The life in Japan is forth going. There is a lot of things going on here mostly with the university. I think next week there is a university festival over 4 days where all the clubs and circles on the university will show up and I guess try to get new members. I'll see next week what it's all about! At least there is no school for two extra days next week!
I've got a bit more installed in my 研究室, my academic advisor wants me to do some kind of research so he has given me a computer that I'm going to set up as a server and do some kind of simulations on it. I think it will prove very interesting! It's in the quantum field and I have no idea about stuff like that. I've been trying three different quantum theory lectures but decided to every one of them not to take the them, it's too hard with my current japanese and math skills. Apparently my tutor is going to give me 1-1 lessons so I can learn something, it'll be interesting!
But everything here is of course not about school! The japanese students that was in sweden last year had a welcome party for me and the other swedish student that are here in Chiba this thursday. Together we went to a japanese restaurant and ate different japanese food and drank japanese drinks! I had really fun and even got to use my very underused swedish for a while!
fredag 26 oktober 2012
lördag 20 oktober 2012
Sea
Today I went down to the sea of Japan! It's an hours walk from the dormitory so its close and its also a straight way without turns so there is no chance of getting lost. And if you don't appreciate the beach there is also a park in connection with the beach that seems beautiful, did not check that out that much just walked a bit in it on the way back. Sadly I do not have a camera, but I brought my cellphone!
onsdag 17 oktober 2012
Wifi!
Now I've been here in Chiba for almost two whole weeks! Can't say that I am used to it or anything like that but I can say that I know a bit more how everything works in school and such. It feels a bit odd to not have regular practice lessons to every course I'm taking but I think I'll get used to that part. But sometimes during the lectures they without warning they give out some math work or statistical 問題 or something like that and then you have too little time to realize what you just received before it's time to turn it in. Of course the japanese people doesn't have the same problem as me instead they yawn and scribble down something fast. Perhaps I'll manage to survive those random tasks later on.
I went to a quantum mechanics introduction course this monday, that was a interesting experience that I hope I'll never have to do again. When the teacher enters the classroom he says something about that the regular teacher is not here today and we are going to to some practice.. and he gives out a paper with something I actually could read. But sadly that was the only thing I could do with the paper because the task was to prof some kind of complex matrices or something, and I saw like a questionmark for half an hour then left the classroom in shame. Sadly I have to get back because even that it was hard there is probably not any easier course in quantum mechanics. . .
Other then studying, I've visited the aikido club here once and tried it out. It was a bit different from what I've been training in sweden but the basic principle is the same. The aikido trains 3 times a week but sadly I can only attend to max 2 of them. On wednesday I got the honor to listen to someone from my professors office (研究室、forskarrum?) when he (probably.. not seen many girls) tells about a report/letter/article that is relevant to the science they do. The speaker speaks in japanese and has powerpoint slides in english, and afterwards people ask questions. The one I've been to this far was kinda hard to understand the japanese part but reading the english part was easy ^_^.
I've also decided to go down one level in the japanese course, mainly because one of my teachers more or less asked me to do it, and also because I think I can practice a lot more talking at that level. Hopefully I did the right choice!
Just to make this a bit longer I can report that connecting my Macbook air with the university's wifi seems like a impossible task. I asked the it-support for help and one guy tried his best to connect to the wifi but after alot of trying he just showed me an now unused relic from the past, a wep wifi that my computer actually could connect to. What the problem with the wpa one is still unclear.
/ Me
I went to a quantum mechanics introduction course this monday, that was a interesting experience that I hope I'll never have to do again. When the teacher enters the classroom he says something about that the regular teacher is not here today and we are going to to some practice.. and he gives out a paper with something I actually could read. But sadly that was the only thing I could do with the paper because the task was to prof some kind of complex matrices or something, and I saw like a questionmark for half an hour then left the classroom in shame. Sadly I have to get back because even that it was hard there is probably not any easier course in quantum mechanics. . .
Other then studying, I've visited the aikido club here once and tried it out. It was a bit different from what I've been training in sweden but the basic principle is the same. The aikido trains 3 times a week but sadly I can only attend to max 2 of them. On wednesday I got the honor to listen to someone from my professors office (研究室、forskarrum?) when he (probably.. not seen many girls) tells about a report/letter/article that is relevant to the science they do. The speaker speaks in japanese and has powerpoint slides in english, and afterwards people ask questions. The one I've been to this far was kinda hard to understand the japanese part but reading the english part was easy ^_^.
I've also decided to go down one level in the japanese course, mainly because one of my teachers more or less asked me to do it, and also because I think I can practice a lot more talking at that level. Hopefully I did the right choice!
Just to make this a bit longer I can report that connecting my Macbook air with the university's wifi seems like a impossible task. I asked the it-support for help and one guy tried his best to connect to the wifi but after alot of trying he just showed me an now unused relic from the past, a wep wifi that my computer actually could connect to. What the problem with the wpa one is still unclear.
/ Me
söndag 7 oktober 2012
Chiba
I've now been living in Chiba (千葉) for about a week. I've got a new living quarter and started my life as a student in Chiba University (千葉大学). Everything here is new for me and it's only been a week so I havent yet got accustomed to it.
My tiny apartment is about 13 kvm (guessing) but it still got everything a person needs to survive. The kitchen part has a tiny tiny refrigerator with build in cooler, one plate that goes on 100V so it's slow. And there is also a sink which takes up most of the place in the kitchen area. The bathroom has a moving sink that goes over the toilet when you wish to shower, otherwise it's a minimal toilet with a huge sink. It my apartment I also have a bed (a bit too short for me.. ), a desk and then some different storing spaces. All as all it's a nice apartment but I havent got used to the small space yet. And for the rent that I have this is certainly livable.
During my first week here I've done all the necessary things, and most of them I've got help to do through the university. I've been to the Ward Office and changed my adress. Worth to note is when you move and change adress you have to go to the old ward office and notify them that you're going to move before going to the new ward office and register. If I had not notice that about 3 hours before moving I would had a huge problem..
Going to lectures in the university when everything is in Japanese has been not as horrible as I anticipated. I can't say it's been easy and that I've understood everything but at least I've been able to understand a fraction of what has been saying.
After a couple of months I think I'll get used to living here.
My tiny apartment is about 13 kvm (guessing) but it still got everything a person needs to survive. The kitchen part has a tiny tiny refrigerator with build in cooler, one plate that goes on 100V so it's slow. And there is also a sink which takes up most of the place in the kitchen area. The bathroom has a moving sink that goes over the toilet when you wish to shower, otherwise it's a minimal toilet with a huge sink. It my apartment I also have a bed (a bit too short for me.. ), a desk and then some different storing spaces. All as all it's a nice apartment but I havent got used to the small space yet. And for the rent that I have this is certainly livable.
During my first week here I've done all the necessary things, and most of them I've got help to do through the university. I've been to the Ward Office and changed my adress. Worth to note is when you move and change adress you have to go to the old ward office and notify them that you're going to move before going to the new ward office and register. If I had not notice that about 3 hours before moving I would had a huge problem..
Going to lectures in the university when everything is in Japanese has been not as horrible as I anticipated. I can't say it's been easy and that I've understood everything but at least I've been able to understand a fraction of what has been saying.
After a couple of months I think I'll get used to living here.
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