I went to the London Film Festival on Friday. It was…interesting. I went to some educational talk with this San Francisco director called Nathaniel Dorsky (I hadn’t heard of him ‘til I went). He makes experimental art films. Wikipedia describes him as a “Buddhist film-maker.” I don’t really know what to think of his work. Half the time I think it’s pretentious art films. Half the time I think it’s beautiful and thought-provoking. We watched two of his short films. The first one was called Sarabande (I think it’s called this; I don’t have the sheet handy). I should mention that all his films were silent. I thought that there was a backing track of wind noises, but that turned out to be the air conditioning. All it really was is long shots of nature and vague objects (like close-up of moving cars and reflections). I didn’t really connect with what was being shown to me. The second film was Winter. It was about the winter season in San Francisco, where it’s the rainy season. I felt I could connect to this film more, as it was more….grounded. After the showing, I ended up getting lunch with Annie, who was also on the trip where I demonstrated my taxi driver directional skills. I know London too well haha.
I have a lot of work of work to be getting on with during the half-term, but instead, it looks like I’ll be going out loads. Maybe I should use my time well. XD
So hot new track by BoA~!
Currently listening to: Eat You Up by BoA, from the album Eat You Up - Single.
I saw Mamma Mia! today. It was okay. The first half really irritated me, as the women in it were screaming for no real reason. Have you ever been to like, a food market or a fishmonger? There are usually people screaming “£1 FOR A BUNCH OF BANANAS.” The screaming was like that. I liked the second half though, as it was mainly just singing. Also, blasting classical music out of a car is so lolz. People stare at you when you walk past.
I got accepted into the Mandarin course! Yay. : D
Currently listening to: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Tori Amos, from the album Spark.
So something I like to do on a regular is make sushi. I last made it on Thursday, so I decided to take a few pictures of how it went and came out as.
First of all, I had to wash the rice. It’s a boring process, but at least my rice is clean when I eat it? XD
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Midway through the washing process. The water is so cloudy.
Next, I make the seasoning with 2 parts rice vinegar, one part mirin and a little sugar. I forgot to burn the alcohol out of the mirin so my sushi tasted a bit like beer.
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Yeah, we have a lot of bottles. We have two more cupboards full of various sauces. On the right-hand side of the picture, you can see my most favourite sauce in the world, tonkatsu sauce. It’s a bit like Worchestershire sauce, except it’s thick and sweet. It’s mainly used for topping on the dish tonkatsu, which is a breaded Japanese dish. I make that too. ^^
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So the spring break is coming to a close. I really didn’t do anything, which I’m pretty glad about. Gives me more time to rest and study. = D I’ve basically been doing the minimum amount of studying a day. I should probably work on a better regime next time. I should also make it fun. Sometimes I feel like I’m only studying to torture myself. But at least I’ll reap the benefits of ~good grades~.
So I’m thinking of signing up to a language course so I have some extra-curricular activities in my university application. Maybe Japanese or another Asian language so when I come to write my personal statement, I have something to use to show my interest in Asian languages. The Japanese course near where I live is meant to be a 4 year course, but I only have a year before I go to university. That doesn’t really bother me, because if I do the whole 4 years, then there’s really no point in doing a Japanese minor at university. I’d actually like to learn something other than Asian languages so I can prove I’m adept to learning other languages, but there’s nothing that has caught my eye. Maybe Spanish? I’m not very interested in it, but it’s something I can study further if I go to university (hopefully).
I’m totally in love with this Japanese band called AKB48. Yeah, they’re J-pop *hears people moan*. They’re a group of teenage girls (48 in total) who sing songs about wanting to make out with their teacher and taking off their school uniforms to experience adult pleasure. What’s not to like? KOJIMA HARUNA <3333
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Don’t you just love the feeling when you’ve done so much work that you feel like you can rest for a few days? A few days ago, I did so much work that I feel like a burden has been lifted off me. Still, I have a hell of a lot more to do.
My interest in The Sims 2 has like, totally taken over again. I love the game now. I got FreeTime a few days ago and it’s so fun. ^^
I’ve also started to think about University. I’m kind of set on what I already want to do which is Japanese Studies. I kind of want to do a joint honours course, but I’m not sure which one. If I apply for Oxford Brookes, I’m thinking of either Japanese Studies and Politics or Anthropology. If I apply for Sheffield, I can do Japanese Studies and Politics. I’d like to like, combine Japanese Studies with Korean, but I can only do that at SOAS, and they prefer someone with an A Level in another foreign language, which I won’t get. I’m also looking at either Leeds or Manchester as well, to do Japanese Studies. Although with Leeds, the year abroad is in the second year, while the year abroad in the others is in the third. I’d like to go for my third year, as I’ll have a better grasp of the language.
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