Soon?

To the 28th! Freedom shall reign temporary, but temporary is better than the ordinary. That's where the fun shall begin, and '09 will be where the fun continues; and also where my grades make that darn cut.

A mere 11 days away! Till then, adieu. I shall hide in my turtle shell!

日本語、むずかし。

ぼくわジョです、年十七。

Whew. Learning Japanese isn't so easy. I can see why so many people quit after a while, it simply is too arduous to learn all the necessary kanji and words for proficiency in the language. The Japan Association estimates that it would take 900 hours of proper study for someone to be able to pass the JLPT level 1 test (which apparently is the highest proficiency and enough for living your whole lifetime in Japan), I am not even 1% there.

Promos first though... After that I can go and learn Swahili for all I care, I'd have about half a year to slack off a bit after promos.

Meanwhile... さよなら、きおつけて。

o.O 200 posts..

Woah, my post count has reached 200! That's probably enough material to start a mini-book. Like, Memoirs of Jo or something. I should find time to back all my posts up, really. If Blogger were to crash one day and all my posts were erased, (touchwood, flowers, bamboos, whatever) I would probably be utterly devastated. Many days of typing ending up in literally nothing! Hmm. Let me check my timetable, see when I can back 'em up...

Yeah, the Promo/Prelim/O-level/A-level fever is here and it looks like it's going to hang around for quite a while. I, for one, am not going to let the Promos take away whatever little life I have. Studying all day and all night is a total no-no for me. I have learnt a most valuable lesson from the impending promos, which is the fact that I have to enjoy myself in the process of securing myself a J2 status. I don't have to love studying, and I don't have to forgo my entertainment. I learn to balance the both of them.

Effective Study + Fun = Promotion + Happiness

Please pardon me if you have found the true secret before I have, or if you have done it without even having to put in any effort, and kindly please do not see me as a lagger (although many times I have been associated with the word "blur" and an animal living in a shell). We all have different learning curves, somehow mine's one with a really gentle gradient. I take time, but praise the Lord, I do learn eventually.

On average, I have finished revision for half of the total number of chapters in my J1 syllabus. How's that for a September holidays? Oh, and I managed to play quite a bit as well. Played computer for a while (I admit), watched Rata2e, rewrote my high score for bowling, and I'll be going for softball with the Towers tomorrow.

Japanese bento rocks, totally.

Mugger Hotel is really some 5-star lodging.

Holiday!! o.O

Jo was jumping around like a dumb kangaroo. Oh my wootsiness, the holidays are here! Every single step felt light as a feather, every breath inflated a balloon of elation within him. Like a goldfish muttering soundlessly in its bowl, his lips mouthed soundless words, for he was far too excited by the prospect of the holidays. Let's say, as excited as a child would be before his first trip to the zoo.

"One week of freedom! One week of fun! One week of enjoyment! One week of happiness! Woohoo!"

Having approximately the metabolism of a pig, really, Jo's jumping around creates enough pressure on the floor, causing it to give way beneath him. He falls as a rock would, and crashes heavily on an entirely adamantine surface. He is lucky to have no broken bones whatsoever. The impact left him slightly diconcerted, but he could make out a tall building standing before him. Two brightly tinted words struck him from a signboard nearby.

It read: MUGGER HOTEL.

Oh shit.