don't talk about shopping enough, so here's a brief overlook of some of my favorite shopping malls (so far~) out here in Japan. AEON I have one about 5 minutes away from my local train station here in Chiba. It feels very homey to me, just because it's really spacious and open and reminds me of a shopping mall I had back in Illinois. What I love about Aeon, too, is that it has a bunch of different stores (other than just clothes). On the first floor, you have your groceries, bakery, and cosmetics, and stuff like that. On the other floors, you have your clothes, electronics, food court (talk about majorly nostalgic, especially with the KFCs and Subways), and mini arcade. Chiba is kind of out-of-the-way, and so Aeon has been a very convenient place for me to buy my toiletries and CalorieMate... and just walk around, if I feel like it. I bought my first winter coat there and some gloves, and it was all reasonably priced, I think (granted,...
Post a Comment
Read more