Don't all go off at the same time, man!
2 projects from my J-Studies and J-Language module just got wrapped up today. Sui sui. Now as far as these 2 modules are concerned I'm down to the final exams.
I'm too lazy for words. But I should still say, most of my coursemates and I fell in love with Japan even more after the whole course, in ways that differ from person to person. I, for one, had a very different view of the Samurai before this course, and I came out with a very different impression of them. I've now seen the more human, everyday side of the Samurai, I guess.
And many other things, of course. Like the precarious balance that is the national identity of Japan. I totally had no idea.
And to my project group mates, nice working with you guys. I'm glad we embarked on this topic, somehow. It's got its academic value I daresay. Compared to sushi and samurai, that is :D
My favourite part of the research would go to the part on Meiji Restoration. Their obsession with achieving excellence was... mind blowing. And inspiring.
And I still don't buy the victim mindset of WW2 Japan. They can call me brainwashed by the victors' justice of the Allies, but I won't exactly say I believe the Allies; I only believe the tens of thousands of Chinese killed in WW2. I'm Chinese after all. and there're just some things we can never joke about, I think.
It was with mixed feelings that I slotted the term paper into Shumin's mailbox.
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We've finally wrapped things up for LAJ presentation. Our improv was classic!
「ストレスに なると (!) 」
and I'll check out more of 推背图 this summer.
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And now my core modules, don't all come charging at me at once!
