The Final Task

23Jul08

I’m now down to 37 days left in the United States. I’ve just been notified that the Ministry of Education in Japan has approved my application for a COE.  The COE, or Certificate of Eligibility, is what will allow me to apply for a student visa at the Japanese consulate in Chicago.  As I already […]

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Flight JL0009

04Jul08

If you asked people to consider what a flight from Chicago (ORD) to Japan (NRT) would be like, most would probably think it’s a simple westward flight over the Pacific Ocean.  However, due to the curvature of the Earth, this isn’t the case – it’s merely a trick resulting from the inaccuracies of flat, rectangle-shaped […]

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