As promised, I have completed my service project for Freeman-ASIA. I have gladly helped out a local organization (called JAPASO) at my Indiana University of PA college for a term. I also helped out the Office of International Affairs office at the college with the Study Aboard Fair and the Pre-Departure meeting for students who are going aboard in ( Read more... )

Okay, sorry for the delay folks. The Seminar House internet base moved rooms two nights ago and I find I have to move my laptop down to the lounge here to get a good signal. I hate wireless>P

Day 1: I boarded my scheduled Shinkansen with little trouble. Within an two hours, I was officially in Tokyo. A lot of people told me that Tokyo station would ( Read more... )

Yatta!!!!! I made it to Tokyo and I didn't die either!!!!! *throws confetti* I was actually quiet relieved that the subways in Tokyo and on the Shinkansen have some English language going on. So that way I'm not completely turned around here in Tokyo. I won't write anything till I return to Nagoya because of 2 reasons.

1) The computers available at ( Read more... )

*crawls up from a deep pit* I'm still alive...despite my lack of updates. I'm so sorry to you guys who have been waiting oh-so-patiently for me to update. Forgive me!! That will change, thankfully enough, with the coming week. Yep! By the time Thursday rolls around, I will be officially done with school and my summer vacation will BEGIN!!!!! *does ( Read more... )

Hajimete means "first time" in Japanese. The International Office here at Nagoya Gakuin took all of the international students on a two-day trip to see Kyoto and Nara. I was really looking forward to this trip, seeing as Kyoto and Nara are some of the more popular destinations in Japan. Mostly due to having many famous temples and being the former ( Read more... )

Okiee-day. Somebody asked for an update and here it be. I had planned to go to a famous shrine in Nagoya this weekend, it's said that one of the three Imperial Regalia of the royal family is housed there. Sadly my plans backfired on me and the next thing I know is that Saturday was over and I had a lot of stuff to do on Sunday>P So, I only managed ( Read more... )

Joe is actually spelled "Jyo" in Japanese and it means castle, while "ko" means port. During my Golden Week vacation I did a little travel around Nagoya. I also wanted to go to Osaka to see my friend Erin, but that didn't work out, so the next best thing was to look around the city. My first visit was to Nagoya-ko, "Nagoya Port".

After my room mate ( Read more... )

My next door neighbor Lorri Dunlap asked me about more information about my classes so....Here it is!!!!! *fanfare plays*

To start off it off, I'll talk about my language class. This class is (obviously) every single day, but usually varies. What I mean is that depending on the day, I may have it twice or maybe only once. The twice-a-day class ( Read more... )

So, after whining, complaining, cursing Photobucket and threatening my computer with a Three-Story Drop of Death, I've FINALLY found a site will accept most of pictures (I couldn't post five pictures for reasons unknown). Thanks goes to my cousin Skyler (<3) for commenting me. He knew two other host sites for pictures and whatnot. The new site is ( Read more... )

Okay, Photobucket doesn't like my pictures, so I've loaded them onto LJ.....Not too sure how many I can upload, but I'll try and find another host site for my pics. In the mean time, if you DO want to see my pics of Nagoya so far, click on "User Info" on the right hand side of the screen or just click on my little icon! You'll then be re-directed ( Read more... )