Monday, January 26, 2009

Welcome to IUJ Blog

Dear All IUJers,

Welcome to the IUJ GSO Blog. This is a new initiative to facilitate information sharing among the IUJ community not just in our campus but also the diaspora of alumni around the World.

Please feel free to voice your opinions, comments, complaints and valuable feedbacks.

Arigato Gozaimasu !

Saturday, January 24, 2009

IUJ SKI DAY 2009 -FINAL INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORM

Dear all students, faculty, and staff,

Please find the FINAL INFORMATION and APPLICATION FORM for the IUJ SKI DAY 2009 in the file enclosed.

Kindly fill in the form and bring it with the fees on below dates to the CNP/Snack Lounge.

Place : CNP
Time : Mon 26/1/09 (12.10 - 12.50 and 19.30 - 20.30)
Wed 28/1/09 (12.10 - 12.50 and 19.30 - 20.30)

Bus timetable will be announced separately.

Also, there is a GOOD NEWS!
Hakkai-sanroku is renewing its equipments this year. This means that we can rent a much more advance ski gears (curve ski sets which can be used easier for beginners in order to learn how to ski) with a little bit compensation on the rental fees.

We are looking forward to having your participation on this event.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Announcement of IUJ Ski Day

Here, we announce outline information about IUJ ski day 2009. Please just check following items. We apologize that the fees and charges have possibilities to be changed somewhat because this info is not entirely fixed.

After fixing all issues, we will distribute application form ASAP.

1. Date: Feb 8th, Sunday

2. Place: Hakkai-sanroku ski area (Within 10 minutes by car from IUJ. The shuttle bus will be available)

3. Fees, charges:
Application fee: 1,400 yen, including lift ticket and lunch
Ski equipment rental fee: \1,800
Snowboard equipment rental fee: \2,000
Wear rental fee: \1,200

Unfortunately, GSO's equipment will NOT be available on that event. This is due to the limited stock and to treat all students having no ski equipment fairly.

Some lectures how to ski and snowboard for beginners will be held on that day.

We expect many students, faculty, staff, alumni, your family and friend will join this event. Please enjoy this snow season!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Invitation for Naked Men Festival

We would like to announce the naked men festival on March 3rd, Tuesday. This event is famous as one of the three biggest strange festival in Japan.

In this festival, males push together and jump into the pond, praying everyone's health, good fortune and rich harvest.

Please check following movie as image.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=r-_qQt_HESg

The basic information is as follows,
Place: Urasa Bishamon-do (near Urasa station)
Time: Leave IUJ by bus at 7:30PM, March 3rd

Unfortunately, only male can attend this festival because of some traditional reasons. Therefore, ladies and those who want to see, please come to see this strange festival (no need to fill in application form).

To gentlemen paticipants:
If you want to attend, please fill in the sign up sheets on GSO-EC bulletin boards on either SPSC or C102 class room until 5PM on Jan 30th. And please clarify your name, your ID, clothe size (S,M,L,LL) and shoes size (cm) because You must wear traditional costume.

After collecting your application, we will inform details later.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Let's take care of the gym

We kindly advise to keep the gym in a clean and safe condition after use.

Please clean the first floor after use (basket, volley ball, badminton, etc.) to avoid other people from slipping due the floor is not clean.

Please also return all balls to the storage room and do not private belongings in the storage (It will be discarded after 1 week).

Please change to indoor shoes before entering the gym. It is very important to maintain the gym to be clean and not slippery.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Rules for Lending Ski Equipment

Click here to view the rules for lending ski equipment.

The first day for returning is Jan.15th (Thu) 7:00p.m-8:00p.m. The first day for lending is Jan.16th (Fri) 7:00p.m-8:00p.m

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Monthly Kitchen Cleaning - January 2009

The monthly kitchen cleaning exercise will be conducted on coming Wednesday - Jan.14, 2009 as from 1:00 p.m. onwards.

We suggest you to move in advance all your belongings including your electrical RICE COOKER and toaster from your kitchen shelf to your room temporally to facilitate the cleaning. Otherwise anything left behind in the shelves shall be discarded.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Financial Report for Fall Term 2008

Financial report for fall term 2008 is out.

Click here for financial report Jan - Dec 2008.

Click here for the estimated budget for 2009.