Lately I've been getting the feeling that anime is trying to portray student councils as a small group of decisionmakers very detached from the rest of the student body and who constantly create their own clique and meet in isolation to discuss the most random things. Could this actually be true about Japanese high schools in general? Is this a satirical work of writers who find no respect in their old schools' councils? Or are stories written this way just for the sake of comedy?
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Back to talking about my trip to Singapore before last week. That night we went to a nice little restaurant called Ikoi (relaxation) in a Hotel Miramar somewhere on the island.
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Today I bought a cake for the Hiiragi sisters to celebrate their birthday. We invited some close figmas to join the party too.
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On Thursday I returned to Singapore in transit back to New Zealand, and took some pictures of what I did there.
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I know very well how they feel. After living for years on end in a cold country like New Zealand, spending time near the equator where the temperature is a constant 30C is capable of driving people to extreme measures to cool themselves down.
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After a short night's sleep we woke up to the fresh smell of K-ON and hotel room to start our day.
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Last week I travelled to the equator in a commercial jet that had a logo that resembled multiple less than signs and a glyph. It was a long flight due to the distance between the moon and Earth. After a long tiring few days of running around and meeting people in Singapore and Malaysia, I can finally blog about this trip.
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I for one, am still the same person I was every certain sample period of years back. But that's besides the point. We all love to see a bit of what our K-ON girls were like back when they were little...
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I think all of you still remember Toradora. Best 2008 drama ever. Here's some techno to liven it up a bit again.
Thanks Ume!