Foreign aid?!?!?!!
We're going to eat your garlic bread and make you pay for it
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We're going to eat your garlic bread and make you pay for it
That's the kind of go-getter attitude and business acumen that will make America garlic again!
From the news: I want one of these jackets 
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701180069.html
"We are the justice and must be justice" XD
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701180069.html
"We are the justice and must be justice" XD
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From the news: I want one of these jackets
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701180069.html
"We are the justice and must be justice" XD
Ooooh no! He lost 10% of his salary for a month!
...I hope they give it to the people on wellfare.
And they should fire the employees and tell them to go find a job they like better.
Oh man, I was in China IP Law during the inauguration so I put it on silent on my iPad and pretended to pay attention during the swearing in! It was really cool. Then during our hour break for lunch (our class is FOUR HOURS LONG) I flew down to the cafeteria and saw the rest. It was the only time I've ever seen an inauguration and really paid attention, haha. It was really cool to see them all walk out and escort the Obamas to the helicopter and them fly off. Cool stuff. I felt proud to be 'murican. And the first dance was sweet!
Anyway, I'M GOING TO JAPAN!!!!!!
I went to the first International Human Rights Clinic seminar and they said we'd be split up into teams working on specific projects. I read on the syllabus, "Clinical Fieldwork in Japan (No Seminar)," and I was excited, but wondered what it meant.
(My professor though, she's so cool. She mainly does work in Africa helping sex workers and she's super professional, stylish, and articulate. I arrived early and she asked if I was in China, and I can't believe she remembered from my application for a spot in the clinic! She said she has a soft spot for China because she went there when she was 15 and it was the only place she had gone to other than her parents' home in Nigeria, that was foreign. She and a group went traveling around China as part of a program, and she said it was always changing. She asked me how I felt about China too. I felt so silly and not articulate because I think she's very cool!)
So she said we had to sign up for the teams, but write up our preferences so we weren't guaranteed to be on the team we want. She gave us descriptions of each project and the Japan one was working with the Amnesty International in Japan and crafting recommendations from research to reform Japan's death penalty process, especially when it comes to mentally ill prisoners. Then we would actually GO TO JAPAN and speak with AI and government ministers about reforming the death penalty process.
"So what did you do in Japan?"
"Oh, just spoke to some Japanese ministers about reforming the death penalty process, the usual."
OMG I'm super into that subject and I've studied it when it comes to the US and China, especially when it comes to wrongful convictions/executions, and it's close to my heart. I couldn't believe it. The other two projects were fine, but I wasn't 100% behind them.
She gave us forms to put down our preferences and whether we've worked on any of the subjects before and anything else she should take into consideration.
OMG I made sure to write something really good and all I wrote about was the Japan project. I wrote in tiny handwriting and as much as I could on those lines provided. I was the last one to turn it in and when I gave it to her she said, "Last, but not least!" :B
Anyway, during the end of China IP Law, I GOT THE EMAIL SAYING I'M ON THE JAPAN TEAM! omg omg omg. OK, maybe they'll say, "Only one on the team can go," oh God XD JUST NEED TO BE COOL.
*watching the Armed Forces Ball now* omg the dance with the marines was so nice ;_;
Anyway, I'M GOING TO JAPAN!!!!!!
I went to the first International Human Rights Clinic seminar and they said we'd be split up into teams working on specific projects. I read on the syllabus, "Clinical Fieldwork in Japan (No Seminar)," and I was excited, but wondered what it meant.
(My professor though, she's so cool. She mainly does work in Africa helping sex workers and she's super professional, stylish, and articulate. I arrived early and she asked if I was in China, and I can't believe she remembered from my application for a spot in the clinic! She said she has a soft spot for China because she went there when she was 15 and it was the only place she had gone to other than her parents' home in Nigeria, that was foreign. She and a group went traveling around China as part of a program, and she said it was always changing. She asked me how I felt about China too. I felt so silly and not articulate because I think she's very cool!)
So she said we had to sign up for the teams, but write up our preferences so we weren't guaranteed to be on the team we want. She gave us descriptions of each project and the Japan one was working with the Amnesty International in Japan and crafting recommendations from research to reform Japan's death penalty process, especially when it comes to mentally ill prisoners. Then we would actually GO TO JAPAN and speak with AI and government ministers about reforming the death penalty process.
"So what did you do in Japan?"
"Oh, just spoke to some Japanese ministers about reforming the death penalty process, the usual."
OMG I'm super into that subject and I've studied it when it comes to the US and China, especially when it comes to wrongful convictions/executions, and it's close to my heart. I couldn't believe it. The other two projects were fine, but I wasn't 100% behind them.
She gave us forms to put down our preferences and whether we've worked on any of the subjects before and anything else she should take into consideration.
OMG I made sure to write something really good and all I wrote about was the Japan project. I wrote in tiny handwriting and as much as I could on those lines provided. I was the last one to turn it in and when I gave it to her she said, "Last, but not least!" :B
Anyway, during the end of China IP Law, I GOT THE EMAIL SAYING I'M ON THE JAPAN TEAM! omg omg omg. OK, maybe they'll say, "Only one on the team can go," oh God XD JUST NEED TO BE COOL.
*watching the Armed Forces Ball now* omg the dance with the marines was so nice ;_;
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Good luck with that
"If they were were accused, they must be guilty. And if they're guilty, they must be executed. I don't see what the problem is here, this is just more meddling gaiatsu."
Recommended reading to see what happens if a judge steps out of line in Japan:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0226703886/ref=mt_hardcover
Yeah I know, I've already been assigned to do reading on how it is and it's just awful XD When I was reading about Japan I literally said, "Oh my God." I didn't know much about Japan when it comes to this, but I'm a bit surprised and at the same time I'm not.Good luck with that
"If they were were accused, they must be guilty. And if they're guilty, they must be executed. I don't see what the problem is here, this is just more meddling gaiatsu."
And I can't believe they still use hanging and that families and legal representatives only find out about the execution after the person has been executed and there's a lack of advance notice of execution. Jesus. It just all seems very secretive and the government's actions creep me out! Some even find out the morning of that it's their turn to die. They just live not knowing when the day will come. Amazing.
I even read this translated version of a guard's description of how it all goes down. It seems very abrupt.
http://imgur.com/a/UsgZP
It's also strange to me that Japan doesn't have any life sentence without parole. And that murders have gone down in Japan, but there are more capital punishment sentences. (Unlike the US which has lower and lower death sentences over the years).
And way to go Japan with it's 99% conviction rate! It's on par with China!
YEAAAAAH~ IT CAN'T POSSIBLY GO WRONG!China executes tons of people, but there seems to be more of a dialogue and domestic media/public pressure to reform and China's making new interrogation/appeals processes now, especially after more of their "oops" executions are coming to light, than in Japan, at least it seems to me. I dunno.
I'm not into telling a country what to do so we'd be working with Japanese activists even though they seem so tiny! XD But just a few months ago Japan's lawyers' federation stated they are moving to stop capital punishment now. So it seems like things are happening! (maybe this is why we're doing something now?)
Anyway, I just heard the Robert Shaw Chorale's version of "Spanish Ladies" and it is SO GOOD. OMG. The top comment is:
SO. GOOD. Wow, I was truly feeling this one, even though I've heard a bunch of versions by now. The singers are fantastic. Robert Shaw Chorale's "A Roving" (or "Maid in Amsterdam") is also great and sweet. I love it!
His singers were really talented!A - Roving ／ Robert Shaw Chorale (Men)
I wish I was born as a poor British sailor looking for a life of adventure and money on the high seas XD (I'm serious...) WE'LL RANT AND ROAR LIKE TRUE BRITISH SAILORS~
I was listening to Spanish Ladies as I was doing a reading about how the UN and similar organizations and NGOs are Eurocentric/Western and have a problematic "savior" complex and are mostly white and act like Christian missionaries and blablabla.
whatever, UNTIL WE STRIKE SOUNDINGS IN THE CHANNEL OF OLD ENGLAND, FROM USHANT TO SCILLY IS THIRTY FIVE LEAGUES~
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double post but I'm still DEAD
Anyway, my first DEATH PENALTY IN JAPAN team meeting is tomorrow. I hope it's good!
I told my new friend after International Labor Law about my classes and she said, "You'll definitely be busy!" I know, people look at me like I'm insane. BUT I HAVE TO DO THIS. I can't believe she learned English (in Saudi Arabia) from watching movies! That's amazing. Maybe I should do that with Mandarin.
I also have to think of an idea for a new business for my entrepreneurial law class. I'm scared. I think it's too ambitious. XD
My old social entrepreneurship professor, Name Dropping Professor, was in the class room right before we started entrepreneurial law class and right before leaving he told my new entrepreneurship professor, "Watch out, she's a trouble maker!" OMG I don't know why he said that!! XD He said it jokingly though and it was nice catching up with him.
(I don't remember if I questioned him on a lot of topics though. I don't remember! WHAT DID I DO.)
OK back to being productive... ;_;
Anyway, my first DEATH PENALTY IN JAPAN team meeting is tomorrow. I hope it's good!
I told my new friend after International Labor Law about my classes and she said, "You'll definitely be busy!" I know, people look at me like I'm insane. BUT I HAVE TO DO THIS. I can't believe she learned English (in Saudi Arabia) from watching movies! That's amazing. Maybe I should do that with Mandarin.
I also have to think of an idea for a new business for my entrepreneurial law class. I'm scared. I think it's too ambitious. XD
My old social entrepreneurship professor, Name Dropping Professor, was in the class room right before we started entrepreneurial law class and right before leaving he told my new entrepreneurship professor, "Watch out, she's a trouble maker!" OMG I don't know why he said that!! XD He said it jokingly though and it was nice catching up with him.
(I don't remember if I questioned him on a lot of topics though. I don't remember! WHAT DID I DO.)
OK back to being productive... ;_;
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This is why I don't like going to the beach...
Photo shows 10-year-old surfing over great white shark
Photo shows 10-year-old surfing over great white shark
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Come on, people, dispose of your whales properly
Yeah nah, can't be stuffed mate, too hot aye.
Well, it was Australia day yesterday (26th), me country's national day. So please enjoy this little bit of Australiana.
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Happy Australia day
I like beaches and surfing...
I do, however, avoid farms because they're smelly and I'm something like 20x more likely to be killed by a cow. Damn cows.
This has been circulating forever, but it's seemingly legit news so lol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-kill-you-this-summer/?utm_term=.cc460c322569
I like beaches and surfing...
I do, however, avoid farms because they're smelly and I'm something like 20x more likely to be killed by a cow. Damn cows.
This has been circulating forever, but it's seemingly legit news so lol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-kill-you-this-summer/?utm_term=.cc460c322569
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY
I'll be honest, I have no idea what they're even talking about in that second video XD
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HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY
Cheers m8.
Well, pluggas are thongs if that helps and thongs are flip-flops/sandals.
So to bust a plugga is when your thongs break.
Really he should have just repurposed them into a thongarang.
Happy Australia Day! I want to see the videos as a reward once I'm done with all these short papers XD I hate when I have tiny assignments that just pile up because they're due at the same time!
RIP Mary Tyler Moore. I actually see her episodes almost every day still
She was a cool woman.
So, I am going to Japan, all expenses paid, for about 5 days in late April! We'll actually be meeting with the Ministry of Justice (OMG) and with Japanese organizations there. There are no specifics yet, but that's the plan!
Carolina, who I think is half Peruvian (???), who also has a really long interesting German last name, has been to Japan at least 10 times and she studied abroad there last semester. I'm pretty sure she's part Japanese too, but now I forget. I met her my 1L year when we were volunteering in Queens together.
I was in the meeting room first and Carolina came in, but I didn't recognize her because she got a pixie cut. We spoke for a few minutes and she said, "Oh, I know you were in China last semester."
"...How did you know?"
"Because you sent me a Facebook message..."
"Omg CAROLINA?"
"I was really enjoying the anonymity there but I couldn't do it anymore"
I can't believe I didn't recognize her throughout the whole conversation XD
My classmate Lisa is actually Japanese, born and raised there, then lived in NJ, and now she's our person to speak to the Japanese activists in Japan. What they ask for us to do is to gather information from US (and possibly other jurisdictions) procedures and other things that they will then use to craft the final proposal/recommendation by the time we go to Japan. They want us to do this fast because they think the time is now. So each week we'll focus on a new topic, but right now I have to write a short paper on the state of the Japanese death penalty today.
Lisa said that DP is a taboo subject in Japan and no one really talks about it. She doesn't even remember hearing about it while going to school there.
I noticed that most of my team members, who total 6, have done this sort of clinic with our professors before and I haven't... XD They're not even in my clinic seminar like Lisa and I am, they're actually returning to help just for this. I feel like a noob. I really want to do my best! But I really like our group of girls. They're so friendly!
Carolina said she'll totally take us to good restaurants when we're there.
Once our meeting was finished I went, "Omg, we're GOING TO JAPAN!!!" We all got so nerdy for a second there. Our clinic used to do things in Cambodia and Malaysia, but has been focusing on Africa and the US for a while so this is the first time in a while the clinic is doing anything in Asia. Wow, I'm really glad I applied while I was in China! Here I thought we'd be doing sex worker stuff in Africa, but it looks like I'll be back in Asia!
I also went to my first Animation Screenplay class and it was so interesting. Our professor is an actual professor and he's worked at Disney, Nickelodeon, Fox, and now he's at Netflix. He's done so much! He even teaches at my law school's university. Small world. He's even going to help us in whatever way he can with showing us the ropes, the career ladder, SO MUCH.
Like, just to break down all these films is just so cool too. We even saw part of "Spirited Away" and I forgot how good it was. I feel like a noob again because my classmates have all these screenplays already written and things like that, haha.
I'm being called "Superwoman" now because of all this stuff I'm doing... XD
I want to see the videos as a reward once I'm done with all these short papers XD I hate when I have tiny assignments that just pile up because they're due at the same time!RIP Mary Tyler Moore. I actually see her episodes almost every day still
She was a cool woman.So, I am going to Japan, all expenses paid, for about 5 days in late April! We'll actually be meeting with the Ministry of Justice (OMG) and with Japanese organizations there. There are no specifics yet, but that's the plan!
Carolina, who I think is half Peruvian (???), who also has a really long interesting German last name, has been to Japan at least 10 times and she studied abroad there last semester. I'm pretty sure she's part Japanese too, but now I forget. I met her my 1L year when we were volunteering in Queens together.
I was in the meeting room first and Carolina came in, but I didn't recognize her because she got a pixie cut. We spoke for a few minutes and she said, "Oh, I know you were in China last semester."
"...How did you know?"
"Because you sent me a Facebook message..."
"Omg CAROLINA?"
"I was really enjoying the anonymity there but I couldn't do it anymore"
I can't believe I didn't recognize her throughout the whole conversation XD
My classmate Lisa is actually Japanese, born and raised there, then lived in NJ, and now she's our person to speak to the Japanese activists in Japan. What they ask for us to do is to gather information from US (and possibly other jurisdictions) procedures and other things that they will then use to craft the final proposal/recommendation by the time we go to Japan. They want us to do this fast because they think the time is now. So each week we'll focus on a new topic, but right now I have to write a short paper on the state of the Japanese death penalty today.
Lisa said that DP is a taboo subject in Japan and no one really talks about it. She doesn't even remember hearing about it while going to school there.
I noticed that most of my team members, who total 6, have done this sort of clinic with our professors before and I haven't... XD They're not even in my clinic seminar like Lisa and I am, they're actually returning to help just for this. I feel like a noob. I really want to do my best! But I really like our group of girls. They're so friendly!
Carolina said she'll totally take us to good restaurants when we're there.
Once our meeting was finished I went, "Omg, we're GOING TO JAPAN!!!" We all got so nerdy for a second there. Our clinic used to do things in Cambodia and Malaysia, but has been focusing on Africa and the US for a while so this is the first time in a while the clinic is doing anything in Asia. Wow, I'm really glad I applied while I was in China! Here I thought we'd be doing sex worker stuff in Africa, but it looks like I'll be back in Asia!
I also went to my first Animation Screenplay class and it was so interesting. Our professor is an actual professor and he's worked at Disney, Nickelodeon, Fox, and now he's at Netflix. He's done so much! He even teaches at my law school's university. Small world. He's even going to help us in whatever way he can with showing us the ropes, the career ladder, SO MUCH.
Like, just to break down all these films is just so cool too. We even saw part of "Spirited Away" and I forgot how good it was. I feel like a noob again because my classmates have all these screenplays already written and things like that, haha.
I'm being called "Superwoman" now because of all this stuff I'm doing... XD
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Happy Australia Day!
They're a light at the end of the tunnel!
I may or may not be there at the same time!
Business or pleasure?
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The business of pleasure.
But really, it is all in the air at the moment, I should find out in a few weeks what is happening.
If you're going on an entertainer visa, I reserve the right to judge you intenselyThe business of pleasure.