Hey guys! How's everyone doing? I really haven't been up to much, except being busy with assignments with one on Monday being the Marketing Plan, and one due today being an Advanced Database Systems paper. It's not too bad, and they're both group assignments.
Other news:

• I'm not going to China in the winter break anymore, and will have a winter holiday now; got rejected at the interview as I don't have any teaching experience. It's a bit disappointing, but given this current economic climate, it's not surprising.
• I'm gonna have to start "nerding it up" this weekend, thanks to my exam timetable. It's gonna be a journey full of stress, and I might become a different person as a result from it. Have to keep procrastination to a minimum. ^_^"
• Last weekend, I booted up Valkyria Chronicles again and finally got past the Chapter I was stuck on. This could be my stress reliever in between studies! =D
• My parents left for a family friend's trip today, hope they have a safe and enjoyable one!

That basically wraps up what happened this fortnight, will definitely update more during the upcoming winter break!

Having a busy week = no social life, sigh. That's basically what I've been up to lately. That plus a horrible exam timetable is the perfect combination of saying goodbye to socialising! Other things I've been up to this week:

• First successful Japanese Music Circle for WASABI - it was great and awesome to listen to new Japanese songs too and meet new people.
• Had hotpot last night, it was great, and ate heaps!
• Working on 3 stupid group assignments all due within the next week or two
• Ate at Mi Sushi - pretty good cheap Japanese food in St Lucia, give it a go!
• Went to the ICT Industry Networking Night - got some stuff out of it, and realising how good networking is.
• Performed my first cold calls - telling people about AIESEC and what not, was kinda nerve-wracking at first, but I'm a lot more confident now. =D
• Received a late birthday present from Kelvin, Yao and Sue - a 1/144 Seravee Gunpla; hope to build it when I have a few hours to spare. Thanks guys!
  

Just wanted to make an entry about Mother's Day last Sunday! It was a great day to have lunch with the family, and we ended up going to Oyama in Chinatown. A tad expensive, with Katsudon's going for almost $20. It tasted good, but just a tad exxy for my liking! I ended up getting a card for mum too. I wish I had more money, I'd make sure she'd have a better pressie!

For dinner we ended up having dinner with my cousin, and their NZ friends that have migrated over here. I managed to meet Jeff who happened to be in my year and went to the same school as Wendy, my formal partner. It's such a small world, and everyone knows someone else that knows everyone. It's great!

I've had a quick week this week, with nothing too exciting to report on. Things vaguely interesting that happened:

• I started playing Everybody's Golf: World Tour for the PS3 - it's a pretty fun game, but theres just too many online updates for me! I have no idea when I can actually start playing with people online. It's easy to pick up and play, but hard to master - just like what all good games should be~
• I got my exam timetable, its pretty hectic - 15th - 5:45pm then 16 - 8am, 11:15am, and finishing with 24th - 2:30pm. I guess I'll focus on everything but the team project stuff for now. I decided to start studying now, although it is still quite slow in progress. Wish me luck to see if I can apply for a special exam, since its 3 exams within 24 hours.
  
• With regard to my Beijing exchange, I didn't pass the interview with the company. With basically no feedback, and with my fellow friend from Taiwan, we've come to assume that maybe the people working there want non-asian looking English native speakers. It kinda annoyed me cos it goes against the whole AIESEC way, but we'll see how that goes.
• Yesterday on the bus, it kinda made me wonder what kids are like these days. I dropped a $2 coin, before i realised it, a primary school kid picked it up, and went off with it basically. *sigh* I guess for next time I should make sure my coins are put in the right place all the time.
  

I had an awesome long weekend, doing a lot of fun things. These include:

• first visiting EB and seeing various people dress up as star wars characters, mind you it was a bit crowded
• Went to Timezone with Yoshi, Mio and Anna, it was great fun to ダンレボ(DDR) and try out the new Initial D. I found the physics really different compared to AS4, being that you can't just swerve the wheel to drift, it feels a little more "realistic", and you have to brake in this version. It was still great fun playing vs mode too. I was lucky that my cousin's Timezone card works too, so managed to get some cheap games as well. =D
  
• Played a few rounds of SFIV with Billy online, I have a long way to go in order to be good at it, apparently I'm a tad predictable lol. It's still pretty fun, though I want to get a new internet connection ASAP! We'll see how that goes.

Another busy week crammed in again. What have I been up to? Here's a quick list:

• My brother's 20th Birthday where we had Italian food at Gianni's in Hamilton! The first time I've been there, but there is great food to be had there~
  
• Finalising project plans for my IT group project - its not hard, just uses heaps of time. =(
  
• Getting exam results - I'll have to study a lot more now, too much time spent on job applications! >_<
  
• Tidying up my room - I'll try to keep this up for as long as I can, it just makes life a lot more easier by being organised!
• Bought Everybody's Golf: World Tour from Kmart for $30. I've heard that it's great fun but I haven't had the chance to give it a go yet.
• I also managed to grab a copy of Shadow of the Colossus - I've heard it's a pretty rare title, and an "epic" game, so I got a copy for $10 without the manual or cover art.
  

After watching this trailer of an upcoming game, Brutal Legend, it makes me want to buy this game from day one.
It seems like a action adventure type of game, but not enough is known about the game. Jack Black does the voice acting of Eddie, so it makes for a humourous game. The game is designed by Tim Schafer, the guy who was involved with the scripts for Curse of the Monkey Island and Psychonauts. I'm really looking forward to this one, when more details come out! =D