Doing translation work now. So boring...and I hate the part where I have to record my own voice onto a stupid tape. I wonder if they'll make us do live recordings during the conference in Shiga. aiya....

80% precipitation on Sunday =(

Went to Omiya to play Spades with Eugene and Geoff and Eugene's friend Ken. Spade is this awesome game Eugene taught us during the trip to Kumamoto.
Talking about Kumamoto, Geoff wrote a little about it and posted some pictures on his incredible site =) :
http://www.donkeymon.net
Anyway, Spades involves a lot of tactics and mind-reading, which is totally my kind of game. I agree with Geoff that this game reveals a lot of hidden personalities of the players. =) We now play every wednesday nights at Starbucks. I think we'll continue this "ritual" for as long as we are in Japan.

人生をフルコースで深く味わうための
幾つものスパイスが誰もに用意されていて
時には苦かったり
渋く思うこともあるだろう
そして最後のデザートを笑って食べる

Getting ready to go to Tokyo.
Intricated feelings overwhelming inside my head.
By the end of today, will I smile or will I frown?

It's exciting.....

I hope today would serve as an antidote to my pain.

I'm optimistic =)

Heading out to Kinugawa for a hot spring trip!
Onsen+Enkai (dinner course)+Nomihoudai(all you can eat)+Karaoke
Yay!! ^___^

The taste of winter this morning was a relentless one. I think I need an extra scarf. The cold air is hard to block with only one scarf when riding the bike. brrrrrr....

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Volleyball World Cup 2003 again...

Yesterday.
Student: Sensei, which team will you root for, China or Japan?
Me: I'll support the team with the cutest guys =)

Today.
Student: Sensei, which team will you root for, Canada or Japan?
Me: (see above)

The trip to Kumamoto was chou omoshiroi! Too tired to write about it now..will do so later..

Watching Volleyball World Cup 2003 over dinner. Mens: China vs. Japan. The players on the Chinese team are surprisingly good looking. Especially no.7 Tang Miao. What an eye candy ;)

This is nice.

It was freezing cold today. Went to Otone town again for that international exchange thing at Higashi elementary. Last time there was about 5 months ago. Early June...oh yes....I remember...it was a beautiful beautiful day in June...

Today I went to Otone town feeling a little depressed. I guess it was the rain.

Today I learnt that I have been using the wrong fingers to bowl since the first game I played in elementary school. No wonder I sucked at bowling all of my life.

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Yesterday I was again commented on my "cold-heartedness":
"I can't believe you didn't cry when you watch My Sassy Girl!!"

Inside jokes:

keihin touhoku sen
"You get on/off the keihin touhoku sen at Omiya station"

sawadika+4PK+tenbin

"why so crazee?"

More and more of my friends (around my age) are getting married. It's crazy because it makes me feel old. While I am still paving my own path and finding out who I really am, friends around me are already "settling down". Am I moving really slow in life or my friends are just racing through life?

Yes, life is short. But why the hell is the 20s so damn short? I mean, why can't we keep the 20s phase all the way to the 40s? by keeping the energetic and health level as well as the outlook "constant" all the way to mid 40s, the world would be much more efficientt....and we'd prolly be living on the moon now (which would solve the population problems).

We spent the first 20 years in school, and a few years to figure ourselves out, then by the time we "kinda" figured something out..we are saying hello to the thirties...and then..the forties...aiya!!!! These sort of thoughts are running through my head from time to time these days. I guess it's pre-birthday anxiety...

Washed my hair, getting ready for MYC.

Don't think I slept at all last night. Why the hell am I still thinking about it? Why the hell I feel so resentful, confused and really belligerent to the point that I don't act like myself anymore? Why the hell do I have such a good memory that the past doesn't seem like the past?

task of the day: delete 2 months worth of memories

Testing =)