So I'm at the Uni a lot earlier today- I think I should do this more often since the library's computers (which I am using right now) are open and a lot available (since, I suppose not many people are crazy enough to wake up this early on Monday), also it's probably because those who Are in school have compulsory English class!
Speaking of English class, me and Aurelie and Liliana wormed our way out of it ^_^ (Liliana, by the way, is a Bulgarian girl who had studied in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, doing the same course that I am.) In exchange for not attending class, we get to write a 1000 word report in English and do a 5 minute presentation in Japanese in July- only then we can get our credit ^_^ However for the other required English class, on Thursday, we have to write a 10-page report o.o; jeepers creepers, but the deadline is also in July so... I guess it should be no problem.
The Japanese University system is similar to the American one, we have to earn a certain number of credits to graduate... I wonder how the system in UK is like...? In any case I need 136 credits to graduate and can take a maximum of 49 per year. If you're fast in calculations, you might just understand... that it is possible for me to graduate in 3 years instead of 4! (Of course, that would mean having to do my graduation thesis a year earlier... but it might just be worth it... maybe?)
In anycase- did I mention that the computer I'm using now is a Mac? It's weird. This school apparently just bought hundreds of Macs and installed them in around January. They're outrageously expensive, I can tell -_-;; And yet as far as I know, they have at least 200 units in my faculty alone... !!!
Well, I gotta run- ta!
2006-04-24
2006-04-17
MondayMondayMonday
Is going to be such heaven the next half-year, all the way down till July. Why? Because my class starts at 10.40am! Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday are the same tooooooo~~~ It's just a little too bad that I have my class at 8.50am on Thursdays but guess what! I only have two classes that day (even though there's about 4 hours much of a gap in between, it's still great!) ^^ *happyhappyhappy* I love University life already.
My first class today was about Visual Culture, of all things, it was kind of weird how interesting the class was, and yet I was still so sleepy... I really don't know how to make of it, but I'll take the class anyway, it looks like it has an easy pace for a Monday morning. And I get to learn about art, of all things haha~
After lunch I have Cross-cultural Communication and then the one after that, which I just came out of, is Cultural Anthropology. Can you believe it! Even the names of my classes sound way cool *happyhappyhappy*
Cultural Anthropology class is like Sociology class way all over again. The Lecturer even talks about Emile Durkham, Radcliff Brown, B. Malinowsky, Levi-Strauss... I mean, MD Socio. students are bound to have quite a lot of background on this stuff already! (Of course, there's a hitch... if only I had thought to retain some of the concepts that we'd gone through before, and then remembered more about Malinowsky's fieldwork about the to-ro-bu-ri-an-do Islanders (I don't remember the spelling so I'm using how the Japanese pronounce it in class) In anycase, Cultural Anthropology rocks! The Lecturer, Yoshioka-sensei, I like to believe is up to some point, a lot like Mr. Simmonds, at least in the way he presents the class. ...Cool isn't it ^_~
My first class today was about Visual Culture, of all things, it was kind of weird how interesting the class was, and yet I was still so sleepy... I really don't know how to make of it, but I'll take the class anyway, it looks like it has an easy pace for a Monday morning. And I get to learn about art, of all things haha~
After lunch I have Cross-cultural Communication and then the one after that, which I just came out of, is Cultural Anthropology. Can you believe it! Even the names of my classes sound way cool *happyhappyhappy*
Cultural Anthropology class is like Sociology class way all over again. The Lecturer even talks about Emile Durkham, Radcliff Brown, B. Malinowsky, Levi-Strauss... I mean, MD Socio. students are bound to have quite a lot of background on this stuff already! (Of course, there's a hitch... if only I had thought to retain some of the concepts that we'd gone through before, and then remembered more about Malinowsky's fieldwork about the to-ro-bu-ri-an-do Islanders (I don't remember the spelling so I'm using how the Japanese pronounce it in class) In anycase, Cultural Anthropology rocks! The Lecturer, Yoshioka-sensei, I like to believe is up to some point, a lot like Mr. Simmonds, at least in the way he presents the class. ...Cool isn't it ^_~
2006-04-13
Kobe University
I've finally found a place to get internet from this University! Kobe University is great! Sure, the slope works you more than the one in Osaka UFS but ultimately, I'm glad I made this choice! ^_^
I can't stay on long because it's the Faculty's Library's computers, hence to be used only for researching for material... but I'm so glad I had time to clean up my mail box etc in any case.
I miss you guys so much! I miss all you guys in Brunei! I miss all you guys in UK, Malaysia, Australia etc. ^^ Most of all right now, I miss all my friends from OUFS, I can't believe I probably won't see some of you again for the rest of my life; and I can't believe that we made through such a tough year together. I can't wait until the time I can see you guys again.
I can't stay on long because it's the Faculty's Library's computers, hence to be used only for researching for material... but I'm so glad I had time to clean up my mail box etc in any case.
I miss you guys so much! I miss all you guys in Brunei! I miss all you guys in UK, Malaysia, Australia etc. ^^ Most of all right now, I miss all my friends from OUFS, I can't believe I probably won't see some of you again for the rest of my life; and I can't believe that we made through such a tough year together. I can't wait until the time I can see you guys again.
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