Hotashi - Jack’s Blog

An OVA for the hit RPG Tales of Symphonia, on the Gamecube, has been announced for a 2007 release date. You can follow this link to see the announcement on a Japanese website. I don’t read Japanese, but I can get a rough translation of it using Google.  This is very exciting, and I cannot wait to see the OVA. I’ve played the game with my sister Joyce, and it is awesome-ness to the MAX!!! :P

Current Mood: excited.

You learn something new on the Internet everyday. I stumbled on this page today. From the article:

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.

The article also includes other similar sentences. Quite interesting indeed. :P

I feel a bit better now. Still kinda weird that this happened, especially on my last co-op term. But that’s life!

I’m working on my essay for Philosophy 101, which is due tomorrow. I’m also going to start applying to grad jobs as soon as I’m done this essay.

Here are some photos from the wedding (I know it’s pretty late :P).

The weekend in Montreal was pretty crazy. Peter drove Grace and I there. We left Toronto at 4:30 PM on Friday, and got to Montreal at about 2 AM. The traffic was very bad all the way to Oshawa, and then we had some detours and construction hold-ups on the way to Montreal. Oh, and the signs being in all French didn’t help. :P

I noticed that a lot of people smoke in Montreal. Almost everywhere you look there is something smoking. Also, they named their Provincial Library and Park the “National” Library and Park. I guess they still want to separate from Canada.

We didn’t get to see too much in Montreal. We went to the shopping district, and I couldn’t find any souvenir shops there… So I couldn’t get Ams a postcard or any souvenirs. I think Old Port would have them, but we couldn’t fit in time to go there.

The wedding was good. Almost everyone from the groom’s side are from out of town. I got to see and talk to some people I haven’t seen in a while, and got to meet new people. That’s what’s fun about weddings. :)

The banquet was fun. About half of the people at my table were people I haven’t met. I met this guy who studied his masters in Toronto, so he actually knew some people from the Taiwanese churches (he played in the softball league). Oh, and I saw one of Theresa’s old piano students. I remember those recitals. =D

I was pretty beat when I came back home, so I took a nap. I would definitely like to go back to Montreal again and go explore more.

Current Mood: fine.

Listening to: Jay Chou - Dragon Punch

I’m taking Philosophy 100 this term, and it’s very different from all the other courses I’ve taken in school thus far. It’s taking a while for me to get used to the course, but I hope I can get the hang of it soon because I need a high mark in it. ;) Now I’m thinking that I should have taken Sociology 101 instead (which ironically is the course I dropped during first year, which made me have to take a DE course). If I take Soc, I can get help from my girl Ams… she is majored in it. :P

The work term is going great so far. Programming is pretty fun, as long as you’re not stuck with something that doesn’t have clear specifications — now that is headache @_@. Originally I wanted to do my masters in statistics so I can get a stats job, but now I think I will be happy with a development job after I graduate. Besides, this way I can get a job when I graduate and save up money for a ring. Ams really needs to do her masters for the field she is in, and it wouldn’t be too great if we both went for ours at the same time.

Current Mood: happy.

Listening to: Cascada - Everytime We Touch