now this is wat i call creativity in advertisement hehehe....too bad those dat dun play dota will neva understand......
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
wtf....serious dota addicts out there......
now this is wat i call creativity in advertisement hehehe....too bad those dat dun play dota will neva understand......
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
juz a little note
他に気づいてならなかったことは、ビデオの内容はほとんどアメリカにおけるものであることです。例えばTV Newsでのニュースもアメリカで放送されたものです。しかもビデオで出る話はほとんどアメリカ英語のアクセントを使っているようです。確かに日本で教えられているのはアメリカ英語で、そのアクセントなどに早めになれたほうがいいのですが、ほかの「風」の英語も少し入れて聞かせておいたほうが全面的だと思います。全面的というのは、英語のいろいろな発音のしかたに馴染んで、聞き取れるようになることです。世界の国ごとに英語の発音には訛りが異なっているので、もっぱら正統アメリカのアクセントしか聞き取れないとほとんどの場合はその英語が使えなくて、聞き取れないのです。例としてヨーロッパの外国人に出会ったとき、ヨーロッパの英語の訛りはアメリカのとかなりの違いがあるから、困るかもしれません。a temporary note juz in case the mail i sent to myself fucks up the encoding again...hehehe
Thursday, July 12, 2007
so i cant sleep again....big deal
damnit, ever since the 1 week of hols last week, ive been having trouble sleeping on time. 'on time' as in, before 3am (i do hv classes in da morning so hv 2 get up at 9.30 latest n catch d damned bus ya noe...!)
n 2 top it off da stupid weather's been nothing but rain these days.....n u guys out there, trust me when i say u wun wan 2 b in osaka during rainy summer days....its so fxxking humid dat even if d temp drops 1 or 2 degrees, u get all sweaty n sticky da moment u step out of d protective 'cone' of a fan......argh.....not 2 mention wet slippery ground n dat drowsy, lazy semi-nostalgic feeling dat pops up at d most inopportune times n takes away ur will 2 study.....
n 2 top things off, yesterday i committed a serious error in karate. punched my senior whack in the face. 4 those who duno karate sparring rules, face-punching is a no-no; tho it does detract from d 'realism' of sparring, thus raising a few questions about d effectiveness of sparring as training 4 real combat.... anyway i juz shot out my arm in a purely reflex action n apparently hit da senior hard enuf 2 give him a nose-bleed serious enuf 2 warrant a trip 2 da sch clinic. argh, i feel so foolish now.... hopefully its not gonna affect my future in da club.....
anyway. lately been wasting a lot of time. watching anime, watching movies, playing starcraft. getting a little sick of pushing myself so hard i guess. yeah, no 1 ever sed attending uni in japan after only 1 year of jap language edu is gonna b easy, esp when theres already such a big difference in standard between msia n japan, at least in d maths field. but when i came here i was determined 2 fight. now, sumting feels drained out of me....dun feel so motivated anymore sumhow......even tho i keep telling myself theres only 1 month left 2 go so i MUST push on....
blame it on d weather i guess. n according 2 forecast, still 1 whole week of fxxking rainy weather ahead. duno y i'd always been so sensitive 2 d weather anyway. n yeah, i wasnt affected by rain during spring, autumn or winter. guess its becuz only rain in summer gives d same kind of gloomy oppressive feeling dat rain used 2 give me back in msia.
neways. nothing of particular interest but....1 of d movies i watched recently was 'love actually'. its actually quite old n ive had quite a few recommendations 2 watch it b4, tho i only recently acquired it (thru d 'usual' malaysian way of course :P). u guys noe how i hate romantic movies after all. anyway it was my 1st time watching it (i neva watch movies twice 4 dat matter) n yet it was oddly tinged wif...hazy nostalgia. made me think of stuff dat happened long ago. n i cant help but marvel at d way time passes n ppl change, yet d past remains so firmly anchored in memories......
damn, anyway, note 2 self: avoid romantic stories like the plague. at best they're a waste of time n at worse they're demoralizing n sets u thinking bout stuff dat dun hv relevance anymore. n u cant hv dat when u'r trying so hard 2 live in d present.
n 2 top it off da stupid weather's been nothing but rain these days.....n u guys out there, trust me when i say u wun wan 2 b in osaka during rainy summer days....its so fxxking humid dat even if d temp drops 1 or 2 degrees, u get all sweaty n sticky da moment u step out of d protective 'cone' of a fan......argh.....not 2 mention wet slippery ground n dat drowsy, lazy semi-nostalgic feeling dat pops up at d most inopportune times n takes away ur will 2 study.....
n 2 top things off, yesterday i committed a serious error in karate. punched my senior whack in the face. 4 those who duno karate sparring rules, face-punching is a no-no; tho it does detract from d 'realism' of sparring, thus raising a few questions about d effectiveness of sparring as training 4 real combat.... anyway i juz shot out my arm in a purely reflex action n apparently hit da senior hard enuf 2 give him a nose-bleed serious enuf 2 warrant a trip 2 da sch clinic. argh, i feel so foolish now.... hopefully its not gonna affect my future in da club.....
anyway. lately been wasting a lot of time. watching anime, watching movies, playing starcraft. getting a little sick of pushing myself so hard i guess. yeah, no 1 ever sed attending uni in japan after only 1 year of jap language edu is gonna b easy, esp when theres already such a big difference in standard between msia n japan, at least in d maths field. but when i came here i was determined 2 fight. now, sumting feels drained out of me....dun feel so motivated anymore sumhow......even tho i keep telling myself theres only 1 month left 2 go so i MUST push on....
blame it on d weather i guess. n according 2 forecast, still 1 whole week of fxxking rainy weather ahead. duno y i'd always been so sensitive 2 d weather anyway. n yeah, i wasnt affected by rain during spring, autumn or winter. guess its becuz only rain in summer gives d same kind of gloomy oppressive feeling dat rain used 2 give me back in msia.
neways. nothing of particular interest but....1 of d movies i watched recently was 'love actually'. its actually quite old n ive had quite a few recommendations 2 watch it b4, tho i only recently acquired it (thru d 'usual' malaysian way of course :P). u guys noe how i hate romantic movies after all. anyway it was my 1st time watching it (i neva watch movies twice 4 dat matter) n yet it was oddly tinged wif...hazy nostalgia. made me think of stuff dat happened long ago. n i cant help but marvel at d way time passes n ppl change, yet d past remains so firmly anchored in memories......
damn, anyway, note 2 self: avoid romantic stories like the plague. at best they're a waste of time n at worse they're demoralizing n sets u thinking bout stuff dat dun hv relevance anymore. n u cant hv dat when u'r trying so hard 2 live in d present.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
two farmers
lately i've been worried by a certain change. after living in an environment where u'r surrounded by japanese-speaking ppl all day, having to speak, write, LIVE in japanese, i've found that my ability in other languages hv degraded to the point of being physical. yesh, im actually losing the ability to speak clearly in english n chinese...!
not saying dat i was ever a bestowed wif crsytal clear speech, but im sure no 1 ever had trouble understanding me unless i was spouting gaming jargon. nowadays, my speech is so seriously slurred n full of mangled syllables dat sumtimes i pause n repeat myself juz 2 assure myself dat i can actually pronounce those syllables right. n sumtimes indeed i cant!
its all the fault of the pronounciation structure of the japanese language. they hv so few syllables dat if u speak almost exclusively japanese for days on end, muscles used in pronounciation of other sounds will eventually deteriorate. at least, thats my hypothesis (Shao Thing's Rule)
well anyway, gotta sleep soon. so, the mean topic of the post as follows:
2 farmers, Ah Seng n Ah Beng. Ah Seng is hardworking, Ah Beng is seen by some as a slacker. Ah Seng works hard on his plot of land, consistently watering the crops, weeding, taking care of his crops from morning till night. however, the crops seem sickly n do not flourish as expected, despite Ah Seng's best efforts. meanwhile Ah Beng doesnt do anything wif his plot of land. then one day, Ah Seng gets fed up wif all the hard work and abandons his crops. Ah Beng, seeing an opportunity, comes in n takes over the plot of land. within a few weeks, the crops matured n Ah Beng had a good harvest, despite only taking care of the crops for a few weeks compared to Ah Seng's months of sweat n toil.
now, a smart aleck wans 2 noe, does Ah Seng or Ah Beng deserve the harvest? Ah Seng DID put in tons of hard work, but gave up the crops in the end (understandably he wudnt b too happy if he found out dat Ah Beng took his harvest tho). Ah Beng was lazy n slacked off on his own crops but it was his intervention that prevented the crops from dying after Ah Seng abandoned them. n perhaps he had better agricultural talent as he managed 2 achieve good harvest in a short period.
oh, one last thing: apparently the crops kenot b 'split equally' or indeed, split in any way. they must b ALL harvested by one person only.
now, its a lame metaphor for sum stuff (read: drama) dats been going on here in japan, but im not d one who came up wif this story/riddle, n im not endorsing it or anything. juz feel like hearing d opinions of d masses....heheh. opinions, comments, questions etc welcome (adds sum life 2 my blog too :P )
not saying dat i was ever a bestowed wif crsytal clear speech, but im sure no 1 ever had trouble understanding me unless i was spouting gaming jargon. nowadays, my speech is so seriously slurred n full of mangled syllables dat sumtimes i pause n repeat myself juz 2 assure myself dat i can actually pronounce those syllables right. n sumtimes indeed i cant!
its all the fault of the pronounciation structure of the japanese language. they hv so few syllables dat if u speak almost exclusively japanese for days on end, muscles used in pronounciation of other sounds will eventually deteriorate. at least, thats my hypothesis (Shao Thing's Rule)
well anyway, gotta sleep soon. so, the mean topic of the post as follows:
2 farmers, Ah Seng n Ah Beng. Ah Seng is hardworking, Ah Beng is seen by some as a slacker. Ah Seng works hard on his plot of land, consistently watering the crops, weeding, taking care of his crops from morning till night. however, the crops seem sickly n do not flourish as expected, despite Ah Seng's best efforts. meanwhile Ah Beng doesnt do anything wif his plot of land. then one day, Ah Seng gets fed up wif all the hard work and abandons his crops. Ah Beng, seeing an opportunity, comes in n takes over the plot of land. within a few weeks, the crops matured n Ah Beng had a good harvest, despite only taking care of the crops for a few weeks compared to Ah Seng's months of sweat n toil.
now, a smart aleck wans 2 noe, does Ah Seng or Ah Beng deserve the harvest? Ah Seng DID put in tons of hard work, but gave up the crops in the end (understandably he wudnt b too happy if he found out dat Ah Beng took his harvest tho). Ah Beng was lazy n slacked off on his own crops but it was his intervention that prevented the crops from dying after Ah Seng abandoned them. n perhaps he had better agricultural talent as he managed 2 achieve good harvest in a short period.
oh, one last thing: apparently the crops kenot b 'split equally' or indeed, split in any way. they must b ALL harvested by one person only.
now, its a lame metaphor for sum stuff (read: drama) dats been going on here in japan, but im not d one who came up wif this story/riddle, n im not endorsing it or anything. juz feel like hearing d opinions of d masses....heheh. opinions, comments, questions etc welcome (adds sum life 2 my blog too :P )
Saturday, June 16, 2007
customer service in japan
is extremely good. as some of u might hv heard, i was quite pissed off at my camera a few months back becuz of sum dirt that has sumhow made its way into the lens (no amount of blowing wud remove it). so for a while (quite a long while in relation to the period of time since i bought it) i had speckles showing up on the screen whenever i zoomed in wif my cam.
to cut a long story short i finally decided i had enuf of it. i mean com'on, i paid 38000 yen for this camera (it was top of the line when i got it), n i was taking inferior pictures....no, not juz inferior, totally SPOILT pictures....cuz of the disgusting black splotches that faithfully popped up whenever i used optical magnification. so i took it to the Canon Service Center in umeda (thats the osaka equivalent of shinjuku btw) a few weeks back (i was in umeda attending a dinner at which our prime minister...yeah, the big Pak Lah! was present...hehe...actually he held that function for all of us malaysian students in the kansai region of japan).
(desire to blog fades off....)
so i left it at the service center....din dare 2 ask how much it wud cost, although it was still within the 1-year warranty period.....n today went there again 2 pick up the camera, n hey presto! good as new. most importantly, the repairs din cost me A SINGLE YEN! well, considering i had to travel to n fro by train, it cost me about 500 yen....way less than the repair shud! according to the repair description, they actually replaced the entire optical unit, which wud explain y the scratches on the outer lens i made when attempting to fix the problem myself were absent. btw, it turned out that there was nothing wrong wif the lenses, but rather the dirt got itself stuck to the CCD unit inside the camera.
funny thing was, such repairs were explicitly stated as NOT being covered by warranty as they involve (usually) carelessness on the customer's part.
duno if this is related or not, but i remember dat even shortly after i got the cam, it was already showing odd splotches whenever i took pictures of distant objects at night wif flash. as in, the flash doesnt quite reach the object so its not illuminated, but instead the dirt on the lens/ccd shows up bright as day. juz a random thought, move on.
anyway, kudos to canon customer service, n in fact customer service in japan in general. malaysia has lots to catch up in this regard....
to cut a long story short i finally decided i had enuf of it. i mean com'on, i paid 38000 yen for this camera (it was top of the line when i got it), n i was taking inferior pictures....no, not juz inferior, totally SPOILT pictures....cuz of the disgusting black splotches that faithfully popped up whenever i used optical magnification. so i took it to the Canon Service Center in umeda (thats the osaka equivalent of shinjuku btw) a few weeks back (i was in umeda attending a dinner at which our prime minister...yeah, the big Pak Lah! was present...hehe...actually he held that function for all of us malaysian students in the kansai region of japan).
(desire to blog fades off....)
so i left it at the service center....din dare 2 ask how much it wud cost, although it was still within the 1-year warranty period.....n today went there again 2 pick up the camera, n hey presto! good as new. most importantly, the repairs din cost me A SINGLE YEN! well, considering i had to travel to n fro by train, it cost me about 500 yen....way less than the repair shud! according to the repair description, they actually replaced the entire optical unit, which wud explain y the scratches on the outer lens i made when attempting to fix the problem myself were absent. btw, it turned out that there was nothing wrong wif the lenses, but rather the dirt got itself stuck to the CCD unit inside the camera.
funny thing was, such repairs were explicitly stated as NOT being covered by warranty as they involve (usually) carelessness on the customer's part.
duno if this is related or not, but i remember dat even shortly after i got the cam, it was already showing odd splotches whenever i took pictures of distant objects at night wif flash. as in, the flash doesnt quite reach the object so its not illuminated, but instead the dirt on the lens/ccd shows up bright as day. juz a random thought, move on.
anyway, kudos to canon customer service, n in fact customer service in japan in general. malaysia has lots to catch up in this regard....
Friday, June 15, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
tada......computer art at its finest
created wif: mspaint, logitech g5 gaming mouse n lots of talent ;-)
suggest a title, any1?
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Spell: Resurrection
2000 mana and 40000 gold later.......i managed to get my hero - no, blog - resurrected at last!
rejoice ye ppl, ravenlord's back to pwn, uh, blog! now, onwards to the world tree!
rejoice ye ppl, ravenlord's back to pwn, uh, blog! now, onwards to the world tree!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
shao thing hates kids
damned kids!
last night i went to a party n took two shots of vodka with sprite.....turns out dat was enuf to temporarily mess up my system, even tho i managed to cycle home in one piece. reached home at 1.30, by the time i fell asleep it was over 3.30am......duno how time juz flies when u'r sleepy n yet not willing to sleep -.-
note to self: if tired, dun go browsing wikipedia for useless information such as the differences between a machinegun n a minigun. juz SLEEP! uni is no place to wake up tired n sleepy.
n this morning, the kids frm neighbouring houses HAD to come out n play n scream n such!!! darn it, kids r d same d world over, whether msia or japan. i JUZ DETEST KIDS.
so i was woken up at 10, one hr before my designated wake-up time (by careful analysis of past experiences, ive determined dat the optimal sleep-duration is 7 1/2 hrs). by the time i managed to fall asleep again (after shutting the window n cutting off my supply of fresh air) it was 10.30. consequently i woke at 11.30, n wif enough of the so-called 'sleep inertia' dat i totally cant remember anything i was thinking juz a while ago. fark.
(INFO-SCIENCE: when a person's normal sleep pattern is interrupted and he is made to wake, a phenomenon known as sleep inertia manifests in which a person may be physically wide awake n alert, hence being unable to go back to sleep, but his mind is in a total state of unreadiness and he has difficulty focusing, recalling or utilizing short-term memory, among other temporary mental disorders)
all becuz of the kids! n probably in part to the alcohol i consumed last night, however.
on a side note, the management at osaka university of international studies shud really fix that stupid old clavinova in their lounge. the pedals WONT WORK!
last night i went to a party n took two shots of vodka with sprite.....turns out dat was enuf to temporarily mess up my system, even tho i managed to cycle home in one piece. reached home at 1.30, by the time i fell asleep it was over 3.30am......duno how time juz flies when u'r sleepy n yet not willing to sleep -.-
note to self: if tired, dun go browsing wikipedia for useless information such as the differences between a machinegun n a minigun. juz SLEEP! uni is no place to wake up tired n sleepy.
n this morning, the kids frm neighbouring houses HAD to come out n play n scream n such!!! darn it, kids r d same d world over, whether msia or japan. i JUZ DETEST KIDS.
so i was woken up at 10, one hr before my designated wake-up time (by careful analysis of past experiences, ive determined dat the optimal sleep-duration is 7 1/2 hrs). by the time i managed to fall asleep again (after shutting the window n cutting off my supply of fresh air) it was 10.30. consequently i woke at 11.30, n wif enough of the so-called 'sleep inertia' dat i totally cant remember anything i was thinking juz a while ago. fark.
(INFO-SCIENCE: when a person's normal sleep pattern is interrupted and he is made to wake, a phenomenon known as sleep inertia manifests in which a person may be physically wide awake n alert, hence being unable to go back to sleep, but his mind is in a total state of unreadiness and he has difficulty focusing, recalling or utilizing short-term memory, among other temporary mental disorders)
all becuz of the kids! n probably in part to the alcohol i consumed last night, however.
on a side note, the management at osaka university of international studies shud really fix that stupid old clavinova in their lounge. the pedals WONT WORK!
Sunday, May 06, 2007
music? martial arts?
something occurred to me today.
in learning to play a musical instrument, for example piano, there are two ways to go about it. the first is to learn it the 'classical' way, as i hv done - learn everything from the ground up, spending years building a solid 'foundation' while slowly improving one's skills. thats the traditional way of learning.
the other way is to learn the 'popular music' way. in a much shorter amount of time, one learns only the essentials needed to listen to or read popular music n play it on the keyboard. by focusing on the 'useful' things, in this case the ability to play music that is pleasing to the ears, n omitting everything else that r not directly required for playing popular music, such as musical theory n overly technical finger exercises, one dramatically shortens the time it takes to 'achieve' a certain level of piano-playing skill.
in my case, i learned to play the piano the 'classical way'. no complaints about it....while i cant exactly label myself a 'pro', im at least able to play moderately difficult pieces quite satisfactorily, n hv even tried my hand at some difficult pieces with some level of success. but i noe of ppl who, despite never formally learned piano the classical way, r able to play popular music quite impressively. thus proving that we do not necessarily
so why did i suddenly bring up this topic? actually, this post is not about music at all. its about martial arts.
ive started learning martial arts at too old an age. as such, i'll never be able to hv 'martial arts flowing thru my limbs' the same way piano works for me....no matter how i train from now on, martial arts will never be a 'part' of me the same way music is. not to mention time and energy contraints that increase as a person grows older and finds himself loaded with more and more academic responsibilities, inevitably followed by even greater work responsibilities. which makes achieving a high level of martial arts proficiency thru the 'classical way' impossible.
however, as in the world of music, there r faster ways to learn martial arts. one can take only the bare 'essentials' of combat n focus on those. basic, efficient n effective techniques, physical fitness. these r obtainable in a shorter period of time than the complicated, 'deep' philosophies of traditional martial arts. n while it can be argued that the deep foundations laid down by years of repetitive practice of traditional arts can give an edge in certain ways, learning systematically saves time n allows late-starters to catch up to a limited extent i guess....
so, onwards to glory!!
disclaimer: please do not read if you are allergic to nonsense.
in learning to play a musical instrument, for example piano, there are two ways to go about it. the first is to learn it the 'classical' way, as i hv done - learn everything from the ground up, spending years building a solid 'foundation' while slowly improving one's skills. thats the traditional way of learning.
the other way is to learn the 'popular music' way. in a much shorter amount of time, one learns only the essentials needed to listen to or read popular music n play it on the keyboard. by focusing on the 'useful' things, in this case the ability to play music that is pleasing to the ears, n omitting everything else that r not directly required for playing popular music, such as musical theory n overly technical finger exercises, one dramatically shortens the time it takes to 'achieve' a certain level of piano-playing skill.
in my case, i learned to play the piano the 'classical way'. no complaints about it....while i cant exactly label myself a 'pro', im at least able to play moderately difficult pieces quite satisfactorily, n hv even tried my hand at some difficult pieces with some level of success. but i noe of ppl who, despite never formally learned piano the classical way, r able to play popular music quite impressively. thus proving that we do not necessarily
so why did i suddenly bring up this topic? actually, this post is not about music at all. its about martial arts.
ive started learning martial arts at too old an age. as such, i'll never be able to hv 'martial arts flowing thru my limbs' the same way piano works for me....no matter how i train from now on, martial arts will never be a 'part' of me the same way music is. not to mention time and energy contraints that increase as a person grows older and finds himself loaded with more and more academic responsibilities, inevitably followed by even greater work responsibilities. which makes achieving a high level of martial arts proficiency thru the 'classical way' impossible.
however, as in the world of music, there r faster ways to learn martial arts. one can take only the bare 'essentials' of combat n focus on those. basic, efficient n effective techniques, physical fitness. these r obtainable in a shorter period of time than the complicated, 'deep' philosophies of traditional martial arts. n while it can be argued that the deep foundations laid down by years of repetitive practice of traditional arts can give an edge in certain ways, learning systematically saves time n allows late-starters to catch up to a limited extent i guess....
so, onwards to glory!!
disclaimer: please do not read if you are allergic to nonsense.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
not quite
okay, i suppose i'll put one more post here b4 i go. sumhow sumting inside is screaming at me to at least go thru the past year n put up some stuff so that someday i can look back at my first year in japan n smile in reminiscence. n ive got lots of photos that, notwithstanding having cost great effort in their taking, have not been looked thru even by myself! (to future self: probably no one's ever gonna read this post, well no one i noe anyway, but still, feels good to put down my thoughts on paper. even if the paper is electronic...heheh)
well anyway, this 'one more post' is not THIS post, cuz theres no time for it tonight. heck im already 45 mins past my self-fixed bedtime.
n shit, has my english degraded to the level of fish. or shit. or watever.
well anyway, this 'one more post' is not THIS post, cuz theres no time for it tonight. heck im already 45 mins past my self-fixed bedtime.
n shit, has my english degraded to the level of fish. or shit. or watever.
Monday, January 29, 2007
the End
well, i suppose u all saw it coming. i was toying with the idea for a long time but juz cudnt put my foot down n do it. anyway, its over. this blog i mean.
there had been good times, i suppose, but the maintaining of a blog juz weighs a little too much on my mind. i mean, everytime i encounter something blog-worthy, i feel obliged to blog about it, but other things get in the way (blame it on my laziness if u will...), n i almost always end up blogging about last month's events, or even further back.
this has been going on too long n reading my last few entries, i realise this can hardly be called a blog anymore. its no longer serving its purpose of informing anyone who might be interest about wats happening here in my life, n instead has 'forced obligation' n 'false resposibility' practically printed between the dreary, monotonous, vague lines.
i had been considering starting over, but if i do so, it wun be wif this address anymore i guess. mebbe i'll do as dan does...2 blogs, one for photos n coverage of events, n another to write my rubbish on. we'll see...
anyhow, its been a while! looking at the early pages i find memories of who i was a few years back, n man hv i changed! for the better i hope. THAT is wat a blog is for...THAT is why i created this blog in the 1st place. n thats what its ceased to be. before it rots anymore with pages filled wif meaningless narrations, i should say sayonara.
いてくれて、ありがとう
p.s. oh nevermind, theres too many things to add should i begin...so i'd rather not
p.s.s. juz cant resist doing this, last homage to my old posts
there had been good times, i suppose, but the maintaining of a blog juz weighs a little too much on my mind. i mean, everytime i encounter something blog-worthy, i feel obliged to blog about it, but other things get in the way (blame it on my laziness if u will...), n i almost always end up blogging about last month's events, or even further back.
this has been going on too long n reading my last few entries, i realise this can hardly be called a blog anymore. its no longer serving its purpose of informing anyone who might be interest about wats happening here in my life, n instead has 'forced obligation' n 'false resposibility' practically printed between the dreary, monotonous, vague lines.
i had been considering starting over, but if i do so, it wun be wif this address anymore i guess. mebbe i'll do as dan does...2 blogs, one for photos n coverage of events, n another to write my rubbish on. we'll see...
anyhow, its been a while! looking at the early pages i find memories of who i was a few years back, n man hv i changed! for the better i hope. THAT is wat a blog is for...THAT is why i created this blog in the 1st place. n thats what its ceased to be. before it rots anymore with pages filled wif meaningless narrations, i should say sayonara.
いてくれて、ありがとう
p.s. oh nevermind, theres too many things to add should i begin...so i'd rather not
p.s.s. juz cant resist doing this, last homage to my old posts
Saturday, December 16, 2006
wtf...im still here...haha
from the pen of a bored foreign student in japan...
lets see. the last post was 11 november, over a month ago. since then, exams hv came n went, n life has become a boring, meaningless mess. now im juz counting the days till i go home. sure, its been 2 weeks since exams ended, but sumhow the days juz slipped by without me doing a single thing that has any significance. im talking major frustration here. actually, i dun even noe wat im crapping about. except dat im damn bored, most of my frens hv either gone home or going out wif other ppl, n the guy i called to play warcraft 3 wif is talking on the phone wif his family. sucks....
anyway, a few updates on my life. the day immediately after exams, i went to Tama Zoo wif the ppl frm biology class...even tho im a physics student here. kinda reminiscent of the f6 days when me n seng chee wud get out of class to attend bio lectures...hehe. got a few pics from that trip. the focus of the zoo trip was sum sort of chimpanzee observation, due to the bio sensei happening to know a keeper at the chimps' compound.
some time after that there was a trip to ueno, a part of the central, 'real' (read: busy, crowded, stuffy even in winter) tokyo. at 1st wasnt planning 2 go, but sumhow got myself dragged along...n was glad i did, cuz at least we did sumting worthwhile, visiting an art museum (has anyone heard of Pira b4? sum french or italian guy, i forgot...wif a seriously deranged mind dat is reflected in the slightly disturbing pandemonia of his drawings) plus the Ueno National Science Museum, an extremely interesting place wif 6 floors full of skeletons, presesrved animals, videos, hands-on tech gadgets, u name it...all for juz 500 yen entrance fee! anyway, i'll put up d pics i took there, sumtime...next week. hehe.
speaking of pics, im proud 2 announce dat i got myself a new camera! a Canon IXY 900 IS to be exact, arguably canon's most advanced ultracompact digicam at the moment. bought it from the same online shop from which i got my slightly disappointing Logitech VX Revolution mouse. this time they were extremely prompt in service..i ordered n paid on tuesday n received it on thursday, incidentally the day exams 'ended'. tho at dat time i was kinda pissed off at myself for messing up my maths paper, so i received my camera wif slightly mixed feelings. its hard not too feel kinda empty when u get urself a 'reward' for sumting u din do well...
anyway, the camera turned out excellent in most cases since i started to use it...n unlike my computer n mouse, both china-made, this camera is 100% 日本製! so i can probably expect more reliability n durability from it in the future...hehe. as ive sed earlier, i'll post the pics sometime later when im feeling like it...nothing turns u off blogging more than the thought of uploading photos, anyway....
so anyway, this week was kinda bz cuz of discussion sessions wif the teachers to determine which university we can apply to...plus doing the actual applications n stuff, which actually doesnt take much time by itself; but ppl like me hv a habit of putting off important jobs until the last moment, then getting pek chek...for those who wan 2 noe, i applied for university of tokyo wif sum misgivings, n put university of osaka as my second choice...tho i probably stand a better chance of getting osaka cuz theres this damn vietnamese who's trying to get into tokyo uni too, n u noe how crazy vietnamese r when it comes to studying...
this week, too, a bunch of us went to a nearby park for a picnic n 'maple viewing', but unfortunately most of the maple leaves had already dropped off so we din get to see the lush red carpets on the trees that we've been expecting. oh well, there's still next year. i must say tho, autumn is probably the best time of the year n it sucked that we were all bz preparing for exams n din get to explore around a bit more...
this morning slept at 4am, woke at 5am to send a fren off, then slept again frm 7.30 to 2pm. so now im feeling really weird. add dat to a neck ache i got frm overexercising at the gym yesterday n u've got a seriously messed up guy that is me. n i hv 2 do sumting bout the stockpile of food in my fridge which i hv 2 clear out b4 i go home...plus buy souvenirs n stuff...haih...looks like life isnt that empty after all, but its still shitty....
ah, last but not least, yesterday there was a party n i got myself drunk on 2 glasses of beer plus 3 of wine...hehe...then tried to do sum breakdancing too...chin siao...but good thing was i got to show off my piano playing, plus there was a ton of food im usually too kiamsiap to eat, AND there was a ton of gals frm other programmes....tho i din get 2 talk to any...:)
anyway, enuf for now. time to kick my fren's ass in wc3
lets see. the last post was 11 november, over a month ago. since then, exams hv came n went, n life has become a boring, meaningless mess. now im juz counting the days till i go home. sure, its been 2 weeks since exams ended, but sumhow the days juz slipped by without me doing a single thing that has any significance. im talking major frustration here. actually, i dun even noe wat im crapping about. except dat im damn bored, most of my frens hv either gone home or going out wif other ppl, n the guy i called to play warcraft 3 wif is talking on the phone wif his family. sucks....
anyway, a few updates on my life. the day immediately after exams, i went to Tama Zoo wif the ppl frm biology class...even tho im a physics student here. kinda reminiscent of the f6 days when me n seng chee wud get out of class to attend bio lectures...hehe. got a few pics from that trip. the focus of the zoo trip was sum sort of chimpanzee observation, due to the bio sensei happening to know a keeper at the chimps' compound.
some time after that there was a trip to ueno, a part of the central, 'real' (read: busy, crowded, stuffy even in winter) tokyo. at 1st wasnt planning 2 go, but sumhow got myself dragged along...n was glad i did, cuz at least we did sumting worthwhile, visiting an art museum (has anyone heard of Pira b4? sum french or italian guy, i forgot...wif a seriously deranged mind dat is reflected in the slightly disturbing pandemonia of his drawings) plus the Ueno National Science Museum, an extremely interesting place wif 6 floors full of skeletons, presesrved animals, videos, hands-on tech gadgets, u name it...all for juz 500 yen entrance fee! anyway, i'll put up d pics i took there, sumtime...next week. hehe.
speaking of pics, im proud 2 announce dat i got myself a new camera! a Canon IXY 900 IS to be exact, arguably canon's most advanced ultracompact digicam at the moment. bought it from the same online shop from which i got my slightly disappointing Logitech VX Revolution mouse. this time they were extremely prompt in service..i ordered n paid on tuesday n received it on thursday, incidentally the day exams 'ended'. tho at dat time i was kinda pissed off at myself for messing up my maths paper, so i received my camera wif slightly mixed feelings. its hard not too feel kinda empty when u get urself a 'reward' for sumting u din do well...
anyway, the camera turned out excellent in most cases since i started to use it...n unlike my computer n mouse, both china-made, this camera is 100% 日本製! so i can probably expect more reliability n durability from it in the future...hehe. as ive sed earlier, i'll post the pics sometime later when im feeling like it...nothing turns u off blogging more than the thought of uploading photos, anyway....
so anyway, this week was kinda bz cuz of discussion sessions wif the teachers to determine which university we can apply to...plus doing the actual applications n stuff, which actually doesnt take much time by itself; but ppl like me hv a habit of putting off important jobs until the last moment, then getting pek chek...for those who wan 2 noe, i applied for university of tokyo wif sum misgivings, n put university of osaka as my second choice...tho i probably stand a better chance of getting osaka cuz theres this damn vietnamese who's trying to get into tokyo uni too, n u noe how crazy vietnamese r when it comes to studying...
this week, too, a bunch of us went to a nearby park for a picnic n 'maple viewing', but unfortunately most of the maple leaves had already dropped off so we din get to see the lush red carpets on the trees that we've been expecting. oh well, there's still next year. i must say tho, autumn is probably the best time of the year n it sucked that we were all bz preparing for exams n din get to explore around a bit more...
this morning slept at 4am, woke at 5am to send a fren off, then slept again frm 7.30 to 2pm. so now im feeling really weird. add dat to a neck ache i got frm overexercising at the gym yesterday n u've got a seriously messed up guy that is me. n i hv 2 do sumting bout the stockpile of food in my fridge which i hv 2 clear out b4 i go home...plus buy souvenirs n stuff...haih...looks like life isnt that empty after all, but its still shitty....
ah, last but not least, yesterday there was a party n i got myself drunk on 2 glasses of beer plus 3 of wine...hehe...then tried to do sum breakdancing too...chin siao...but good thing was i got to show off my piano playing, plus there was a ton of food im usually too kiamsiap to eat, AND there was a ton of gals frm other programmes....tho i din get 2 talk to any...:)
anyway, enuf for now. time to kick my fren's ass in wc3
Saturday, November 11, 2006
the journey of a thousand miles.....begins wif a single click
there is nothing more fun than playing doom 3 on a 17-inch-screen laptop wif lights out n the room bathed in red from the comp's LEDs...hehehe...
ok so....how shud i start....i 1st started having this urge 2 get a comp earlier than planned (original plan was 2 get a comp after d end-of-term exam) sumtime around beginning of september. during d whole of december d library was practically closed (open till 5pm on weekdays only...we hv classes till 2.40 at the earliest) so i was almost cut off frm d online world...n other functions dat required a comp, such as searching for song lyrics, preparing presentations for speaking class etc, were oso affected.
so i started by checking out dell's comps. now, as many of u noe, i've been saving money like a miser ever since i got here in order 2 get a REALLY good comp when d time comes. so i immediately ruled out inspiron laptops in favour of the xps line. but the problem was...d only 'possible' models were the miniscule 12-incher M1210 n the huge 17-incher M1710 (sizes as compared to the notebook 'standard', 14 inches). initially, sum craze for 'the ultimate mobility' took hold of me n i even made an order for a suped-up M1210 online thru dell's website (wif big savings possible due to usage of online coupons n everything)...
a few days after making the order, even going as far as setting up a bank account so i can pay for the order by bank transfer, i changed my mind. n it was sudden too...i took coffee at nite 2 'help wif my studies' n ended up sleepless, n i tossed n turned for d better part of a night thinking how d hell i was supposed 2 play games or even chat onling comfortably on a 12-inch screen for the next 2 years or so. the next day i juz decided to scrap the idea of getting the M1210, even tho there was a great online deal on at dat time.
it shud b noted dat another reason i decided against the M1210 was becuz of its graphics card, a mere GeForce 7400 which wud not b capable of playing nowadays' games at acceptable settings anyway.
so i juz left the order there unpaid for n hoped dat dell wud eventually cancel it automatically :P now i noe dat dats not a good thing 2 do, but when u cant understand wats written on half d website n dun even noe the proper format for sending an email in japanese, u shud b at least partially justified 4 doing such a thing. as i was :P right???
anyway....next choice....i took to looking at a bunch of japanese computer brands. now, originally i decided early on dat i wud NOT get a japanese brand comp cuz of their relatively higher price for the same specs (compared to, say, dell), plus d fact dat they were generally built wif a different focus in mind (ie aesthetics - sleek, colourful designs dat sumhow exuded feminity; capabilities focused on multimedia functions eg tv-viewing, rather than raw performance) from wat i wanted as a gamer. but anyway, i picked out wat seemd 2 b d only good choice among toshiba, sony, NEC n fujitsu....the sony vaio type F, a 15.4 incher wif a geforce 7600.
then i decided the price was simply too high for its specs. i mean, wtf, sony charges 50000 yen to upgrade from 1 GB of ram to 2 GB?? n there was no 2.0GHz processor available, n d upgrade from 1.83GHz to 2.16GHz costs 60000 yen. talk bout cutting throats. so despite having spent hours poring thru brochures n doing online research, i decided to scrap the idea of buying a vaio after all. heh.
so then i came across this company in the US selling laptops wif supposedly fine-tuned performance n simply out-of-this-world designs...alienware. now, alienware was once (n still is, to a limited degree) a 'boutique' computer vendor....they sell highly customizable computers, claim to conduct strict benchmarking n performance tuning on those comps, n charge a relatively high price for these comps. but wat really attracted me 2 alienware was 1) the design n 2) the fact dat a guy here frm mexico who noes computers sed dat its good. n the real selling point was dat despite being 'boutique' n taking into account shipping costs n everything, it will still arrive at my doorstep half a grand ringgit cheaper (for roughly d same specs) as the sony vaio i had been considering. dat tells sumting about d relative prices of things in US n japan eh.
so after working out all the logistics (i wud hv it sent 2 my sis, n hv her send it to me), i placed an online order for a 15.4 inch alienware area-51 M5550, a relly cool piece of work despite being among alienware's 'lower midrange' laptops. reason was dat alienware makes comps geared for gaming, which generally indicates a 17incher wif geforce 7800/7900-class graphics.
then overnight i changed my mind again. until then i had checked up intensively on d alienware M5550 online, n while i discovered certain disconcerting facts about d M5550 frm reviews, i sumhow overlooked them in d zeal 2 get a 'boutique comp, shipped all the way frm US, n not available in japan!'. but then sumhow it struck me dat if sumting bad happens 2 d comp, i wud b stuck wif a broken laptop thousands of miles away frm d nearest alienare service center. in other words, lack of obtainable tech support here in japan = bad thing. n several comments i read online about heat problems (which i guess contributes to system wear) related to the m5550 settled the matter. i din wan a comp wif a burnt up 3d card n no way to replace it.
up till then, i did not even consider 17 inch comps becuz they were, in my own words, 'humongous'. of course they wud not b as light n mobile as, say, yst's 14 inch toshiba. but then the question was raised: y d heck wud i care so much about mobility over performance when i probably wun b moving it about more than once a month? n a laptop is a laptop...it'll b infinitely easier to transport to, say, the common room or even the library compared to a desktop anyway, regardless of size. lastly, only 17 inchers carry serious 3d gaming power. n so it finally dawned on me dat, as a self-admitted gaming addict, 17 inches is the way to go. (by the way, in case sum wacko out there is relating all this talk of inches to another guy-thing also measured in inches, GET OUT U STINKIN PERV)
n the choice for a 17 inch was simple. among all the reviews i read online, only one comp, the 17-inch dell xps M1710, had stood out as being virtually flawless - in performance AND aesthetics (tho of a different kind frm d jap comps). n d price, while high, was by no means exhorbitant, given the performance i wud b buying. so within 2 days i had placed my order online n paid for it via bank transfer.
so now, roughly 10 days after receiving my new baby, im now typing this acount on him/her/it at nearly 2am in d morning. sumbody help me, im addicted again.
btw, any suggestions on resolving the him/her/it question? ie which shud it be?
ok so....how shud i start....i 1st started having this urge 2 get a comp earlier than planned (original plan was 2 get a comp after d end-of-term exam) sumtime around beginning of september. during d whole of december d library was practically closed (open till 5pm on weekdays only...we hv classes till 2.40 at the earliest) so i was almost cut off frm d online world...n other functions dat required a comp, such as searching for song lyrics, preparing presentations for speaking class etc, were oso affected.
so i started by checking out dell's comps. now, as many of u noe, i've been saving money like a miser ever since i got here in order 2 get a REALLY good comp when d time comes. so i immediately ruled out inspiron laptops in favour of the xps line. but the problem was...d only 'possible' models were the miniscule 12-incher M1210 n the huge 17-incher M1710 (sizes as compared to the notebook 'standard', 14 inches). initially, sum craze for 'the ultimate mobility' took hold of me n i even made an order for a suped-up M1210 online thru dell's website (wif big savings possible due to usage of online coupons n everything)...
a few days after making the order, even going as far as setting up a bank account so i can pay for the order by bank transfer, i changed my mind. n it was sudden too...i took coffee at nite 2 'help wif my studies' n ended up sleepless, n i tossed n turned for d better part of a night thinking how d hell i was supposed 2 play games or even chat onling comfortably on a 12-inch screen for the next 2 years or so. the next day i juz decided to scrap the idea of getting the M1210, even tho there was a great online deal on at dat time.
it shud b noted dat another reason i decided against the M1210 was becuz of its graphics card, a mere GeForce 7400 which wud not b capable of playing nowadays' games at acceptable settings anyway.
so i juz left the order there unpaid for n hoped dat dell wud eventually cancel it automatically :P now i noe dat dats not a good thing 2 do, but when u cant understand wats written on half d website n dun even noe the proper format for sending an email in japanese, u shud b at least partially justified 4 doing such a thing. as i was :P right???
anyway....next choice....i took to looking at a bunch of japanese computer brands. now, originally i decided early on dat i wud NOT get a japanese brand comp cuz of their relatively higher price for the same specs (compared to, say, dell), plus d fact dat they were generally built wif a different focus in mind (ie aesthetics - sleek, colourful designs dat sumhow exuded feminity; capabilities focused on multimedia functions eg tv-viewing, rather than raw performance) from wat i wanted as a gamer. but anyway, i picked out wat seemd 2 b d only good choice among toshiba, sony, NEC n fujitsu....the sony vaio type F, a 15.4 incher wif a geforce 7600.
then i decided the price was simply too high for its specs. i mean, wtf, sony charges 50000 yen to upgrade from 1 GB of ram to 2 GB?? n there was no 2.0GHz processor available, n d upgrade from 1.83GHz to 2.16GHz costs 60000 yen. talk bout cutting throats. so despite having spent hours poring thru brochures n doing online research, i decided to scrap the idea of buying a vaio after all. heh.
so then i came across this company in the US selling laptops wif supposedly fine-tuned performance n simply out-of-this-world designs...alienware. now, alienware was once (n still is, to a limited degree) a 'boutique' computer vendor....they sell highly customizable computers, claim to conduct strict benchmarking n performance tuning on those comps, n charge a relatively high price for these comps. but wat really attracted me 2 alienware was 1) the design n 2) the fact dat a guy here frm mexico who noes computers sed dat its good. n the real selling point was dat despite being 'boutique' n taking into account shipping costs n everything, it will still arrive at my doorstep half a grand ringgit cheaper (for roughly d same specs) as the sony vaio i had been considering. dat tells sumting about d relative prices of things in US n japan eh.
so after working out all the logistics (i wud hv it sent 2 my sis, n hv her send it to me), i placed an online order for a 15.4 inch alienware area-51 M5550, a relly cool piece of work despite being among alienware's 'lower midrange' laptops. reason was dat alienware makes comps geared for gaming, which generally indicates a 17incher wif geforce 7800/7900-class graphics.
then overnight i changed my mind again. until then i had checked up intensively on d alienware M5550 online, n while i discovered certain disconcerting facts about d M5550 frm reviews, i sumhow overlooked them in d zeal 2 get a 'boutique comp, shipped all the way frm US, n not available in japan!'. but then sumhow it struck me dat if sumting bad happens 2 d comp, i wud b stuck wif a broken laptop thousands of miles away frm d nearest alienare service center. in other words, lack of obtainable tech support here in japan = bad thing. n several comments i read online about heat problems (which i guess contributes to system wear) related to the m5550 settled the matter. i din wan a comp wif a burnt up 3d card n no way to replace it.
up till then, i did not even consider 17 inch comps becuz they were, in my own words, 'humongous'. of course they wud not b as light n mobile as, say, yst's 14 inch toshiba. but then the question was raised: y d heck wud i care so much about mobility over performance when i probably wun b moving it about more than once a month? n a laptop is a laptop...it'll b infinitely easier to transport to, say, the common room or even the library compared to a desktop anyway, regardless of size. lastly, only 17 inchers carry serious 3d gaming power. n so it finally dawned on me dat, as a self-admitted gaming addict, 17 inches is the way to go. (by the way, in case sum wacko out there is relating all this talk of inches to another guy-thing also measured in inches, GET OUT U STINKIN PERV)
n the choice for a 17 inch was simple. among all the reviews i read online, only one comp, the 17-inch dell xps M1710, had stood out as being virtually flawless - in performance AND aesthetics (tho of a different kind frm d jap comps). n d price, while high, was by no means exhorbitant, given the performance i wud b buying. so within 2 days i had placed my order online n paid for it via bank transfer.
so now, roughly 10 days after receiving my new baby, im now typing this acount on him/her/it at nearly 2am in d morning. sumbody help me, im addicted again.
btw, any suggestions on resolving the him/her/it question? ie which shud it be?
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
good news everybody!
well, not really. juz for those noisy buggers out there who had been verbally pummelling me into blogging, especially in the photo-posting department. i juz uploaded a slew of pics frm no less than 5 events (all during or slightly before/after summer holidays) onto my multiply site. btw, the url is http://shaothing.multiply.com
now b4 those buggers start complaining dat i havent labelled d pics, havent arranged them according to date, blahblahblah, let me remind u dat i m operating on severely limited library hours during which, n ONLY during which, i can do any sort of computer-related stuff. so shaddap. ;P
juz off the top of my mind, lately ive been playing tekken. specifically tekken tag tournament n tekken 5.
ah, n i juz ordered a laptop today. AND PAID FOR IT....which means no more changing my mind. i'll provide more detailed information on it when it arrives (sadly, in 2 weeks' time minimum). n theres the rather amusing story of my search for 'the perfect laptop' which preluded this purchase :P
anyway, gotta go now, library closing liao. btw theam, teach me how to overclock a GeForce 7900GS....
now b4 those buggers start complaining dat i havent labelled d pics, havent arranged them according to date, blahblahblah, let me remind u dat i m operating on severely limited library hours during which, n ONLY during which, i can do any sort of computer-related stuff. so shaddap. ;P
juz off the top of my mind, lately ive been playing tekken. specifically tekken tag tournament n tekken 5.
ah, n i juz ordered a laptop today. AND PAID FOR IT....which means no more changing my mind. i'll provide more detailed information on it when it arrives (sadly, in 2 weeks' time minimum). n theres the rather amusing story of my search for 'the perfect laptop' which preluded this purchase :P
anyway, gotta go now, library closing liao. btw theam, teach me how to overclock a GeForce 7900GS....
Saturday, October 21, 2006
........
does anyone noe dat jay chou has a new album titled 'still fantasy'? actually i knew bout d album sum weeks back but juz managed 2 find time 2 download it. also managed 2 find time 2 post a blog entry, as u can see...
anyway, i've decided to open a multiply account n use it for posting up pictures. makes things much more convenient than posting them here....the sheer horror of having to sort thru my photos, then uploading them one by one is the reason y my blog has been empty for so long.....so from now on i'll juz use this page to talk crap n mebbe write the occasional poem like dan is doing :P
the last time i posted an actual entry was probably around the beginning of august, ie summer holidays. reason was dat during summer hols the library was closed most of d time so i din hv d opportunity to blog about my summer exploits. after dat sch restarted but for the whole of sept d library was open until 5pm only. hence, my blog being empty for the past month too. then this month there was exams. so basically i m well justified in being away for so long.
anyway, there was a school trip to matsumoto castle around the end of last month (or did i blog about it already?) basically juz a 2 day 1 night affair, but loads of fun esp since it meant 2 days of sch holidays :P im sure yst blogged about it (n oso about the videos taken there) so y dun u head over to his blog for a more colourful account of the trip :P
well, nothing much else 2 talk about for the moment....summer's over, winter's coming so its now cool n nice most of the time, tho i cud do wif a few more hrs of sunshine (it gets dark at 5pm now). i'll b er...'trying' to work harder at my studies for the next 1 n a half months in preparation for the big year end exam...so dun expect too many posts from me. when i hv more time i'll put up pics at my multiply site tho (its currently empty so i wun link to it yet).
haih, for some reason blogging is starting 2 b a real PIA. n yet it somehow feels like something of a duty or responsibility so i cant stay away from my blog without feeling guilty....
anyway, later guys
anyway, i've decided to open a multiply account n use it for posting up pictures. makes things much more convenient than posting them here....the sheer horror of having to sort thru my photos, then uploading them one by one is the reason y my blog has been empty for so long.....so from now on i'll juz use this page to talk crap n mebbe write the occasional poem like dan is doing :P
the last time i posted an actual entry was probably around the beginning of august, ie summer holidays. reason was dat during summer hols the library was closed most of d time so i din hv d opportunity to blog about my summer exploits. after dat sch restarted but for the whole of sept d library was open until 5pm only. hence, my blog being empty for the past month too. then this month there was exams. so basically i m well justified in being away for so long.
anyway, there was a school trip to matsumoto castle around the end of last month (or did i blog about it already?) basically juz a 2 day 1 night affair, but loads of fun esp since it meant 2 days of sch holidays :P im sure yst blogged about it (n oso about the videos taken there) so y dun u head over to his blog for a more colourful account of the trip :P
well, nothing much else 2 talk about for the moment....summer's over, winter's coming so its now cool n nice most of the time, tho i cud do wif a few more hrs of sunshine (it gets dark at 5pm now). i'll b er...'trying' to work harder at my studies for the next 1 n a half months in preparation for the big year end exam...so dun expect too many posts from me. when i hv more time i'll put up pics at my multiply site tho (its currently empty so i wun link to it yet).
haih, for some reason blogging is starting 2 b a real PIA. n yet it somehow feels like something of a duty or responsibility so i cant stay away from my blog without feeling guilty....
anyway, later guys
Saturday, October 07, 2006
argh
ok guys, i SWEAR i was gona post up something today...but i juz got back from an outing wif my japanese host mother.....n now i hv 2 settle some bank stuff 4 my dad...so u'll hv 2 wait!....I AM NOT GIVING UP ON THIS BLOG!!!
Friday, September 01, 2006
Leave of Absence
well guys, i had a really great summer holidays....went lots of places did (quite) a lot of things n such...but unfortunately due to er...'time constraints' i was unable 2 blog bout the happenings. but rest assured, i'll get around to it soon! in the meanwhile the library's closed for 2 weeks starting next monday, so i'll b gone for a while.
anyway in short, i've gone to an english summer camp in nasu where i had my wits tortured by a bunch of retarded 14-year old kids, who also gave me a nickname that everyone in the dorm now noes about; a guitar 'camp' (gasshuku, meaning 'live-together', in japanese...) in akita-ken which is one of the most beautiful places i've seen, also getting to know quite a few new friends there; and a homestay programme in karumai-cho of iwate-ken, which is the neighbouring prefecture of akita-ken (both far to the north, juz short of hokkaido....approx. 8 hrs' bus ride), also a beautiful place, where i slept at 10.30 n woke at 6.30 each day, n played park golf n acted in a play; n oso played dota after a VERY long time! but details will hv 2 wait. anyway, signing off!
p.s. i've been receiving disturbing reports of my msn account signing in at times when i cudnt possibly hv access to a computer. so if u c me on9 late at nite or sumting, its prob not me. but juz send a msg 2 b sure :P
p.s.s. this post is basically juz 2 let ppl noe i'm not giving up on my blog yet, unlike many of the ppl out there...heheh...strive to the end!
anyway in short, i've gone to an english summer camp in nasu where i had my wits tortured by a bunch of retarded 14-year old kids, who also gave me a nickname that everyone in the dorm now noes about; a guitar 'camp' (gasshuku, meaning 'live-together', in japanese...) in akita-ken which is one of the most beautiful places i've seen, also getting to know quite a few new friends there; and a homestay programme in karumai-cho of iwate-ken, which is the neighbouring prefecture of akita-ken (both far to the north, juz short of hokkaido....approx. 8 hrs' bus ride), also a beautiful place, where i slept at 10.30 n woke at 6.30 each day, n played park golf n acted in a play; n oso played dota after a VERY long time! but details will hv 2 wait. anyway, signing off!
p.s. i've been receiving disturbing reports of my msn account signing in at times when i cudnt possibly hv access to a computer. so if u c me on9 late at nite or sumting, its prob not me. but juz send a msg 2 b sure :P
p.s.s. this post is basically juz 2 let ppl noe i'm not giving up on my blog yet, unlike many of the ppl out there...heheh...strive to the end!
Friday, August 18, 2006
still alive
had lots of fun these past 2 weeks, but unfortunately computer access was limited for certain reasons which i will not go into detail about now....n going to homestay tonite! so, bye for another 10 days or so!
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