The REAL Melon Pan
Taken with VIP after performanceWoah so it seems that I've gone missing for a whole week!
Believe me, it's not so much a matter of MIA or it boiling down to sloth. Rather *gasp* I have been STUDYING. Wondering how many people who read this just puked or burst out laughing...
Let's recollect my week.
Monday - Meeting for project 1 (I have somehow assumed the role of leader), meeting for project 2 (Again, I am the leader of this group as well), meeting for project 3 (Thankfully I have ikemen tutor Eiji who is leading this group). The day ends after doing 2 reports for presentation and submission on Thursday. Might I mention, in Japanese o_O This tiring day was kind of brought to life with a great dinner though, whereby i paid 1030 yen (ouch) for something 3-4 cups of rice, GIGANTIC chicken cutlet, deep fried prawn, fish, oyster, 2 small side dishes and a small bowl of soup. AWESOME.
Tuesday - Presentation for Project 2 (2 presentations are expected). Well, Hacchan (girl), Yuuchan (guy) and Kim-chan (guy) did their part for the project so in that sense, it's a massive sigh of relief and I needn't die. Then again, I was tasked to do my part, translate for them, give them a summary of the whole project, design the flow, monitor their presentation material, prepare the presentation material and also handle the Q&A. Fair distribution of work eh? *chuckles* Went to meet Jiahui after that, and we had some nice shopping in Harajuku. Had some crepes (weren't they nice, jh?) and we fought off the temptations lingering in the air and around us all the way till we went to Hanjiro (2nd-hand shop) whereby we got some neat stuff for a pretty decent price. Shan't disclose what we bought but jh was nice enough to let me have the points to use for my next trip to Hanjiro :D Oh, and she got me something from Disneysea. WHEE! Dinner was at an Izakaya, where we probably scared some Japanese dudes by speaking in English. There was this Japanese couple who're badmouthing us (I bet they thought we couldn't speak Japanese) but oh well, I wasn't in a mood to do anything bout that.
Wednesday - Topics on Japan class, which was pretty much a breeze since Satou-sensei is REALLY nice. She's like the reincarnation of a Buddha who's always smiley and gentle and just somehow, she has this really positive air around her which is great. Had lunch with Mingfeng, my high school classmate who has since lost (a very limited amount of) his lameness. As another friend would probably testify, mf is LAME SHIT. But he's still my friend :D Lunch for me was Tatsu-Maguro, Deep Fried Tuna marinated in Soy sauce, Japanese wine and one more that I forgot. He had Maguro-butsu (thick-sliced tuna) with seaweed and NATTOU. Kudos for finishing everything (most of my friends can't stand nattou). We went on to walk a little around my school before finishing our little tour at the nearby garden (and small lake). Nice scenery. Nice weather. What more can you ask for? It was a pity he couldn't get a shot of the HUGE crows that will beat even a stray cat in Singapore hands down. After we parted ways, I rushed back to school for another project meeting with Eiji. Seems like our project is hitting the end of the road, and we needa dig ourselves out of it via another road. BAH. Shall not elaborate on it. This wonderful Wednesday continues with a performance during the TISA (Tokyo Tech international student association, if I'm not wrong) Welcome Party. (For those of you who know me on MSN and other sources) My host family from the Tochigi Homestay Program came all the way over to Tokyo (that's a whopping 2-3 hours by express train) to support us for the event!! This time round, yours truly has chosen Kobukuro's [Kazamidori] as the piece and quite thankfully, it was well received (and I got some tips plus a bottle of wine as my reward) :D Oh, and a rather unexciting piece of news...I was introduced to the VIP for the event and ended up getting invited to perform the same piece for the opening of a new building of the school *cough* Unfortunately, this great night ended off with more school work due to my commitments the next day...
Thursday - Presentation for project N (I've lost count!!), in Japanese. I so wanted to shoot myself in the foot cos to be perfectly honest, my Japanese ain't that perfect to make a good presentation. Daily conversations, chatting up strangers, making friends...blablabla. These, I can manage with great pleasure (and to a certain extent, ease). Presenting in Japanese presents (hurhurhur) another whole new challenge in itself. Comes in TEAMWORK. Unlike the other presentation group, we not only split the preparation work pretty well, we also split the presentation work relatively well too. As a result, I believe our presentation flow was probably smoother and it actually turned out to be rather good. Perhaps it is a great time to mention one thing good about groupwork in Japan. Unlike in Singapore, whereby inter-group cooperation is rare or even getting endangered, we actually help one another here in Japan. I'll talk more bout this in time to come. Thursday is also Seminar Day. This week's case study was prepared by Takashima-san and Yoshikoshi-san, and as would be expected, it was INSANELY thick and purely in Japanese. With them leading the discussion, it also ended up to be a breathtaking 3h30min no-break-in-between session but I will be frank and admit that it was most fruitful.
Friday - I couldn't take the lack of sleep and over-working anymore and actually fell asleep before 12am on Thursday *gasp* Anyway, I got up early today to finish my 35-page reading for today's class, before rushing over to realize that only 5 of us turned up for it. Apparently...people don't like to attend classes on rainy days *shrugs* Again, I found myself actually concentrating in class and participating actively, something I would humbly admit to be lacking in my Singapore days *sweats* After this class, I wearsomely dragged my feet to the next class on E-commerce. Special mention goes to Guy (a friend of mine is called Guy) who offered me a mini Snickers to refresh my tired mind (and body). MMMMM. YUMMIE. Point is, I survived this class and after another awesome trip to the supermarket (call me uncle/auntie QL!!), I made myself a nice dinner with lots of meat, vege, soup, noodles, juice but just falling short of taking pictures of it. Supper follows with the REAL Melon-Pan, with rockmelon paste, sugar, fresh whipped cream in it. NICE. Danish Cheese Bread is ready and waiting to be consumed, and I'm moving on to my 4th liter of fluid today.
That's all folks, Special Correspondent QL reporting from Japan. Time to sleep~~~zzz
Let's recollect my week.
Monday - Meeting for project 1 (I have somehow assumed the role of leader), meeting for project 2 (Again, I am the leader of this group as well), meeting for project 3 (Thankfully I have ikemen tutor Eiji who is leading this group). The day ends after doing 2 reports for presentation and submission on Thursday. Might I mention, in Japanese o_O This tiring day was kind of brought to life with a great dinner though, whereby i paid 1030 yen (ouch) for something 3-4 cups of rice, GIGANTIC chicken cutlet, deep fried prawn, fish, oyster, 2 small side dishes and a small bowl of soup. AWESOME.
Tuesday - Presentation for Project 2 (2 presentations are expected). Well, Hacchan (girl), Yuuchan (guy) and Kim-chan (guy) did their part for the project so in that sense, it's a massive sigh of relief and I needn't die. Then again, I was tasked to do my part, translate for them, give them a summary of the whole project, design the flow, monitor their presentation material, prepare the presentation material and also handle the Q&A. Fair distribution of work eh? *chuckles* Went to meet Jiahui after that, and we had some nice shopping in Harajuku. Had some crepes (weren't they nice, jh?) and we fought off the temptations lingering in the air and around us all the way till we went to Hanjiro (2nd-hand shop) whereby we got some neat stuff for a pretty decent price. Shan't disclose what we bought but jh was nice enough to let me have the points to use for my next trip to Hanjiro :D Oh, and she got me something from Disneysea. WHEE! Dinner was at an Izakaya, where we probably scared some Japanese dudes by speaking in English. There was this Japanese couple who're badmouthing us (I bet they thought we couldn't speak Japanese) but oh well, I wasn't in a mood to do anything bout that.
Wednesday - Topics on Japan class, which was pretty much a breeze since Satou-sensei is REALLY nice. She's like the reincarnation of a Buddha who's always smiley and gentle and just somehow, she has this really positive air around her which is great. Had lunch with Mingfeng, my high school classmate who has since lost (a very limited amount of) his lameness. As another friend would probably testify, mf is LAME SHIT. But he's still my friend :D Lunch for me was Tatsu-Maguro, Deep Fried Tuna marinated in Soy sauce, Japanese wine and one more that I forgot. He had Maguro-butsu (thick-sliced tuna) with seaweed and NATTOU. Kudos for finishing everything (most of my friends can't stand nattou). We went on to walk a little around my school before finishing our little tour at the nearby garden (and small lake). Nice scenery. Nice weather. What more can you ask for? It was a pity he couldn't get a shot of the HUGE crows that will beat even a stray cat in Singapore hands down. After we parted ways, I rushed back to school for another project meeting with Eiji. Seems like our project is hitting the end of the road, and we needa dig ourselves out of it via another road. BAH. Shall not elaborate on it. This wonderful Wednesday continues with a performance during the TISA (Tokyo Tech international student association, if I'm not wrong) Welcome Party. (For those of you who know me on MSN and other sources) My host family from the Tochigi Homestay Program came all the way over to Tokyo (that's a whopping 2-3 hours by express train) to support us for the event!! This time round, yours truly has chosen Kobukuro's [Kazamidori] as the piece and quite thankfully, it was well received (and I got some tips plus a bottle of wine as my reward) :D Oh, and a rather unexciting piece of news...I was introduced to the VIP for the event and ended up getting invited to perform the same piece for the opening of a new building of the school *cough* Unfortunately, this great night ended off with more school work due to my commitments the next day...
Thursday - Presentation for project N (I've lost count!!), in Japanese. I so wanted to shoot myself in the foot cos to be perfectly honest, my Japanese ain't that perfect to make a good presentation. Daily conversations, chatting up strangers, making friends...blablabla. These, I can manage with great pleasure (and to a certain extent, ease). Presenting in Japanese presents (hurhurhur) another whole new challenge in itself. Comes in TEAMWORK. Unlike the other presentation group, we not only split the preparation work pretty well, we also split the presentation work relatively well too. As a result, I believe our presentation flow was probably smoother and it actually turned out to be rather good. Perhaps it is a great time to mention one thing good about groupwork in Japan. Unlike in Singapore, whereby inter-group cooperation is rare or even getting endangered, we actually help one another here in Japan. I'll talk more bout this in time to come. Thursday is also Seminar Day. This week's case study was prepared by Takashima-san and Yoshikoshi-san, and as would be expected, it was INSANELY thick and purely in Japanese. With them leading the discussion, it also ended up to be a breathtaking 3h30min no-break-in-between session but I will be frank and admit that it was most fruitful.
Friday - I couldn't take the lack of sleep and over-working anymore and actually fell asleep before 12am on Thursday *gasp* Anyway, I got up early today to finish my 35-page reading for today's class, before rushing over to realize that only 5 of us turned up for it. Apparently...people don't like to attend classes on rainy days *shrugs* Again, I found myself actually concentrating in class and participating actively, something I would humbly admit to be lacking in my Singapore days *sweats* After this class, I wearsomely dragged my feet to the next class on E-commerce. Special mention goes to Guy (a friend of mine is called Guy) who offered me a mini Snickers to refresh my tired mind (and body). MMMMM. YUMMIE. Point is, I survived this class and after another awesome trip to the supermarket (call me uncle/auntie QL!!), I made myself a nice dinner with lots of meat, vege, soup, noodles, juice but just falling short of taking pictures of it. Supper follows with the REAL Melon-Pan, with rockmelon paste, sugar, fresh whipped cream in it. NICE. Danish Cheese Bread is ready and waiting to be consumed, and I'm moving on to my 4th liter of fluid today.
That's all folks, Special Correspondent QL reporting from Japan. Time to sleep~~~zzz
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