aim high

switching modes

brave0angel — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:51:51 +0000

Besides all of those school research I do, I have to do my MA thesis… which is on a topic of Psycholinguistics. My professor and my sempai reviewed my proposal on Friday… which means that I gave a presentation in front of them… yeah, and expectedly, they gave me negative comments about it… I was so confident that I did well this time, but I guess not!! All my work and effort was thrown away into burning fire after looking at it for like 15 minutes. These things happen like all the time, so I am used to it, but still, when people shoot me down without giving it a little more time, and when this kinda thing occurs repeatedly over a year, it can make you sick of life in this school. Though I know deep inside that it my own problem, not the others who shoot me down (evaluate negatively of my work) right away, because it is a fact that you have to have a certain level of academic intelligence in order to survive in the world of academia…, I still feel tired and lifeless. I was literally depressed… and I looked for a solution and found one to this problem of mine.

PARTY IT UP! and HAVE FUN!

I deserved it for god sakes. What I needed was to be able to switch two different modes when necessary. Two different modes here of course refer to the party mode & the study mode. If i only have the studying mode, I just drag myself down to hole of complete silence where I start concerning about stupid little shit, like my own reputations n such. But if I have the party mode, I could use the studying mode more wisely… actually concentrate on the study only, and not other things. Now come to think of it, the best grade for a semester I got during college was when I studied hard, but this was the semester I partied the most. Interestingly enough, there has already been an empirical evidence that I do better with the two modes of partying and studying. I do not know why I didn’t realize that I should use this life strategy here. But now I am glad I did realize.

I partied hard with my friends in Tokyo on Saturday til Sunday morning, made new friends, and didn’t care about anything but the fun of the moment. Sure, I felt like shit when I came back home, and sure, I still have alcohol burns on my tongue even now. But I have never concentrated on my studies more than ever before. I have been doing so much stuff since Sunday night – Tuesday night so far. I have a feeling that I can keep up my concentration, until Friday, because I know I can switch my studying mode to my partying mode on Saturday. Even if I had to sacrifice some braincells for the best result, I can’t deny the fact that the mode switch is an incredible invention, and there is no question of it serving as the savior of my life.

Admission : California State University, Fresno

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:09:00 +0000

MA Program in Linguistics (no PhD)

Application Deadline : March 1st (Fall), September 30th (Spring)

Test Score: TOEFL

Others: Transcripts, Letters of Recommendation (2), Bank statement ($20,000)

Memo: They don’t offer a PhD program in Linguistics. Maybe I shouldn’t apply to this school. I wish I knew this earlier…

Admission : University of California, Davis

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:50:33 +0000

Fellowship Application Deadline: January 15th

Application Deadline : March 1st (international students)

Test Scores : GRE, TOEFL

Others: Transcripts, Sample writing, Proposal, Letters of Recommendation (3), $80

Memo: It will take 12 weeks to process the application. Apply online.

International Gender and Language Association

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:49:59 +0000

IGALA: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/index.html

This is where I should be presenting my papers in future

grad school : Stanford University

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:46:55 +0000

Department of Linguistics, Stanford University.

I would be delighted to work under Dr. Eckert’s supervision, or more desirably, with her.

http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/

Happy Hikikomori =)

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:57:34 +0000

Today I woke up at noon and just looked up potential graduate schools I can apply to for next year. At around 4PM I was hungry so I went to that new bakery around the corner again Because I went at an earlier time than last time, I had more to choose from! Yay!! I got a loaf of white bread (very very silky and soft inside), curry filled bun, cheesy baguette, veggies & tomato sauce on a bun, and tuna & cheese roll. I had some of them and they tasted very very nice. I’m so happy the shop is within the walking distance from my apartment.

Then at around 6PM, I started working on my assignment for class, which is due not until next Monday. I didn’t finish it. Well, technically, I could keep working and finish it tonight because it’s 2/3 done, but I don’t feel like it.

Basically, I felt like I wanted to bum around today, and I did. lol Everybody has a day like this, right?　Happy 引きこもり(hikikomori = someone who doesn’t get out of your room all day, or the act of.)！lol

Though I gotta admit… when I am not productive, I do feel guilty at the end of the day…

LSA Summer Institute 2009

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:48:55 +0000

will be held at Berkeley! http://www.lsadc.org/info/inst-future.cfm

It would be awesome if I could go before I start my program in Fall 2009.

grad school : University of California Los Angeles

brave0angel — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:23:43 +0000

The Department of Anthropology at UCLA would be really nice for my research. I’m thinking either Linguistic Anthropology or Sociocultural Anthropology… Probably Linguistic.

UCLA Department of Anthropology : http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/Research/fourfields

UCLA Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture : http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/clic/

UCLA Discourse Lab : http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/discourse/

grad school : U.C. Berkeley

brave0angel — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:10:26 +0000

Dr. Lakoff would be an awesome supervisor… I will regret it for the rest of my life if I don’t give it a shot. U. C. Berkeley – check!!!

http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/people/person_detail.php?person=22

Oh, but I will need a GRE score to apply.

grad school : California State U, Fresno

brave0angel — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:36:19 +0000

I’ve taken Dr. Okamoto’s course at LSA Summer Institute 2003, and she is the one who made me want to get into the field. It seems like she collaborates with Dr. Smith at U.C. Davis as well. I need to keep this school on my list. Cool.

http://www.csufresno.edu/linguistics/faculty_staff/faculty/okamoto.shtml