4 A's!

somebody, I won't say who, did very well this semester!! Likely to get on Dean's list! CAP went up by .11, woot!

Module Code	Module Title	Grade
JS4209	Selected Topics in Japanese Linguistics	A-
JS4221	Research and Writing in Japanese Studies	A
JS4225	Social Dynamics in Modern Japan	A+
JS4228	Japanese Cities in the Global Economy	A
PC1322	Understanding the Universe	B-

I wish I got these grades when I was in uni... tho it wouldn't have made much of a diff for my career choice... hmm

This year, to save me from tears..

despite the non-xmassy mood, xmas as usual was good. =)
Dinner with the relatives, told Sherm that I had a strong desire to sing the other day and I got my fill last nite with carolling with the family and then Midnite Mass hymns.
Spent 4 hrs with my younger cousins too, it was nice, they're all growing up, easier to talk to em now. Maturing.. And Jeremy got me Liberty Meadows for Xmas!! YAY! Score one for great xmas gifts!
Tho there was no visiting of the Peeris' this year, cos of extra-curricular churchy activities, I got to go home to play my new borrowed from library game cos Sherm got me premium membership for xmas! =)
Sherm came over for lunch, so we had a nice Xmas lunch including mom's new tenant Jack. Then we joined the SG throng out at Woodlands Causeway Point. Sherm was at West Mall early in the morning, thought no one would go out today, I guess cos everyone was sleeping then.. cos it was CROWDED at causeway point... anyway, we got some gifts for dinner this saturday. =D Looking fwd to that!


P.S, this was last week, but deserves some mention: Shermy cooked an excellent piece of salmon, teriyaki and miso glazed, EXCELLENT. DELICIOUS. I LOVED IT! =) kudos to the great chef!

merry xmas to all.

Every year it gets worse and worse. This yr.. I have ZERO xmas cheer. zero mood. mebbe a miracle will occur.

xmas is the best time for those.

Have a good one anyway.

Rorschach

A real haunting character from Alan Moore's Watchmen.. How haunting? I can watch some sick shows without flinching. But I had 1 night where I was unable to sleep cos of Alan Moore's superimposing a certain rorschach ink blot onto a carcass. That image kept me semi-awake that one night. Some weeks later, I suddenly recall this character..

Korea won WKC 2006!

OH MY GOD!!! I was looking for online results of the Men's Team finals for the 13th World Kendo Championships which just ended yesterday. To my shock, JAPAN WASN'T IN THE FINALS!!!! They got knocked out by either Korea or USA, cos Korea is CHAMPS THIS YEAR, and USA are 2nd!!

*shock*

When I was in Glasgow for the 2003 WKC, one of the best matches was the finals of the Men's Team event where Japan met Korea, resulting in a really long extra match that Eiga finally won in a controversial tsuki (well, it wasn't controversial, the reaction from the Korean team was). That they didn't make it to the finals this year must be a slur to the Japanese, and even worse, Korea won it! No wonder I couldn't get the results last nite, the IKF webmasters were either checking and double-checking the results or they had committed seppukku.

USA has always fielded very strong teams, I wonder if the previous team-members (Chinen and Itokazu(?)) from 2003 whom I met in 2001 were also in this year's team.. I'm sure the legendary Yang brothers were..

And where's Canada??

Wow, can't wait for the SG National Team to come back for some commentary! =D

First Post!

Wanted to post this on the 22 Dec, but for some reason its been in draft. Here is my first post at Informa GM. =)