Alright, time for Part 2 of my Aomori-Tokyo Trip. I’m going to do a one event per post thing, so they’ll be four parts total. And today, I’m continuing my Aomori adventure, with a presentation at Aomori Public University. I’m totally digressing here, but I made so many mistakes with Aomori Public University’s name. It’s… Read More Aomori – Tokyo Zemi Trip: Part 2 (Aomori Public University)

So, my zemi trip is finally over, and I arrived back in Fukuoka yesterday. I also started throwing up yesterday, so yeah, I came back with an extra “present” :/ So yeah, short post today (I was going to split it into 2, but now I’m guessing 3 or more posts) Anyway, I’m not sure… Read More Aomori – Tokyo Zemi Trip: Part 1 (Getting to Aomori)

So last month, I asked for blog ideas, and Elvira Yunitan (sorry, I can’t seem to tag you!), came up with a really interesting topic. Text: “Hi eustacia, i would like to blog but i am not an undergraduate student, just a D2 college student. But I wanted to share my experience so that people… Read More Making Friends in Japan

Gak is the sound that a person makes when choking, or at least that’s what this onomatopoeia site says.  And I’m definitely undergoing some mental choking right now. I had a presentation yesterday, and I have two book reports due tomorrow 5 p.m. Book reports, I should add, that I can’t write because I haven’t… Read More Gak

As part of one of my seminars, I was told to go to this summit, which I can only translate as “Special Zone for Start-Ups Summit (One year anniversary)”, which I think is the full name. I went there not knowing what to expect, or where the place really was, but when I got there,… Read More 創業特区一周年サミット (Special Zone for Start-Ups Summit)

So yesterday, instead of having a nice Saturday at home, I was at school from 10.30 am to about 10pm. Why? Well, one of my zemi’s had a special session. That seems extremely unconnected with the blog post title, so I’ll explain it now. You see, we were originally supposed to be having a combined… Read More There Were Supposed To Be American Students

I can’t believe I’m already a third year student (and it’s the last day of Golden Week, where did the time go?). That means this is my fourth year in Japan, and that next year will be my last year… And yet, I still feel as though I just arrived :p Apparently, this is me.… Read More Kyushu University Year 3 Start of Semester 1

Hey everyone. I know I haven’t been blogging regularly for quite some time. It’s not that I’ve forgotten about this blog, far from it, but that after the holidays where I had nothing to say, school turned out to have so many things going on that I’m barely treading water. Right now, I have 4… Read More Treading Water

A while back, I talked about how I was torn between two tutorials. Well, today, I got the results for the first tutorial application (we have to application periods – the second one is if you failed the first one). But first, which ゼミ did I choose in the end? As I said before, I really… Read More ゼミ results (Part 2)

Since I attended the last ゼミ説明会 (seminar introduction session) that I wanted to, I thought it’d be good to muse about it on the blog. And MEXT scholars, listen up, this is one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make in your MEXT life, and in your university, probably the most important decision.… Read More Choosing my ゼミ (Part 1)