Quick updates

I haven't written something for a.g.e.s here though I have been writing a lot.. of comments! Here comes the Grading Machine again!

So what have I being up to, NN? The school semester has officially started and I have 3 classes a week. That is one additional class from the 2 I got when I first started off and it's been tiring but fun so far! On the non-teaching front things aren't going at all and although I had a personal mini-crisis the past few days thinking that I have done something wrong (or should actively voice to do something), but then considering my workload I shouldn't be opening myself to more work unnecessarily. Take it easy, NN!

On the Japanese language front, I am getting friendly with other classmates in my JLPT2 class (hi there PT!) and looking forward to every class as it is a wonderful place to goof around, much to the consternation of a Japanese sensei who is a little on the strict side (I suspect she teaches at a local Japanese primary school during the week which is highly disciplined). ;) I am feeling motivated to just try for JLPT2 at the end of this year and it will be a fluke if I really pass! Nonetheless I think it is great that I am progressing well in Japanese and I look forward to mastering it as a skill.

AD and I might be planning to go to Osaka and camp with a Japanese friend of his in June, though that's quite uncertain and unplanned so far. I will love to go though, especially with open-minded people like him. We had a Very Long drinking session on Friday evening where we finished an entire bottle of rum between us. Amazing! Highly pleasurable nonetheless.

Avril Lavigne came out with a new CD! Woohoo! I really enjoyed her concert at Brisbane 2 years back and hope to catch her again some day. The new CD is a little too bubble-gum poppish to my liking, maybe I should experiment it with my kids to see if I am really starting to get a generation gap (if they are like so in love with the songs and I am not!)

I got rejected in my application to UOB Signature Mastercard. Haha so fun!

Then HM finally went on her Bangkok trip and she's back before I realised... glad to hear that she had fun!

Then HY went over to the states and came back with a couple of stories. We went to Clinic at Clarke Quay to chill out and she told me her stories. Good luck to whatever you have planned!

Then QK, WT and I had a discussion on whether WT's current bad hours (but huge paycheck) as a lawyer is a choice or something forced upon her due to circumstances. I firmly believe it is a choice but QK thinks otherwise, my argument being that with her very sought-after NUS honours degree in Singapore (2nd upper), she is eligible for so many jobs out there including teaching.etc if she really wishes to. Then on QK's front something exciting's happening to him which although I am in no liberty to divulge, it was all predicted and I wish him all the best. Just put us up at your place whenever we visit!

Taking things easy and looking forward to the future!