Today's Picture: 065

[akujunkan]

Is of:


my air conditioner. This tiny little machine, jammed as you can see into the corner of my rectangle, is what I am supposed to use to heat and cool the entire apartment. As might be surmised from its position at the uppermost corner across from the closet, it performs neither of these duties admirably.

Its lack of effectiveness is compounded by the fact that there is no door between the bedroom and kitchen area, which means that even if I run it constantly (read: run up INSANE electricity bills) only the inch of atmosphere below the ceiling gets heated/chilled before said heat/coolness is sucked out through the drafty front door. So basically, I don't use it, which is why it's unplugged. My kotatsu got me through the winter; it remains to be seen what will get me through the summer.



That will be all.

Comments

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Ah, I've heard about it but I couldn't tell you anything more. I could try asking around on campus though, if you like.

I will say that the ESS is crazy aggressive here and the school's idea of providing extra-curricular language support is "You can get a language exchange partner." (Um, excuse me, but if your students want to learn English so badly, they can leave their family and friends behind to go to Australia or wherever and do it. Pardon the negativity^^)

OTOH the academic writing course I audited last year was crazy intensive, so if it's at all indicative the program itself is pretty good.

[reppu.livejournal.com]

I would appreciate any info you can glean from others about the SKP thing. Applications are due on the 20th, blah. I am wavering between getting a job or going back to school. How much longer are you there?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

I'll be here until March of next year at the earliest. But the way my thesis is going, it could be much, much longer... (T_T)

Good luck with everything, not matter what option you go with!

[reppu.livejournal.com]

Good to know I'd have a friend down there if I went! I really do want to improve my Japanese, and I'm still a student at heart, but I gots bills to pay! The uni doesn't give you jobs, eh? Strangely enough, I had a uni job last time I was here...@__@

Right, and did you come through a university back home, or apply directly to Ritsu?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Well, you can apply for TA positions if you're a grad level student or higher, but I don't know what's available for SKP people.

My U.S. university has a relationship with Rits, but I still applied directly to Rits...did the essays, the interviews, the whole shebang.

[reppu.livejournal.com]

I think I might have to give Ritsu up. The app is due in 15 days and I don't have enough time to get recommendations. Besides, if I am inbetween schools, am I a grad student or "other?" Gah!