WHYYY is Toma joining NEWS?

My hands now reek of the smell of coins, well not really after I gave them a really good scrub. Anyway counting flag money was really tiring, five hours of it afterall! But it gave me lots of time to figure out the most efficient, energy-saving way of sorting out coins. :)

Gosh school's starting soon, but I'm looking forward to it! :D:D:D:D:D
TOMA IS LOVEEEE!~*

I've not stocked up on stationery because I feel this slight sense of guilt whenever I see the pens bought from yesteryears lying all around my table and my drawers, although I am extremely partial Uniball's Jetstream pens. I pray to them now. :) Because they are smooooth and the ink doesn't fade after a while. That's surprising because these pens often sadden me. Esp roller pens. They have issues with consistency! I am addicted to good pens. Like the Uniball... I refer to that as the expensive pen. And my Bic Orangeness, those are the cheap and good and highly distinctive pens. :)

I lost my notebook for a few days because it got stuck among my Japanese stuff but now it's back. Although I did spend a while worrying (albeit guiltily) about buying a new schedule book.

I am also wondering whether I should wait till I go to US and get the US versh of Harry Potter over there. And I hope USC will hurry up and contact me because the deadline is looming dangerously close and I don't wanna have any last minute bad news and so divine intervention had better come soooooooon. And I have so many places to go to when I'm over at L.A. that I've no idea how I'm going to complete all my visits.

I am getting my bro's STRAT. (Rubs hands in glee)

Somehow, the more I read about Japan, the more mixed I feel about them. Their aversion towards anything non-Japanese; their obsession with purity; the kitschy-wannabe-cuteness of the ladies; etc etc. You can never fully integrate, there's just too much confusion and of course, the innate knee-jerk rejection in me that can refuses to comprehend the numerous absurdities. I guess it's the same feeling I had while reading One Billion Customers (China). It seems that everyone's a cutthroat waiting to spring a deal, with you, the outsider, as the loser. Then again, no race, country etc is perfect, but some are far harder to understand. There's the reminder to not swallow anything wholesale.

Have a free drink. I still have my free Starbucks Voucher (courtesy of Narita Airport) pinned on my note-board. Ahwell.

Fret not, time to watch Porco Rosso.

Understanding the language in one important step. But it can also swing your opinion either way.

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