The new semester started on Wednesday (30/9), which means I have one and a half years of student life left. Where did the time go? It feels like it was just last year that I came to Fukuoka, but I’ve already been here for two and a half years! And of course, it didn’t help… Read More Year 3 Semester 2 Has Started!
So very, very recently (I guess a lot of you know the date, but let’s try to keep it a secret), I turned 22. Unlike last year, when I had this huge Studio Ghibli themed party, this birthday was very quiet. It was my first time celebrating a birthday alone, and my brilliant friend Nic… Read More 22
I’m back in Japan! 13 hour flights are awful, and going back for only 9 days (and for a research trip) means that I didn’t have nearly enough time to meet people/rest. I’m actually more stressed now than before the trip :p But, the trip was fruitful (let me know if you want to hear… Read More Friends and Food Picture Spam: The fun parts of my Singapore Trip
I’m in Malaysia! For my sub-zemi – we’re attending an industrial show, which has been quite interesting so far. And now, time for the last part of my main zemi’s camp. So, most of you have heard my election-day story, where I had not enough sleep. Well, I probably mentioned in there, but I’ll mention… Read More ゼミ合宿 (Zemi Class Camp) Day 3
Time for Day 2 of the zemi class camp! So day 2, well, it’s our only full day so we had to study. Only in the morning though, and for two hours. I think after day 1, no one had much energy or motivation to study. But, we all buckled down and did our best… Read More ゼミ合宿 (Zemi Class Camp) Day 2
Like I said yesterday, before I went to vote, I had a class camp. It was supposed to be a study camp, but in the end, we only studied for two hours. But anyway, let me start from the beginning. Our class camp this year was held in Beppu. Since there are 16 people in… Read More ゼミ合宿 (Zemi Class Camp) Day 1
As you may have known, Singapore had its elections recently. And since I’m finally, 21, voting has become one of my duties as a Singaporean. So, straight after my zemi gasshuku (which was way fun, and I’ll share with everyone what went on tomorrow) ended, I headed to Fukuoka airport so I could fly to Tokyo to… Read More I voted!
This is another one of those “saw in the library and had to borrow it” sort of books. And after reading it, well, I want my own copy. Unlike the previous ninja-related book I read, The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Samurai and Ninja is neither a novel, nor does it take an idealistic/unrealistic view of ninja/samurai.… Read More Book Review: Samurai and Ninja by Antony Cummins
Ok, this post is probably of no interest to the non-Singaporeans (and I’m guessing even the Singaporeans are already sick of reading these type of posts), but I’ve got to get some thoughts off my chest, since I’m not in Singapore and can’t ask the candidates directly. For the record, I’m in the Holland-Bukit Timah… Read More Thoughts on the Singapore General Election 2015
So when I was reading the Singapore papers the other day, I saw that Macdonald’s Singapore started selling sweet potato fries today. And you know me, I love sweet potato. So I excitedly rushed to Macdonald’s Japan website, reasoning that the land of yakiimo has got to have sweet potato fries. Right? Wrong. But, they… Read More Macdonald’s Japan Tsukimi Burger + Mochimochi Cheeseballs
