Speech Contest!

So, this past sunday I did the 19th annual Arizona state Japanese language speech contest. Well, the weather was extremely hot; but the Japanese friendship garden was a very nice place to hold the competition. It was a long day of speeches, but very enjoyable. Guess what. Marty Friedman was there, the former guitarist of Megadeath. That was pretty awesome, but I didn't realize who he was until the day after, when everything clicked in my head. Anyway, when I first got there, I was insanely nervous, but after some walking around, I was able to calm down a bit. By the time it got to my group, I started to get nervous again; but once my speech started, I started to relax and go with the flow. After all the speeches were done, there was a tea ceremony, and then a long wait until the awards. When it came time for awards, I became nervous again; but, all my hard work paid off. I got second place in my category out of fourteen people. I was really happy, and I won some really cool goodies. I'll post back soon with more details. see you then.

The Update of a lifetime...

Well, it has been a while since I last posted; and a lot has happened since that last post. I am not less than a week from my university graduation ceremony. Well, I'm not officially done with college, but since there only one ceremony a year, and I'll be done in the summer, I am able to participate. So next semester is my actual last semester in which I need to find an internship and complete two small classes. I'm also getting web space to put my portfolio online. I made the site completely in Flash, as Flash is my weapon of choice. So I'm hoping that will get straightened out so I can get it online. I have still been studying Japanese also, after the trip, I realized how great it is to experience different cultures; and I have taken studying Japanese more serious than I used too. Hence I am participating in the Arizona speech contest this Sunday. I'm starting to get exciting about it, I hope I can deliver the speech the way I have on my practice runs. Other than all that, I'm thinking about what to do after college, depending on what internship I get, that could lead to a few things. I also have given thought to travel to Japan to try to work abroad, or study abroad at a university. I'm sure a lot more happened since my last post, but I think these were the most interesting things. I'll also post back after the speech contest.