After being annoyed with Vicky yesterday that our acceptance letters from our Japanese universities haven't come in yet (we can't buy our plane tickets or get our visas without them), I kind of got mine! Yamazaki-sensei (the lady in charge of us) sent our International Office a copy through email which Kelly forwarded to us ( Read more... )

I just signed up for my exam week hours at the library, and it made me realize that term is drawing to a close. Granted, four more weeks until I really get out of here, but you know how quickly those go by. It also made me realize I haven't posted in a while. So. Hello ( Read more... )

Also known as, I really need to read documents better ( Read more... )

Like, 20 minutes ago, lol ( Read more... )

I seriously cannot believe how much Matsubara has done to piss her students off this year ( Read more... )

I got a response back from Matsubara about Iwate - she says I got Iwate because I was 'interested in teaching ( Read more... )

My mom found out today that I want to live in Japan after I graduate. &. Well. She's not really happy about it, but no one else in my family is really happy about it either. I don't think she knows I'm serious, either. Although~ I can't really blame her; I don't even know I'm serious about it - after that stint in Michigan last year, I'm afraid ( Read more... )

There is an informational meeting today for a program NCC is part of. It's a program designed to take a group of American students & a group of Japanese students & have them intermingle while traveling around their respective countries for a month. Last time they traveled around America, so this summer they'll be going around Japan ( Read more... )

I've never really been one to dislike my home country - I've always been appreciative of what America has to offer, but I also have tried to look at its flaws also. Anyway, my like/dislike for America has always balanced out in the end. I may not always agree with what my country does (along with about 99% of other Americans) but I've never ( Read more... )

The study abroad fair has made me so excited to study abroad. X3 I got to talk to two girls from Korea who were, like, insanely amused that I'm in Tae Kwon Do. XD Ohman. I was trying to ask if they had any martial art courses I could take, but she didn't understand me at first. After a little miscommunication, I gave up on 'martial arts' & straight ( Read more... )