太鼓の達人 Taiko no Tatsujin!

Started playing this drum rhythm game on my PSP today after seeing my brother playing it yesterday, and it's indeed a lot of fun. Playing on the PSP isn't that realistic, as you're pressing buttons instead of hitting the taiko itself, and some parts are real hard on the PSP, especially those where you have to chain hits rapidly and for a prolonged period of time. Regardless, it's still a lot of fun.

Do try it out if you haven't played it before! It's available on both PSP and NDS, and it's also available out at the arcades, and also on the PS2 (I think) and the Wii.

太鼓の達人は始めた！正直、アーケードで遊んだときはそんなに楽しいゲームとは思わなかった。でも、PSPで遊ぶととても面白くて楽しいゲームと思うはじめた。PSPではアーケードと違って、太鼓ではなく、ボタンで遊ぶ。これは太鼓よりちょっと難しい部分もあって、簡単部分もある。一番いいのは毎度遊んだときお金が要らないということ。やっぱり、お金がかかないゲームは一番いいよね。

A bit more

Let's talk a bit more about my work, and why I'm happy about my results, especially that for the FYP. To be honest, I did very little work for my project. If anyone remembers, I was posting about myself procrastinating, and how I really need to start work before it's all too late and all that stuff. That was me talking about my project progress, which was really nothing at all for the whole of the first semester.

I did start a bit in the data collation part, but I left it alone after spending no more than a couple of hours over 2 weeks in it after I have shown my graduate student in charge that I know what to do and that I'm doing something. Then I left everything aside over the entire December holidays and play and relax.

Only this year, around end January, did I pick up my work again and rush to meet the deadlines that are coming up. It was real madness. Having to rush everything that everyone else took months to complete over a few weeks. I pretty much did everything from zero to completion over a span of 5-6 weeks. My graduate student in charge helped enormously too, but I guess I must be a disappointment to her, seeing as I've just thrown the project aside till the last moment.

Yeah, it was wrong on my part, but the project wasn't really what I wanted, and it turned out to be a disappointment to me too when I know what we were going to do and achieve, and the supervisor wasn't much of a help too. Oh well, at least everything is done and over.

敏感はあんまりよくないだね。だいたい、ちょっと敏感のは面白くていいのだけど、敏感すぎるのはいろいろ大変。触れるとくすぐったい。触れると痛い。これじゃ一気にくすぐったいや痛いにたって、何もできない。やっぱり少し鈍いのはいい。だんだんあがっていくの感じは一気に経つのはるかよりいいよね。

ちゃんとに注意しないと。うん、敏感すぎるのはよくないのだ！

Better than expected

It really was quite a surprise when I saw on results today. They were totally better than what I had expected from the amount of effort I had put in for this last semester. I actually managed to score no less than a B+ for all my subjects, and the B+ was for the FYP project too, which I had expected to fail terribly for, considering the terrible results I had and the lack of confidence I had in my own work. Perhaps they were letting us off easy. Who knows?

One great surprise was the A- grade for Pharmacy Practice 3, which was a year long module that was only worth 4MC, half that of other normal modules. Seeing as it's a year long module, I didn't put in more than minimum effort into it, and was just riding along with the waves. The final result for that was indeed quite a surprise.

I also managed to retain my grade for the pharmacotherapy modules, getting the same grade across the board for all 3 pharmacotherapy modules.

All in all, these results were totally unexpected, and totally wonderful. All the worrying and stuff before was completely wasted. Kinda feel very happy now^^

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成績がやっと出た！それはとてもよかった！信じられないぐらいよかったのよ！この最後の学期のわずかな努力から見るのはまさかの奇跡みたいなもの。それでもとてもうれしかった！以前の心配するのは今から見るのはバカみたい。もう何悩むこともない！安心して最後の休みをたっぷり遊んで、休もうぜ～！

Tomorrow's the day

It'll finally be known tomorrow, at 3pm. Why do the final year students have to wait the longest to know it? Is it because the first year students are fresher, and are thus more impatient? I find myself being a lot more impatient now than I was when I first started.

Oh well. Regardless, everything will be known tomorrow. It's like to have already been decided a long time ago, but nevertheless, tomorrow is the big day.

いよいよ明日よね。明日にこの四年間のすべてをかけて。それは最後のこととも言い過ぎない。もしこの最後の一年はもっと勉強しかったら、このようにはならないだろう。もう遅いけど。悪くはないよに祈ってる。

Nightmare!

Had a nightmare last night, or rather, this morning, before waking up. I dreamt that I did very badly for my finals, and I actually dropped a grade! AHHHH!!!! Hopefully, something like this doesn't happen on Friday. I don't believe that I will do that badly, but with things the way they were in my last year, it's hard to say.

悪夢を見た、昨日の晩。とてもやばいのを。なんとこの最後の学期の成績がいかにも悪かった。もう勘弁してほしい。今はもう緊張過ぎるのでドキドキしてるのに、それはさすがに心臓に悪い。

本当にそうならないように祈ってる。もう遅いかも知らないが、それでも祈る。

Nervous, as it nears

Oh no... only 3 days left till the release of the results. I'm starting to feel nervous now. Even though I should be used to all these since a long time ago, but with the importance of these results, I just can't help it.

あぁ、なんかドキドキする。後三日でこの最後の学期の成績は出る。これはとても大事なこと。この成績は大学のすべての終わりだ。だから、緊張するのも当然。

Coming back

My parents will be coming back tonight at around 10pm. Still not sure if I'll be going down to the airport to fetch them or not, but most probably will. Nothing much happened over this weekend when they were gone, so it was no big deal.

やっと終わった。一週間もかかった。でも毎日やるのもさすがに疲れるし、仕方がないな。次のすることも決めた。今回のは前より長くなると思う。残りの時間もあんまりないのに・・・

Breakfast and my oh my!

I went over to McDonald's together with my brother today for breakfast, and oh my, isn't it expensive? I think I've mentioned this before, but just in case I hadn't, McDonald's is really expensive now. The price is just ridiculous for the things they offer.

Oh well, this will just reaffirm my decision to not go to McDonald's unless there is a very good and valid reason.

週末はいいよね、週末は。何もしなくてもいい。ただのんびりしてる。でも、さすがに退屈よね、時々。つまらないかしら？

生活にはやっぱりちょっと刺激があればいいよね。

Results and books

Forgot to mention this yesterday, but exactly one week from yesterday, or 6 days from today, my final results will be out. Even though I don't expect things to be too shocking, we can never know. Things are already fixed, and there's nothing we can do to change them, but let's still hope and wish for the best.

Oh and I went down to Kinokuniya again today for the 20% discount offer. Still managed to get a couple more books which were recently released, though one series that I'm interested in appears to be out of stock, and I couldn't find it at all. Should have went down earlier... Too late for regrets now.

後六日。最後の成績はそのときがわかる。もうどうにもならないことだけど、やっぱりいい成績を希望してる。今は祈りしかできないよね。だから今は最高の成績になるように祈ってる。

今日はまた紀伊国屋へ行ったけど、一つ探したいシリーズが売り切りみたい。残念だったよね。込んだがあればいいよね。

Tired!

Wah! Very tired today. Guess it's partially because I forced myself to wake up early this morning just in case my brother can't wake up and end up missing his appointment. Turns out that he's already up when I awake. Kind of a waste of my time @.@

Other things that I've done today also made me very tired. I guess I pushed myself far too hard. Continuing for so many days and keeping at it for the hours at end is indeed bad for the body. Guess I'll have to take a couple of days rest before I get back in.

さすがに疲れが溜まったな。連続にするのはやっぱり体に悪い。今週末はちゃんと体を休むこと。

でも、好きなことはやめるのは簡単じゃないの。これはこれで難しいこと。でも私ならできる！うん、がんばって！

Overseas trip

My parents went overseas again. This time round, they're trying to sell off an apartment that they bought overseas like 7 years ago. Not a very good time to try selling it off though, with the market in recession and all. Oh well. They'll be coming back on Monday evening. This type of short overseas trip almost make them feel like businessmen, don't you think so?

Oh and he's missed it again today. And it's only the first day since my parents are gone. Hopefully he'll be able to wake up and make it on time the next time.

あっちゃ。結局スキップに決めた。実はもうすでにスキップした。さすがに気に入らないものを見るのもきついよね。ちょっとでも嫌いなものならなおさら。

まぁ、おかげで今のところは結構気に入るのもの。ちょっとだけやれば終わらなければならないぐらい。興奮しすぎるから。

Dilemna?

I'm kinda confused about some things. Don't really know if I should go ahead with them at their pace, or just speed through them. I guess if I don't really like it, then speeding through it would have been more advisable right? Then again, it seems kinda like a waste to just do that. Haiz.

That aside, it has been delayed again. Oh no! And to think that I was waiting for it, to be able to get my hands on it before I start work. Not possible now. At the very least, I hope that it'll get released. It'll really suck to have it just disappear.

また延期？信じられない。これでもう九回？期待したのに。

さくらさくらのことだけど、延期のは。

えっと、また悩むことがあった。これはさすがにむずい。スキップするのか？それでもそのまま見るのか？嫌いといってもそんなに嫌いじゃないけど。困ったな。

Home delivery

I wonder if it's just me, but the food from the home delivery service appears to have gotten worse since we first began. Or perhaps, it's just me getting sick and tired of the food they serve. Sure, they serve different things everyday, but it's usually the same style of cooking (Teochew?) and sometimes, the dishes on consecutive days can be the same type of vegetables. Plus there's usually a fish dish, and I don't take fish.

All in all, it's been a downhill experience for me. The good news is that it'll help me cut down on my calories and perhaps shed off some unnecessary baggage. The bad news is having bad food results in bad tempers. Oh well.

気のせいかしら。最近の夕食はだんだんまずくなってく。その所為で最近の機嫌はあんまりよくない。まずいものでも食ったら気持ちも悪くなるでしょう。だからせめて食事はうまいものにしないと。

でも、これは悪いことばかりでもない。夕食はまずかったからあんまり食べなかった。そのおかげでちょっと痩せた気がする。これはいいことでしょう＾＾

Silly me

So I went down to Kinokuniya yesterday to pick up the movie tickets that I won from their members' contest. Since I was already there, I went ahead to buy a couple of new manga that were out, as it seemed quite silly to me to just go down there for the purpose of picking up the tickets.

Then, I received an email today from Kinokuniya informing the members that there will be a 20% discount promotion starting from this Thu till the end of the week. I suddenly felt extremely stupid, and silly. I just paid 10% more for something. I should have waited longer, and heeded my procrastination to not go down to Kinokuniya.

Oh my. REGRETS!!!

ちくしょう！信じられない！金を無駄に使った！もうちょっと待たばよかったのに＞＜

実はね、昨日紀伊国屋へ行ってたの。そこで本を買った。でもさ、今日のメールで金曜日から会員の２０％割引があると書いてあった。つまり、私はね、２０％の割引で買えるものを１０％の割引で買った。くそ！悔しい＞＜

でも、今日はほとんど一人でいて、やりたいこともたくさんできるし、気分はちょっといい。すべてが悪いとはいえないよね。

Ajisen ramen!

At last! I finally managed to have a meal over at Ajisen ramen. I've been wanting to go there for a long time, but the cost has always been a put off for me, until today, when my whole family went down there together for dinner.

I tried out the Hokkaido specialty Miso Butter Corn Ramen. Sounds weird right? The soup base is made from pig bones (I think), and together with the butter mixed in, the soup tastes totally creamy, with the butter taste and all. And, there's a lot of corn. Really a lot. The ramen itself is great though. Great taste + nice noodles = wonderful meal. Really worth it.

今日はやっと味千ラーメンで夕食を食べた！いつも入りたくて値段が高くて仕方がないけど、今回はやっとそこで食べた。食べたのは北海道風の味噌バターコーンラーメン。本当においしかった。また込んだ食べに行きたいかな。でも今度行けば、ぜひ別のラーメンを試したい。

Weekend, and bored

It's the weekend again, and I'm bored again. Sounds kind of weird right? But now that I don't have school, nor work yet, I'm pretty much free everyday, so it doesn't really matter that much whether it's the weekend or not.

But, during the weekend, everyone is at home, and there are more things and activities going on, and it gets a bit boring at times, because your time is not completely yours. You have to accommodate others, and get along. I guess that's why I have difficulty getting along with others, and why I prefer to be left alone most of the time.

退屈っー。週末なのに、したいことができないなんて、信じられない。人がたくさんいるからできないじゃないかな。まぁ、それもそうだけど。ああ、いらいら。

どうしていつもそうなの？やっぱり一人のほうがいい？そういうわけがないでしょう。もうわけわからない。自分のことなのに、自分もわからないなんて信じられない。

End and beginning

Finished something today, so I have time to start something else. It's not really something that is that important, but it's something that I had wanted to do, so being able to start is quite an improvement. So far so good.

This is almost the end of the first complete week after the exams. And the results will be out in 2 more weeks. Isn't that fast! It's like, only 3 weeks! Even though that has always been the case.

今日はまた寝坊をした。このままじゃダメだってわかってるのに、どうして？もうわけがわからないよ！

明日からこそ！ってそういわれても体がおきたくないなら仕方がない。目覚ましにも頼りたくないし。これは自分にしか・・・

The reason

The reason I have difficulty sleeping at night the past few days was because I've been taking afternoon naps. No naps today, so tonight, we'll see how it goes.

And the food tonight is pretty sucky. In fact, it just sucks. Seriously. All we had were some otah, some vegetables, and a couple of duck wings. Yes. Duck wings. Not meat, just the wings. One of the worst selections ever.

やっとわかったぞ。どうしてよるにはなかなか眠れない。昼寝をしたから。さすがに寝すぎるから、夜は眠れないよね。今日はちゃんと朝早く起きて、昼寝もしないですごした。今夜はどうなるのは今夜でわかるよね。

ちゃんと眠ればいいよね。

Oh no!

I've been waking up a lot later these couple of days, and also having afternoon naps, which means that I'm asleep for a lot more hours, and awake for a lot less hours these couple of days. Which is bad. Very bad.

Even though I'm trying to relax and slack and not do much, but sleeping too much is far too much. Which means it's time to buck up! Force myself to wake up, and not take naps. Or perhaps it's just my body's way of making up for the time loss over these years, having always been in a state of fatigue from the stress and worries of school and exams.

Oh, what to do?

やれやれ。最近は寝すぎたかしら。昼間ごろに起きてしかも昼寝もしてた。このままじゃやばいぞ。ダメ人間になる＞＜

しっかりしろよ、私。

Commencement 2009

I have already registered for commencement a long time ago, but it's only recently that I placed an order for the graduation gown. In fact, I've only just placed the order just tonight. I've actually looked at the order form before, but as I'm not sure of certain things, such as the sizes and stuff, I delayed ordering until today.

I also went ahead and checked the time and date for my ceremony. When I originally registered for commencement, the schedule was not out yet, but it was available some time later, which one of my friends had since checked out, and my mother has been hounding (sorta) me for. Anyways, my ceremony is scheduled on the 9th of July, 10am in the morning. Not too early, nor too late. Quite a good timing, if I may say so myself.

毎日新しい話せたい、書きたいことを考えなければならない。実は毎日書く必要がないけど、そうすれば続くのも簡単と思う。日本語の練習にもなる、かな？

ちょっと日記みたいなものなのに、日記ではないもの。そう思えばいい。

Nodame Cantabile

Was quite a while ago since I last watched a drama series, but Nodame Cantabile was a rather interesting and enjoyable one. There were funny parts, and meaningful parts, and even though I don't really understand music that well, it was still rather enjoyable to go through the entire series.

The story in the drama is, naturally, incomplete, as it's based on a manga, which is still currently running. Now, after watching the entire drama series of 11 1-hour episodes and 2 2-hour specials, I kinda feel like going out to buy the manga series just so that I can read the original story, and follow the story of Chiaki and Nodame. 22 volumes to date though, and that's going to cost me a bomb.

What to do?

やっと終わった。のだめカンタービレのドラマを。本当に楽しくて面白いシリーズだった。千秋とのだめのストーリーは本当に面白かった！

よくそう言ったよね、彼らは。
千秋：
え？
は？
のだめ：
ぎゃぼー！
むっきゃー！

これからはおそらく漫画を買いに行くでしょう。このまま終わるのはやっぱり我慢できない。結構高いけど、おそらく次の割引の日に買える。

End of first week

After the exams, that is. Well, it's not really a whole week too, since the last paper was on Wed, but still, it counts.

I've not been doing much for these few days though. Pretty much just slacking at home, and trying to relax. Still can't sleep well at night, as usual. But I guess I should be able to go back into holiday mood, for the last time, slowly, bit by bit. Still have around a month anyways.

今日はドラマを始めた。友達のお勧め。結構面白いよ。まだ四章だけど、もうとまらない。このままだと行きに見終わるかもしれない。ううん、きっとそうだ。

終わったら、また書ける。そのときまで。

Karaoke Outing

Went out for some Japanese karaoke at Cash Studios today with some of my friends. We had lunch first before heading down. My lunch was some Subway sandwich, and there's a promotion on now that makes the set meal very worth it, and naturally, I bought that, though I couldn't finish up the cookies.

I didn't sing much today, about 5-6 songs? I didn't really prepare myself ahead of time, and I didn't really have much to sing in my mind anyways, so it's just some of the more familiar songs, again. It's also not that good to sing too many songs on your own when you're going down in a party.

Following which, we had dinner over at this place called the "King of Gyoza". I didn't have any gyoza there though. Kind of beats the point of going to such a place. After that, we went walking around, spent some time at an arcade, and spent some time walking through a supermart, before we finally headed home.

Overall, a different and tiring day. It's good though. A lot better than the monotonous boring days at home with nothing much to do.

今日は久々に友達と一緒にカラオケに出かけた。とても楽しかった。いつもと比べてあんまり歌ってないんだけど、歌えることができてだけでもいい。それに友達と一緒に出かけるのも久しぶりだから、それも結構うれしかった。

夕食は「餃子の王将」というところで食べた。でもそこで餃子を食べてなかった。カツ丼を食べて、お腹が一杯でもう食べられなかったから。惜しかったよね。

Madness

It would appear that my dog has gone mad. She used to do her business in the toilet, and we have (sorta) trained her to do so, but recently, she started doing it everywhere, especially at the area outside the toilet. It might have something to do with her being in heat now, but it's really irritating, and dirty too. Something has to be done about this. Unfortunately, I've no idea what to do about it.

今夜の夕飯はちょっと特別なもの。今日からの一ヶ月の夕飯は出前。どこか知らないのレストランからの。今夜は初めて食べたんだ。結構おいしくて多い。これからのもその調子だったらいいよね。

Relaxing?

With the exams and worries over, I really should be feeling relaxed and enjoying myself, but somehow, I just don't feel any different from before. It's just like the same. Does that mean that I've always been slacking, or does that mean that I still can't truly relax even though the exams are already over? I really don't know...

もう悩みこともないのにまだ完全にのんびりできない。どうしてのかな？前の私はいかにものんびりしてるから？それともまだ放っとかないの？まったくだ。

この感じはいつまだ続くの？もう。。。

And with that, I'm free, almost

With my final paper (Let's not talk about it, okay?) finally over, I'm free! Well, almost. In theory, there's nothing left for me to do for the rest of my undergraduate life except to wait for the final results, and go attend commencement and get my degree and certification and all that stuff.

In reality, that's the case too, at least as far as I'm concerned. There might be other things that we need to settle, but that's not my concern now. It's more important to relax and enjoy this last month of true freedom and holiday, before the real world steps in.

やっと終わった、試験が。今日のは大学生としての最後の。でも、見たくない結果。正直、あんまり自信がない。いつものテストの成績はままなんだから、この最後の試験はよほど重要。もう終わったから仕方がない。もう一度やれば同じ結果だろう。もう勉強のは飽きたの。

今はこの最後の一ヶ月ぐらいの休みをたっぷり休んで遊ぼう。これからのは本当の世界。もう子供じゃないし、わがままのはやめよう。

Last hurdle

Tomorrow's the final paper. After which, my undergraduate days will be officially over. Well, over in terms of the things that I have to do. All that's left will be the results, and the commencement.

Wish me luck!

明日で最後。これが終われば自由になる！そう考えたいけど、現実はそんなに甘くない。

でも、大学生としての最後の試験のことは本当。

がんばって、私。

Messy

My house is currently in a complete mess. My parents are clearing up their room and all the stuff piled up inside is now in the living room. Thanks to that, I have no table nor chair nor space to study. I'm pretty much stuck with lying here and there in a vain and futile attempt to get some craming and mugging done.

Not very effective, I'm afraid. Not like I care too much though. Final paper, and I'm already losing interest. Still 2 days left.

今日もまた勉強。正直、もう飽きた。どうして勉強しないといけないの？どうして私たちに自由をあげないの？

まだ二日が残ってる。これが最後だ。

Pain

My epigastric region started hurting today after lunch. Had some pig innards and coke for lunch, so perhaps the combination, or either one of them could had been the reason. It was so bad that I almost didn't want to have dinner, but I persisted. Regardless of how you feel, it's still important to maintain nutrition. Yeah, it's all those nutrition lectures that had this rubbish drilled into me, but I agree with the importance of keeping your body fed so that you can keep going.

昼間にお腹が痛くてどうにもならなかった。原因はおそらく昼ごはんの何か。

今はもうよくなったけど、そのときは本当につらかった。

Wedding banquet

Went for my cousin's wedding banquet this evening. Had a hard time finding the place cause I went down on my own after getting some books over at the Kinokuniya at Liang Court. As a side note, the Kinokuniya store at Liang Court sucks. Big time. The selection and availability there is nothing compared to the main store. Won't be going there the next time.

Back to the topic. I had a hard time finding the place as my parents weren't able to describe the location accurately, and the staff at the restaurant were helpful, but not enough (I called them). At least I did manage to find it in the end.

The food was rather good, I guess. All the portions were served on individual plates so there were no complains about dividing and stuff, which is good. The servings were a bit too small though, which is bad. But in the end, after finishing up all the courses, it was still pretty filling.

今夜は結婚式を参加した。いとこのを。食事はおいしくて、とても楽しかった。

久々の式だからちょっと楽しみにしてた。次のは多分二年後かな？それもまたいとこの。

Barber visit

Went down to get my haircut today after waiting for like more than a month. I really don't like my hair to be long. It just kind of irritates me and stuff. Oh and my cousin is getting married too. The traditional ceremonies were conducted today, and I think the official registration is also done today.

Tomorrow night's the banquet. Looking forward to it. Been quite some time since I had attended such an event.

今日は休み。明日からは週末。つまり、休むの時間だ！でも、やりすぎるのもいけない。だって、最後の試験は来週の水曜日。その前にはちゃんと準備しないと。今回のもちょっと危険なんだ。無事に過ぎるのはいいけど・・・