How Hard....?
Is it to reply to a e-mail??
I mean seriously...how hard? I know that it will probably take some extra hand-moving work. However it does not take long, maybe a minute or two. All I need is a reply.
I once told my father a long time ago: "I am to busy to answer texts or e-mail"
and his sharp reply: "You can always make time to answer. You just choose not to."
This post comes after two people who are...higher up then me still have not reply to my e-mails. The best part is...I even know they have read them. Both of them just do not want to take the time to reply. Or they do not have the respect to. Funny thing is when I see them again they will pretend that it never exist.
One of these people...let call this person "Greek"...takes advantage of me. Greek is nice to me whenever it suits him.
BTW Greek is not a boyfriend or even a friend or even a guy I like.
Whenever he needs help doing something he cannot possibly understand. However whenever Greeks angry he always takes it out on me or accuses me of something I have not done.
Now I have another friend...let's call Bubbly...tells me to stick up to Greek. However Greek treats Bubbly ten times better then he does with me. Bubbly will not stick up to me...only give me advice.
Now Bubbly has more hours then I do.
So for the past three weeks Greek has treated me swimmingly. Now he has reverted back into being a jerk. Greek got my hopes up and left me with nothing. The least he could do is reply to a simple e-mail. I know it must be hard to write back to a simple simpleton like me, however I assure you it will make this ordinary civilian happy =D
Have I confused anyone yet?
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Studying
Sunday, September 30, 2012 @ 9:51 PM
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Midterms is almost upon me and a dozen other University Students. The time for studying has arrived and that in itself is a tad bit depressing. At least the view outside is not that bad. I took this from one of the study halls at my Uni.
I really do not enjoy Midterms. Though in all honestly I really should not complain. I am after all only taking three classes this semester.
The class that I started studying for this week is Psychology.
Psych is suppose to be fun. In High School I got a ninety in it and loved it. This year I feel like it is a drag and I am pushing myself through it.
I also have this huge fear of failing it. Deep down I just really want to do well in Psych.
Also there is that English Essay due next week as well as my Japanese midterm (which I have not started studying for).
To put it bluntly: I am stress beyond belief. Even though I like to pretend I am this great multi-tasker in truth I am not. It is really hard for me to schedule my life and keep to that time. I always find some distraction or something.
However I realize that if I am going to succeed at Uni I really need to start to learn to be a multitasker!!
Yesterday I hit up the Asian Food Market :D I was craving Pearl Milk Tea. The only place to get tapioca pearls and big straws is there. I also picked up some pocky, ramune and Calpis Water. I did not know they sold Calpis Water. I was a tad bit shock about that. My favourite drink, while I live, in Taiwan was Calpis Water. :D
I keep trying to make the best "Pearl Milk Tea". However I fail each time :( It is not so much the tea and syrup part but the tapioca pearls. Whenever I cook Tapioca pearls they always come out not as soft as I predict them to be. I have tried different things and used different recipes (found online).
My host mom in Taiwan could make a really, really good homemade Pearl Milk Tea!! Maybe I should just ask her hahaha.
So I saw my Academic Advisor on Friday =D She gave me the "nods" on the exchange =D Which meaning I can officially apply.
She told me that I should only take the first two Japanese classes my Universities offer as I'll probably do a lot overseas (or that is what happen with the other girl who went last year).
So instead of taking Japanese classes I should focus on my core and electives. ^_^
I am not allowed to apply until January 2013 =D
So I do not think I will be writing much about my exchange progress (process) for a while :(
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Culture of Words
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @ 10:38 PM
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Life is kind of funny!! I feel like everyone that I knew in High School has disappeared. The friends I use to be close with are all gone. However with this change comes all new people, friends and relationships.
However what does not change is some of my interests and goals.
I started learning Japanese five years ago. Although I started a long time ago I still feel like a beginner. I feel like I have not yet completed the beginners stages of Japanese. In honestly I always believe there is something more. More vocab. More rules. More...and this beginner Japanese I am talking about.
When some of my friends ask me to teach them a few words in Mandarin or Japanese I generally refuse. Why? I feel there is someone, way, more experience to teach them.
So when I started University on September 4th , 2012 and signed up for Japanese 100 my previous teacher as baffled. She ask me why I did not try to begin at a higher level and I told her: "Because I still feel there is more to learn. I do not feel experience enough to jump ahead."
Every teacher is different. One math teacher is not the same as a another. Every teacher has something to bring to the table. It the same for languages. All language teachers have different ways and styles of teaching things.
My favourite class this semester is by far Japanese. I love my classmates and professor. Sure, I do find some of the material easy. However, I enjoy the refresher. Also my writing always need improving.
I also have been able to learn some new words, or words I did not (previously) study hard enough on.
Languages have always fascinated me. There is always something new to learn about them. There is never a time when a refresher is not needed or good.
A language is more then just words, there is a culture beneath everything that is said or written.
In other news...
I am meeting with my Academic Advisor on Friday :D
There I will talk with her about my exchange, if I am allowed to go and what schools in Japan I want to attend.
I have already chosen one school I think would benefit me. I have heard good things about it from fellow classmates and my Japanese professor.
However until I have a application form in my hands or know more I am not going to say what school I want to or think I want to ...attend.
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About
Monday, September 24, 2012 @ 3:39 PM
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So this is where I do my little introduction thingy. It is the start of my journal and suppose to be enticing enough that readers will want to read more. It is kind of like the prologue of a book.
To bad I do not know how to get your guys attention. All I do know how to do is write and so that is what I shall do. I warn you...it may be boring.
I am probably going to look back on this in 2 years, maybe 1, or possibly even sooner...6 months and cringe. Oh well!!!
So the basic details about me are:
Name: Maura Kathleen
Age: 19
B.D: July 18th. 1993
Country: Canada
Occupation: University Student / Barista
Fav Artist: Marina & The Diamonds
Fav Food: Potatoes, Omelette Rice, Waxed Apples, Lasagna
Fav Colour: Purple
Likes: Movies, Hanging out with Friends, reading, writing, languages, traveling
Dislikes: ......
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Everyone welcome to A Girl Flying in The Clouds !! Originally I was going to call this : Flying in the Clouds !! However that is already taken. Why was I going to call it that?
My chinese name is : 云菲 . The first symbol represents clouds and the second represent flying. So basically the catch of it is: Flying in the Clouds. My host mother would always say: Daydreamer haha.
So with my poor luck of "Flying in the Clouds" <--because is that not original?--- being taken I decided to add more words. Eventually is became : "A Girl Flying in The Clouds" <---is that not even more original??
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Wait.... what is with the host mother...chinese name...stuff?
Well in 2011-2012 I was a exchange student ^___^ I lived in Taipei, Taiwan. I went to school ^_^ Learned chinese. Became independent. Became more outgoing. Met the most a-mazing friends. Traveled. Cried. Got homesick. Learned to play Tennis. Learned about another culture.
All of it was possible...thanks to RYE (Rotary Youth Exchange).
Taipei 101
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Now it is time to start Adventure #2. My goal for 2012-2013 is to go back to Asian. On a University Exchange. This time to Japan.
What most people do not know is that I was originally destined for Japan. Rotary Japan accepted me, however due to the earthquake I was not allowed to go. It has been my life long dream to study in Japan and I am not giving up.
I have been studying Japanese for 5 years (and am now majoring in it @ the University). I got to spend two weeks in Japan on a High School Trip and loved it.
Now I am putting my heart, determination, motivation and goals towards spending a year there as a exchange student. If accepted, I would leave in the beginning of 2014.
This blog will document my process on trying to become a exchange student in Japan as well as my daily life.
This may seem like I am "Flying in the Clouds", however it has been my life long dream. I loved my year in Taiwan and now I have the need/urge to return to Asia ^_^
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