I kinda lost my voice. T_T I got sick during finals last semester too. >_< Maybe I'm just not so good with stress. Hopefully wherever I work after this it won't lead to this kind of concentrated stress ( Read more... )

I'm doing a project for one of my classes related to collected advice for students studying Japanese (and maybe also some for future instructors). There's a lot about my project that isn't fully concrete in my head yet, but since I'm conducting interviews with students as a part of it and asking them what their goals are, I thought I'd sort out my ( Read more... )

Last week I was working on a paper and a friend reminded me that I didn't really have to do the paper, that even if I didn't do it, everything would still be okay. And it's true. It's a paper in a class I don't need to graduate. I don't want to fail a class my last semester, but it's true that things won't really be too bad even if I do (as long as ( Read more... )

I finished the semester back on Monday, but didn't bother posting on lj until today. One of my professors, last week, had the final Tuesday and the final paper due Wednesday. Why? Why why why? At least I mentioned that most of my final stuff was due before classes ended, so he gave me permission to turn it in late. I did, of course. And it was ( Read more... )

I completed the series of titles yay! There was one interruption, but whatever. Also, the titles didn't really have anything to do with the posts... Ah well. I felt like it encouraged my to post more frequently.

It feels like there should be more time before the end of the semester than two weeks. >_< About one week of classes and then a week of ( Read more... )

In the end, the pull of an Arashi concert DVD is irresistible. I ordered the Arafes DVD. >_<

I took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) today! N2 level. I don't know how well I did. >_< There were some parts and questions I felt pretty confident about, but also lots I was really uncertain about. There are just so many words to learn and ( Read more... )

It took two emails to the registrar, but I got them to give me a proof of expected graduation date with the correct date on it. ^^ And with that, I had collected all the pieces and mailed out my application for JET today. Now to wait. I felt so so relieved walking back from the post office. Step one done. Hopefully there will be a step two, but it' ( Read more... )

In writing, the beginning is important, isn't it? The opening, the overall direction of the written work ( Read more... )

Reading about the post-war period of Japan is super depressing. But that's the period we're on now in my Japanese history and culture course ( Read more... )

I keep feeling like I'm forgetting to do something, but when I think about it, there's nothing particularly urgent... The things college does to people ( Read more... )