about
Hello, my name is Matthew Lanigan. I am a junior at Ohio University, studying Linguistics and Japanese. Originally, I was planning on mixing some Computer Science in there as well, but it turned out to just be too much. I will be studying in an intensive Japanese program at Chubu University in Nagoya, Japan between September 2008 and August 2009; that’s 11 months halfway across the world, for those of you not very good at math.
This blog is to chronicle my life in Japan and stay in touch with all the friends and family I’ve left back in the States, as well as to share my take on our many adventures and experiences in Japan with the friends that will be with me there. I’ve linked to the blogs of every such person that I know of; if I missed any, please let me know.
I have many goals while studying in Japan. First and foremost, I hope to reach a much higher level of fluency than where I am now; since I’ll be there for 11 months, this should be simply a matter of course. I also want to travel around Japan a bit, seeing the sites and enjoying the culture. While I am there, I would like to attend Comic Market in Tokyo, I would like to play Go in a Go salon (unless Hikaru no Go lied to me, and these do not exist… in which case, I will hate the world), and I would like to meet many people and experience many new things. These are just a few of my goals while in Japan.
To everyone who I’m leaving in America: I will miss you dearly – this is not a joke or overstatement.
To everyone who will be in Japan with me: I am going to have a wonderful time, and if I have any say in the matter (and I will), so will you. >:)
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