沒有特別想去日本做考古結果有點莫名其妙的錄取了
轉回正題
入取了.....
可是這只是plan b的說..... 正職都還沒有消息結果備用的plan居然卻有了. 入取信上寫了關於田野活動的消息以及5月底的簽約截止日. 在這裡我先介紹一下禮文島好了. 就以當時我對禮文到的認知來寫....
與母親大人經過一番討論之後決定假如在簽約截止日前都沒有正職的回應的話那就去禮文島反正我也沒去過日本嘛.
截止日當天......完全沒有正職的回應於是我發信給University of Alberta正式決定參與這個活動!
媽媽當時跟我說既然都要去日本了那乾脆就在日本待久一點吧(考古活動是7月1日開始31日結束6月30日在稚內會合) 我跟我媽媽說要不然8月的時候就讓我自己決定自己的行程吧.
幾天後考古活動的人開始互相用email寫自我介紹而我當然也寫了一篇.
Sup,
I'm Steven and I'm 22 years old right now and I will be graduating with a BA in archaeology from Simon Fraser University in around 3 weeks or so. I studied museum studies so I haven't gotten a chance to go onto a fieldschool so I thought this would be a good opportunity. Let's see what else....I'm a Taiwanese currently living in Vancouver right now and because I'm Taiwanese, we have a natural fondness of Japanese culture and people. I like to build Gundam models and play baseball. The plan after the fieldwork for me right now is to spend a few more days in Sapporo then head south and bum at my cousin's place in Tokyo then more bumming in Kyoto at a friend's place.
唷,
我是Steven, 現在22歲. 即將3個禮拜從SFU的考古系畢業. 我之前念博物館學可是一直都沒有機會出田野所以覺得這次是很好的機會. 我看還有什麼....我是住在溫哥華的台灣人而且因為是台灣人所以對日本人和它們文化都覺得滿友好的. 我喜歡組鋼彈和打棒球. 田野活動完後我的計畫是去札幌待機天再去東京表姐那裏.再去京都朋友家.
看完了大家的自我介紹後發現還是有幾個人沒有寫而其中一個我發現從他的email名字是以中文顯示. 我當時想這個人應該不是台灣人就是香港人吧至少是繁體字.
離6月30日已經只剩2,3個禮拜了! 而且我的畢業典禮也要到了!
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Last time on Spirited Away in Japan.
I applied to a fieldwork in Hokkaido as a Plan B if I did not get a real job in summer but turned out I got accepted to the project.
Ya, I got accepted. So much for Plan B. No word on any real jobs but Plan B already got back to me and accepted me. The mail talked about the details about the fieldwork and the acceptance deadline. Well, maybe I should do a little introduction about where the fieldwork. It takes place at Rebun Island of Hokkaido (please use the map above. the island that arrow is pointing at).
It's the most Northern island in Japan besides the uninhabited islands. It's so remote that most tour guide would not even bother to include it. Even wikipedia(Chinese) has only two paragraphs on it. So, I had no idea what to expect except that it might be possible to see Russia from there (No, it's not a Palin joke). I read the Japanese wikipedia about Rebun Island, only to find that parasites infestation used to be VERY common. Needless to say, it was not the Japan that I know of.
I discussed the trip with my mom and we agreed that if there were no museum job offers by the deadline then I would go to Rebun Island.
On the day of the deadline, no job offers. So, I signed the acceptance letter and mailed it to UofA.
My mom told me since I would be going to Japan then I might as well stay there a bit longer. (Meet on June 30th at Wakkanai. Fieldwork start on July 1st, ends on the 31st.) I told her that I would decide on what to do in August.
Few days after the deadline, people who signed up for the fieldwork began writing introduction about themselves and of course, I wrote one too.
Sup,
I'm Steven and I'm 22 years old right now and I will be graduating with a BA in archaeology from Simon Fraser University in around 3 weeks or so. I studied museum studies so I haven't gotten a chance to go onto a fieldschool so I thought this would be a good opportunity. Let's see what else....I'm a Taiwanese currently living in Vancouver right now and because I'm Taiwanese, we have a natural fondness of Japanese culture and people. I like to build Gundam models and play baseball. The plan after the fieldwork for me right now is to spend a few more days in Sapporo then head south and bum at my cousin's place in Tokyo then more bumming in Kyoto at a friend's place.
When I was reading the email list from the introduction, I read that someone has a Chinese name that was displayed in Chinese characters. The only thing I knew about the person was that it was a girl and not from China(because the characters were in traditional form).
Only 2,3 weeks away from June 30th and my convocation was also fast approaching!
To be Continued...
