Nihon University
23-05-2009
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image ID#26491 Had the honor of speaking this week at the largest university in Japan - Nihon University. And you could squeeze them like this while making a "puni puni" sound. image ID#26492 Zooming back in time to the morning at about 10:40. Is making our way by car to the economics building at Nihon University which is also known as Nichidai [日大]. image ID#26493 After parking, we are lead through the canteen area to meet some of the students. Students really do take good care of their appearance over here. I had bad taste in clothing during my uni years. image ID#26494 Cant for the life of me remember what the canteen was like at SOAS. image ID#26495 At the teachers office where their lockers and mail boxes are situated. Here they do paper work and take a break. image ID#26496 Off to have early lunch before my talk at one of the canteens in the building. The 550 yen plate is called "Quality Lunch" while the 480 yen plate is the "Economy Lunch." image ID#26497 Professor Barry Natusch and I going over a few details before my talk begins. I first met Barry at Tokyo CGM Night episode 2 and we talked soon after about the possibility of me giving a talk to his students. image ID#26498 My Mayo Don for lunch. image ID#26499 Moving to another building to give my talk. image ID#26500 While looking up details for this article, I came across info in English about the Monbukagakusho Scholarship which I don't know much about that gave me the idea of interviewing some of the students to find out more. This then lead to another idea of maybe bringing a group of dannychoo.com readers to Nihon University to mingle with the Japanese and foreign students. Would you be interested in something like that? image ID#26501 The stage where teachers wave their hands while walking up n down. image ID#26502 Setting up my bits n pieces. image ID#26503 Brought along the MacBook Pro in the event that my Dell Mini 9 running Leopard failed... image ID#26504 ...and indeed, the Dell Mini 9 wasn't able to manage the output to the projector. Worked fine at home on HD displays but when I attach it to my plasma or various projectors, the display out does not work. image ID#26505 Setting up my pin mic. image ID#26506 Was asked to talk about my carer and dannychoo.com. Here I talk about how I discovered my first goal in life. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in terms of work but I knew I wanted to live and work in Japan. image ID#26507 Tis my first step into the academic field and looks like I will be giving more lectures at different institutes throughout Japan. So have given a few talks up until now including:- Apple Store Ginza (Tokyo) (Speaker on Consumer Generated Media) Remix Tokyo (Tokyo) (Speaker at Remix 2006 for Microsoft on "Windows Live Gadgets") Imprint Culture Lab (Los Angeles) (Speaker at Imprint Culture Lab 2007 on "dannychoo.com & Blog Culture") Trend Day 2008 (Germany) (Speaker on Otaku culture, mirai.fm and dannychoo.com) Promax BDA Asia 2008 (Singapore) (Speaker on Otaku culture, mirai.fm and dannychoo.com) Animax Blogging Workshop (Singapore) (Speaker on history of dannychoo.com, monetization, userbility etc) Pecha Kucha Night (Tokyo) (Speaker on Tokyo Trooper) Folks ask me why I do it and what I get out of it - the following words spring to mind:- Share - my experiences and knowledge with others in the hope that the information I provide may be useful for their own careers or business. Inspire - to encourage folks to take control of their lives and make the best of our short time that we are blessed with and never to say "tomorrow" but do it "today." Learn - I gain much experience through just one presentation and feel that my Japanese presentation skills after this week alone has improved dramatically. I also learn much about the folks in the audience too. Meet - I love meeting new people. Meeting new people enriches our lives. image ID#26508 Here I talk about some of the content of dannychoo.com and how I have been able to share subjects that I'm interested in which turned into a business model unintentionally. Regarding monetization from my online activities - I get bashed for making money but at the same time also get bashed by people who don't beleive that blogging makes money - do I care what these people think? I don't give a flying foobar. Pondering about what others think will start to build walls around oneself - walls that will prevent one from fulfilling ones true dreams and passion. Live your life - not the life of others who dislike you. Focusing and placing energy into an area that you are passionate about attracts opportunities and good karma. Good things will naturally follow. It always does. image ID#26509 My talk is done and time to take a look around the campus. A quick look at Barrys personal gadgets. Unlike many other universities around the world, the different buildings of Nihon University are not all in one ground but dotted all over the place. image ID#26510 Many of the classrooms looked no different to many Japanese offices. Classrooms in SOAS certainly didn't look like this. image ID#26511 At the entrance of one of the buildings with a security guard giving me the evil eye. image ID#26512 With Professor Barry Natusch. image ID#26513 The students at Nihon University are so lucky! They get to eat Singapore Hainan Chicken Lice every day! image ID#26514 Nice exterior for this ramen place. image ID#26515 At one of the libraries. You wont be surprised to hear that there are less people using library facilities since the Internets. image ID#26516 Some diligent students studying hard. Visiting Nihon University gave me a flashback of my times at London University SOAS where I studied Japanese and Korean language. SOAS was great - the teachers that I had really cared about whether students were learning or not and done everything they could to support us. The location was great too near Tottenham Court Road station - I could take a No38 bus straight home to Graham Road Hackney. Are you pleased with the university that you went to? If you are not at uni yet, will you choose one in your region or move elsewhere to attend one? Which one will you be attending? My wife moved to Japan to attend university. After graduating she then moved to the UK to learn English and we met when we were both working part time at a Japanese restaurant. Is moving overseas to attend university an option for you? image ID#26517 A load of interesting reads for those having trouble sleeping at night. image ID#26518 Diligent student spotted. image ID#26519 This student is from Taiwan who attended my talk earlier. Here we see him studying English. Unlike this chap however, there are a load who don't study much. It is a common fact that many (not all) students in Japan have an easy time and don't do an incredible amount of study when they get into university - was able to confirm this with many students and professors too. One of the reasons is that they have been studying hard all their life to make it into a good university and are drained after getting in - thus many of them take it easy. While its tough to get into universities over here and easy to graduate once they are in, I found that London University was the opposite. I jumped into the second year of a 4 year degree through a Japanese language entrance examination - all my studying up until then was self study through manga, anime, games and music. Once I was in however, the actual course with constant tests was difficult enough to eliminate most of the class by the end of the 4 years. Only 3 or 4-ish out of 30-ish students made it through to the end. What are your courses like? Is it playtime or work your nuts or eyes off? image ID#26520 Terminals to look up stuff in the library. image ID#26521 One of my clients still has 70% of its users using IE6 - a browser thats close to being 10 years old... image ID#26522 Students out n about. image ID#26523 A chart of the different types of certificates that students can issue from the vending machine below. They range from 100 yen to 600 yen for certificates like graduation, current grades and proof that they attend the school. image ID#26524 And here is the vending machine which looks no different than the ones you may see in a curry shop. image ID#26525 Administration for students. image ID#26526 The university visit also brought back many memories for my wife too. image ID#26527 The 3D food menu. image ID#26528 If you are moving to Japan then you will eventually get used to the small tables. image ID#26529 Nice canteen interior. image ID#26530 Forgot to go to the top floor where all the Bukatsu rooms are - just like the music room in K-ON where one will find a load of students getting up to sporting, music and other activities. image ID#26531 Nihon University has their own Mos Burger! image ID#26532 They get to eat Mos Burger and Hainan Chicken Rice every day! image ID#26533 Barry with some of his students. And if you are wondering why Japanese folks do the V-sign when having their photo taken then check out the Japanese V Sign article. image ID#26534 In the parking lot to discover a Mikoshi used during Japanese Festivals. image ID#26535 And this is what Barry uses to get to work. Never ridden a bike before and am curious as to what its like. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) image ID#26537 Back in the car heading off to another appointment. The following day I present at the Apple Store Ginza. image ID#26536 A snap of the ceremonies that take place during when new students join Nihon University. Didnt have anything like this back in the UK! And this is what one of the graduation ceremonies was like for Nihon University students. Do let us know what your entrance/graduation ceremonies are like. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
image ID#26491 Had the honor of speaking this week at the largest university in Japan - Nihon University. And you could squeeze them like this while making a "puni puni" sound. image ID#26492 Zooming back in time to the morning at about 10:40. Is making our way by car to the economics building at Nihon University which is also known as Nichidai [日大]. image ID#26493 After parking, we are lead through the canteen area to meet some of the students. Students really do take good care of their appearance over here. I had bad taste in clothing during my uni years. image ID#26494 Cant for the life of me remember what the canteen was like at SOAS. image ID#26495 At the teachers office where their lockers and mail boxes are situated. Here they do paper work and take a break. image ID#26496 Off to have early lunch before my talk at one of the canteens in the building. The 550 yen plate is called "Quality Lunch" while the 480 yen plate is the "Economy Lunch." image ID#26497 Professor Barry Natusch and I going over a few details before my talk begins. I first met Barry at Tokyo CGM Night episode 2 and we talked soon after about the possibility of me giving a talk to his students. image ID#26498 My Mayo Don for lunch. image ID#26499 Moving to another building to give my talk. image ID#26500 While looking up details for this article, I came across info in English about the Monbukagakusho Scholarship which I don't know much about that gave me the idea of interviewing some of the students to find out more. This then lead to another idea of maybe bringing a group of dannychoo.com readers to Nihon University to mingle with the Japanese and foreign students. Would you be interested in something like that? image ID#26501 The stage where teachers wave their hands while walking up n down. image ID#26502 Setting up my bits n pieces. image ID#26503 Brought along the MacBook Pro in the event that my Dell Mini 9 running Leopard failed... image ID#26504 ...and indeed, the Dell Mini 9 wasn't able to manage the output to the projector. Worked fine at home on HD displays but when I attach it to my plasma or various projectors, the display out does not work. image ID#26505 Setting up my pin mic. image ID#26506 Was asked to talk about my carer and dannychoo.com. Here I talk about how I discovered my first goal in life. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in terms of work but I knew I wanted to live and work in Japan. image ID#26507 Tis my first step into the academic field and looks like I will be giving more lectures at different institutes throughout Japan. So have given a few talks up until now including:- Apple Store Ginza (Tokyo) (Speaker on Consumer Generated Media) Remix Tokyo (Tokyo) (Speaker at Remix 2006 for Microsoft on "Windows Live Gadgets") Imprint Culture Lab (Los Angeles) (Speaker at Imprint Culture Lab 2007 on "dannychoo.com & Blog Culture") Trend Day 2008 (Germany) (Speaker on Otaku culture, mirai.fm and dannychoo.com) Promax BDA Asia 2008 (Singapore) (Speaker on Otaku culture, mirai.fm and dannychoo.com) Animax Blogging Workshop (Singapore) (Speaker on history of dannychoo.com, monetization, userbility etc) Pecha Kucha Night (Tokyo) (Speaker on Tokyo Trooper) Folks ask me why I do it and what I get out of it - the following words spring to mind:- Share - my experiences and knowledge with others in the hope that the information I provide may be useful for their own careers or business. Inspire - to encourage folks to take control of their lives and make the best of our short time that we are blessed with and never to say "tomorrow" but do it "today." Learn - I gain much experience through just one presentation and feel that my Japanese presentation skills after this week alone has improved dramatically. I also learn much about the folks in the audience too. Meet - I love meeting new people. Meeting new people enriches our lives. image ID#26508 Here I talk about some of the content of dannychoo.com and how I have been able to share subjects that I'm interested in which turned into a business model unintentionally. Regarding monetization from my online activities - I get bashed for making money but at the same time also get bashed by people who don't beleive that blogging makes money - do I care what these people think? I don't give a flying foobar. Pondering about what others think will start to build walls around oneself - walls that will prevent one from fulfilling ones true dreams and passion. Live your life - not the life of others who dislike you. Focusing and placing energy into an area that you are passionate about attracts opportunities and good karma. Good things will naturally follow. It always does. image ID#26509 My talk is done and time to take a look around the campus. A quick look at Barrys personal gadgets. Unlike many other universities around the world, the different buildings of Nihon University are not all in one ground but dotted all over the place. image ID#26510 Many of the classrooms looked no different to many Japanese offices. Classrooms in SOAS certainly didn't look like this. image ID#26511 At the entrance of one of the buildings with a security guard giving me the evil eye. image ID#26512 With Professor Barry Natusch. image ID#26513 The students at Nihon University are so lucky! They get to eat Singapore Hainan Chicken Lice every day! image ID#26514 Nice exterior for this ramen place. image ID#26515 At one of the libraries. You wont be surprised to hear that there are less people using library facilities since the Internets. image ID#26516 Some diligent students studying hard. Visiting Nihon University gave me a flashback of my times at London University SOAS where I studied Japanese and Korean language. SOAS was great - the teachers that I had really cared about whether students were learning or not and done everything they could to support us. The location was great too near Tottenham Court Road station - I could take a No38 bus straight home to Graham Road Hackney. Are you pleased with the university that you went to? If you are not at uni yet, will you choose one in your region or move elsewhere to attend one? Which one will you be attending? My wife moved to Japan to attend university. After graduating she then moved to the UK to learn English and we met when we were both working part time at a Japanese restaurant. Is moving overseas to attend university an option for you? image ID#26517 A load of interesting reads for those having trouble sleeping at night. image ID#26518 Diligent student spotted. image ID#26519 This student is from Taiwan who attended my talk earlier. Here we see him studying English. Unlike this chap however, there are a load who don't study much. It is a common fact that many (not all) students in Japan have an easy time and don't do an incredible amount of study when they get into university - was able to confirm this with many students and professors too. One of the reasons is that they have been studying hard all their life to make it into a good university and are drained after getting in - thus many of them take it easy. While its tough to get into universities over here and easy to graduate once they are in, I found that London University was the opposite. I jumped into the second year of a 4 year degree through a Japanese language entrance examination - all my studying up until then was self study through manga, anime, games and music. Once I was in however, the actual course with constant tests was difficult enough to eliminate most of the class by the end of the 4 years. Only 3 or 4-ish out of 30-ish students made it through to the end. What are your courses like? Is it playtime or work your nuts or eyes off? image ID#26520 Terminals to look up stuff in the library. image ID#26521 One of my clients still has 70% of its users using IE6 - a browser thats close to being 10 years old... image ID#26522 Students out n about. image ID#26523 A chart of the different types of certificates that students can issue from the vending machine below. They range from 100 yen to 600 yen for certificates like graduation, current grades and proof that they attend the school. image ID#26524 And here is the vending machine which looks no different than the ones you may see in a curry shop. image ID#26525 Administration for students. image ID#26526 The university visit also brought back many memories for my wife too. image ID#26527 The 3D food menu. image ID#26528 If you are moving to Japan then you will eventually get used to the small tables. image ID#26529 Nice canteen interior. image ID#26530 Forgot to go to the top floor where all the Bukatsu rooms are - just like the music room in K-ON where one will find a load of students getting up to sporting, music and other activities. image ID#26531 Nihon University has their own Mos Burger! image ID#26532 They get to eat Mos Burger and Hainan Chicken Rice every day! image ID#26533 Barry with some of his students. And if you are wondering why Japanese folks do the V-sign when having their photo taken then check out the Japanese V Sign article. image ID#26534 In the parking lot to discover a Mikoshi used during Japanese Festivals. image ID#26535 And this is what Barry uses to get to work. Never ridden a bike before and am curious as to what its like. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) image ID#26537 Back in the car heading off to another appointment. The following day I present at the Apple Store Ginza. image ID#26536 A snap of the ceremonies that take place during when new students join Nihon University. Didnt have anything like this back in the UK! And this is what one of the graduation ceremonies was like for Nihon University students. Do let us know what your entrance/graduation ceremonies are like. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
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