After a long year of classes, now is the time for students to take off their school bags, forget about academics, and plan their summer vacation. Summer is the longest rest from school pressure and it has a special meaning for international students because many will return to their home countries for the break.
Hazuki Ito, a 19-year-old Japanese Animation major, will be very busy this summer. Spring is her last quarter at Green River, she will be vacationing back home in June. Hazuki is very excited for her plans but said, "I will be very busy this summer! "I will find a part-time job Japan and hang out with my friends and family.
Pei Chen Geng, a 19-year-old Chinese Finance major, has already planned a lot of activities for her break. Traveling, learning Japanese, and getting her first job are all on her to do list.
While many international students will go back to their home countries, some will stay here. Azusa Nishimura, a 20-year-old Japanese Business major, is looking forward to this summer. She will take classes at GRCC and focus on her studies, but has the month before they start planned out. Nishimura wants to work on campus, "I have already applied a peer navigator job; I hope I will get hired!" said Nishimura.
Travel, studying, and work will fill many students time, but some are looking forward to summer love. Nguyen Thi Phuong, 18, and Huynh Mai Khio, 19, will go to Vietnam over the break and travel to Singapore together.
Another student, Jun Mo Kang, 19, who is Chemistry major at GRCC, wants to find a girl friend during this summer. Basically, after the summer quarter, he will be heading back to Korea for his summer vacation. "I want to take a rest at home with my family," said Kang. But he's looking forward to scoping out the opposite sex while he's there too, "I will try to make a girl friend in this summer!" said Kang.
Yuye Zhang, a Chinese Business major, will go back to China for a month. "I am afraid I need to be isolate at home," said Zhang. But she has plans, "I will go Tibet with my family because I want to see the blue sky and the stars. I heard that there has a lot of star and very close to us."
Jaclyn Saudjana, a 20 yr. old from Indonesia, will see family in Singapore before preparing to transfer to UW.
Dung Thi Thuy Dintt, an 18-year-old International Business major, will visit Vietnam before starting her classes on campus. Megumi Nohara, a 20 year old Japanese Business major, will visit home for a month before starting next quarter's classes, but first she is going to California before Disney World in Florida.
Whether staying close to campus, or heading off to see family and friends, international students have big plans and high hopes for the sunshine months of summer 2009. Fall will be sure to have amazing stories and precious memories to last for years to come.
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