A lot has happened since the last time I posted on my blog. For starters, I am over the half way done with my study abroad program! How crazy is that? To be completely honest, if I had only taken one semester at Hitotsubashi, I would have left Japan wanting more. More time to experience …
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Time Off
I finished my first semester about 2 weeks ago and it honestly has been really nice being able to relax and have more time for myself. I’ve been able to sleep in, stay up late, and do nothing for some time and it’s been great! I get to hang out with my friends more and …
Distance
Relationships of any kind take effort to maintain and to develop, and some might be easier than others depending on who that person is. With the 17-hour time difference between Tokyo and California, it’s been difficult to make time to talk and catch up with my friends and family back home. I don’t have the …
Being Thankful
It’s already been a little over three months since I’ve been in Japan and time is going by faster than I thought. November was a time where I really learned to understand my hardships and where they were stemming from, and now, I am feeling better than I have in a long while. Seeing the …
What am I doing here?
Since coming to Japan, the transition that I had to make here was mentally and emotionally more taxing than I thought it would be. You hear people say that it’s not going to be easy and that homesickness is going to hit hard, but for me, it feels as if I was going through that …
Excuses
So I have definitely fallen off my weekly schedule like I intended, and honestly, it’s because I felt that there was nothing worth writing about. With midterms and presentations this week, I gave myself the excuse to not write anything. I excused myself from a lot of things. I excused myself from going out with …
Blurry Days
Hey y’all! It’s some time since I last updated my blog, and time seems to be slipping right past me as I continue with my weekly routine of attending classes and heading to my internship. The only time that I can have for myself is the weekend, so trying to balance my internship, classes, exploring …
Settling In
Now that I have all my bags unpacked and bought some essentials for my room, I think that I can finally start my life here in Japan, but I found this past week to be a bit of a challenge. Since my classes haven’t started yet and there weren’t as many orientations this week, my …
Hi! My name is Michelle :)
Welcome to my blog! My name is Michelle Trinh and I am currently enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I am majoring in chemistry with a math and science education minor. I am about to embark on a year long study abroad program at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan and this blog is …
Michelle's Travels 