PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4956 posts, RR: 14 Posted (3 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1143 times:
Today is a great day to be PHX787 because PHX787 just learned he got accepted into the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, in Tokyo!
I am currently a Japanese Language student at Arizona State and have found my growth to not be proceeding in the direction I wanted to...so I am transferring to the school which I spent a summer at in 2011.
So come March there will be one more member reporting directly from Japan
If you don't know much about Sophia University, it's one of the top schools in Japan and it's very selective on getting in....so you can tell I'm quite elated right now.
If you saw the PHX Spotters page earlier I made a post.... I'm still gonna be contributing lots to the PHX thread here and will continue to be an admin on PHX Spotters.
See y'all in Tokyo
Come visit me sometime guys, and I'll take you spotting at HND or NRT
PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4956 posts, RR: 14 Reply 5, posted (3 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1053 times:
Quoting Newark727 (Reply 4): Enjoy Japan, all their airports seem to have observation decks so I'm sure anyone who posts on this website will have a whale of a time.
That's the epic thing about their airports....everyone with a skydeck
casinterest From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 3251 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1003 times:
Congratulations on being accepted to Sophia. It is always a good feeling to get accepted somewhere. Especially when it is something you really want.
I would imagine your Japanese language studies will be much better as you will be able to immerse yourself into the culture. Will that be your subject of choice there, or are you using the language studies for a hopping point to something else?
Older than I just was ,and younger than I will soo be.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10452 posts, RR: 20 Reply 7, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 993 times:
Darksnowynight From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 979 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 985 times:
Good job.
It's Japan, so make sure to never ever run out of cash. Especially after hours... Most useless ATMs in the world there...
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Ps762 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2012, 102 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 936 times:
Hi!
That is cool congratulations. I actually have an old childhood friend who was a researcher I think in the department of comparative cultures or something at this university who I have been trying to get back in touch with! If you come acrsoss a guy in his 30s called Ken Kitamura who grew up in the UK please could you get his contact for me!
GrahamHill From France, joined Mar 2007, 2511 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 932 times:
Congratulations! I went to a university in Nagasaki for a short period of time 10 years ago. I had one of the best times of my life! So different from the Western culture. But you know that already
I hope you won't miss hockey too much!
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 898 times:
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Congrats on your acceptance! I know how awesome that feeling is to get into your top school. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to your posts from Japan! Dont worry too much about hockey. The Wild are going to win the cup anyways .
Blue
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2707200X From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 6934 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 877 times:
This means you won't be at PHX or Ohio anymore, does this mean you have to change your name to NRT787 or HND787?
Congrats on your acceptance to the Facility of Liberal Arts School at Sophia University in Tokyo, you are still one country off from the K-pop girl bands but at least its a step up from University of Michigan, congrats again on your success!
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PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4956 posts, RR: 14 Reply 14, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 861 times:
Quoting jetblueguy22 (Reply 12): Congrats on your acceptance! I know how awesome that feeling is to get into your top school. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to your posts from Japan! Dont worry too much about hockey. The Wild are going to win the cup anyways .
I appreciate it Blue! But we'll see especially when the Wild take on the Yotes
Quoting 2707200X (Reply 13): This means you won't be at PHX or Ohio anymore, does this mean you have to change your name to NRT787 or HND787?
LOL! Well I love PHX and the 787 so I'm sticking with it. I'll be back frequently to PHX and my goal is to have the 787 begin regular service to PHX, thus my name And when that happens, well then it makes even better sense!
Quoting 2707200X (Reply 13): Congrats on your acceptance to the Facility of Liberal Arts School at Sophia University in Tokyo, you are still one country off from the K-pop girl bands but at least its a step up from University of Michigan, congrats again on your success!
Hey dude there's still a sizable Korean population in Tokyo, so it's quite fine with me Thanks
gocaps16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4298 posts, RR: 23 Reply 15, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 829 times:
Congrats dude. I'll probably be eventually doing the same and will be continuing my studies here in Japan. Embry-Riddle has been a great ride, but I need to study something different.
Especially since even in major cities, they have a much higher incidence of "Cash Only" policies than what Americans are used to.
What always drove me nuts there is that most of the ATMs are located inside the bank lobbies. So if you need cash after hours, you're probably boned...
Otherwise it's a neat place. One should just never ever admit it if they're an anime fan though, lol...
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PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4956 posts, RR: 14 Reply 18, posted (3 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 766 times:
Quoting gocaps16 (Reply 15): Congrats dude. I'll probably be eventually doing the same and will be continuing my studies here in Japan. Embry-Riddle has been a great ride, but I need to study something different.
Doesn't Oberlin University have a decent flight school in Japan?
Quoting gocaps16 (Reply 15): Who knows, maybe we'll accidently bump heads someday in Tokyo.
:D A.net meeting in Tokyo? Sounds good to me
Quoting Superfly (Reply 16): Doesn't Singapore Airlines use their A380 on this route?
They do and it's an LAX-NRT route, soon to be the only route that SQ flies to LAX. But hey, its an A380
I've been to NRT a number of times but I've never seen the SQ 380...maybe it's because it lands either in the morning or evening....
Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 17): Especially since even in major cities, they have a much higher incidence of "Cash Only" policies than what Americans are used to.
I never had that issue during my previous time in Japan....I always keep a minimum of ¥3000 on me.
Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 17): What always drove me nuts there is that most of the ATMs are located inside the bank lobbies. So if you need cash after hours, you're probably boned...
LOL I know of some "secret" ATMs (one inside a 7-11, the other near a hotel in Kabukicho...suspicious ) that are open 24/7
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38501 posts, RR: 80 Reply 19, posted (3 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 755 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18): They do and it's an LAX-NRT route, soon to be the only route that SQ flies to LAX. But hey, its an A380
....and it's a 4-engine jetliner!
United has their 747 on the NRT - SFO route, but it's United, not Singapore.
Does Malaysian send their 747 through NRT or is it Hong Kong?
flyguy89 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 1617 posts, RR: 9 Reply 21, posted (3 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 717 times:
Congrats man! Immersion is definitely the only way to go, I can totally relate, I spent two years going to school in Paris likely for the same reasons you're going to Japan, you'll have a blast I'm sure! BTW, I'll be coming your way next week for The Who concert
Darksnowynight From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 979 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (3 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 717 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
I never had that issue during my previous time in Japan....I always keep a minimum of ¥3000 on me.
Yeah, do that...
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
LOL I know of some "secret" ATMs (one inside a 7-11, the other near a hotel in Kabukicho...suspicious ) that are open 24/7
They're around. But here's the thing, even a lot of those close at after hours time. Like the ATM needs to head on over to happy hour or something. Japan's a cool place, but they definitely have some (surprising I admit) backward habits at times...
At least they love Dream Theatre & Birthday Massacre over there...
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25 Pellegrine: Congratulations. I'm hoping to go back to school in the fall, I just love academia. I was about to suggest a Citibank checking account linked to a deb
26 Superfly: PHX787 would be better off flushing his money down the toilet than opening an account with those crooks. Those are the two worst banks with the most
27 gocaps16: Hmmm, I'll have to research on that. I thought Oberlin was in Ohio unless they have a campus in Japan. I'll be using my Post 9-11 G.I. Bill which wil
28 Pellegrine: I'm sorry I did not mean to say who is better and who is not. BTW Citibank charges me $0 for anything I've ever done over the past 4 years. I've had
29 PHX787: It's a different college altogether. the Japanese name is Obirin if you've heard of it.
30 flyguy89: Yeah PHX. I'll be staying in Tempe with a buddy of mine, some spotting would be great, feel free to PM me and maybe we can work something out.
31 Akiestar: Congratulations! My university here in the Philippines has an exchange program with Sophia and a friend of mine was there for a semester. She absolute
32 hoons90: Congrats! There are up to 29 daily flights from Tokyo to Seoul, so if you want your fix, it's just a stone's throw away
33 britjap: Congratulations! Is that for one year or longer? Here's a couple of ideas with a bit of aviation interest that are easy to do from Tokyo ... Tokyo Ho
34 PHX787: 2 years at least; going to graduate from Sophia! Thanks for the hints, i'll check out those trip reports
35 fraspotter: Congrats! My Aunt attended that school for 2 years in the late 70s before transferring to the University of Hawaii...
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