If you noticed, there are a couple of emoticons within my blog.. Recently I've found a way to display emoticons.. All thanks to a blog that I've found..
Thank you Ben.. anyone can have this features too.. Just visit http://ibenjamin.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post_07.html
Emotions available:
Smile :)
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Cheeky :p
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Kiss :k
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Jun 30, 2007
Busy July...
Seems like I will be pretty busy the last 3 weeks of school...
First, there is a Japanese oral presentation in class this coming Tuesday. Then there will be a lunch meeting with my Professor on the same day. Then there is the entrance examination presentation this coming Sunday. After that there will be another Japanese oral presentation in class the week after next and then finally a big presentation for my Japanese language class on 20 July, which all the teachers and volunteers will attend.. In between, there will be tests to take and reports to write... Which makes me look forward to the summer holidays even more... :)
My classmates are planning to go Kyoto from 5 Aug to 8 Aug. Yet to book anything.. So that is something I need to settle too as soon as possible... Then Sis is coming over to Japan for a visit, but no dates yet.. My classmates and I are planning to have a study group too during the summer vacation, to prepare for JLPT end of this year... so it should be a fun and fruitful summer holiday... :D
First, there is a Japanese oral presentation in class this coming Tuesday. Then there will be a lunch meeting with my Professor on the same day. Then there is the entrance examination presentation this coming Sunday. After that there will be another Japanese oral presentation in class the week after next and then finally a big presentation for my Japanese language class on 20 July, which all the teachers and volunteers will attend.. In between, there will be tests to take and reports to write... Which makes me look forward to the summer holidays even more... :)
My classmates are planning to go Kyoto from 5 Aug to 8 Aug. Yet to book anything.. So that is something I need to settle too as soon as possible... Then Sis is coming over to Japan for a visit, but no dates yet.. My classmates and I are planning to have a study group too during the summer vacation, to prepare for JLPT end of this year... so it should be a fun and fruitful summer holiday... :D
Jun 27, 2007
Cleared First Stage
Finally gotten some progress in my Masters admission..
After submitting my application forms for the admission to the Masters Program in GITS, I received a letter from the administration office informing me that I have cleared the 1st screening, which is the documentary screening, for the September 2007 admission. I am scheduled to give a presentation on the 8 July, 12:40pm. I am to give a 5 minute presentation and following that there will be a 10 minute Q&A with the panel of Professors.
Now I just need to re-look at the presentation that I did for Prof. Obi's seminar last week and modify it for this.. I am more worried about the Q&A, about the kind of questions that the Professors might ask... but I think with my working experience, ie. the experience of bull-shitting, I should be able to get through that too... :D
The result of this 2nd screening will be known on the 20 Jul via postal mail.. ie, the last day of this semester... so cross your fingers for me next sunday around 12.30pm... :)
After submitting my application forms for the admission to the Masters Program in GITS, I received a letter from the administration office informing me that I have cleared the 1st screening, which is the documentary screening, for the September 2007 admission. I am scheduled to give a presentation on the 8 July, 12:40pm. I am to give a 5 minute presentation and following that there will be a 10 minute Q&A with the panel of Professors.
Now I just need to re-look at the presentation that I did for Prof. Obi's seminar last week and modify it for this.. I am more worried about the Q&A, about the kind of questions that the Professors might ask... but I think with my working experience, ie. the experience of bull-shitting, I should be able to get through that too... :D
The result of this 2nd screening will be known on the 20 Jul via postal mail.. ie, the last day of this semester... so cross your fingers for me next sunday around 12.30pm... :)
Jun 23, 2007
Being Cultured... Again..
Went to another free concert just now... :)
It is a Choir Concert by ＫＡＹ合唱団, held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Center. The ticket is free cos one of the Professors in my graduate school was giving them away... I went to the concert with one of my Masters lab-mate from Indonesia. In fact, she was the one who told me about the free concert and ask if I wanna go.
We were supposed to meet at 4:45pm at Ikebukuro Station, but she called me last minute saying that she will be late due to her son.. So I went there alone...
I had no problem finding the place... I was there around 5pm.. There were so many old folks attending the concert that I was the youngest among those lining up to get into the concert hall... The design of the concert hall was very nice. It has a big organ at the back of the stage... Too bad I didnt bring my camera along...
The concert start promptly at 5:30pm. There were a group of musicians seated in the center of the stage. Then there were about 7 rows of wooden long benches behind those seats. Those were for the choir singers.. then there are seats for the soloist.. the tenor, baritone, alto and soprano.. Imagine my surprise when I saw the Professor who gave us the ticket among the choir singers!! Professor K was the dean of the graduate school a couple of years ago.. now he is just one of the professors... but I am really surprised that he joined such a group... Must have been good to have a passion outside of work...
The choir was all in German, i think.. The information posted on the website was as follow...
J.S. Bach
ヨハネ受難曲 (Johannes-Passion)
指 揮 (Conductor)： 渡辺善忠
ソプラノ(Soprano) ： 五十嵐郁子
アルト(Alto) ： 永井和子
テナー(Tenor) ： 畑儀文
バ ス(Bass) ： 多田羅迪夫
ピラトアリア(Baritone)：宇野徹哉
オルガン(Organ) ： 草間美也子
合 唱 (Choir) ： ＫＡＹ合唱団
It started at 5:30pm, had a 15-min intermission around 6:15pm and lasted all the way till 8pm! As they were singing in German, I must admit that I did doze off a couple of time during the concert.. :P Lots of people were dozing off too, looking at their body language... hahahaha... and also the audience was really made up of 80% old folks... and seriously I doubt if they understand anything that was sang... Overall, the concert was okay...
It is a Choir Concert by ＫＡＹ合唱団, held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Center. The ticket is free cos one of the Professors in my graduate school was giving them away... I went to the concert with one of my Masters lab-mate from Indonesia. In fact, she was the one who told me about the free concert and ask if I wanna go.
We were supposed to meet at 4:45pm at Ikebukuro Station, but she called me last minute saying that she will be late due to her son.. So I went there alone...
I had no problem finding the place... I was there around 5pm.. There were so many old folks attending the concert that I was the youngest among those lining up to get into the concert hall... The design of the concert hall was very nice. It has a big organ at the back of the stage... Too bad I didnt bring my camera along...
The concert start promptly at 5:30pm. There were a group of musicians seated in the center of the stage. Then there were about 7 rows of wooden long benches behind those seats. Those were for the choir singers.. then there are seats for the soloist.. the tenor, baritone, alto and soprano.. Imagine my surprise when I saw the Professor who gave us the ticket among the choir singers!! Professor K was the dean of the graduate school a couple of years ago.. now he is just one of the professors... but I am really surprised that he joined such a group... Must have been good to have a passion outside of work...
The choir was all in German, i think.. The information posted on the website was as follow...
J.S. Bach
ヨハネ受難曲 (Johannes-Passion)
指 揮 (Conductor)： 渡辺善忠
ソプラノ(Soprano) ： 五十嵐郁子
アルト(Alto) ： 永井和子
テナー(Tenor) ： 畑儀文
バ ス(Bass) ： 多田羅迪夫
ピラトアリア(Baritone)：宇野徹哉
オルガン(Organ) ： 草間美也子
合 唱 (Choir) ： ＫＡＹ合唱団
It started at 5:30pm, had a 15-min intermission around 6:15pm and lasted all the way till 8pm! As they were singing in German, I must admit that I did doze off a couple of time during the concert.. :P Lots of people were dozing off too, looking at their body language... hahahaha... and also the audience was really made up of 80% old folks... and seriously I doubt if they understand anything that was sang... Overall, the concert was okay...
Jun 19, 2007
and busy...
Getting busier the last few weeks..
Had to do research for the assignment of one of my Masters subject.. read several papers to understand the concept behind the new initiative taught so as to be able to comment on it..
Had to spend more time revising my Japanese as the lessons are getting more difficult.. seems like the more I study the more confused I get.. it's like I've hit a plateau in my learning curve.. but so far, I've been able to understand my Senseis' long and complicated instructions in class.. so at least that's a consolation.. all the Jap dramas that I've watched had not gone to waste...
Had to prepare for my entrance exam presentation.. The more I read on IT Service Management, the more I realised the potential for it to grow in future.. however, I would need to be able to articulate what's in my mind effectively to the panel of professors... thus I had been reading up on ITSM from the web...
Before coming to Japan, I thought I would have lots of time to do things that I WANT to do.. but now it seems like there are many things that I need to do... Maybe it's still too early.. after all, it has only been around 12 weeks since I got here... there are at least another 26 months to go... I shouldn't be too anxious., right? :)
Had to do research for the assignment of one of my Masters subject.. read several papers to understand the concept behind the new initiative taught so as to be able to comment on it..
Had to spend more time revising my Japanese as the lessons are getting more difficult.. seems like the more I study the more confused I get.. it's like I've hit a plateau in my learning curve.. but so far, I've been able to understand my Senseis' long and complicated instructions in class.. so at least that's a consolation.. all the Jap dramas that I've watched had not gone to waste...
Had to prepare for my entrance exam presentation.. The more I read on IT Service Management, the more I realised the potential for it to grow in future.. however, I would need to be able to articulate what's in my mind effectively to the panel of professors... thus I had been reading up on ITSM from the web...
Before coming to Japan, I thought I would have lots of time to do things that I WANT to do.. but now it seems like there are many things that I need to do... Maybe it's still too early.. after all, it has only been around 12 weeks since I got here... there are at least another 26 months to go... I shouldn't be too anxious., right? :)
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