Eventually, I said goodbye to my Japanese course. Yesterday afternoon we completed the last topic of "聞いて覚える話し方　日本語生中継". My favorite classmate Ms. Tian was absent. She took on-line course instead for she had a deadline to catch up with. I sent her a message telling her my decision of leaving. She encouraged me by blessing words which was very warm. She said she loved our talks on our way home every week just as I did and she wanted to contribute to a better future of the world also. My eyes got wet for these words.

I accompanied Lily, the other friend I've made in Japanese classroom, to supermarket after class, asking her about the tips of learning foreign languages. She is an expert, for her profession is a Chinese teacher for foreigners and she has learned English as major for over ten years. She thought I was asking the tips of getting higher scores in TOEFL and she shared me with her preparation for IELTS. Then I told her some what about my motivation of studying abroad next year. She expressed her support as well. When we waved good bye at the subway station, I felt sure it would be quite a long time since next time we met.

That was the end. I thrusted the Japanese text books into my bookcase and threw all the VCDs and DVDs I had collected for years in return for space. I started learning Japanese in the spring of 2016, and interrupted by Stone's birth in the summer of August. Though I picked it up last spring via Zoom, I have to give it up again now. Learning Japanese will be my life-long habit. As Ms. Tian had said, we should stick to it until  the day when we manage to make hot spring trip again in Japan. I hope I will not forget Japanese so quickly. Watching animation will be a good method for me to review. Yet, I have little time for it.

Donkey worked at home today and there is no room for me to stay at the same time. As a result, I spent the whole day in commercial self-study room, studying the website of Medill School of Northwestern University. It takes less than 40 yuan a day and the environment here was good. Everyone keeps quiet. You can only hear sounds of typing, no any other noise. This is the third time I came to the commercial self-study room. Yet, the freshness doesn't fade. I cannot measure out who my neighbors are. Are they students or adults? Why did they choose here instead of home or office? Some of them might be applicants like me, but it is obvious that they are much younger.

I intended to go back home at present. However, it is raining violently outside. I didn't bring an umbrella with me for the sunshine was indeed bright in the morning. How do I manage to go home with such a heavy shower outside? It is out of expectation. 

Surprise, I saw beautiful rainbow outside the window. It is the biggest and the most explicit one I've ever seen. I was touched by such a magnificent spectacular, and tapped the shoulder of my neighbor stranger, who was busying with her work, told her to look out side. She was excited and snapped a photo for the rainbow just as I did. I wish this lucky rainbow would bring me to my dream school in America.