Andres Arjona v2.0.12

Testing japanese fonts

Admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:27:13 +0000

日本語出来る！！(^-^)/

JLPT 3 weeks away

Admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:39:10 +0000

The yearly JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) test is getting closer. During the last couple years I have been trying to improve my language level as much as possible. Unfortunately in Finland all Japanese lectures are in FINNISH language. For that reason I have learned everything on my own. I believe that at this stage I could even pop in the highest Japanese language test given at my University (level and pass it without problems.

The JLPT is very similar to the TOEFL test used for English. However the JLPT is different from the easy exams at language courses.� It really tests your kanji memory to the hardest. Plus it has a lot of tricky grammar questions in which you have to choose which one is appropriate.� The rest which is the easier part (at least in my opinion) is the listening and reading comprehension part. At this stage I know roughly 80% of the kanjis needed. The last 20% are very complex figures that are not so easy to remember.

In any case, there are 3 weeks left for this dreaded exam. This is my first� time to take it and hopefully I will pass it. I wish the best of good luck to other Japanese language aficionados! =)

Summer Motto

Admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:02:55 +0000

My motto during my Dissertation Excile is:

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Which, in simple terms means, “It ain’t gonna be easy”

Back from IEEE VTC’08 conference in Singapore

Admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:10:42 +0000

Last week I participated in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference in Singapore. A very nice event and obviously an amazing host city. Surprisingly there were a much larger amount of Finnish/Swedish peers than I expected considering the location. No wonder why flights were almost completely booked even 3 months in advance!

And best of all, in the evenings you can enjoy this fantastic city as well as the night safari =)

Singapore by night

Singapore Skyline

Night Safari

Okinawa Visit (IEEE AINA’08)

Admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:32:02 +0000

This week I am attending a IEEE AINA’08 in Okinawa and later on doing some research visits in Tokyo. It should be very nice, it is still winter in Finland, thus a short spring break with cherry blossoms will be fantastic.