January 29, 2004

"Sugoi, nee?~~~"

Thursday, January 29, 2004 Posted by Mary , No comments
Miss Nippon Grand Prix 2004 Yuriko Saga Okay, to give you an idea of how fancy the girls at Ferris University are, let me tell you this. The girl who got crowned as Miss Nippon Grand Prix 2004 is a student at Ferris!!! Her name is Yuriko Saga, and she's 21 years old. I don't know if I've seen her...

January 23, 2004

The Tale of Love and Madness

Friday, January 23, 2004 Posted by Mary , No comments
A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time, virtues and vices floated around and were bored, not knowing what to do. One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered together and were more bored than ever. Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea:...

January 21, 2004

It just dawned on me.

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 Posted by Mary , No comments
From nowhere, an idea came to me tonight. Well, I can't say that I didn't have inspiration, because I did. A really negative inspiration it was though, but nevertheless, it helped me decide. I now want to do something, and I'm determined to do it. I can't go on telling people what it is yet, but I hope...

January 19, 2004

Snow in Disney

Monday, January 19, 2004 Posted by Mary , No comments
We finally went to Disneyland last Saturday. =) Ate Weena, a teacher from UP Cebu who is now studying her MA here in Japan is here at Ferris for a few days to do some speaking, and since it was her birthday yesterday, we went to Disneyland on Saturday: April, Ate Weena, the Uchida family, and me....

January 12, 2004

Coming of Age and Photos

Monday, January 12, 2004 Posted by Mary No comments
I had my 2nd debut today. Yep, I'm not kidding. In the Philippines, girls have their debut at 18, but here they have it at 20. It's called the seijin-no-hi, the "Coming-of-Age" ceremony. People here don't celebrate it like how we do. Big banquets, parties, no they don't do that here. Here all the people...