mcgregor
10-03-2005, 08:51 PM
First day of class. History of Global Governance II under Prof Keiji Nakatsuji, a graduate of University of Chicago (or was it from a university in Chicago?) 
Class starts at 10:40, second period. I came ten minutes earlier. At first I was a bit apprehensive about it. I absolutely have no idea how class is conducted here in Rits or in Japan, for that matter. :rolleyes: Well, yeah Iâve had classes taught by Japanese senseis. I had a three-month Japanese Language Course in the Philippines and another two months at JICA Osaka, but I was thinking those are special courses for JDS Fellows so, I didnât presume our class this morning would be carried out in the same manner.
True enough, it was different. Boy, do I love it! 
Professor Keiji is very eloquent. Although there were still words like Human Rights, which he pronounced as Human Lights, I understood him very well. I find him insightful, frank yet respectful. He jumps from one topic to another. He started by showing us a photograph of Woodrow Wilson (which I didnât recognize) and discussed the import of the man in the founding of the United Nations, who, interestingly, âwas not so âreveredâ in his country because he has no memorial in the US unlike Kennedy, nor an airport named after him.â
He could say âI am pathetic to the idea of qualifying Post September 11 as world epoch because it is highly political. This is supposed to be an academic discussion although we could not exactly veer away from politics since politics is part and parcel of our main course. Yet I am fully aware of the significance of the World Trade Center bombing in the history of the world in relation to US foreign policy, the war against terror/terrorism.â 
Hahaha, ang galing, no? I am already anticipating grand debates about world issues in class J
Then he asked us what our ideas are about the world- was it unifying or was it becoming more diverse? What do you think about the widening gap between the rich and the poor? Looking at it from a global perspective is just huge. Wow, it has been a very long time since I last thought about these things. :rolleyes:
How profound his issues are. How he made globalization seem like a totally new concept whereas during my undergraduate years, it has become so trite I feel like my ears involuntary shut at a sign of yet another encounter. Then he made mention about radicalization being a manifestation of the extremistsâ opposition to a single countryâs world dominance. Nicely put. The idea wasnât exactly new but the way he said it made the perception outstandingly unbiased and at the same time sensitively academic. 
I like it. I am aware that we have not really discussed anything but the introduction yet I felt so ensconced in the course already.
Needless to say, I really felt at home sitting at the center of the âedifying roomâ- to romanticize it.
Thank you Lord for this opportunity! Ang sarap mag-aral!
I am truly looking forward to attending my other classes, full of hope that theyâll be just as enriching.
mcgregor
10-03-2005, 09:00 PM
naku, parang mali.
dapat yta sa misc ko pinost 'to. 
sumimasen
puting tainga
10-03-2005, 09:17 PM
Hi, mcgregor
I am happy to read your letter.
I hope you keep giving it your best and showâem all how competent you are.
betong
10-04-2005, 12:03 AM
Glad youâre enjoying your stay and most of all the reason of your staying here.
pointblank
10-04-2005, 02:18 PM
At first I was a bit apprehensive about it. I absolutely have no idea how class is conducted here in Rits or in Japan, for that matter.
Rits? Meaning Ritsumeikan? Which campus are you in, sa Kyoto o Biwako? Ilan kayong Pinoy diyan, marami ba?
mcgregor
10-04-2005, 08:14 PM
hai, ritsumeikan.
sa Kinugasa Campus, tatlo kaming JDS. Meron pa kong nakilalang 2 Pinoy kaya lang ibang program.
Sa Shiga may mga JDS din. Di ko lang sure kung ilan. :rolleyes:
Pina-dama lang ako nong 1st day.
Ang hirap din palang mag-aral dito.
Haggard! Demanding ang profs!
ganda_girl89
10-04-2005, 09:21 PM
Pina-dama lang ako nong 1st day.
Ang hirap din palang mag-aral dito.
Haggard! Demanding ang profs!
napatawa ako sa sabi ni macgregorâŚ
marami bang group wrk at actual presentations?
nagsabi na ba ng prof ng word na ââalmightyââ?
ganbatteâŚ
mcgregor
10-05-2005, 11:49 PM
haha! ormayti. 
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