My post graduate study was paid by Japanese scholarship. But after finishing my master degree, I could not extend it anymore. So I had to find other financial support to fund my PhD. I started to work part time from 9 am to 3 pm every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and...
During my first year here, I think Japan was really a flawless country. But parenting have changed my opinion about Japan. It is a tough country to live in! Having a child while working as a nurse with irregular shifts were not easy! I had to save some energies so I...
At the beginning, I was quite nervous because my Japanese ability was very limited. It was quite hard for me to communicate with the other Japanese staffs, elderly patients and their families due to my limited Japanese. Now, I am mastering more vocabularies but...
I am in Japan for almost two and half years. And I am already in love with Japan, its people and culture. When I came to Japan, I was worried about new culture, place, life style and people. Now I live in Kawasaki, back then I was in Tokyo. At the very beginning, it...
I am currently working on my thesis. I am trying to evaluate the relationship among three factors which are public arts, public open space and local people. I would like to know whether local people would appraise public art. Scholars have underlined the importance of...