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Monday, 28 October
um, well, yes

This morning I finally started trying to read online articles and news. What I found out is that it is very hard to organise everything. It is very dark and cold in the morning so getting up early is obviously not what I am fond of. Hopefully I will get used to it soon.

Reading articles on the screen, I found that I prefer articles on paper. However, they are too expensive for the contents related to my specific interest. I am tempted to buy iPad because online magazines like New Scientist and Scientific American always advertise on their website. However, I am not keen on buying new devices like iPad or kindle just for this reason at the moment (too expensive!). The same reason is also applied to why I am not very happy with purchasing those articles. Should I buy? Or maybe I should go to the library sometime and pick up the topics that I am interested in, take notes etc. I have not made up my mind whether it is worth buying these magazines every month.

I am trying to watch general news on TV and listen to the radio for my general knowledge not only because I want to keep up with the recent social situations, but also it is apparently good for my listening and writing skills. For my general English skills, I also try to keep a diary like this in English as well. Writing in English (like this) is very challenging for me especially when there is no one checking these drafts for me, but I believe to do something is better than to do nothing. What I can do next is to write summary of the article or the news (instead of random daily things like this).

After I realised life is always about "keep challenging", I am not scared of not finishing the task. Everything is continuous and if you are not satisfied with what you have done today, there is always the next day and the day after. If you are frustrated with yourself at the moment, you can amend your conduct instantly. The same is true for the opposite. Even if you spend the perfect day, there is no point if you cannot continue. There is not point in planning too much as well especially when you are trying to introduce something quite new to you into your life.

While I was writing this I was thinking of " logical sequence of constructing the effective essay. This is just a diary but probably I need to think more of how to make a meaningful context as well. At the moment I realise that this is a mere mixture of idea.


Thursday, 21 November
well

TODAY was my interview day!! was kinda freaked out at the beginning. It was good to get to know each other with some international students applying for medical degree in AU. Apparently there are ways to get internship for internationals too although the path is a bit narrower than that for domestics. But the gate for undergraduate at unis are a bit more widely opened than the one for domestics because there are quite a few numbers of Oz applicants and internationals are relatively good fee payers...

ANYWAYS all you need to do to get the intern is to work hard and get a good grade. I am leaving here tomorrow flying back to my "home" hostel... I gave my train card to a new English friend here coz it cannot be used anywhere else in Australia. I want to get into the uni I have been, but hopefully I do not need to come back because I really, really wanna be accepted by UK med schools. (I realised how high the standard they require for the successful applicants...) (I was pretty amazed how many Australian applicants are actually applying to UK too btw) Today's session was all about SJTs, so I am very nervous about how I did it though.


Saturday, 22 February
2月23日

一週間ほど前から、沖縄に来ている。得意の居候でお世話になりながら、自動車学校に通い免許を取るつもりだ。彼女は文字を読むのが好きで、文才のある人だ。好きな作家はまるきりかぶらないし、お金の使い方も違うし、自分の理想像や思い描く将来も違う。彼女曰く、違いを感じさせてくれて面白い相手、だそうだ。

一人暮らしでありながら、彼女の家は生活感にあふれている。必需品ではないクッションやソファ、雑貨や本。好きなものを買うことと、それに囲まれて生きることに幸せを感じるのだと言う。彼女が「もの」について語るのを聞くたびに、身の回りのものたちを見つめ直してやらねばならないという衝動に駆られるのが不思議だ。私に取って普段、生活に必要な無機物にすぎない「もの」が、それぞれ個性をもった有機的なものに感じられるとでも言おうか。

私が今日急に文字を打ち出したのも彼女の影響なのかもしれない。文字を打つことはなにか「とどめたいこと」を形にしてとどめる作業だ。持ち物にも通じるけれど、なにか気に入ったものをたくさんある中から選び出して身の回りにとどめおくことは、私がおそらく最も苦手とする作業だ。おかしな話だが、世界中のものを平等に取り扱いたいという気持ちが邪魔をして、ものを差別することができないのだ。それが、彼女と話していると、自然となにを書けばいいのかが分かってくる気がする。

また不定期でも日々の様子や考えたことなど更新できればと思う。



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