2007年6月7日木曜日

from JiYoung

Nice to see you guys here!
I'm JiYoung KIM, from Korea univ.
Sorry that I'm writing this so late, but 'better late than never', right?? ^^

I'll just introduce myself once again, because I am and was a newcomer at the conference.
I graduated from Korea univ., majored in Law,
and now I'm in the master's course for international law.
Actually I am writing my thesis just now, getting totally exhausted...TT

It was a really nice experience that I could have such an exciting time with you all!
Never expected to see Japanese speaking English so well! (No offence ^^)
And thank you for the nicely formulated presentation, I really loved it!
And the topic was great! You guys were just perfect!

I guess I have to sum up the things I talked about at the conference in writing and upload the material, since I am always hasty and in hurry when I speak in English...
I promise to do it sometime later ^^

Once again, thank you all,
Hope to get a chance to see you guys again, either on TV or in reality! ^^

2007年6月6日水曜日

After the First Session that became the Final

Hello, it's Dong-In reporting from Korea Univ.
I just felt like scribbling down some words after our first and final session
since most of us didn't get to have a chance to have their final words due to the time limit.

(ell, I see the founder of this whole project, Mayu, left her message as always :))

I really enjoyed exchaning opinions with you guys.
Japan's Constitution issue has always been one of my interests.
Despite the complexity of this issue, I would like to give much credit to Waseda members who prepared the topic and led the discussion. Hope this became a chance for many others to think about the current event like this.
On marriage, thanx Han seok and Dana for sparing your time to prepare all the materials and gathering new members. (I feel sorry that I could be of little help :P)
It's a seemingly simple yet very complicating issue at its core and it was worthwhile to think about what cohabitation might mean to each and every one of us.

Commenting on this very activity,
I strongly believe it really helped both Koreans and Japanese students to understand each other at least partially. The visible effect might be little but it is surely growing as Jaran and I from Korea Univ. visited Waseda Univ. last year. It triggered the return visit by Ari, Naoki, Yoko, and Mayu. Most of all, Naoki decided to come here to study Korean.(while I got to study Japanese more passionately) I am sure all this might have not been possible without this activity.

For all this, I dearly thank each member's participation and interest.
Hope this great experience would be passed onto more students so that it can not only contribute to the friendship between Waseda and Korea Univ. but between Japan and Korea.

Finally, it was nice meeting the new members from both sides including Midori, Takahiro, Ahn(from Korea Univ. sorry if mispelled) on Waseda side and Ji-Young(your knowledge on Int'l Law really held!!), Yeo-reum, Won-Hee, Bo-Hyun. Hope you guys all continue participating with passion!^^
last but not least, best regards to Mr. Snowden who willingly sacrificed his precious time to supervise the acitivity

Hopefully, see you guys all~

あざす!
감사!
Thanx!

Dong-In

2007年6月5日火曜日

thanks for the conference! by mayu

hai~^^ Thanks to everyone who organized, I really could have fun with all yesterday^^
Im sorry that i could not help anything TT..

Dongin, Dana, Hanseock! thanks for everything when i visited korea^^
Naoki, bohyon(spelling ok?) its been a while and i was so happy to see you two fufu^^ Seems like Naoki improved his korean a lot...
Jiyong, Ahreum, Wonghi(?) its very nice meeting with you~~~^^ Jiyong is so cool...

Anyways, i wanted to write this numer
2004年で、夫が29.6歳、妻が27.8歳
2004 research by ministry of health, averrage marriage age is 29.6 for male and 27.8 for female.

According to Hanseock's number about korean averrage marriage, it seems korean male marry about 3 years later than japanese male marry...Probably because of army service?

ah i have some more to write and lots to talk personally ! but i gotta go for classes..
anyways, thank you ari, yoko, masayo and everyone who contributed...prof Snowden too~

bye till when we meet^^ have a nice day!
mayu