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Declaration
From day one I know it well that few people would have their preference (for the lack of a better word) towards a fictional character based on melancholy, self-doubt and identity issues, like the case of I towards Hiroki Sawada. So, in the view that it is a minor character, I usually ignore why people liked him in the first place-- either being ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
This marks the eighth anniversary of the Hirokian incident. (Note: the incident was triggered on 10:30am, 8 December 2002. However, as that happened in Hong Kong, adjusting for time differences between Iowa City and HK, it'd be 8:30pm CST, December 7, 2002.)
While May the heart of Hirokia live with us always was so much of an wank that I'm ashamed ( Read more... ) -
An Odd News About Religion
(For the purpose of this entry, the term "primary school" refers to schools that have the first 6 years of comppulsary education.)
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Hiroki's health problem, redux
Two years ago I wonder what was Hiroki's health problems so that he was exempted from PE; now I reviewed that scene and found that line can have both mean he was or was not exempted-- of course, in the latter case, he was given accommodations.
Let me quote FUNimation's dub translation verbatim:
PE teacher: Hold it, Hiroki! I said you could rest ( Read more... ) -
Rant in insomnia
One can said that the era that officially sparked by this paper on 3 July 2004 and somehow retold in the end of the Chinese version of Hiroki and I ( removed in my English version as I couldn't bear to read, let alone translating that) ended by 2008 (or maybe earlier, judging from some of my 2007 posts...), I still don't know why...- Playing Phantom ( Read more... )
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Yearly list of 2-year college solicitations on Study in the USA catalog, Northeast Asia (2009)
A little note: I have started making this list since 2005, at a time when I... well, quite different from now. Since then I still make yearly listings, merely out of curiosity.
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Candidates for Air Purifier
Sharp FP-P35CX $139.99
Honeywell Environcaire 18155 $139.99
Common:- True HEPA filtration with semi-permanent HEPA filter
- Permanent pre-filter
- dust sensor
- Set-and-forget function with inverter
- Quieter than Honeywell
Pros:
Sharp:
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