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- Name
\nLIANG Wan-yun<\/strong><\/li>\n- Country\/ Region of Citizenship
\nTaiwan<\/strong><\/li>\n- <\/strong>Graduated from
\nNational Cheng Kung University (\u56fd\u7acb\u6210\u529f\u5927\u5b66)<\/strong><\/li>\n- Department
\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering \uff08Master’s\uff09
\n<\/strong>Ting Hsin International Group, Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. Scholarship Honor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHow did you find out about Waseda University?<\/h3>\n
I attended Waseda\u2019s seminar especially for recruiting new students at my university last year and got some information on the program. I also checked the homepage.
\nOne of my friends at National Taiwan University participated in the exchange program with Waseda, so I was able to ask him some general questions about Waseda.<\/p>\nActually, in Taiwan, everybody knows the name, Waseda University, because the Japanese writer, Haruki Murakami, who is very famous in Taiwan graduated from Waseda.<\/p>\n
How did you decide on Waseda University?<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>I did not have a thorough research of all the graduate schools because pursuing master\u2019s was just one of the options I had. Originally, I was more likely to enter a career, but when I found out that Waseda provided the scholarship, I thought it was a very wonderful chance.One of my teachers at my university told me Japanese universities are more willing to give resources to foreign students compare to America and Europe because they already have a lot of brilliant people.<\/p>\nDid you have any concerns before coming to Japan?<\/h3>\n
I was not that concerned, but I became worried after I arrived here.
\nFor example, I found out that they start doing the research on the jobs a year or a year and a half before graduation so that they will have a clear idea of what kind of companies they want to work for.\u00a0 I thought I had to get used to that and start planning ahead for myself earlier. But for now, I just relax.<\/p>\nDid you have any difficulties when you started a new life here?<\/h3>\n
I think the difficulties I had were just the common symptoms that people have when they leave their hometowns.
\nThey are eager to have new friends or try to figure out what is happening around them.<\/p>\nTrying to have conversations with the Japanese students in my dormitory was difficult especially because of the language problems and the lack of common topics.\u00a0 There is no awkwardness with my lab friends since we always have some practical matters to talk about, but it was not like that with the people in the dormitory.<\/p>\n
What do you do for fun in your spare time?<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>I am interested in going to check out art exhibitions or movies.\u00a0 I sometimes go see them held at Waseda.I also sometimes go sightseeing in and around Tokyo with peoples from my Japanese class.\u00a0 I take Japanese lessons at the local community centers, and they have some sightseeing outing events from time to time.I enjoy \u201cOhagi\u201d (a rice cake covered with sweet red bean paste) very much. We have rice cake with red bean paste inside in Taiwan but not the inside out version like Ohagi. It is very special.<\/p>\nHow are the relationships with your supervisor and lab members?<\/h3>\n
My professor is really relaxed and easy-going, so I am pretty relaxed around him.<\/p>\n
In my laboratory, there is a student from Sudan and a student from Mexico who is ethnically Japanese.
\nAnd, this year, there are lots of Chinese students. Maybe 10 or 11 and the rest are local students.
\nMy lab friends invite me to baseball games either to play or watch.\u00a0 They have games between laboratories just for fun.\u00a0 So, I might go see some games.<\/p>\nOutline of the research<\/h3>\n
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