Yukon Jay - 小祥

Grad School Preparation

I feel honoured to have Rob comment on my comment about earthquake forecasting in Vancouver. Good to have some input from a geologist you can trust! :) The fact Robert has PhD is also quite reassuring too.

So, yes... I want clarify on my comment Robert pointed out. That is: "why can't geologists be 100% sure about earthquakes so that I can move when it happens." What I meant was that so I can move before the earthquake hits. I noticed that after I posted but was too lazy to change it. It is comments like that that will come back and haunt me when I write my Natural Hazards exam next week... coincidentally, on EARTHQUAKES. My studying method - how to get Robert to write my exam? Jon... some assistance?

Anyways, it looks I've unexpectedly started preparing for graduate school. I'm taking a political science course on Japanese Government & Politics with Kawasaki, whom I've known for few years and has been a mentor. During last lecture he said it takes 10 months to properly prepare grad applications. We were casually talking after class and he asked me to send me a letter I wrote for a conference to use as my Letter of Interest to the Asia-Pacific Policy Program at UBC.

Umm, haven't quite decided when I'll do Masters (now I want to take 1-2 years off to work here or overseas) but I guess doesn't hurt to prepare the format of my letter since I graduate in August. He's the one that reviews grad applications to the Political Science department at SFU, so wouldn't want to have any other person helping me out. Also helps when he's got good relations with the department at UBC.

In other news, we finally have decided who we want to rent out our basement suite to. Just glad this is out of the way, so I don't have to deal with it anymore.

And yes, it feels fantastic to not have to work. Still playing catchup with school work.

Posted by Jay at February 7, 2007 11:00 AM