I know how you guys just loooove my pictures, no? Hahahah (^_~)
The pavement of the above picture is actually grey... those are sakura petals carpeting the ground. It was SO nice!
2007-04-26
Sakura Pictures!
I went to Oji-koen (a zoo) on the 14th (I think), with TRUSS members of Kobe-U. They're a group of people who usually set up gatherings or parties or just stuff to help out foreign students (a real fun bunch of people)... and here are the pictures! Enjoy!
The pavement of the above picture is actually grey... those are sakura petals carpeting the ground. It was SO nice!
The pavement of the above picture is actually grey... those are sakura petals carpeting the ground. It was SO nice!
2007-04-20
Classes!
I thought that classes from second year on would be easier than the first but it isn't. There are more things to read, more reports to write... I should have focused more on improving my Japanese last year =_=;
I haven't updated in so long for several reasons. Hopefully from now on I can update more...
All I can give you for the moment is what my schedule looks like... See if you can taste the weirdness of my situation (hahahahah and by the way, I just met my French teacher, Richard Delrieu (sp?) and all I could reply to him saying "avec les printemps..." was "oui... ... ... tres bien!" =_= wish I could have said something more intellectual... ...)
Monday!
3rd period = Seminar.
(The heaviest of all my classes I think. The worst thing? If I don't pass this... I might not graduate =_=)
Tuesday!
1st = Cultures and Societies in Japan (with an English native teacher... I lucked out!)
2nd = Contemporary Economics
3rd = Modern and Contemporary Japanese Society
4th = Formation of Translation Culture ... (?)
Wednesday!
nada *big smile*
Thursday!
1st = Food and Health
2nd = Media Culture
3rd = Contemporary America
4th = Culture of Letters ... (?) (mostly about kanji)
5th = Beginner's Korean
Friday =
1st = Foreign Language seminar (I took English heehee)
2nd = Symbiosis of a Wide Are of Cultures (?? hahaha, but this IS a very interesting class)
4th = (a necessary English class which I managed to squeeze my way out of in exchange with writing a report)
So there you go! The names of these classes are weird-ish sometimes but they are interesting. My favorite has to be Media Culture. You should look up Michel Foucoult for his essay on mimesis (I think) called "Of Other Spaces" or in it's original language "Des Espaces Autres". It kind of discombobulated me. Hahahaha... anyway! I gotta run now! Laterrr!
I haven't updated in so long for several reasons. Hopefully from now on I can update more...
All I can give you for the moment is what my schedule looks like... See if you can taste the weirdness of my situation (hahahahah and by the way, I just met my French teacher, Richard Delrieu (sp?) and all I could reply to him saying "avec les printemps..." was "oui... ... ... tres bien!" =_= wish I could have said something more intellectual... ...)
Monday!
3rd period = Seminar.
(The heaviest of all my classes I think. The worst thing? If I don't pass this... I might not graduate =_=)
Tuesday!
1st = Cultures and Societies in Japan (with an English native teacher... I lucked out!)
2nd = Contemporary Economics
3rd = Modern and Contemporary Japanese Society
4th = Formation of Translation Culture ... (?)
Wednesday!
nada *big smile*
Thursday!
1st = Food and Health
2nd = Media Culture
3rd = Contemporary America
4th = Culture of Letters ... (?) (mostly about kanji)
5th = Beginner's Korean
Friday =
1st = Foreign Language seminar (I took English heehee)
2nd = Symbiosis of a Wide Are of Cultures (?? hahaha, but this IS a very interesting class)
4th = (a necessary English class which I managed to squeeze my way out of in exchange with writing a report)
So there you go! The names of these classes are weird-ish sometimes but they are interesting. My favorite has to be Media Culture. You should look up Michel Foucoult for his essay on mimesis (I think) called "Of Other Spaces" or in it's original language "Des Espaces Autres". It kind of discombobulated me. Hahahaha... anyway! I gotta run now! Laterrr!
2007-03-13
Yo people!
Hi... I haven't posted in a while... truth is... everything has been such a whirlwind since this trip began.
March
3rd - Left for Tokyo on the night bus
4th - Met Anni at Narita, stayed the night at a hotel
5th - Flew to Singapore... Flight was 7 hours.
6th - Spent the whole day on Orchard Road. There was supposed to have been a tremor caused by an earthquake in Indonesia... but we hadn't felt it... ...
7th - Flew to Brunei
8th - Dad flew to Melbourne; stuck at home
9th - Mum flew back from KK, Malaysia; went to watch 300 at the cinema
10th - Hung around Yayasan, checked out Tasek Lama, Royal Regalia and SOAS Mosque; met Ali
11th - Went to Bkt. Shahbandar in the morning; watched Heroes all day long; shopped at SupaSave at night
12th - Baked brownies; watched xxxHoLic; met Farah; dinner at Empire
Tomorrow? Meeting Ali, probably going to The Mall.
Hectic? No... it doesn't seem like it does it? Wish I could drive (T_T) why did I leave Brunei when I was 17...??? Oh well. Small blessings. At least the next time I come back I'll have two chauffeurs waiting... my brothers who are turning 18 this year... muhahahaha... Else I'll just be stuck at home bumming my ass to pancake size watching Heroes, other anime and movies all day long. I'm not saying it wasn't nice. I don't usually have that kind of time to watch TV in Japan (not to mention almost no programs are in English)... so it was really nice. Heroes was pretty cool too... hahaha it took about 8 episodes to get me hooked to it though. The rest of my holidays seems just as promising. I might actually finish my never-ending movie list whilst I'm here.
Somebody save me. (^__^) Hahaha... pancakes... I might just make Adeline happy and re-start watching One Piece again. Though... maybe I should go back to the manga which I thought was so much better.
March
3rd - Left for Tokyo on the night bus
4th - Met Anni at Narita, stayed the night at a hotel
5th - Flew to Singapore... Flight was 7 hours.
6th - Spent the whole day on Orchard Road. There was supposed to have been a tremor caused by an earthquake in Indonesia... but we hadn't felt it... ...
7th - Flew to Brunei
8th - Dad flew to Melbourne; stuck at home
9th - Mum flew back from KK, Malaysia; went to watch 300 at the cinema
10th - Hung around Yayasan, checked out Tasek Lama, Royal Regalia and SOAS Mosque; met Ali
11th - Went to Bkt. Shahbandar in the morning; watched Heroes all day long; shopped at SupaSave at night
12th - Baked brownies; watched xxxHoLic; met Farah; dinner at Empire
Tomorrow? Meeting Ali, probably going to The Mall.
Hectic? No... it doesn't seem like it does it? Wish I could drive (T_T) why did I leave Brunei when I was 17...??? Oh well. Small blessings. At least the next time I come back I'll have two chauffeurs waiting... my brothers who are turning 18 this year... muhahahaha... Else I'll just be stuck at home bumming my ass to pancake size watching Heroes, other anime and movies all day long. I'm not saying it wasn't nice. I don't usually have that kind of time to watch TV in Japan (not to mention almost no programs are in English)... so it was really nice. Heroes was pretty cool too... hahaha it took about 8 episodes to get me hooked to it though. The rest of my holidays seems just as promising. I might actually finish my never-ending movie list whilst I'm here.
Somebody save me. (^__^) Hahaha... pancakes... I might just make Adeline happy and re-start watching One Piece again. Though... maybe I should go back to the manga which I thought was so much better.
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