Reality Check

Yeah..It's been a while. I've been working 5-6 days a week since I got back home, getting back my groove (money). Nothing really interesting has happened here during my exile in Japan, except for that monstrosity of a movie theater/hotel complex that blocks the sun from our pub's patio..After a year of rather useless, obligatory Japanese culture courses, getting back to my actual English studies is quite refreshing. I feel more motivated than ever before, and I am actually attending some of the first year basic linguistics lectures, which is something I've tried to do ever since I began my studies in 2001...
Work is good, I feel good. Getting money is good for traveling. I.e. traveling to 852. Still about a month to go, but that's not much..Working and playing basketball and studying takes up so much time, days and weeks go by super fast, which is nice. We lost our Olli, my little brother, the coolest dog ever, in June due to a virus.. I still get sad thinking about him, and how I never got to say goodbye. I cried for a couple of days when I found out from my parents that he was going to go soon..Luckily I had Colina next to me, so I had a shoulder to cry on. Ng goi.
Last week, my parents got a new puppy. Bono. He is Olli's great grandson, so we're hoping he would grow as big as his great grandfather. Bono's pretty cool, light-coloured eyes and a white spot on his chest, and a great personality. I think he'll be alright.
So that's pretty much what's going on in my life. I'll check back in a couple of months..maybe. Next time I should have something to tell you about my second trip to Hong Kong. Until then, I'm out like Shinzo Abe and Myanmar's human rights. Peace.