Naomi Faletti-introduction
Hi my name is
Naomi. I am taking Marine Biology course as part of the direct transfer requirement
to the University of Washington. In the class, I would like to learn about marine
life particularly in the Pacific Northwest to understand the habitat and
relation to the environment we create today. Once I transfer to the University
of Washington, I am planning to pursue a degree at the Jackson School of
International Studies. My great interest is government policy in relation to
economy and humanity. My goal is to become an expert in the area of U.S. and
Japan relations in the past and future. I do not know anything about marine
systems. Although, I have experienced on private ship with divers on board
around Anacortes one summer. It was amazing to see sea otters, whales so close
and feel touch live sea creachers like sea urchin, star fish, anemone, jelly
fish, and crabs. The life of plankton, algae, and coral leaf is interesting in how
they closely interact with quality of water. But, I have very limited knowledge
about their life existence in the sea and have no particular favorite organism.
I like to travel, go to museums, play piano, salsa dancing, cooking
new recipes, and entertain with friends and family learning new things. I am a Japanese
native and my love of Cherry Blossoms comes from Japanese tradition where I
grew up. While I was in Washington D. C. during spring break, the first thing I
wanted to do was to capture their famous Tidal Basin Cherry Blossoms at the
Jefferson Memorial as soon as I landed. The timing this year was just right to
do that. There was an artist with easel and paint brush capturing the moment of
natural beauty. I wish I could paint…but, I am an artist at heart.
This
all relates to my personal passion of humanity, nature, culture, and people as
they represent everything I do. A good example is the appreciation and
understanding of the history behind the Washington D.C. Cherry Trees which is
deeply-rooted to Japan and U.S. relations. This gives me a great appreciation to
the people in the past to present. There was great effort put in to sustaining
the health and the beauty of the Cherry Trees since 1910 by so many people in
the U.S. and Japan for many years. I hope it will last for many future generations to come.
I just recently started to become interested in Cherry Blossom trees. It's nice to hear some knowledge of the trees and someone's first hand experience with them.
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