Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Obama

Yeah, it is a surprise. Why was Obama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? According to this guy, former speechwriter for Presideng George Bush, "It just shows how the international left is so in love with this guy, and for no apparent reason except that he's not George Bush." I like it.

Restructuring the Newsroom Hard

Wow, news coverage will be more and more narrowed. Where was people's right to know left behind?!

I'm Done!

Yes, I'm done. I'm done with the qualifying exams! I've survived. Now, I will be qualified to soak myself into tequila.

Japanese Box

Yippee! YO sent me another box of Japanese stuff. It arrived at the very good timing. After finishing the six-hour writing exam, I came home, totally exhausted. And I found the box on the kitchen counter (my roommate collected the box while I was out). What a nice surprise! Thanks, YO!

Margarita Night Alone

Phew, I'm done with two subjects of the qualifying exams. So far, OK. I'm not saying that I'm doing good. Actually, I will never know if I'm doing alright until the oral defense. Anyway two more subjects to go.

The two subjects will come next week. Today is Thursday, which is almost weekend. Urgh, I'm bad. I took up margarita after four days without alcohol since I had a margarita last Saturday when AP and I went to have dinner at an Asian restaurant (margarita at an Asian restaurant?!).

Good thing is, this tequila tastes good, smooth, and strong. Yeah, I can tell it's strong. One margarita is good enough for today.

Where There is Peace, the Cat is?!

Japan, at least this rural town, is seemingly peaceful ...

Capitalism Kills Newspaper Industry

American capitalism is killing the U.S. newspaper industry, and other capitalism will kill their own newspapers, probably?