ヨルダン＠留学生センターHP::Jordan@the Interntional Center webpage

Check this link that has information about countries of international students who studied Japanese language in the International Center of the University of Tokyo.
Look for Jordan and click it please!

東大の留学生センターの「留学生地図」を紹介いたします。
留学生地図とはセンターで日本語を学んだ学生たちの国に関する情報が載っている地図です。
下記のリンクをクリックしてください。　ヨルダンもチェックしてみてください！

http://www.todai-ic-nihongo.com/index_test.html

Summer Memories 4: The countdown before the entrance exams

One more addition to the old summer memories series of posts.
The period before the entrance exams was one of the most stressful times I ever had in my life.
I remember how my life system completely changed in that period..
I was like a prisoner in my room, going out just to buy food, met no human other than people I see on my way to the convenience store, staying awake until 5 or 6pm, then waking up again at 4pm..

Poor redbull can. I released all my stress on it.

It's amazing how "sounds" can store memories. There are a number of songs I used to play all the time while studying. Now when I listen to them, all the memories and the feelings of uncertainty and anxiousness just come back to me.
Not only songs, but also the semi (Cicada) sounds carry many memories of stress and worry.
Will talk about Cicada in the last summer memories post. Hope I will have time to make it..or maybe I will post it during the semi season of this year.

Trying to encourage myself

Makes me wonder what kind of mental state I had at that time

One day before the big battle - Never touched a book that day and had some rest

So here I am! I thank God 10000000 times for making me able to come this far.
I wish all new comers the best of luck!

蘇り＠東大

Renewal!
If you remember, these guys turn dreamy yellow in fall and loose all the leaves at last.
Reduce your tension and enjoy the fresh green!
Taken with ultra nice blue sky(TM) and super fresh green trees(TM)

Til next time~

To all of you applying to the MEXT scholarship

I will take some time to write a couple of notes that might be useful for scholarship applicants.

1) Carefully read and understand the notes, guidelines and the FAQ on the Embassy website.
2) Make sure to submit everything before the deadlines and the way you are required to submit it. (submit 3 copies of XX means THREE copies of XX!)
The embassy kindly provides a check list of the required stuff. Make sure to check it before submission.

*Research student? Entrance exams?
A research student is basically a non-degree student.
Before entering into the degree program,you have to pass the entrance exams of the university you are applying to. That's why the university first accepts you as a RESEARCH STUDENT (non-degree), until you pass the entrance exams.

So basically in the research student period, you prepare for your entrance exams and take Japanese language courses.

Entrance exams are held once a year (March) or twice a year(March and September) depending on your university and department.

To make things clearer, in my case I came here April 2008 as a research student. I took Japanese classes and prepared for the entrance exams during this period.
I took the entrance exams in September 2008 and started master officially in October 2008.

* Application forms : Study field? Study program?

As for the study field, just write about the knowledge you gained in the undergraduate program. I wrote stuff like :
In the OO course we were introduced to XX , YY , and how to ZZ ...
OO course provided me with a background on XX ...

For the study program, write about the things you want to study after you come to Japan and how you want to achieve your goals.
Make sure to make this field elaborative since its very important in the selection process.

For example,
I want to do my master program in the OO field.
I want to study OO from the XX perspective and investigate ways to YY.
Research goals can be achieved through experiments, evaluations to OO ...

Hope this was helpful.
Do your best and your hardwork shall be rewarded!

Sakura Quest Final

Here comes the post of the extremely extraordinary special great nice shots with the extremely nice special blue sky(TM).
Watch on your own responsibility and remember HQ for videos!

Ueno Park 6th of April

Trying to follow the style of our tea master, Ocha dono

Notice the sakura petal snow!
Scroll down to see a video of this.

More than 1000 trees in full bloom

Natural VS Artificial

Tokyo university 8th of April(Today!)

「まるで雪みたい！」というセリフが一番最初に思い浮かんだ。
It reminded me of this :
秒速５センチメートル　５ Centimeters per second

Sakura petals falling down like snow are one of the most beautiful things I saw. They carry this mysterious feeling of beauty mixed with light sadness on very short lasting wonderful moments of life...
When I see aging people stop by and stare at the nice scene, I understand their thoughts and feelings.

I hereby finish my sakura quest posts series!
The new semester started and deadlines started to follow me one after the other~ The more I advance in research the harder tasks become.
Will do my best!

Mascots? Sakura pictures?

Who do you prefer for this blog's mascot?

Proxy the foxy(TM)?
Who cries if you don't comment.



OR

Kanji chan the k-chan?
Who cries too if you don't comment

Vote now ~

By the way, forget about the last sakura post...
Pictures are really nothing compared to my yesterday's extremely extraordinary special great nice shots with the extremely nice special blue sky(TM).
I'm even afraid of posting them.. I almost got a heart attack from the beauty overload..seriously.
If I get 3 requests, I will post!
At that time, see the pictures on your responsibility!

Sakura Quest : Day2 満開です!!

Notes :
-The first part of this post are pictures/ videos near the place where I live.
-The second part are from Ueno park.
-All pics and videos are fresh! Taken today! By K-chan!
-High quality version of the videos is available. Make sure to see in HQ!
-Enjoy and comment plz!

I go to my lab 7 days a week. Today was Sunday so I took my time taking pictures for sakura in the neighborhood and in Ueno park which is -luckily- a 15min walk from my lab.

Part 1 : SAKURA near by ~ 近所の桜

Taking a video on bike.


View from Chiyoda line from Ayase to Kitasenju station.

Commercial Break

This post is brought to you by : Amani's World
このポストは「天日の世界」の提供でお送りします〜

Part 2:SAKURA＠UENO PARK : 上野公園の桜

Live from Ueno park

Pics could have been better if the sky was totally clear..
I remember spring skies here from last year..they can never be as clear as they are in Fall.

Sakura at ueno was just wonderful.
No words or videos can describe it.
FULL bloom...and FULL OF PEOPLE!
I learned a lesson : Don't go to ueno park on Sundays!

And the Sakura Quest continues..
Look forward for more~

新キャラ登場! ＠マイ机

いつも応援してくれるタマちゃんとマッグちゃんは新しい友達ができたみたい!
日曜日なので研究室の人にまだ紹介してないのです。
紹介するつもりはない〜オタクだと思われる訳がもう一つ増えてしまうしw

クローズアップ
かわいいハート君達は100円ショップで見た瞬間、がまんできなくて買ってしまった。
どうしても「飼いたい」と思った。
これからもよろしく〜

アラブのお花見＠井の頭公園

井の頭公園はもう少しだけで満開って感じだったけど天気がよくて気持ちよかった〜

そうそう！Hさんもいました！
お茶さんも！！
真ん中の二人はレバノン人のLさんとNさん

私さん、Hさんの妹、Hさん

今度のポストもお楽しみに!
それでは、失礼しまーす。

1年間の記念日！: One year anniversary!

Note:ブログをやめるもんじゃない！！
I'm not quitting my blog and I'm sure you knew it!

It was at exactly this time one year ago when I arrived to Tokyo.
One year has already passed..

Alhamdulellah first of all.
I want to thank my beloved family for their continuous encouragement and support.
During this year I had to overcome many challenges and difficulties. This sure made me a much stronger person.
Thanks for everyone who supported me so far and helped me become the one I am now.

Happy dreams come true anniversary!!
Happy coming to Japan anniversary!!

Important note::重要なお知らせ

I will stop blogging starting today.
I would like to thank everybody who supported this blog until now.
I would like to wish everybody a good luck.
Take care and beware of lies today!


ブログをやめます。
いつも投稿を読んでくれた皆さん、
ありがとうございました。
気をつけて＆誰にも騙されないように、この日に！！w