First of all, I pray for Japan, seriously. I still can't believe every news coming through on-line about current Japanese situation. I can't raise everything lost by this earth-quake. I always feel bad as a Japanese, cause I just make peace life here in the U.S. far from my country being in the disaster right now. What can I do? Radio active contamination is spreading, and Japanese products are refused to export to other countries. Related to the earthquake, Japanese economy is falling down. The only thing I can do right now is,,,pray, getting information, study, and think.
Today, here I start the final quarter! I have only 11 more weeks before leaving San Diego, CA, the United States. Time flies. I'm going to take 6 courses in this quarter. (Fall quarter: 3, Winter: 4, and...) Also I have to study for the test to become a teacher of Chiba prefecture. This quarter must be "study quarter". Sounds nice,,,(hahahah) I got the grades of the last quarter, which were B+, B, B, C+.. At least I passed all of them (yey) I was wondering if I could pass one of them, of which I didn't go to the lecture most of the time. That worked.. But one funny thing is a course I worked really hard was C+ and, a course I didn't study at all was B+....That happens.
Now I can count down until I go back to Japan.
77 more days.
Mar 6, 2011
That's what I want to see!
Phew....today I have been writing a research paper almost all the day.
I've already written more than 4,500 words. I think this is the longest English writing ever.
I feel like getting back my concentration on study as I had when junior-high and high school.
I feel I can continue this concentration tomorrow, too.
By the way, as a study break, I went to see the volleyball game UCSD vs Stanford at UCSD arena.
Of course Stanford won. (UCSD is so weak. They miss service too often, and above all, setter is really bad. He is always "holding" What a poor set!)
What I got really excited was the team-formation and attack pattern is my ideal. They hit the ball smartly. They use fake, combination (awesome!), pipe (I love it!), and so on. Lots of techniques. They do not just hit powerfully without thinking like UCSD...lol Plus their services are contiuously focusing on one poor guy in UCSD who is bat at pass (service reception). That is so funny and cool. As we expected, that poor guy missed reception, which makes UCSD upset. They do three linked (connected) block. This is also awesome. Setter is really nice. i like the team whose setter is really nice.
I was kinda amazed and satisfied.
Good night.
I've already written more than 4,500 words. I think this is the longest English writing ever.
I feel like getting back my concentration on study as I had when junior-high and high school.
I feel I can continue this concentration tomorrow, too.
By the way, as a study break, I went to see the volleyball game UCSD vs Stanford at UCSD arena.
Of course Stanford won. (UCSD is so weak. They miss service too often, and above all, setter is really bad. He is always "holding" What a poor set!)
What I got really excited was the team-formation and attack pattern is my ideal. They hit the ball smartly. They use fake, combination (awesome!), pipe (I love it!), and so on. Lots of techniques. They do not just hit powerfully without thinking like UCSD...lol Plus their services are contiuously focusing on one poor guy in UCSD who is bat at pass (service reception). That is so funny and cool. As we expected, that poor guy missed reception, which makes UCSD upset. They do three linked (connected) block. This is also awesome. Setter is really nice. i like the team whose setter is really nice.
I was kinda amazed and satisfied.
Good night.
Mar 5, 2011
becoming better
After passing really lazy days, my motivation is rising up on this Friday.
phew. That's good. I think I can be passionate for working on my paper this weekend.
I definately need to work on that this weekend, because next weekend I'm going to go to San Francisco again to meet the person who was in the swim-team of Nanzan university.
When I went to the Nanzan University for Jo-Nan sen (Sophia vs Nanzan sports match), I met her.
She is also studying abroad now in Kentucky. She has been saying that she wants to come to California.
She asked me that let's go to the San Francisco together. But it's a little bit far from San Diego, Southern California to San Francisco, Northern California. I need to fly there. But I will go, cause I wanted to visit there again before going back to Japan. When I went there last time, I found there really awesome nice city. But as we were idiot, our schedule was pretty stupid. We went to bet 4 or 5 am and got up like at 3pm, so I didn't go to the town in daytime. hahaha.....and we just ran through the city by car.
My belief is that we need to walk through the city if we want to know and enjoy the city. Don't you think so?
So I'm gonna go there and check what it is like.
The only think I care is we are going to share the hotel....which means....only she and me.....lol....nothing would happen for sure. But......, no I'm just kidding....don't take it seriously....lol
By the way, I received the grade of mid-term of one class. I took 75. A friend of mine who is taking the same class with me got 70. She got little bit frustrated, because she always listens to the lecture and takes notes seriously. Contraty to that I don't listen to the lecture at all, instead I read a book irrelevant to the class. But I got better grade than her...lol I feel sorry for her. But it happens.
I need to get back my paper
phew. That's good. I think I can be passionate for working on my paper this weekend.
I definately need to work on that this weekend, because next weekend I'm going to go to San Francisco again to meet the person who was in the swim-team of Nanzan university.
When I went to the Nanzan University for Jo-Nan sen (Sophia vs Nanzan sports match), I met her.
She is also studying abroad now in Kentucky. She has been saying that she wants to come to California.
She asked me that let's go to the San Francisco together. But it's a little bit far from San Diego, Southern California to San Francisco, Northern California. I need to fly there. But I will go, cause I wanted to visit there again before going back to Japan. When I went there last time, I found there really awesome nice city. But as we were idiot, our schedule was pretty stupid. We went to bet 4 or 5 am and got up like at 3pm, so I didn't go to the town in daytime. hahaha.....and we just ran through the city by car.
My belief is that we need to walk through the city if we want to know and enjoy the city. Don't you think so?
So I'm gonna go there and check what it is like.
The only think I care is we are going to share the hotel....which means....only she and me.....lol....nothing would happen for sure. But......, no I'm just kidding....don't take it seriously....lol
By the way, I received the grade of mid-term of one class. I took 75. A friend of mine who is taking the same class with me got 70. She got little bit frustrated, because she always listens to the lecture and takes notes seriously. Contraty to that I don't listen to the lecture at all, instead I read a book irrelevant to the class. But I got better grade than her...lol I feel sorry for her. But it happens.
I need to get back my paper
Mar 2, 2011
What is happening?
Nowadays, I am the laziest in my life..
Hahaha, what happened to me?
As I've been saying, I am almost tired of lecture style class.
I don't want to go to the class, sit, and listen to the lecture...
Then I skip the class. haha. The funny thing is that once I skip the class, I become used to doing that and do that again and again.....lol
I should activate myself....
Plus I'm sick right now which makes me less powerful.
I attend the meeting only for attendants of CGIU (Clinton Global Initiative University)
We share our each proposal for global problems happening right now.
Every other member is really powerful. More passionate than me.
If I can make a speech in Japanese, I'm definately sure that I can be more powerful and I can make convinsing, persuasive, and clear presentation.
I didn't do well to talk about own proposal.
Someone gave me some feedbacks. They said, "You need to brush your public speaking skills."
Damn it...lol
and at night, I don't know why, I went to the bed at 9pm, but I can't sleep...
I stop trying to sleep, got up at 0am and browsed the internet for a while (I know that's waisting time.)
and get back to sleep at 3am.
I got up again 10am. (I had a class which starts at 9am,, I don't care lol)
Do you agree that we need a certain behavior to waste time?
Hahaha, what happened to me?
As I've been saying, I am almost tired of lecture style class.
I don't want to go to the class, sit, and listen to the lecture...
Then I skip the class. haha. The funny thing is that once I skip the class, I become used to doing that and do that again and again.....lol
I should activate myself....
Plus I'm sick right now which makes me less powerful.
I attend the meeting only for attendants of CGIU (Clinton Global Initiative University)
We share our each proposal for global problems happening right now.
Every other member is really powerful. More passionate than me.
If I can make a speech in Japanese, I'm definately sure that I can be more powerful and I can make convinsing, persuasive, and clear presentation.
I didn't do well to talk about own proposal.
Someone gave me some feedbacks. They said, "You need to brush your public speaking skills."
Damn it...lol
and at night, I don't know why, I went to the bed at 9pm, but I can't sleep...
I stop trying to sleep, got up at 0am and browsed the internet for a while (I know that's waisting time.)
and get back to sleep at 3am.
I got up again 10am. (I had a class which starts at 9am,, I don't care lol)
Do you agree that we need a certain behavior to waste time?
Mar 1, 2011
the next quarter
Yesterday I went to a rofessor's office whose research interest is the same as mine. I asked her to admit my taking the course, "special individual research". She said, "Cool, if you submit research proposal to me."
I asked her, "What is special individual research like?"
She answered, "It's like working on your research by yourself, no class."
Woo Hoo!! No class, and I can get 4 units ! Why didn't find that kind of nice free course until now?
I want to take the lecture style courses as less as possible..lol. I'm tired of lecture. lol
When I tell this to one of my friend, he said, "Huh? That's university." lol
No, it's not. University gives freedom, rights, and opportunity to study what you want as much as you want.
By the way, in the beginning of the next quarter, as I said, I'm gonna attentd the conference of CGIU.
(Clinton Global Initiative University)
On the facebook, the group of CGIU 2011 which allow only attendants of the conference to get in.
When I went in to the site of the group on the facebook, and saw the biograophy and self-introduction,
I found that the conference might not be the place I should be.
Many of the attendants are grad students, and most of them are from really good university like Harvard, Yale, UPenn, other IVY, MIT, and so on...
Moreover, many of them have already started thier own project closely associated with the local community. They are serious and practical. Some founded the organization or NPO...
What I did was.....just studing and researching......ah, oh....
That's fine,, anyway I can meet Clinton and such super students. That's the way lucky goes.
I asked her, "What is special individual research like?"
She answered, "It's like working on your research by yourself, no class."
Woo Hoo!! No class, and I can get 4 units ! Why didn't find that kind of nice free course until now?
I want to take the lecture style courses as less as possible..lol. I'm tired of lecture. lol
When I tell this to one of my friend, he said, "Huh? That's university." lol
No, it's not. University gives freedom, rights, and opportunity to study what you want as much as you want.
By the way, in the beginning of the next quarter, as I said, I'm gonna attentd the conference of CGIU.
(Clinton Global Initiative University)
On the facebook, the group of CGIU 2011 which allow only attendants of the conference to get in.
When I went in to the site of the group on the facebook, and saw the biograophy and self-introduction,
I found that the conference might not be the place I should be.
Many of the attendants are grad students, and most of them are from really good university like Harvard, Yale, UPenn, other IVY, MIT, and so on...
Moreover, many of them have already started thier own project closely associated with the local community. They are serious and practical. Some founded the organization or NPO...
What I did was.....just studing and researching......ah, oh....
That's fine,, anyway I can meet Clinton and such super students. That's the way lucky goes.
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