Saturday, April 3, 2010

Japanese for Gangstahs!

Although I was little upset about Dipset stealing my title, instead of becoming violent and sending them a lot of hate-mail and robbing people, I decided to make another episode of your favorite kids show JAPANESE FOR GANGSTAHS!

Have you ever said to yourself "Yo son. I would love to learn Japanese, but none of these videos really speak to a homie." Well here is the answer to your prayers!

This is a video with some useful Japanese and Ebonics for those of us who are trying to become multilingual but have set backs. I know if you're like me, you think in Ebonics and then you have to translate everything into English. And by the time you translate what someone says from English into Ebonics YOU MISSED ALL THE JAPANESE. SO, this is for you. :)!




My one regret: I did not have one single video hoe. smh

Side note: I realized I actually DON'T KNOW that much about Harlem etiquette. I had to ask my friend and my cousin. i was like "How do black people introduce themselves?" This is a fail because I need to represent!

Note to self: Go outside more.

Posted by Tangerine Princess Meg at Saturday, April 03, 2010 0 comments
Labels: , , , , , ,

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Dipset Steals My Title.

I'm not sure if everyone has heard of Dipset. I know I have because I'm from Harlem. I think Kam'ron knows somebody who knows somebody who shot somebody that baby sat me...or something. Nevertheless this is one of their CDs.

"This CD was inspired by a recent Dipset / Purple City trip out to Japan, where DJ Head does his thing for this thing called hip-hop."


Those Bastards.

Posted by Tangerine Princess Meg at Thursday, April 01, 2010 0 comments
Labels: , ,

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

How to Apply to a SUNY Study Abroad Program

So yet again I should be doing homework this fine spring break, but I like making videos & blogging better! xP


This video and subsequent blog post is about how to apply to the study abroad program, specifically Kansai Gaidai, in the SUNY system. Enjoy





As promised in the video, I'll give a little more information that I neglected.

PS. For those of you who are not a SUNY student, FRET NOT! A lot of this information can be applied to you, just get the specific details from your advisor. OR TRANSFER. I don't see a point in letting a school keep you from getting from point A to point B. Also, this type of stuff looks BOMB on apps. :)

Steps for Application

1) You want to have a solid idea of what you want to study, where you want to go, and when you want to be there. That way when you're given all of these options you have a little bit of direction. If you can't decide on some things, go to the study abroad fairs at school, or talk to an advisor. Just get out there and educate yourself!

2) Search in the SUNY system and pay CLOSE ATTENTION to what courses they offer, the time of study, price, LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS, etc. What i neglected to show in the video is the actual arduous task of reading the FULL DESCRIPTION of the programs, but it's very necessary. Luckily, I went to my study abroad advisor and she found Kansai Gaidai for me and they have amazing psychology classes IN ENGLISH (or at least they claim to) and I was sold.

3) APPLY APPLY APPLY. Don't be afraid of the rejection. Envision yourself in a new country, you may never get this experience again. YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE TO PAY. Just get it over with and forget about it.

4) That brings me to my fourth point SCHOLARSHIPS ARE EVERYWHERE. Your advisor should show you some... there are some sweet ones for non-traditional places (i.e. Japan, Nigeria, Turkey, etc). And some, maybe, specifically for your country! I know there's one for Japan. APPLY FOR THOSE TOO!

5) Be punctual (to your ability). Have confidence. Envision it. Do your best. Achieve your dreams!


I hope you enjoyed the second post. More to come. Any ideas? :)

Posted by Tangerine Princess Meg at Tuesday, March 30, 2010 0 comments
Labels: , , , , , ,

Monday, March 29, 2010

First post! Background info & Goals for Japan!




So I SHOULD be working on some homework over this spring break, but I think i'll start my vlog instead!

This is my first blogpost EVER! (so it's no perfect!) I'm very excited to start this journey. I love to write, I love video, I love people, I love the internet... I feel like I belong here!

So my first video is just giving a bit of background about me, where I'm from, where I'm going... etc etc. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu! That means please be kind to me!

I hope you enjoy it. I try to be funny, have nice editing, and a little bit of music. I promise as I get used to this I'll become more sophisticated! And until then, enjoy! =D

Posted by Tangerine Princess Meg at Monday, March 29, 2010 0 comments
Labels: , , , , ,
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)