I'm a-panicking because I need to straighten out my room before going back to Brunei. I just thought of this... because when I come back to Japan the next Uni semester will be in full swing! (*piiiinch*) And I don't have that many free days leftttttt. (*gasp* and I need to remember to bring my syllabus booklet because I have to register for subjects in late September...)
I have a dinner party on the 30th night - right after my part-time job... (for those who's only heard of this for the first time, I teach English part-time at a place near Hanshin Nishinomiya) and then I'm going shopping on the 31st! I'll probably do most of my last-minute shopping that (actually, this) Sunday. Then I have a lunch date with the girls on Sept 1st and a study session with my extremely reliable study partner, Wakki, the same night. Then I opened up the 2nd for some last minute Spring-ahem-Summer cleaning. I'll be working on the 3rd. Then I have the 4th for some extremely last-minute shopping. Working again on the 5th... and then departuring in the afternoon the next day. Whew.
Which means I have the 31st, 2nd and 4th free. Which is weird. See a pattern? It's every other day. ...Nice!
Oh. And I forgot. There's today too. Well. I'm going to try and straighten out this mess. All my plans for doing some laundry have gone down the drain - it's raining today and probably will stay that way till tomorrow. But. I still need to swing by UniQlo (my faaaavorite store) to see if they have any new selections (I peeked by a branch in Sannomiya and saw that the early Autumn selections are out! So... today I'll be swinging by the Harbourland branch.) It seriously is getting too cool, almost cold for Summer and who know what'll happen once October comes. In anycase. I need new clothes. All my clothes from last Autumn are getting weird stored-in-closet-for-too-long smells. I was hoping to wash those today so see if they're all salvagable, but like I said, the rain put a damper on that.
And I need a haircut too. I haven't had a haircut since May and my hair's grown sooooo long. It's probably 2.5 times the length of what it was Summer 2 years ago (which is normal, of course) but I didn't think it could grow this long... since it was still relatively short in January. Oh. And that awful fringe I had cut in January is gone too. (Thank goodness!) I straightened it, so now all I have to worry about are the roots that are totally curling up on me.
Hair trouble. Clothes. Dinner parties. Lunch dates. What am I? A girl? ^^
2008-08-28
2008-08-25
On antibodies, FF12 and thunderstorms.
It's been a while since I've posted and I thought to just drop a line on what I've been up to.
First of all, I got my test results - the antibody test, I mean - and I scored a 15.5 (note that the required score was an 8.0 to make sure one is unlikely to catch the measles), so I'm perfectly safe. Good thing I didn't go straight for the vaccination, right? Anyway.
Secondly, 2 weeks ago I started playing FF12 and I've been hooked ever since. I know the game came out in 2006 and I think I had a chance to play it the last time I was back in Brunei... which was, March last year? But I'm only playing it now because I have the Japanese version gathering dust on top of the TV. I didn't work at all between the 10th and 17th (though, I had lunch appointments, study sessions with a friend as also koto lessons) - so the game was basically all that I did. Then I started this 4-days straight work-thing (because one of the other teachers got sick and I had to sub in). It was alright, I thought, but then I felt like I was being set free after that last lesson on Saturday - I even slept till 12 hours straight till noon on Sunday. It felt good, actually. I mean, it is Summer Hols, I would think that sleeping till noon would be my prerogative, as a student... on holiday. Unfortunately that was the first time I've slept till noon all August. And probably the first within the past 2 or 3 months.
Right. Basically, I've been hanging low and just trying not to do too much physical labour these past two weeks. Typical, right? But between all the games I've been playing I've been reading too, so that's like, mental labour right? LoL. Anyways. I'm having an unexpectedly typical holiday of playing games and lazing about not doing anything. (And I kinda feel good about that. ^^)
Oh, and before I leave - the weather has been really really odd lately. Not that I'm happy for the changes, but it is practically cold at night. I went to to take out the trash this morning and the breeze was just absolutely perfectly cool - like it was Autumn already. But, technically, it's not supposed to cool down like this yet. Not yet for at least another month. Last year's Summer was a complete heat wave when compared to this year's. Also, there's been a lot of thunderstorms lately. I remember writing down in the blog at one point 2 years ago when I mentioned that this area only has thunderstorms practically only 2 or 3 times every Summer. That's a big change compared to this year.
First of all, I got my test results - the antibody test, I mean - and I scored a 15.5 (note that the required score was an 8.0 to make sure one is unlikely to catch the measles), so I'm perfectly safe. Good thing I didn't go straight for the vaccination, right? Anyway.
Secondly, 2 weeks ago I started playing FF12 and I've been hooked ever since. I know the game came out in 2006 and I think I had a chance to play it the last time I was back in Brunei... which was, March last year? But I'm only playing it now because I have the Japanese version gathering dust on top of the TV. I didn't work at all between the 10th and 17th (though, I had lunch appointments, study sessions with a friend as also koto lessons) - so the game was basically all that I did. Then I started this 4-days straight work-thing (because one of the other teachers got sick and I had to sub in). It was alright, I thought, but then I felt like I was being set free after that last lesson on Saturday - I even slept till 12 hours straight till noon on Sunday. It felt good, actually. I mean, it is Summer Hols, I would think that sleeping till noon would be my prerogative, as a student... on holiday. Unfortunately that was the first time I've slept till noon all August. And probably the first within the past 2 or 3 months.
Right. Basically, I've been hanging low and just trying not to do too much physical labour these past two weeks. Typical, right? But between all the games I've been playing I've been reading too, so that's like, mental labour right? LoL. Anyways. I'm having an unexpectedly typical holiday of playing games and lazing about not doing anything. (And I kinda feel good about that. ^^)
Oh, and before I leave - the weather has been really really odd lately. Not that I'm happy for the changes, but it is practically cold at night. I went to to take out the trash this morning and the breeze was just absolutely perfectly cool - like it was Autumn already. But, technically, it's not supposed to cool down like this yet. Not yet for at least another month. Last year's Summer was a complete heat wave when compared to this year's. Also, there's been a lot of thunderstorms lately. I remember writing down in the blog at one point 2 years ago when I mentioned that this area only has thunderstorms practically only 2 or 3 times every Summer. That's a big change compared to this year.
2008-08-14
Purikura with Ayaka
Ayaka'll be leaving for Maryland University on the 22nd this month and I went off to see her for lunch (the last time for at least a year) today. We went to Kita-senri for lunch and just dawdled for a few hours before she had to go off for her part-time job at this pasta restaurant (^^). We even had time for purikura!
I'm going to miss her! (>.<) We were kinda close last year when she was still in Sakai-sensei's seminar with me. She focused on a different seminar this year so we didn't have that many opportunities to meet - but she was always there and always helpful. She's probably one of the most... 'normal' out of all my wacky friends LoL. The level-headed one.
I'm going to miss her! (>.<) We were kinda close last year when she was still in Sakai-sensei's seminar with me. She focused on a different seminar this year so we didn't have that many opportunities to meet - but she was always there and always helpful. She's probably one of the most... 'normal' out of all my wacky friends LoL. The level-headed one.
2008-08-11
Jinx?
I might have jinxed something. LoL. I just mentioned that that point in Summer where the heatwave just peaks for a while hadn't come yet, and now it has. At least, the beginning of the heatwave.
It's come very late this year. I wonder if that means that Summer'll be longer (just like how Winter was just constantly cold but not freezing-freezing cold and a little longer this year). I wonder how that'll affect the food-production cycles. I'm going to be very depressed if there aren't any persimmons this year.
That said and done. I want to bring you to a newspaper article that has attracted much attention lately. Click here.
It's an article from the brudirect, and the same kind of article may be found in Brunei Times' web page too. What I wanted to comment on was the fact that they stated 204 countries. Countries. Both newspapers said it! I mean. Okay. This is beyond any skilful words that I can express.
Before I started to become all -indignant- or whatever, I checked the NOC lists. And of course, there were names there that I hadn't actually realised were countries and there were names there that aren't countries. The contingent from Israel and Palestine are different. There was a contingent from Hong Kong. A contingent from Aruba. I mean. -What?- All of a sudden Aruba is a country?
Okay, so apparently even BBC sports thought it fit to label things as countries. What does that mean now?
It's come very late this year. I wonder if that means that Summer'll be longer (just like how Winter was just constantly cold but not freezing-freezing cold and a little longer this year). I wonder how that'll affect the food-production cycles. I'm going to be very depressed if there aren't any persimmons this year.
That said and done. I want to bring you to a newspaper article that has attracted much attention lately. Click here.
It's an article from the brudirect, and the same kind of article may be found in Brunei Times' web page too. What I wanted to comment on was the fact that they stated 204 countries. Countries. Both newspapers said it! I mean. Okay. This is beyond any skilful words that I can express.
Before I started to become all -indignant- or whatever, I checked the NOC lists. And of course, there were names there that I hadn't actually realised were countries and there were names there that aren't countries. The contingent from Israel and Palestine are different. There was a contingent from Hong Kong. A contingent from Aruba. I mean. -What?- All of a sudden Aruba is a country?
Okay, so apparently even BBC sports thought it fit to label things as countries. What does that mean now?
2008-08-09
Just a thought
Wow. This is probably my third post today. But anyway.
I was just reading my old posts from early 2007 and I realised that I nearly screwed up my health check for that year because of high blood pressure. I remember thinking this year that my blood pressure sunk below that of last year and even that of the year before... which is great! (really).
And then I realised how unbelievably stressed I must have been then and it's probably nothing than when compared to me now (especially since language-wise I am better off).
I was also reading up my post from my last visit to Brunei and it made me realise how much I miss... a lot of stuff.
My nasi pulut.
And my cheesy wedges.
Nice juicy pineapples.
Soy milk.
Mom's tandoori!!!!!
Mama's ikan rebus!!!!
Ikan tengiri.....
Roti john(sp?)....
Kelupis.... the plain one you cacah with susu manis........
CAM mee goreng mamak
famous amos cookies
maggi kari
indo mee
pau
sardines
roti khawin
cucur pisang
belimbing
kuih batik
manga......
Waaahhhhhhhh
.....
.....
.....
Somebody take me to where all these food live when I get back!!!!! I'll get you all the Buger King burgers you want LoL. ^^
I was just reading my old posts from early 2007 and I realised that I nearly screwed up my health check for that year because of high blood pressure. I remember thinking this year that my blood pressure sunk below that of last year and even that of the year before... which is great! (really).
And then I realised how unbelievably stressed I must have been then and it's probably nothing than when compared to me now (especially since language-wise I am better off).
I was also reading up my post from my last visit to Brunei and it made me realise how much I miss... a lot of stuff.
My nasi pulut.
And my cheesy wedges.
Nice juicy pineapples.
Soy milk.
Mom's tandoori!!!!!
Mama's ikan rebus!!!!
Ikan tengiri.....
Roti john(sp?)....
Kelupis.... the plain one you cacah with susu manis........
CAM mee goreng mamak
famous amos cookies
maggi kari
indo mee
pau
sardines
roti khawin
cucur pisang
belimbing
kuih batik
manga......
Waaahhhhhhhh
.....
.....
.....
Somebody take me to where all these food live when I get back!!!!! I'll get you all the Buger King burgers you want LoL. ^^
abingdon boys school
I know I definitely must have mentioned this group before because they're like, my favorite among favorites!
Abingdon Boys School.
Abingdon Boys School.
I acquired their DVD last month - the Japan Tour 2008... and it's just really really really fantabulous! I'm re-obsessing over their songs again.
That's just one of their videos - Nephilim. I guess not that many people around me really know who they are - but to those who at least know D.Gray-man - they sang Innocent Sorrow. Or whoever has watched Darker Than Black - They sang Howling. Or maybe Blade Chord might sound familiar to anyone who might've played Sengoku Basara (2? I think).
That's just one of their videos - Nephilim. I guess not that many people around me really know who they are - but to those who at least know D.Gray-man - they sang Innocent Sorrow. Or whoever has watched Darker Than Black - They sang Howling. Or maybe Blade Chord might sound familiar to anyone who might've played Sengoku Basara (2? I think).
My life is strange?
I have a bruise on my foot and I have no idea how it got there. About 2 nights ago a piece of skin was coming off and it kinda hurt so I snipped it off and now I see a scab and a bruise surrounding it like it was the X spot on the map of a blueish-purple treasure island. My life is strange.
And last night my professor just invited our entire class to go out and have dinner. It was kinda sudden so I wonder what he's thinking. ^_^ He probably just missed us heee.
It turns out I'm not working on Thursdays (whopeee) so I basically just lazed about playing games, reading, I even went to the gym (which has resulted in my somewhat sore ankles - since I'm not used to running for too long). Anyway. I even managed to put a little studying in. I wonder if I've mentioned this or not before but I'm planning on taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) this December for the 1st-class level. It's necessary if I want to move on to the Master's Program (apparently). So. I have about August, September, October, November and since The Test is early December, 4 months in total to revise what I've already studied and add some more to it... apparently my already acquired 400 hours worth of classes plus let's estimate 200 hours worth of actual practice and learning on-site (the past 2 and a half years in Uni) and since the usual number of required class hours is 900... I need about 300 hours left. Which means. 3 hours a day everyday for the next 4 months if I want to grab this. Haha. Well it's not too bad I suppose. I have some texts for studying already and I have been at it. Reading it was kind of fun anyway.
I'd never thought that one day I would actually think that studying is fun.
And last night my professor just invited our entire class to go out and have dinner. It was kinda sudden so I wonder what he's thinking. ^_^ He probably just missed us heee.
It turns out I'm not working on Thursdays (whopeee) so I basically just lazed about playing games, reading, I even went to the gym (which has resulted in my somewhat sore ankles - since I'm not used to running for too long). Anyway. I even managed to put a little studying in. I wonder if I've mentioned this or not before but I'm planning on taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) this December for the 1st-class level. It's necessary if I want to move on to the Master's Program (apparently). So. I have about August, September, October, November and since The Test is early December, 4 months in total to revise what I've already studied and add some more to it... apparently my already acquired 400 hours worth of classes plus let's estimate 200 hours worth of actual practice and learning on-site (the past 2 and a half years in Uni) and since the usual number of required class hours is 900... I need about 300 hours left. Which means. 3 hours a day everyday for the next 4 months if I want to grab this. Haha. Well it's not too bad I suppose. I have some texts for studying already and I have been at it. Reading it was kind of fun anyway.
I'd never thought that one day I would actually think that studying is fun.
2008-08-04
Not just another Monday.
Okay, so it's been a very productive day.
Take note that:
1/ Summer Hols officially start mid-this week.
2/ I started my hols almost 2 weeks ago. ^_^
3/ I have one report left to hand in.
1. I went to get my re-entry permit at the Immigration branch in Kobe which didn't even take an hour because I got smart this time and paid for it in advance instead of getting asked to do it afterwards. (Yay!)
2. I went to UniQlo and got myself a new pair of pants... finally! I was so happy I found a nice beige pair plus I even found very nice comfy shorts that I've just changed into and it's so much better than my now-sweaty tights... not that anybody really needs to know.
3. I went up to the Uni clinic to get my blood checked for antibodies (the Uni requires proof of immunity against measles now... considering that they had to shut down parts of the Uni almost twice).
4. I went to my Faculty to sign in for August (if I don't do that every month I won't be able to get my grant, so, yay!)
And I've just finished one-third of a chapter of the 2nd book I need for my study group session later tonight (which means... I'm actually studying... woohay...?)
I'm not human. I'm a robot that just doesn't know when to take a break.
Come to think of it, the antibody levels that can show your immunity against measles is 8.0 or above... (any less and we'd need a vaccine.. or at least according to the standards the Uni Clinic gives), and Aurelie just got her results (after having her blood checked about 2 weeks ago) and she got more than 25.0!!! She's not human either. She's got like... super-antibodies. >.< .... ....
Take note that:
1/ Summer Hols officially start mid-this week.
2/ I started my hols almost 2 weeks ago. ^_^
3/ I have one report left to hand in.
1. I went to get my re-entry permit at the Immigration branch in Kobe which didn't even take an hour because I got smart this time and paid for it in advance instead of getting asked to do it afterwards. (Yay!)
2. I went to UniQlo and got myself a new pair of pants... finally! I was so happy I found a nice beige pair plus I even found very nice comfy shorts that I've just changed into and it's so much better than my now-sweaty tights... not that anybody really needs to know.
3. I went up to the Uni clinic to get my blood checked for antibodies (the Uni requires proof of immunity against measles now... considering that they had to shut down parts of the Uni almost twice).
4. I went to my Faculty to sign in for August (if I don't do that every month I won't be able to get my grant, so, yay!)
And I've just finished one-third of a chapter of the 2nd book I need for my study group session later tonight (which means... I'm actually studying... woohay...?)
I'm not human. I'm a robot that just doesn't know when to take a break.
Come to think of it, the antibody levels that can show your immunity against measles is 8.0 or above... (any less and we'd need a vaccine.. or at least according to the standards the Uni Clinic gives), and Aurelie just got her results (after having her blood checked about 2 weeks ago) and she got more than 25.0!!! She's not human either. She's got like... super-antibodies. >.< .... ....
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