My results for Semester 2 2003:
Language Communication & Technology: 80 - Distinction
New Media Technology & Society: 79 - Distinction
Professional Ethics: 67 - Credit
It is a pity that I can’t put photos online as I have no USB cable and software CD. Perhaps I might buy a cable and download the software from canon.com - we’ll see.
I’m not sure what we’re doing for xmas or for new years yet.
During the last few days since going to Disneyland we’ve been not doing much, just sleeping in, taking it easy, shopping for food and walking around the neighbourhood.
On Thursday we went to Ueno which has some parklands, but we spent most of our time there at the National Science Museum. We went from there to Asakusa (a historical place), where we got a few souvenirs from the long market shopping mall near a shrine. Read more here.
On Friday we went shopping and got some reading (or ‘looking’) material from the library. I can now quite slowly read Hiragana, but I generally have no idea what it means :P. Despite this, it is very handy in reading place names at railway stations (when there’s no english around). We also checked out a local dojo where they were practicing Judo and Kendo. I might go there sometime, but I have no gi (uniform outfit) or armour, let alone a shinai (bamboo stick for hitting people :P). I do however have some tabi (feet protectors) that I bought for nearly half the price they would have cost in Australia, to prevent the blistering that my soft feet are prone to.
Last night we went out to Shinjuku to meet two of Aki’s net friends. We went to three places to eat and drink (we were going to the next place when we were requested to leave due to making room for the next customers and closing time). I had the most sensational food there (and it wasn’t sushi believe it or not), but drunkeness might have enhanced the bliss factor. The best food I ate was a type of yukitori - grilled skewered chicken/meat (I forget the type) which I can only describe as a juicy tasting meat with an incredibly smooth texture comparable to that of a cooked egg yolk. The other highlight of the night was drinking various alcoholic drinks (eg beer and chu-hi cocktails) from ONE LITRE MUGS. There was also on the menu a 1800 mL serve of beer, but we didn’t get that.
It is freezing here - we had a very small amount of snow this morning apparently - the puddles were icey and slippery 
Aki’s just about to colour her shorter hair 