Last week, the National Civil Service Examination was over. Many people around me applied to take that examination. They talked about the interview with smiles and confidence. After all, our department is designed to help people enter the public sector. We have many law lectures and other lectures tend to have a macro perspective. In […]
When I was a high school student, any decent university campus could blow me away. I used to explore my campus and tried to find things that were interesting when I was a freshman. I was even going to other universities and walking around on their campus. Now, that kind of motivation is just gone. […]
I bought many reference book when I was preparing for graduate schools’ entrance examinations. During that time, I was gathering information though blogs written by people who actually experienced those examinations. Basically, I bought almost every books they recommended. Although I had only read 40% of the books I bought, I would never know if […]
In Japan, when people talk about international students, people always naturally expect them to be the bridge(架け橋) between Japan and their homeland. However, today I want to explain not only why this doesn’t work but also why this kind of thinking is selfish or even offensive. The dean of our department talked with me several […]
English is the common language of my graduate school. In any official events or major lectures, I am required to speak English even if Japanese can help me to express what I want to say more precisely. Not to mention the average Japanese professors’ English lectures do not sound very enjoyable. Japanese is the common […]
Most people around me who like shooting pictures are using DSLR cameras. They also seems like the mainstream of the Japanese photography world. I have never used any of those kind of cameras for many reasons. Before I start complaining about DSLRs, I want to clarify that I know they are still efficient tools for […]
I don’t know whether the so called “International Exchange” is a common concept across the world, but some Japanese people really seem to like this. Unfortunately, based on my personal experiences, “International Exchange” is one of my most hated things in Japan. It gave me a lot of bad memories. When my Japanese language was […]