BY English Major, Senior SASAKI MAYU

I can not believe that I stayed in Saskatoon for ten months. I believe every single experience I had in Saskatoon will be a treasure throughout my whole life.

I arrived at Saskatoon in the beginning of last September. Saskatoon is a small and unexciting city. Down town is very small, and there are just few places for shopping. However, I enjoyed my life in such a boring city, because I had good friends there. People in Saskatoon are very warm hearted. Even if my English is not good, they are eager to try to understand

me. Moreover, all the professors I met at the University of Saskatchewan

were very nice and kind.

The University of Saskatchewan is a very big university. I was in the English department in the Collage of Arts and Sciences. I studied in ESL for my first two months. After I finished ESL, I took Geography, Linguistics, English and Drawing class in the university. Geography was the hardest one for me. The exam was an essay type, and no multiple choice questions. In the midterm exam, I could not show all of my knowledge from my study. Therefore, I did not do well. I was very disappointed about my English ability at that time, because I studied very hard for the exam, but I could not show what I had learned.

However, the professor was always nice to me. He answered all the questions that I asked, and helped me very much. In the final exam, I did much better than the midterm, and I finally passed the class.

I took drawing class during the inter session which is a three week course after the regular session. This drawing class was very different from any other class I took before. There were no textbooks for the class. We just kept drawing by using different materials, such as charcoal, ink, pastel and so on. Sometimes, we explained about our drawings and discussed about them in the class. The atmosphere in the class was very comfortable, and all the students in the class were like friends. I really enjoyed this drawing class.

I strongly feel that it was right for me to chose to study at the University of Saskatchewan. I got to know many people in this university and in the city of Saskatoon. Whenever I had a hard time studying or any other problem, there was someone who could help me. I think I am very lucky to get to know those people during my life. Those ten months in Saskatoon gave me a great treasure that I will never forget.