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because this kind of thing is tradition. :)


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I am reading my readings for tomorrow's exam for the first time. Interesting bits! :D

"In the trials of the Kamakura Period, documentary evidence and testimony by witnesses were carefully weighed by the Magistrate in arriving at his verdict, but in the absence of such evidence or witnesses, the disputants were required to swear to the gods that ( Read more... )

There are no words. Except:

SPAIN ♥♥♥♥

Cesc! Iniesta! I'm so happy. :DDDD Now to go find footage of their post match celebrations! Even more epic than those after their Euro 08 win? :D

(I would have posted this last night with the full force of my glee except it was 5am and I collapsed. D:)

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Because faust-ina and I were talking about exchanging eulogies, and I thought of the beautiful obituaries in my favourite book of all time: The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss. So here are the bits I promised you, and then some. ♥

2. WHAT I AM NOTMy brother and I used to play a game. I'd point to a chair. "THIS IS NOT A CHAIR," I'd say. Bird would ( Read more... )

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Nostalgia

A short story by Ng Yi-Sheng, based on Michael Lee Hong Hwee’s The National Columbarium of Singapore.

It began with the children. They filed into my clinic like ants. Girls in pinafores, boys in tank tops. Walking like sleepwalkers. Listless faces printed with the same blank, impenetrable stare.

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Invictus by William Ernest HenleyOut of the night that covers me ( Read more... )

Arashi is useful for learning Japanese 8D ( Read more... )