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ENCOM Part 3: Degree Ver.

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Here goes, the long awaited, and the most requested post ever! In this post, I will share about what I did throughout my 4 years of degree taking ENCOM (2014-2018). However, the comments and review regarding the subjects may differ from what other people thought because my comments are made based on my understanding and judgment.  Without further ado, here goes! As you guys might know already by now, ENCOM is an English course that consists of 2  ½  elements; Communication, Linguistics and a half of Management. If you think ENCOM is the same as TESL or BENL (Bachelor in English Language and Literature), hmmmm think again haha! Our subjects are mixtures of communication and linguistics . Later in my next post I'll list down the subjects yeah. Another thing about this course is that, we are focused at mainly 2 things:  1) Being able to communicate well (presentation in class or outside class) and   2) Ability to write academically (write research paper).   Fo

Hokkaido Part 3: The arrival

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Moving on, what captured my attention the most was the view. The view of Hokkaido from above was superb, and I could not stop myself from recording and capturing the view until we landed!  The view was mostly white because the land was covered with snow, but there were some drying trees still available. We could see mountains from up there (which I bet it was Mt. Fuji) because the mountain was quite far from where we flew at that time. In conclusion, I was completely stunned by the spectacular different views! (((o(*゚▽゚*)o))) Our flight from Malaysia was at 11.30pm and we arrived New Chitose Airport at around 6.50am the next day. When we arrived, the weather was shocking -16 ° c! Luckily we brought our jacket inside our hand carry bag and wore our long johns from Malaysia, or else we would be freezing.  After claiming our luggages, we went to JR Hokkaido counter to validate our JR Hokkaido Rail pass. One thing in Japan, you will be in a rush every single t