new website^^

http://kuwu.blogspot.com/

this is the new website^^ please log in with ID and PW below. thank you.
ID: koreawaseda@gmail.com
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mayu

dear all

Dear all^^

im sorry for the confusion, but i do not know how to make this website open as it was......
so i will make new one and let you all know very soon.

sincerely,
mayu

遂に参りました！！

Hello everybody~
it's been a while since i wrote here~
it was the final exam week last week so i had been little occupied with the test prep.
the week was physically and mentally challenging but now i feel more relieved that it's over (regardless of my performance^^;)
still there's one report that i have to send till wed. so~~~>_<;
after the test, i was busy meeting and having fun with my buddies~
today morning, lotta snow fell and it was all white looking out from my dorm(which is located at mountainside) it was so beautiful (though it was annoying to go outside)

anyways, on ari's question~
my winter vacation plan is to study for my diplomat exam~
i couldn't concentrate on this due to my school activity but finally i can focus more on this from now on... so i will be busy "studying" T_T but gambarimasu!

also, i will look forward to naoki's visit to korea late feb.
hope i can help him settle here if i have enough chance to do so~

i wonder how u guys are all doing
hope we can contact each other more actively thru this website or any other means(msn, skype, etc.)
i started watching "nodame cantabile" just for fun from today~
it seems interesting though i didn't see much yet;

hope to hear from all of you guys
Dong-In

p.s. i post the pics of korea univ. science campus which i took last month.

About the session in this term.

Hi, everyone^^ I am Naoki.
It's already more than 3 weeks since the session was over.
I miss you...>_<

What is your impression about the session in this term?
Do you think that was successful or successful?

In my opinion, the session in general was successful in that we were able to do some of what we did not do and we could not do in the last session. For example, I am sure that the pre-studying meeting was of great help to make the quality of discussion better and deeper. Also, Having had a break during the session made it possible for us to keep our consentration. In addition, most of us tried to make more remarks than we did in the last session.

However, it is clear that there are still much room for improving the session. If I cite my favorite
phrase, Iwill say "the session still leaves much to be desired!" For example, although we had exchanged the materials used in the next session in advance therefore they must have known what kind of questions they would be asked, there were some members who made little remarks during the session. We need to reconsider the meaning of the pre-studying meeting. Also, I felt as if we were just saying what we thought and listenning to what the other side thought. I mean, the discussion sometimes seemed to be something different from discussion.

At any rate, the TV conference has just started. Let's make the next session better one together!

I am looking forward to participating in the next session from KU side.

또 만나서 이야기 많이 합시다!!

Hi

hey, guys. it has already passed 2 weeks since TV conf . is over.....
How have you been these days?
i have been working on 2 reports that i have to hand in next week now.
but after i handed in the reports, my vacation is waiting!!! lol
i cant wait for the vacation.
What about you guys? Do you have any special plans for winter break?

Ari

KU in Autumn 2

These are around the Central Square(中央広場）.

As you can see from the first pic, there's like this underground facilty which KU students call 'Go-Ex'(naming after famous shopping multicomplex "Co-Ex" in downtown Seoul). There are convenient stores, a few restaurants, bookshop, study rooms(mostly...), some school administration offices where students could stop by to get the service they want. this underground structure connects all the buildings nearby so especially during winter and summer when it's too cold and hot, u can just move around without going outside(even when it's rainy^^)

3rd pic is the scene of the Headquarters and the Dept. of Literature building which are the symbols of KU.
4th pic is a part of the Main Gate and the sight of the Centennial Memorial building constructed in May 2005.
It's where students can study and use computers (there are lots of seats!!) and u can even see DVD movies. The top of the building is a garden where students rarely happen to go(at least me^^;;)

The color of KU is crimson red(similar to WU's). I don't know whether it's becoz of this but KU campus turns red in spring and fall. maybe the one who designed it had that kinda theme in mind in the first place. thus, in spring, KU's full of these red-colored flowers called chul-juk(철쭉) which is KU's school flower and in fall, full of red maple leaves.

KU in Autumn

As I wander around KU campus, i thought it would be too selfish to enjoy these scenery by myself so i urged my lazy body to take pictures of my school for the first time ever since i entered KU.

Part of reason might be to let u guys(waseda members) to see parts of KU campus, especially providing naoki a sneak peak of how KU would look like during fall. I wonder how Waseda would look during fall~~^^

by the way, i couldn't believe yesterday the whole session for this semester was over.
i wanted to share more ideas and wanted to know more of you guys but guess the time and my ability didn't allow that to satisfy my desire fully.^^;

hope there would be more frequent and open chances to do so hereafter.

Dong-In

P.S. there are more pics so i will upload them here from time to time~

The last session>_<

Hi, it's Masayo~.

How was your weekend, all? I hope you had a great time ^_^
The next Mon. will be our last session... I am so sad from nowＴ＿Ｔ

The last topic is "Juvenile Crimes", but actually Dana and I are praparing about not only Junenile Crimes but also Juvenile Problems, especially focusing on IJIME.

We 'd like to talk about problems with children(juveniles) in KR & JP.

I am looking forward seeing you all, soon★
Ｂｙｅ～

sorry sorry T^T-from jungsun

Hi, friends.
I'm so sorry....
Actually, I had registerd my resume before entered the session.
Suddenly I heard she hires me at last monday on the cell phone.
So, I couldn't be there...
Because I work every monday, I can't be there any more.
I wanna be there... but I can't.
I'm sorry both waseda and korea univ.
And, I hope, have a good session.
Bye. ^^a

p.s. really sorry...

Those who are interested!

From coming Friday, Nov. 24th, 5th Annual Korea-Japan Univ. student Economic Forum' will be held.
6 univ from korea and japan pariticipate in this forum: Korea, Yonsei, Seoul National, Waseda, Keio, Tokyo.

I am not sure where it will be held in japan but i think u can find it thru univ homepage or something if u're interested.

the topics and presentations are...
10:00~10:50 Korea Univ. Influences on National Competitiveness
11:00~11:50 Keio Should Japan Fear Outsourcing?
12:00~12:50 Seoul National Univ. Economic Analysis and Solution of Aging society
14:30~15:20 Waseda Univ. Economic efficiency of the emission trading
15:30~16:20 Yonsei An empirical study about the effect of investment
16:30~17:20 Tokyo Theories and Practice of Microfinance

seems a little bit "in-depth" matters^^;;;
but i guess there would be someone like misako and emi who major in economics and also others who might be interested in.
(though i am not sure if ppl would 'notice' this before 11/24~)

Why care about English?

It seemed to me during our last session on english education that
Korean elementary schools put more emphasis on english edu during eartly stage than
its jp counterpart. Even Korean parents and people supposedly are eager and pay more attention to learning english.

I happened to come up with a supposition of my own while i was studying.
Can such pattern be related to a country's dependency level on foreign trade?

Japanese economy relies on foreign trdae only for like 30% which means only 30% of jp ppl account for business oversea while 70% can live their lives by running business domestically.
Constrastingly, Korean economy's dependency on oversea trade is around 70% which means over half of its people have jobs that are related to trade with foreign countries.

Either directly or indirectly, it implies that korean economy cannot survive without the interaction with countries oversea, possibly putting more pressure on koreans to learn english in order to survive in competitive society.

I want to explicate more on this for more definite argument but it would take much time to elaborate as such~~^^ if this is not clear, we can talk more about this later.

-Dong-In