Study Abroad
Yo.
The UMD end of the study abroad application process is very nearly finished. All I need to do is sign a couple of forms and come in to the Study Abroad Office tomorrow to submit them and fill out a PSA.
The pre-departure "orientation" was today, and I finally found out who else is going to Rikkyo (at least, one person... I don't know if there's anyone else). I know him from Kanji class already, and it turns out that he's Filipino. o_O The number of Filipinos I know seems to have increased lately... after joining a fansubbing group that's based in Singapore with some Filipino members, I found out that a girl in my art class is surprisingly Filipino, along with a random guy who always does his Japanese homework in my other art class (despite not being a member of the class). This may sound silly, but it's weird to me since, to my memory, I've only been personally acquainted with three fellow Filipino students in my whole life previously.
It was quite amusing to see that, even though the orientation was for all of next year's exchange students, I'd say more than half of the students in the room were doing exchanges in Japan.
Anyway, I'm definitely going to re-pick many of my classes for Rikkyo... I've decided that I'm not going to finish an art major, and I couldn't stand having a career in art (though I'll definitely do it as a hobby forever)... so I'll probably end up taking a survey of electives to start giving myself an idea of what's out there to specialize in... since I've deluded myself up to this point into thinking that I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I haven't given myself this kind of an experience in a while.
Muki-chan is so cute. <3 I've never heard her speak more than a sentence in English until this day. And she's tiny.
Okay, down to business.
The UMD end of the study abroad application process is very nearly finished. All I need to do is sign a couple of forms and come in to the Study Abroad Office tomorrow to submit them and fill out a PSA.
The pre-departure "orientation" was today, and I finally found out who else is going to Rikkyo (at least, one person... I don't know if there's anyone else). I know him from Kanji class already, and it turns out that he's Filipino. o_O The number of Filipinos I know seems to have increased lately... after joining a fansubbing group that's based in Singapore with some Filipino members, I found out that a girl in my art class is surprisingly Filipino, along with a random guy who always does his Japanese homework in my other art class (despite not being a member of the class). This may sound silly, but it's weird to me since, to my memory, I've only been personally acquainted with three fellow Filipino students in my whole life previously.
It was quite amusing to see that, even though the orientation was for all of next year's exchange students, I'd say more than half of the students in the room were doing exchanges in Japan.
Anyway, I'm definitely going to re-pick many of my classes for Rikkyo... I've decided that I'm not going to finish an art major, and I couldn't stand having a career in art (though I'll definitely do it as a hobby forever)... so I'll probably end up taking a survey of electives to start giving myself an idea of what's out there to specialize in... since I've deluded myself up to this point into thinking that I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I haven't given myself this kind of an experience in a while.
Muki-chan is so cute. <3 I've never heard her speak more than a sentence in English until this day. And she's tiny.
Okay, down to business.