So, my summer is over. New semester started this week. Umm. I guess I should be happy because I survived first year of PhD program. But, well, eh, this is kinda sucky! This semester is going to be really hectic for me because I am doing all course works plus 15 hours of internship plus research. I was organizing my schedule, and it did make me depressed!! All classes I am taking are seminar class, so that means, lots of looooots of readings. Oh well, I just suck it up and keep going...I guess.

I was kinda pissed to know that U.S. version of FFXII will have wide screen mode. What’s the hell!! Now, I have to buy U.S. version of FFXII!

Wedding is expensive. It is kinda funny that we have to spend so much money to get married. You will need looooots money to keep marriage alive, but you spend so much money for day 1 of marriage. I always wonder why we have to have such a huge party called wedding. I do think getting married is one of the biggest milestones, but, how many people actually do celebrate long lasting marriage? You spend $50,000 to get married, but how much money would you spend to celebrate your 10 years anniversary? I think being with someone for long duration of time is more important than having fancy wedding. It’s like you celebrate more on getting into the college than graduating from the college!! No one wants to spend $50,000 on the funeral, but why? Celebrating one’s life is much more significant than celebrating uncertain future. In Japan, 25th anniversary of marriage we call silver anniversary. And for 50th anniversary, we call golden anniversary. It’s kinda cool we do celebrate long relationship. So, why the hell am I writing about wedding? Well, thanks for asking!! That’s because my friends are getting married in this month! I am in the wedding in the two weekends in a row! Eh!! At least I can get free foods, it’s worth it. I think..

I went to After Hours (tux rental store) to get measurement in this afternoon. I went to the one in Southdale shopping center. When I entered the store, I noticed no one was in the store including store staff. So, I thought maybe he/she went to bath room or something and waited for about 10 mins (standing!). Then, I started thinking maybe the store was actually closed, but he/she forgot to close the store because there was no sign of anyone! Then, I started getting pissed off because I was just standing there waiting for the store staff to come back. So, after more than 10 mins standing in the store alone, I decided to find store staff. I checked backroom when I came in the store, but I didn’t see anyone. But, I checked again anyway. Then, I recognize a person who were sleeping on the desk. I couldn't see him before because he was super sleeping, and he was almost part of the desk! After I knocked the door, he woke up and said “oh, I didn’t hear the door bell!” I thought, “well, maybe that’s because you were sleeping!! Damn Ass!” Of course, I just thought about it and didn’t say a word except fake smile with a hint of annoyance. I understand people do not rent tux every 10 mins, but you know, you should, at least, stay awake!

Ah! So, Nintendo finally announced the price and shipping date on Wii!! It’s only $250, and it’s coming on Nov 19th!! My birthday (big 30th!) is Nov 27th, so that’s something to think about huh? Oh wait, PS3 is coming out around this time too. Oooooh, my birthday will be great one, right!?

Today was my actual first day of internship. I went through all training last week, and had some meetings with my supervisor in this week. I was kinda excited and nervous about working with little guys, but I had a great time.

I really want to finish my unfinished experiment, so I scheduled tons of subjects for next week, and now I am overwhelmed!!! I keep looking back my schedule and keep thinking “WWWWHY!!” I will have no time to do anything next week... But, I think that’s good, cos after next week, I will be free!! Well, not really free, but I can move on to next experiment!!

I keep screwing up my diet. I completely failed to get back to 30 inch! I cannot help thinking maybe this is something to do with drinking every night in the past couple weeks... Hmmmmm, perhaps... But, I decided that I will not drink any alcohol until next weekend.

Finally, I am finishing up collecting the data for motion sickness study. Phew. Well, we are going to start another set of experiment, but, I won’t have to run all experiments by myself, so that’s good. Also, I can start my own research, so that’s good. But, one of the most difficult tasks for me to start the experiment is that I have to make a box with 20 compartments. The box needs to be 40cm x 30cm x 4cm. So, making box itself won’t be that hard. But, I am so not sure how I can make 20 compartments in this tiny box. Well, I guess it’s more of tray with 20 compartments. Since I am not crafty at all, I need to go to Lowe’s, so they can help and I can do it! Really? I think I got C or D on craft class when I was in high school. Craft class was one of the classes I hated the most. Other classes included PE class, Judo class, Japanese calligraphy class, and English class!! Calligraphy class was super painful because the ink we used (well, for Japanese calligraphy) took at least 5 minutes to make, yeah, we had to make ink! You take an ink stick called sumi and dump into ink tray which is half filled with water. If you rub stick too little, your ink will get very light, and your teacher will yell at you. Then, if you rub stick too much or too long, your ink will get too thick, and your teacher will scream at you. Seriously, there were pre-made sumi, but we weren’t allowed to use it. Eh! And, once you get stained on your shirt, sumi will never ever come off. Since we had to wear uniform, you know who were lousy students who got stained in the calligraphy class because no one had more than one set of uniform! Also, ink tray was made from stone, and well, basically, it was a big chunk of stone. In general, Japanese schools do not have lockers for students, so we had to carry around Japanese calligraphy set including this heavy chunk of stone! Ugh, also, I was really suck at Japanese calligraphy! I am so glad it’s all over now!

Anyway, I am going to make the box with 20 compartments tomorrow!