I visited Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The city was fairly developed except rural areas, so I did not feel much inconvenience during my stay.

Do not worry too much about expense. You will receive some financial support for the transportation, and the price is relatively low in Malaysia.

I had little confusion in the language, residences, or transportations, since I was with a Malaysian student who studies under the same professor as I.

Fridays and Saturdays are holidays in Johor due to religious reasons, so you may not be able to use school facilities on Fridays. In order to hide your skin on formal occasions, I would recommend you to bring long trousers.

Do not worry too much about the language- you can communicate with people in English. Keep in mind that there are no toilet papers. Take stomach medicines lest you should have diarrhea because of spicy foods.

I cannot tell the detail, because I personally did not get direct guidance from the staff that much during my stay there. However, they have prepared us a sufficient condition so that we could engage in our activities, and gave me a warm welcome on my first visit and on my regular report. They were very kind to me.

UTM invites some other Japanese students, so you may be able to have some contact with them during your stay.

This internship was a part of a study that aimed at proposing Energy-saving modication in Malaysian modern urban households. The main purpose of my internship was to build experimental houses within certain Malaysian university (UTM) and conduct the measurement for indoor thermal environment there.

During my stay, I 1) controlled and supported the final stage of constructing experimental houses, 2) applied experimental instruments, and 3) conducted the measurement survey.

I learned that it was very difficult to follow the pre-set schedule. I think I am now more capable of forming a feasible plan, and act flexible under unexpected incidents.

In the presentation practices, I was able to gain some confidence of communicating in English while I made English presentations several times.

I felt the great importance of well-preparation in my work; doubting the situation to flow smoothly under the schedule and being ready to deal with unexpected troubles. When I get a chance of working abroad in the future, I would like to keep this experience in mind and be confident in approaching my career.

When you join this programme and participate in the actual course of the internship, you can gain more confidence and greater experience than visiting overseas simply to learn a foreign language.

To Ms. Oishi and Ms. Kikusui; I cannot thank you enough for your kindest help in the procedures of this internship programme.

It is up to your interest and motivation whether you join this programme or not. If you are interested in overseas internship, please have a look at the application guide line. And if you are motivated, please do get involved. Every step you take would surely have some positive influence on you. I wish good luck for your successes in the future.