2008 Woodie Awards
SPOTLIGHT: GYO TIME!
By: Nora Clancy
Issue date: 3/10/06 Section: Features
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You were born in Fiji and raised in both Rome and Japanâ?"where do you call home?
I definitely love Rome, and Italy in general. So I definitely have some part of me in Italy, some part in Japan. Italy really, I stayed there from when I was 12 to 18, the important part of my life. I got exposed to many different cultural types of things that I never got exposed to in Japan. From exploring the ruins from 2,000 years ago to getting into partying, it expanded my perspective on things. It made me more open to people; more friendly, more understanding of more people. My Italian friends showed me how to care for each other more, how to think for each other more, to be more like brothers than being isolated, isolating yourself. Thatâ?TMs a little bit different from the Japanese way of thinking of being collectivistic, you know. Will you be working in Japan after graduation?
I might be working for Toshiba after graduation. I got [the offer] at this forum for recruiting Japanese bilingual students. Iâ?TMm not sure if Iâ?TMm actually going to take the job. Iâ?TMm still looking around for some. I thought it was a good way to start my career. It will be in either human resources and management or marketing.
If Toshiba isnâ?TMt in the plan, what will you do instead?
I donâ?TMt like sitting behind a desk and just scribbling. Iâ?TMm more active. I like interacting with people. I like to use whatever Iâ?TMve learned, like the language skills I have and apply that while it lasts. I thought I might work for investment companies or some sort of companies that will interact with foreign companies.
Why did you choose to major in Psychology?
I thought, look, I like talking to people and I seem to understand people: why not go into psychology? It was this broad thing. I probably went in to it the wrong way. It was all about reading, all about theory. The reading was hard for me, I still canâ?TMt get used to it. I could have taken Economics, a very stereotypical thing for an Asian to do. But Iâ?TMm not good with numbers, so I threw that. I knew psychology was gonna be useful in the future. Whatever you do, thereâ?TMs always psych. I just didnâ?TMt want to be too skewed onto one side. Thatâ?TMs what often happens, and thatâ?TMs what I didnâ?TMt want to be.
You were born in Fiji and raised in both Rome and Japanâ?"where do you call home?
I definitely love Rome, and Italy in general. So I definitely have some part of me in Italy, some part in Japan. Italy really, I stayed there from when I was 12 to 18, the important part of my life. I got exposed to many different cultural types of things that I never got exposed to in Japan. From exploring the ruins from 2,000 years ago to getting into partying, it expanded my perspective on things. It made me more open to people; more friendly, more understanding of more people. My Italian friends showed me how to care for each other more, how to think for each other more, to be more like brothers than being isolated, isolating yourself. Thatâ?TMs a little bit different from the Japanese way of thinking of being collectivistic, you know. Will you be working in Japan after graduation?
I might be working for Toshiba after graduation. I got [the offer] at this forum for recruiting Japanese bilingual students. Iâ?TMm not sure if Iâ?TMm actually going to take the job. Iâ?TMm still looking around for some. I thought it was a good way to start my career. It will be in either human resources and management or marketing.
If Toshiba isnâ?TMt in the plan, what will you do instead?
I donâ?TMt like sitting behind a desk and just scribbling. Iâ?TMm more active. I like interacting with people. I like to use whatever Iâ?TMve learned, like the language skills I have and apply that while it lasts. I thought I might work for investment companies or some sort of companies that will interact with foreign companies.
Why did you choose to major in Psychology?
I thought, look, I like talking to people and I seem to understand people: why not go into psychology? It was this broad thing. I probably went in to it the wrong way. It was all about reading, all about theory. The reading was hard for me, I still canâ?TMt get used to it. I could have taken Economics, a very stereotypical thing for an Asian to do. But Iâ?TMm not good with numbers, so I threw that. I knew psychology was gonna be useful in the future. Whatever you do, thereâ?TMs always psych. I just didnâ?TMt want to be too skewed onto one side. Thatâ?TMs what often happens, and thatâ?TMs what I didnâ?TMt want to be.
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