Today, I opened for the defense to end all defenses (for this sem)! It was so scary. But in the end, despite this horrible weather forcing other groups to reschedule their defenses, we did well. There were a few questions, but ones I think we answered well enough since there wasn't any follow-up ( Read more... )

I haven't updated in almost 2 months! Been doing so more on luau, my Junior Term Abroad (JTA) blog. For those who don't know, I'll be studying in Japan from August-January, and I'm almost (but not quite yet) literally in over my head with excitement. I even dreamt about being there, and I was talking in Japanese. Which reminds me that I really have to ( Read more... )

I made a new blog (out of my old one) that will chronicle my JTA sem in Ateneo + JTA stay in Japan. Everything worth remembering shall be there, lol.

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Add if you want! :) Posts won't start 'til April 23, the start of JTA sem.

School's been really kicking my butt. Hope I can deal with it until September.

I didn't get the school scholarship. That's fine, I expected it, since the dean really said he wouldn't be giving any out to those who want to go to Japan. It's only for cheaper places, like Taiwan/Thailand/China. I get that part. But the way he said it was what I found cruel. NV ( Read more... )

Since June 2010, I've been dreaming of going on the Junior Term Abroad program held by my university's School of Management. Naturally, I wanted Japan, since that's been a goal of mine for even longer (give or take 9 years). I got a taste of studying abroad back in 2nd year high school thanks to YFU (where I met Katya and 8 wonderful others!), and ( Read more... )

27. Character you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark alley

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