UP Diliman had its dose of Japanese last month during their Japanese language month: JapFun. The moment I saw the JapFun tarp just along the road to the Sunken Garden - “Ang daya! Bakit sila may gano’n?!” - I immediately regretted not going to UP. What kind of J-addict like me wouldn’t want a month full of Japanese-related events?

But then Kami-sama 神様 might have heard my prayer and so Ateneo would be having its Japanese Studies Program Week 日本フェステイバル　on the first week of September. Yatta~! やった～！　＾＿＾ Maybe a week isn’t anything compared to a month but our student population is too small for such a huge event anyway.

JSP Week is a week filled with Japanese-culture events. I was so excited I dragged my blockmate who likes Shoujo anime with me to sign-up in the JSP Department. Being the J-addict that I am, I joined all the events that I could join. And no, I did not join the Sumo Wrestling competition.

I also signed-up for the Karaoke Contest although I’m feeling quite hopeless with it. I’ve never joined a singing competition before and the only time I sing is when we have practicals in Music class back in high school. The only reason I joined is because I love singing Japanese songs. ^_^ It’s a habit I developed everyday when launching my iTunes.

There’d be preliminary screenings before the actual competition and I’m not expecting much but I’ll still try to sing Life by Yui just for fun. ^_^ It’s the 5th ending of Bleach if you guys don’t recognize it.

For my fellow schoolmates who happen to be J-addicts too, as a member of Toujin (Touhou no Yuujin), it’s practically my responsibility to promote this event because as of now, only members of Toujin and students taking JSP classes know about this. ^_^ So, please participate if you can! ^_^ Onegaishimasu~ お願いします *bows*

Last week, I haven’t blogged a single post except a sideblog post which really doesn’t count. No, I don’t get homework everyday and when I do, it doesn’t take up much of my time. So what’s taking up my time you say? Just a mixture of orgs, high school friends, kpop and plurk - that’s what.

I joined 5 orgs during the recweeks: The Guidon, Management Information Systems Association (MISA), Ateneo Student Exchange Council (ASEC), Collegiate Society of Advertising (COSA) and Touhou no Yuujin (Toujin). It might sound a lot to some but I really can’t cut it down. Having joined 5 orgs, anyone can blame me for having so much GA’s to attend to after classes and requirements to do.

The Guidon. I signed up for the Features staff in the Guidon but the requirements were too much for me as everything’s being given to me all at the same time so I just ended up backing out and joining the Web staff instead. That was totally unexpected and I know a lot would kill me for this. The requirements for the Web staff weren’t too toxic. I just had to design layouts for Sports Online and Blue Ballot ‘09.

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I might have already mentioned before that a Korean mart (Sing Sing Mart 싱싱마트) lies on the ground floor of the condominium I’m living in (Cityland Pioneer). That’s one of the major reasons why I love staying in Manila.

After school, I immediately rushed to the Korean mart to buy a couple of Shin Ramen 신라면 cups and my ever-favorite addictive MyChew 마이쮸.

I remember asking my Korean classmate back in high school how to get copies of Korean newspapers as I’ll be having the need to practice my Korean comprehension skills. He told me that they just get it free from the Korean mart. I barely believed. I mean, being used to the Filipino culture, anything free is almost a miracle.

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