Hello, my name is Farheen Rawji. I come from Vancouver, Canada. I came to Japan on July 29th 1996 and I have been in Tanabe since August 6th. In Canada, I live with my family in a big house on a mountain. There are five people in my family: my mother, my father, and two younger brothers. I call my mother "mama" and I call my father "papa". My first brother's name is Ghalib. He is twenty one years old. My other brother's name is Amman. He is sixteen years old. In Vancouver, I was a university student at the University of British Columbia. We call it UBC. I studied biochemistry, mathematics and physics at UBC. When I return to Vancouver, I will complete my Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. I like to study, but I also like to play sports. My favorite sport is skiing during the winter. Every winter, we go to Whistler and we also go to Cypress mountain to ski. I am not as good as my brothers, so I cannot ski on the difficult slopes. I hope to go skiing in Japan as well. During the summer, I like to play squash. Squash is a game like tennis, but we play it in a room with both players on the same side of the court. Also, we use a small, black rubber ball to play. Everyday, I also like to go running on my own. I run about five kilometers everyday, even when it is raining! In Japan, I hope to meet many new friends and to learn many new things. I want to learn Judo, Ikebana, the traditional tea ceremony and many other things. I would also like to travel around Japan and learn about the culture and the people. Right now, I am trying very hard to learn the language, but Kanji is very difficult to learn!!