不合格わけがない！（＾０＾）

It's 0110 in the morning and I'm trying to mug for my Japanese midterm which is in 11 hours' time. I guess I've devoted about 90% of my mugging time to Japanese. (You can't roughly guess the amount of time I spent on other courses..=P) 今休憩超欲しい！I really need a break from mugging.... come to think of it, I really haven't been studying much since I came here. I guess the amount of time I spent muggin in SMU for a week is probably equivalent to the total amount of time I spent mugging in Japan for the past 2 and a half months! =P But I guess it's fine cause I'm on an exchange and I only need to past. Anyway, I got a handphone at last!!!! =) It's a pretty, sleek Sony Ericsson phone. Sad to say, I can't use it back in Singapore but I guess I wouldn't mind keeping it as a souvenir. =) I haven't exactly got used to typing in Japanese though. It took me about 15min to type a short mail in Japanese. Lol... I guess I've improved slighly now and would prob take abt 8-10min to type a mail. けとしょうがないよ！Alritey, guess I gotta get back to muggin if not I would probably fall asleep during my Japanese culture class (it's a 6th period class =( last period of the day) again.

Tue: Tea ceremony exam! (I love this cause I don't have to mug for it and get to eat okashi - Japanese snack and drink matcha - green tea!); Japanese language midterm (this is the one that's killing me and taking up all my time.... i don't know y but I will never get bored of muggin Japanese )

Wed: Japanese culture final exam (I started mugging for the midterm just 2-3 hrs before the paper so I guess u guys can roughly guess how much i've studied for it...=P)

Thur: Multiculturalism final exam (my last paper! hopefully i will still have the stamina to sit thru it... considering tt im leaving for quarter break trip right aftr e exam...)

I've got 2 other reports and assignments due as well and at the moment it's WIP (work-in-progress). Haaa... sooo much for an exchange student's life.... I'm supposed to be relaxing and having fun in Japan ya... =P It's just 3 days to hols... I will try to fork out time to type the Kyoto and Okinawa entries soon ya... Alritey, gotta get back to muggin! =)

Osaka Sukiyanen!

Osaka Sukiyanen (Kansai ben: Osaka dialect) means I love Osaka! I'm really sorry for taking such a long time to update my blog. I've been kinda busy trying to plan for my midterm break trip and okinawa trip. As usual, I haven't been studying much except for Japanese. I'm gonna have my final exams in a week's time though....guess I should really get down to some real studying. The academic calendar is kinda different here as each semester has 2 quarters The first quarter ends right before the midterm break so I'm going to have my final exams soon! べ勉強しなきゃ！(I really have to study ya... =P) Alritey, anyway here are some of the photos that I took when I was in Osaka...enjoy ne! (^0^)

along the streets of minami (one of the main shopping districts in Japan)

okonomiyaki (osaka style fried pancake), probably the japanese cuisine that Osaka is most famous for.... I've learnt how to cook this particular dish (but my style =P)... will probably make some for u guys when I return. (^0^)

probably the biggest ferris wheel in Japan.. it used to be the biggest and highest in the world... =)

osaka-jo (osaka castle), a replica of the original Osaka castle... the original castle was burnt down and a replica rebuilt...

with mic and jp...first time that I saw sakura in Japan!

suteki dayo ne! =)

hana yori dango? (guys who look like flowers)... thor and weili trying to act cool... =P

at the entrance of universal studios... lol... kinda ironic cos we went on a mon, thinking tt it wouldn't be crowded since it was weekday... it turned out that it was the first day of the spring break for all students in japan and universal studios was packed...

hollywood dream ride... e first ride that i took and probably e most thrilling one i've ever taken in my entire life... i was literally tear-ing after e ride... =P

(fr left: jingping, thor, weili, michelle)

3D or is it 4D spidey ride... it's a visual kind of ride... similar to the stimulation ride we have in sentosa but e car is mobile and could move around and not just on the spot... =)